Transcription: Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods (open access)

Transcription: Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Nila Basumatary is a home maker who speaks Assamese in addition to Boro, 55 years old at the time of recording. Her 10 bigha land was eroded by the recent flood. Every year due to the flood they have to take shelter in another place during the rainy season. They stayed almost two months in the relief camps. Recorded in Laokhriguri village, Deosri. Transcription and translation into English.
Date: 2023
Creator: Brahma, Sansuma
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods (open access)

Transcription: Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Dipen Brahma is a daily laborer who speaks Assamese in addition to Boro, 65 years old at the time of recording. He says he was living happily in the village for decades, but the recent flood has changed his life. He cultivated jute, rice, etc., but the recent flood has destroyed everything and the land is also eroded by the river. He says now he doesn't have any agricultural land for cultivation. Recorded in Laokhriguri village, Deosri. Transcription and translation into English.
Date: 2023
Creator: Brahma, Sansuma
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods (open access)

Transcription: Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Solen Brahma is a farmer who speaks Assamese in addition to Boro, 56 years old at the time of recording. He describes damages done by the Tarong river. The main reason for floods in their village is the Tarong river which is flowing just 150 meters away from their village. Every year during the monsoon season, Tarong River overflows and destroys everything in the village. Recorded in Saraguri village, Choraikhola. Transcription and translation into English.
Date: 2023
Creator: Brahma, Sansuma
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Krowl, Vol, 1.01, May 2009 (open access)

Krowl, Vol, 1.01, May 2009

Annual magazine containing articles written by contributors across India on various topics, such as socio-economic, political, art, or religious issues.
Date: May 2009
Creator: Bunglun, Shangkhil
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library

Bibilography of the brief history of Lamkang

Photograph of a bibliography page of the brief history of Lamkang booklet written by Sankhil Shethon, a bibliography page taken during a visit to the Lamkangs in Chandel, Manipur, India.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Bibilography of the Short History of the Lamkang by Shethon Sankhil

Photograph of a bibliography of the Short History of the Lamkangs by Shethon Sankhil Thamlakhuren village presented to Shobhana Chelliah during a visit to the Lamkangs in Chandel, Manipur, India.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Biblography of the Short History of the Lamkangs by Shethon Sankhil Thamlakhuren

Photograph of a bibliography of the short History of the Lamkangs written by Shethon Sankhil of Thamlakhuren presented to Shobhana Chelliah during a visit to the Lamkangs in Chandel, Manipur, India.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Computer Training center in Chandel

A sign posted of NNS Computer Training center during a visit with the Lamkangs in Chandel, Manipur, India.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

A short biograph of Shethon Sankhil of Thamlakhuren.

Photograph of a short biograph of Shethon Sankhil from the book he had written called a Short History of the Lamkangs a booklet presented to Shobhana Chelliah during her visit to the Lamkangs in Chandel, Manipur, India.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
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
Bodo Correspondences August 2000 (open access)

Bodo Correspondences August 2000

Typed table of sound correspondences from Proto-Bodo-Garo in 4 Bodo-Garo languages (Tiwa, Boro, Garo, Rabha) arranged by initial consonants, vowels, and final consonants.
Date: [2000..2002]
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Boro Tones handout (open access)

Boro Tones handout

A handout summarizing of Burling's discussion of the Boro tone system at the Northeast Indian Linguistics Society (NEILS) II conference in Gauhati, Assam. Includes handwritten annotations of tones in words ranging from 1-3+ syllables.
Date: 2007
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Boro tones and syllable structure (open access)

Notes on Boro tones and syllable structure

Handwritten notes on Boro, focusing on tone, pitch, and lexical stress in polysyllabic words. Includes examples of three tones (high, low, and falling), discussion of how these tones are differentiated, and diagrams of potential tone combinations.
Date: 2006
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Dimasa grammar and summaries (open access)

Notes on Dimasa grammar and summaries

Handwritten notes on Dimasa summarizing the status of Burling's description of various aspects of the language: interrogatives, modals, post-positions and subordinators, case marking, negation, TAM, and adverbials. Includes partial index of examples across multiple Dimasa notebooks.
Date: 2008-02/2009
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Dimasa phonology (open access)

Notes on Dimasa phonology

Handwritten notes on Dimasa phonology with special focus on vowel quality and final glottals. Includes partial index of examples across multiple Dimasa notebooks.
Date: 2009-03-10/2009-03-15
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Dimasa phonology and grammar (open access)

Notes on Dimasa phonology and grammar

Handwritten notes on Dimasa with a brief description of the phoneme inventory and consonant clusters and notes on grammar (case marking, plural forms, question formation, tense and aspect marking) including example phrases and sentences. Word lists cover verbs of perception, verbs of motion, interrogatives, fire, insects, units of measurement, and numerals.
Date: 2008-01-25/2008-02
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Dimasa tone and syllable structure (open access)

Notes on Dimasa tone and syllable structure

Handwritten notes on Dimasa phonology (tone, phoneme inventory, syllable structure, creaky voice), grammar (case marking, adjective formation, tense and aspect marking) and regional variation.
Date: 2009-02-10/2009-03-17
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Dimasa tones and vowel length (open access)

Notes on Dimasa tones and vowel length

Handwritten notes on Dimasa with special focus on tone, vowel length, and final glottals. Includes regional word list, words with final -p and -k, and minimal pairs and triplets demonstrating vowel length distinctions in adjectival forms.
Date: 2008-03-27/2008-04
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Dimasa tones, pitch, and vowel length (open access)

Notes on Dimasa tones, pitch, and vowel length

Handwritten notes on Dimasa phonology (tone, pitch, syllable structure) with special focus on vowel quality and final glottal stops. Includes word lists of kinship terms, body parts, natural world, animals, household items, numerals, agriculture, and transitive verbs of motion.
Date: 2009-03-07/2009-06-05
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Garo and Tiwa grammar (open access)

Notes on Garo and Tiwa grammar

Handwritten notes on Tiwa and Garo grammar including case marking, adverbials, and nominalization.
Date: [2000..2010]
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on KokBorok phonology and word lists (open access)

Notes on KokBorok phonology and word lists

Handwritten notes on KokBorok phonology focusing on tone and phonotactics, with phoneme inventory and comparisons to Garo. Includes word lists ranging multiple semantic domains (kinship terms, numerals, animals, agriculture, natural world, colors, physical descriptors, verbs of motion, verbs of perception, body parts, interrogatives, and time).
Date: January 1997
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on languages on Northeast India (open access)

Notes on languages on Northeast India

Handwritten notes on several langues of Northeast India in Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Arunachal Pradesh. Includes lists of languages, language name variants, hand drawn maps, and basic demographics of language communities. Notes on classification compare how the Linguistic Survey of India, Robert Schafer, and Geoffrey Marrison group these languages.
Date: April 2004
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on multilingual dictionary compilation (open access)

Notes on multilingual dictionary compilation

Typed and handwritten notes of Burling's considerations while compiling a multilingual dictionary of Bodo-Garo languages in a spreadsheet. Includes documentation of conventions used, description of each column's function, and discussion of borrowings, cognates, orthography, and problematic examples.
Date: [2005..2015]
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Rabha field work and word lists (open access)

Notes on Rabha field work and word lists

Handwritten and typed notes on Rabha phonology with phoneme inventory and brief summary of Burling's work with Rabha consultants. Includes word lists in multiple semantic domains (natural world, body parts, animals, kinship terms, insects, physical descriptors) and notes on regional variation, Assamese influence, and comparisons to Garo, Khasi, Atong, Koch, and KokBorok.
Date: [1995..2005]
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library