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Annotated Texts of the Languages of the Barak Valley: Thadou, Saihriem, Hrangkhol, Ranglong (open access)

Annotated Texts of the Languages of the Barak Valley: Thadou, Saihriem, Hrangkhol, Ranglong

This inaugural volume of the CoRSAL Occasional Publications is a collection of traditional and personal texts in Thadou, Saihriem, Hrangkhol, and Ranglong, four languages of the Barak Valley region of Northeast India. The narratives were collected, transcribed, and translated by Dr. Pauthang Haokip, who is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India and a member of the Thadou community. This text collection includes grammatical analysis presented in the form of interlinear glossing and accompanied by audio recordings in the Languages of the Barak Valley collection in the Computational Resources of South Asian Languages archive. The collection will be of lasting interest to historical, comparative, and typological linguists, as well as speakers connecting or reconnecting with cultural and linguistic traditions.
Date: 2021
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang; Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi; Burke, Mary & Heaton, Marty
System: The UNT Digital Library
Political History of the Garos of Goalpara-Kamrup of Assam (open access)

Political History of the Garos of Goalpara-Kamrup of Assam

Book about the political history of the Garo people describing British colonization and relations to neighboring groups.
Date: 2012
Creator: Sangma, Milton S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Komrem Custom and Cultural Law, Sagang Area, Third Edition (open access)

Komrem Custom and Cultural Law, Sagang Area, Third Edition

Modified customary law only to be followed by the Komrem people in Sagang area Churachanpur district of Manipur. Modification made after conversion into Christainity.
Date: January 18, 2011
Creator: Sagang Area Custom and Cultural Administration Committee Sagang Churachandpur Dist. Manipur
System: The UNT Digital Library
Komrem Custom and Cultural Law, Sagang Area, Second Edition (open access)

Komrem Custom and Cultural Law, Sagang Area, Second Edition

Modified customary law, only to be followed by the Komrem people in Sagang area Churachanpur district of Manipur. Modification made after conversion into Christainity.
Date: January 10, 2010
Creator: Sagang Area Custom and Cultural Administration Committee Sagang Churachandpur Dist. Manipur
System: The UNT Digital Library
Komrem Hei Thuming-Yaihla Hei (open access)

Komrem Hei Thuming-Yaihla Hei

This is a collection of Kom folklore compiled by M. Telen, including stories about characters such as Bingpu, Achik, and Nempi, and descriptions of taboos.
Date: 1993
Creator: Telen, M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of India in Garo. Ninth edition. (open access)

History of India in Garo. Ninth edition.

Book about Indian history used to teach middle school including 53 lessons and a timeline of major leaders spanning 1740-1982.
Date: 1990
Creator: Momin, K. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gôdan rodai (open access)

Gôdan rodai

Translation of the New Testament books of the Bible into Boro in roman script, including a table of contents.
Date: 1972
Creator: The Bible Society of India
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sadhu Sundar Singh (open access)

Sadhu Sundar Singh

Biography about the Christian missionary Sadhu Sundar Singh including Bible excerpts.
Date: 1967
Creator: Parker, Arthur
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Cultural and Linguistic Aspects of the Garos (open access)

Some Cultural and Linguistic Aspects of the Garos

Book about the historical and social development of Garos over time focusing on religion and cultural practices with photographs and a short linguistic description of Garo including a list of cognates between Garo and Assamese with English glosses.
Date: January 1958
Creator: Choudhury, Bhupendranath N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of Assam in Garo. Second edition. (open access)

History of Assam in Garo. Second edition.

Book about the history of Assam used to teach high school covering multiple ethnic groups of Assam, neighboring states, and the British government.
Date: 1954
Creator: Momin, K. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Garo Law (open access)

The Garo Law

Book about Garo customary laws related to inheritance, marriage, death, family and clan structures, naming conventions, and village administration. Includes case studies demonstrating laws and indices.
Date: 1952
Creator: Marak, Jobang D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
History of Assam in Garo. First edition. (open access)

History of Assam in Garo. First edition.

Book about the history of Assam used to teach high school covering multiple ethnic groups of Assam, neighboring states, and the British government.
Date: 1952
Creator: Momin, K. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oxford Pamphlets on Indian Affairs, Number 37, Assam (open access)

Oxford Pamphlets on Indian Affairs, Number 37, Assam

Book describing Assam's history, demographics, politics, and ethnic groups.
Date: July 1946
Creator: Ali, Alban & Lambert, Eric
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oxford Pamphlets on Indian Affairs, Number 14, The Aboriginals (open access)

Oxford Pamphlets on Indian Affairs, Number 14, The Aboriginals

Book about the historical, economic, and social development of tribes in India from a Western anthropologist's perspective focusing the impact of Christian missionaries on religion and cultural practices.
Date: November 1944
Creator: Elwin, Verrier
System: The UNT Digital Library