Newspaper clipping covering global events in Europe, East Asia, and North Africa, as well as regional news from India, Myanmar, and Nepal.

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of narratives about marriage, spirits, thieves, and villages splitting.

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of Akha narratives.

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of short narratives about creation, proverbs, agriculture, curses, spirits, pregnancy, whispering, smells, and grammar notes on adjectives and verb phrases.

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of traditional narratives.

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of narratives about spirits and the natural world.

Handwritten notes and transcriptions about genealogy and death.

Book of 30 lessons on the Garo alphabet, handwriting, and arithmetic. Includes illustrations.

This is a conversation between Rawang speakers discussing establishing a school for teaching Rawang in their area. The classes happen on Sundays or in the evenings. They worry that students feel discouraged when they don't know parts of their language, especially older learners, so they would like to start classes when students are younger. They make a plan to train more teachers and create more books.

Shekarnong Sankhil explains traditional naming practices. This system is based on birth order.

Recordings of Allamah Nasiruddin Nasir Hunzai reciting anecdotes about "Batta Qadiro" (now called 'Wazir Qadiro'), a legendary wise man in the former state of Hunza.

Transcription and translation of the recording of Muneem Dawar, a speaker of Hunza Burushaski, reciting the story of juniper tree of Boyo ("Boyuwe Gal").

Transcription of a retelling of Dingkaakuuk paomin (the story of Dingkaakuuk), as narrated by Swamy Tholung Ksen. When a man marries, his wife cannot stand his younger brother, so he takes him into the forest and leads her to believe he killed him. The younger brother kills a tiger and marries a young woman. He encounters his elder brother again, who kills his wife for making him abandon his brother.

Transcription of an interview in which Beshot Khullar asks Chonmila Sankhil about their life in Phaaidaam village Chandel District Manipur, India.

Transcription of an elicitation of optatives in Lamkang. The purpose of the elicitation was to investigate optative verb forms. All sentences are of the type "[X] should give a book to [Y]". Recorded from Lamkang speaker Sumshot Khular at UNT.

Transcription of Psalm 23 from the Book of Psalms from the Old Testament in Lamkang.

Transcription of a reading of the Story of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-24) from the New Testament by Beshot Khullar. A landowner's second son demands his share of the inheritance before the father's death, goes off and squanders it, and returns to his father, who accepts his penitent son. The older brother, however, is upset at his father's acceptance of his returning brother.

Transcription of a blessing ritual called "Smul kpnaak" as performed by Sumshot Khular. This blessing is used by Lamkang elders to mark significant life events for younger couples. It can be performed for getting a blessing for good health, wealth, children, long life and any other blessings.

Transcription of the story of Uitxok tva' thah ptih? (Frog, Where Are You?) as narrated by Sumshot Khular. She translated it from Lamkang to English.

Transcription of an elicitation session of the paradigm for the verb 'give'.

Transcription of a discussion of traditional songs by Shetwor Dilbung and Bunghon Suungnem at a storytelling festival funded by the NSF project and organized and implemented by Rex Khullar and Harimohon Thounaojam. The speakers discuss the types of songs they would like to collect and archaic vocabulary used in songs. They also discuss the Totlaang festival in Phaidaam in 2008.

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.

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.

Transcription of a retelling of Arthluuk le Raangchel paomin (the Story of Arthluuk and Raangchel), as told by Swamy Tholung Ksen. Two brothers Arthluk and Rangchel fell in love with the same girl, Sombel, who loved Rangchel. There were also a tiger and wildcat who were friends. The tiger asked the wildcat how to catch chickens. The wildcat fools him, and the tiger threatens to eat the wildcat.The wildcat tells the tiger to wait and he will catch a woman for him. He was not able to catch Sombel who was guarded by her dogs, so instead they perform magic on her, making her ill. The tiger turned into a human and offered to heal her in exchange for her hand in marriage. Reversing their spell, he healed her and took her away to a faraway place she had never been, and turned back into a tiger. Arthluk and Rangchel heard her cry of distress, and reported to her parents, who ask the villagers for help. Only Arthluk and Rangchel agreed to go after her. Sombel learned they were coming when she finds a leaf bearing the scent of the brothers. When they arrived, Sombel hid them from the tiger, …