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The Lamkang Customary Law (open access)

The Lamkang Customary Law

Text of laws for the Lamkang Tribe, as of the Lamkang National Council General meeting on September 20, 1995.
Date: April 1996
Creator: Lamkang National Council
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Retelling of the Pear Story: Beshot (open access)

Transcription: Retelling of the Pear Story: Beshot

Transcription of a retelling of Naaspati paomin (the Pear Story), as narrated by Beshot Khullar of Phaaidaam Village.
Date: June 28, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Dataset for a traditional story about Sombeel

Dataset generated during research on the Lamkang language, including a recording of SankhilThampol Khularnu of Thamlakhuren reciting the story "The Story of Sombeel," a transcription with an English translation, flextext files (from Fieldworks Language Explorer), and accompanying derivative files. Recorded by Daniel Tholung and translated by Sumshot Khular.
Date: unknown
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Retelling of The Pear Story: Robert (open access)

Transcription: Retelling of The Pear Story: Robert

Transcription of Robert Leivon narrating "The Pear Story," a popular story that is a commonly-used linguistic tool, including an English translation.
Date: June 28, 2016
Creator: Utt, Tyler P. & Khular, Sumshot
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Retelling of The Pear Story: Dilbung Kennedy (open access)

Transcription: Retelling of The Pear Story: Dilbung Kennedy

Transcription of a retelling of the Pear Story as narrated by Kennedy Dilbung of Charangching Khunkha village.
Date: June 28, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about Sombeel (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about Sombeel

Transcript for The Story of Sombeel by Sankhil Thampol Khularnu of Thamlakhuren Village Recorded by Daniel Tholung in 2000 as part of his collection on Lamkang culture and traditions.
Date: 2000
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi; Utt, Tyler P. & Khular, Sumshot
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Dataset for a retelling of the Pear Story: Grace Sankhil

Dataset generated for the retelling of the Pear Story by Grace Sankhil. The dataset includes a transcription with an English translation, flextext files (from Fieldworks Language Explorer), and accompanying derivative files including metadata to be used with SILs SayMore.
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi & Khullar, Rengpu Rex
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

A short History of the Lamkang by Shethon Sankhil Thamlakhuren

A short History of the Lamkang written by Shethon Sankhil, Professor at the United Chandel College booklet presented to Shobhana Chelliah during the visit to the Lamkangs in Chandel, Manipur, India.
Date: January 11, 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

A Short History of the Lamkang by Sankhil Shethon

A booklet named a Short History of the Lamkang, written by Sankhil Shethon, dedicated to his late mother Leivon Tochek of Challong-Thamlapokpi village. A copy presented to Shobhana Chelliah during a visit to the Lamkangs in Chandel, Manipur, India.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Sankhil, Shethon
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
United Nations Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Lamkang (open access)

United Nations Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Lamkang

Lamkang translation of UNDRIP by Sumshot Khular and published by Community Action and Research for Development with English text of declarations passed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2007 recognizing the history of indigenous peoples worldwide and outlining explicit rights that will be upheld by the UN.
Date: September 2008
Creator: United Nations. General Assembly
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Souvenir: A Brief History of the Lamkang Origin Till Date (open access)

Souvenir: A Brief History of the Lamkang Origin Till Date

Souvenir program for the 3rd Totlangkam Festival (Lamkang Cultural Festival) held in 2008 at the LNKK Head Office in Manipur. It includes messages from various persons involved with the event, a brief history of the Lamkang culture, and information about the festival.
Date: 2008
Creator: Lamkang Naga Kver Kunpun
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lamkaang Naga Baptist Association 6th Triennial Fellowship (open access)

Lamkaang Naga Baptist Association 6th Triennial Fellowship

Program for the 6th Triennial Fellowship of the Lamkaang Naga Baptist Association outlining the schedule of events held at Thamlapokpi Baptist Church, Friday January 29 through Monday February 1, 2016, as well as information about the organization and various members.
Date: 2016
Creator: Lamkaang Naga Baptist Association
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Book of James in the Lamkang Language (open access)

The Book of James in the Lamkang Language

Lamkang translation of the New Testament gospel of James from the Bible translated by Daniel Tholung.
Date: 2013
Creator: Evangel Bible Translators
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
System of Spelling in Lamkang (open access)

System of Spelling in Lamkang

Photocopy of a pamphlet describing the spelling conventions in the Lamkang language, including some tables of Lamkang-English equivalencies.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bepol, Michael
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Personal narrative about helping Japanese soldiers (open access)

Transcription: Personal narrative about helping Japanese soldiers

Transcription of Sumshot Khular recounting her mother Sankhil Thampol Khularnu 's story of giving eggs to some Japanese soldiers who showed up in her village of Charlong during World War II.
Date: August 28, 2017
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion and retellings of traditional narratives about Benglam and Lamkang clans transcript

Analytical discussion and retellings of traditional narratives about Benglam and Lamkang clans

Lamkang elders recite well-known traditional narratives (the origin of Lamkang clans, and a Benglam story) and associated songs, followed by discussion in English. Recorded at the 2nd NSF-funded Lamkang Orthography Workshop held at the Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam.
Date: January 24, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about the Poor Boy and the Rich Boy Making Snares (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about the Poor Boy and the Rich Boy Making Snares

Transcription of a retelling of Sraa nao le svang nao ktaang ktloo ki paomin (the Story of the Poor Boy and the Rich Boy Making Snares), as told by Belun Sankhil. One of several retellings of a traditional story where the rich hunter switches his quarry, a bird, with that of his poor hunting partner, absurdly claiming his trap up high in a tree had caught a deer. In this version it is the fox who parodies the rich hunter's reasoning by claiming he burnt his feet during a flood.
Date: August 27, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about the Squirrel (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about the Squirrel

Transcription of a retelling of Theipaa paomin (the Squirrel Story), as told by Bunghon Sankhil of Keithelmanbi Lamkang village in Chandel District Manipur.
Date: June 18, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
List of Lamkang words (open access)

List of Lamkang words

Wordlist of various words in English and Lamkang, with categories including nature, kinship, and animals. The word list was compiled by the Manipuri Language Cell for eliciting basic words for sketches and dictionaries.
Date: 2010~
Creator: Thounaojam, Harimohon
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
List of Lamkang words (open access)

List of Lamkang words

Wordlist of various words in English and Lamkang, with categories including animals, fruits and vegetables, insects, ailments, months, days, body parts, and colors. The list was created by the Tribal Languages of Manipur institute.
Date: January 2007
Creator: Thounaojam, Harimohon
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
List of words in indigenous languages of Manipur (open access)

List of words in indigenous languages of Manipur

Wordlist of word in English and indigenous languages of Manipur. This wordlist during the Workshop for the Development of a Multilingual Glossary of Selected Languages of Manipur in Imphal.
Date: October 2009
Creator: Thounaojam, Harimohon
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Retelling of the Escape of the Younger Brother (open access)

Transcription: Retelling of the Escape of the Younger Brother

Transcription of a retelling of Thei chik tboor bul paomin (the story Escape of the Younger Brother) as narrated by Khunghon Sankhil.
Date: unknown
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcript for a traditional story about the Tiger and the Squirrel by Hesron Jangvei (open access)

Transcript for a traditional story about the Tiger and the Squirrel by Hesron Jangvei

Transcription of a retelling of Humpii paa leh theipaa paomin (The Story of the Tiger and the Squirrel), as narrated by Hesron Jangvei. Though they are friends, Squirrel tricks Tiger: first into throwing himself onto a bed of quills, then into letting Squirrel set fire to him. Hesron narrated the story during the Lamkang Language Education Committee-LLEC workshop at Mantri Pantha Village.
Date: unknown
Creator: Khular, Sumshot & Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Retelling of The Pear Story: Grace Sankhil (open access)

Transcription: Retelling of The Pear Story: Grace Sankhil

Transcription of a retelling of Naaspati paomin (the Pear Story), as narrated by Grace Sankhil.
Date: September 26, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi; Khular, Sumshot; Tholung, Daniel; Utt, Tyler P.; Khullar, Rengpu Rex & Thounaojam, Harimohon
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library