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Master Zophei word list (open access)

Master Zophei word list

This is the master word list from the dissertation "The Sound Systems of Zophei Dialects and Other Maraic Languages" which includes the form in both varieties (Tlawngrang and Lawngtlang), tone analysis, English gloss, and part of speech.
Date: September 17, 2021
Creator: Lotven, Samson
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of names of animals transcript

Elicitation of names of animals

Recording of an elicitation of a wordlist for names of animals using English words and sentences as prompts. The contributors are Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male teacher) and Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old male shop owner).
Date: September 30, 2019
Creator: Englert, Eric
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of positional adverbs transcript

Elicitation of positional adverbs

Recording of an elicitation of positional adverbs 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: September 27, 2019
Creator: Paramore, Jonathan Charles
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation about postpositions transcript

Elicitation about postpositions

This is a recording of an elicitation of several postpositions in Mankiyali, using English words and sentences as prompts. The contributors are Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male teacher) and Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old male shop owner).
Date: September 24, 2019
Creator: Mortensen, Jessica
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of nouns based on semantic domains (2) transcript

Elicitation of nouns based on semantic domains (2)

Recording of an elicitation of the names of household items in Mankiyali based on English words 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: September 24, 2019
Creator: Dale, Merrion
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of nouns based on semantic domains (3) transcript

Elicitation of nouns based on semantic domains (3)

Recording of an elicitation of the names of different animals in Mankiyali. The words are provided in English as prompts and the native speakers provide the equivalents in Mankiyali. Some of the words in the list exhibit lexical tone. The contributor is Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old male shop owner).
Date: September 24, 2019
Creator: Shah, Midhat
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of nouns based on semantic domains (1) transcript

Elicitation of nouns based on semantic domains (1)

Recording of an elicitation of various nouns in Mankiyali, covering semantic domains such as professions, weather and food. The contributors are Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male teacher) and Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old male shop owner).
Date: September 23, 2019
Creator: Englert, Eric
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of determiners transcript

Elicitation of determiners

Recording of an elicitation of determiners in Mankiyali using English sentences as prompts. The recording is contributed by Gohar-Ur Rehman, a 38-year old shop owner.
Date: September 20, 2019
Creator: Mortensen, Jessica
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of pronominal paradigms transcript

Elicitation of pronominal paradigms

Recording of an elicitation about pronominals of different types in Mankiyali using English sentences as prompts. Pronouns discussed include possessives, indefinite pronouns, definite pronouns, and personal pronouns. The contributor is Aurangzeb, a 34-year old male teacher.
Date: September 17, 2019
Creator: Mortensen, Jessica
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of names of professions transcript

Elicitation of names of professions

Recording of an elicitation of a wordlist for numerals and professions in Mankiyali based on English words 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: September 11, 2019
Creator: Englert, Eric
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Conversation with a Lamkang student at Phaaidaam village (open access)

Transcription: Conversation with a Lamkang student at Phaaidaam village

Transcription of a conversation between Beshot Khullar and a Lamkang student. Beshot interviews the student about her home life and family.
Date: September 26, 2017
Creator: Khullar, Rengpu Rex
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcript for Blessings from the Thei-chik-tboor tree by Shekarnong Sankhil of Thamlapokpi (open access)

Transcript for Blessings from the Thei-chik-tboor tree by Shekarnong Sankhil of Thamlapokpi

Transcription of Thei chik tboor tun ki suu txhat nah (Blessings from the Thei-chik-tboor tree) as told by Shekarnong Sankhil. A young man, abandoned by his elder brother at the behest of his wife, befriends a young woman. He gifts his prospective parents-in-law with precious items he took from the tiger he killed. The young woman proves herself fit to be his wife by being the only person not to slip on a mat spread out at harvest time.
Date: September 2, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about Ruunu and the Squirrel by Farngam Shilshi (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about Ruunu and the Squirrel by Farngam Shilshi

Transcription of a retelling of Ruunu leh theipaa paomin (The Story of Ruunuu and the Squirrel), as narrated by Farngam Shilshi. Ruunu collects figs in the forest and meets a squirrel, who asks for a ride in the fig basket. The squirrel eats all the figs, leaving only the skins, and Ruunu curses
Date: September 1, 2017
Creator: Lamkang Literature and Education Committee
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about She-frog and He-tiger (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about She-frog and He-tiger

Transcription of a retelling of Uitxok nuu le humpii paa paomin (the Story of She-frog and He-tiger), as narrated by Rengting Shilshi. Monkeys lead a tiger to a she-frog, who threatens to eat the tiger. The tiger proposes that the two of them race, and that the winner eat the other. The frog rides on the tiger's tail and jumps off at the end, beating the tiger. The tiger proposes that they vomit to see who has eaten more meat. The tiger asks how it is that the frog vomits tiger fur, and she claims it is from all the tigers she has eaten. Frightened, the tiger flees. The story is collected during the LLEC workshop at Mantripantha Village.
Date: September 1, 2017
Creator: Shilshi, Rengting & Khular, Sumshot
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about the Boy and the Tiger (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about the Boy and the Tiger

Transcription of a retelling of Buurling le humpii paa paomin (the Story of the Boy and the Tiger), as narrated by Kangten Shakhila. The elder brother's wife tells her husband to kill his younger brother. At first he just pretends to do so, and then he abandons his younger brother in a tree. There the younger brother meets a tiger who wants to eat fruit from the tree. The boy offers to feed the tiger but stabs him instead. [INCOMPLETE.]
Date: September 1, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Retelling of Baqti Jamaal and Alqash (open access)

Transcription: Retelling of Baqti Jamaal and Alqash

Transcription and translation of the recording of Bano, a speaker of Hunza Burushaski, narrating the story of Baqti Jamaal and Alqash.
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Karim, Piar
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Retelling of Bilbal Wazir (open access)

Transcription: Retelling of Bilbal Wazir

Transcription of Bano reciting “Bilbal Wazir” in the Hunza dialect. This is a popular story about Minister Bilbal, who was once a worker, and spent his money before he came home t his wife. He then proves his wisdom by not doing what he was told, and became a minister. Transcription is done in Burushaski with translations in English.
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Text
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
System of Spelling in Lamkang by Lamkang Literature Society (open access)

System of Spelling in Lamkang by Lamkang Literature Society

A document in Lamkang detailing the spelling system of the Lamkang language and the names of months and days in Lamkang. Produced under the Lamkang Literature society. Written by Michael Bepol Sankhil as it President of the Lamkang Literature Society.
Date: September 25, 2002
Creator: Bepol, Michael
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 119 (open access)

Akha notebook 119

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of Akha songs and ritual recitations with partial English glossing.
Date: September 29, 1982
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 118 (open access)

Akha notebook 118

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of Akha songs and ritual recitations with partial English glossing.
Date: September 26, 1982
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 103 (open access)

Akha notebook 103

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of traditional narratives, songs, and descriptions of death rituals.
Date: 1978-09-11/1978-10
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 102 (open access)

Akha notebook 102

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of traditional narratives, death rituals, and songs.
Date: September 5, 1978
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 69 (open access)

Akha notebook 69

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of narratives about the sun and moon and shamans.
Date: September 1977
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library