Historical narrative about trade relations with Tibet captions transcript

Historical narrative about trade relations with Tibet

Jaswant Singh discusses his experience trading with the Tibetans. He did this once a year for six years, before the Indo-Chinese war in 1962 drastically restricted trade with Tibetans. The recording was made in Khrogla, located three kilometers further down Rakchham village.
Date: November 22, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative of a school principal captions transcript

Personal narrative of a school principal

Chet Ram Negi describes how he became the principal of Rakchham Government Senior Secondary school and provides a short history of the school. The recording was made outdoors on school grounds.
Date: November 22, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Teaching English in Rakchham captions transcript

Teaching English in Rakchham

Yashvir introduces his family and describes his experience as an English teacher in Rakchham village. He discusses the importance of preserving his language. The recording was made at his home in Rakchham village, located nearby the main temple.
Date: November 22, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about preserving Chhitkul-Rakchham captions transcript

Conversation about preserving Chhitkul-Rakchham

Chet and Yashvir discuss the following prompt: "Is the Chhitkul-Rakchham language endangered, and, if yes, what should be done to preserve it?" The recording was done outside at Rakchham's Government Senior Secondary School, where they both work.
Date: November 22, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 133 (open access)

Akha notebook 133

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of narratives and songs about blessing children, traveling, illness, Akha hair styles, bees, spirits, and rituals with partial English glossing.
Date: January 22, 1989
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of postpositions transcript

Analytical discussion of postpositions

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of directionals, part 1 transcript

Analytical discussion of directionals, part 1

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam. Lamkang discussant are Tholung Swamy Ksen, Sumshot Khular, Donnu Sankhil, Rengpu Rex Khullar, and linguists are Shobhana Chelliah, David A. Peterson and Prafulla Basumatary.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of superlative forms transcript

Elicitation of superlative forms

Recording of an elicitation of superlative forms in Mankiyali based on English words and sentences used as prompts. The contributors are Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male teacher) and Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old male shop owner).
Date: October 22, 2019
Creator: Dale, Merrion
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion on Mankiyali syllable structure transcript

Analytical discussion on Mankiyali syllable structure

Recording of a discussion about permissible consonant clusters in Mankiyali. The purpose is to analyze the structure of the Mankiyali syllable. The contributors are: Aurangzeb -- a 34-year old male and a teacher by profession, and Gohar-Ur Rehman -- a 38 year old male and a retail shop owner by profession.
Date: November 22, 2019
Creator: Paramore, Jonathan Charles
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of sentences in various moods transcript

Elicitation of sentences in various moods

Recording of an elicitation about modal operations in Mankiyali. The goal is to determine how the language distinguishes a speaker's certainty or belief of what will happen in a given situation. English sentences are used as prompts. The contributors are Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male teacher) and Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old male shop owner).
Date: November 22, 2019
Creator: Paramore, Jonathan Charles
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of narrative 353b transcript

Analytical discussion of narrative 353b

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of traditional narratives transcript

Analytical discussion of traditional narratives

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam. The story of a widow who was treated indifferently, but, in return, the villagers who treated her badly got buried in the mudslide. Her house was the lone house that was found standing the next morning.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of narrative 354b transcript

Analytical discussion of narrative 354b

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of narrative 354a transcript

Analytical discussion of narrative 354a

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of the Story of Rununuu transcript

Analytical discussion of the Story of Rununuu

Sumshot Khular reads a written version of the Ruunuu story and provides an English summary, followed by discussion and elicitation.
Date: February 22, 2017
Creator: Khular, Sumshot
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of The Story of Khukhuu transcript

Analytical discussion of The Story of Khukhuu

Sumshot Khular provides a word-for-word translation and morpheme analysis of the traditional story Khukhuu Paomin [The Story of Khukhuu], followed by discussion and elicitation.
Date: February 22, 2017
Creator: Khular, Sumshot
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library