Notes on Rabha phonology and word lists (open access)

Notes on Rabha phonology and word lists

Handwritten notes on Rabha phonology focusing on tone, vowel quality, echo words, and syllable structure, with a phoneme inventory. Includes word lists ranging multiple semantic domains (natural world, body parts, animals, kinship terms).
Date: [2000..2010]
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Tiwa phonology and grammar (open access)

Notes on Tiwa phonology and grammar

Handwritten notes on Tiwa phonology (tone, glottals, syllable structure) and grammar (case, adverbials, compounds, classifiers, negation) with sample sentences and phrases. Includes word lists ranging multiple semantic domains (animals, body parts, natural world, household, agriculture, verbs of motion/ break/ cut/ carry/ burn/ boil, time, and health).
Date: 2000-11-15/2000-12-18
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Tiwa tone (open access)

Notes on Tiwa tone

Handwritten notes on Tiwa phonology examining tone in monosyllabic and polysyllabic forms and the impact of case and TAM markers on tone.
Date: [2000..2010]
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Revised Tiwa word list (open access)

Revised Tiwa word list

Typed Tiwa word list arranged alphabetically by English gloss including columns for original spelling, revised spelling, gloss, and source of information in Burling's handwritten field notes. Glosses minimally include simple English translations, as well as lexical categories, comparisons to Garo, and brief comments on wordhood, transitivity, usage, and affixes.
Date: [2001..2010]
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proto-Bodo-Garo correspondences word list (open access)

Proto-Bodo-Garo correspondences word list

Typed table comparing multiple Boro-Garo languages to Proto-Bodo-Garo reconstructed forms, arranged alphabetically by English gloss. Includes handwritten notes clarifying glosses, tones, and sources of information.
Date: [2005..2015]
Creator: Burling, Robbins & Jacquesson, Francois
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Boro Tones (open access)

Boro Tones

A linguistic description of Boro tones, specifically in polysyllabic words, including an overview of Boro's phonemic inventory and syllable structure. The authors identify three tones (high, low, and falling), present examples, and discuss the effects of morphology and final consonants on tone. They conclude by comparing the Boro tone system to those of Tiwa and Rabha, and positing directions for further investigation.
Date: April 2006
Creator: Burling, Robbins & Joseph, Umbavu Varghese
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Skichengani Kitap (open access)

Skichengani Kitap

Book of 30 lessons on the Garo alphabet, handwriting, and arithmetic. Includes illustrations.
Date: August 15, 1991
Creator: Busolin, B.; Thomas, Phadar K. A. & Joseph, Umbavu Varghese
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Questions about archiving existing and new linguistics data

Presentation for the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. This presentation looks as at previous research in the Tibetan linguistic area, future research areas, and issues to be considered in archiving practices.
Date: November 17, 2017
Creator: Caplow, Nancy J.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speech on Tibetan linguistic area and archiving practices captions transcript

Speech on Tibetan linguistic area and archiving practices

Video recording of a presentation describing previous research in the Tibetan linguistic area, future research areas, and issues to be considered in archiving practices. This presentation was part of an afternoon session at the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages.
Date: November 17, 2017
Creator: Caplow, Nancy J.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Archive and database architecture and usability

Presentation for the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. This presentation discusses the use of a database for language archiving through the example of Himalayan Tibeto-Burman languages.
Date: November 17, 2017
Creator: Caplow, Nancy J.; Khular, Sumshot & Willis Oko, Christina
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion and retellings of traditional narratives about Benglam and Lamkang clans transcript

Analytical discussion and retellings of traditional narratives about Benglam and Lamkang clans

Lamkang elders recite well-known traditional narratives (the origin of Lamkang clans, and a Benglam story) and associated songs, followed by discussion in English. Recorded at the 2nd NSF-funded Lamkang Orthography Workshop held at the Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam.
Date: January 24, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of aspect, part 2 transcript

Analytical discussion of aspect, part 2

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.Lamkang discussant are Tholung Swamy Ksen, Donnu Sankhil, Sumshot Khular, Rengpu Rex Khullar, and linguist in conversant are David A. Peterson, Shobhana Chelliah, Prafulla Basumatary.
Date: January 24, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of Invading the Village Haika transcript

Analytical discussion of Invading the Village Haika

Recording of a discussion of "Invading the Village Haika" as told by Shetwor Dilbung at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Date: January 24, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical notes on Lamkang grammar (open access)

Analytical notes on Lamkang grammar

Handwritten notes on Lamkang language with a table of contents.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical notes on Lamkang grammar (open access)

Analytical notes on Lamkang grammar

Handwritten field notes on Lamkang language including information on paradigms, verb stem alternation, verbless clauses, orthography, tone, inflected determiner clauses, applicatives, case marking, evidentials.
Date: 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical notes on Lamkang grammar (open access)

Analytical notes on Lamkang grammar

Handwritten field notes on Lamkang language, including journaling of field trip in Delhi in January 2009 with Harimohon Thounaojam and Rex Khullar.
Date: January 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical notes on Lamkang orthography and paradigms (open access)

Analytical notes on Lamkang orthography and paradigms

Handwritten notes from an orthography workshop on Lamkang, held in Guwahati, Assam, India. Table of contents in the notebook.
Date: January 2013
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical notes on Lamkang sentences (open access)

Analytical notes on Lamkang sentences

Handwritten notes on Lamkang language including verb agreement and Pear Story discussion
Date: April 16, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical notes on Lamkang verb agreement (open access)

Analytical notes on Lamkang verb agreement

Handwritten notes on Lamkang language including discussions with Rex and Beshot, notes on verb agreement, directionals, and paradigms for duul 'to push' and iip 'to sleep'.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical notes on the Manipuri dative case marker (open access)

Analytical notes on the Manipuri dative case marker

Typed analytical notes on the various uses of the dative case marker -tə in Manipuri, including examples from original field notes, parallel English translations, and linguistic analysis in English. The dative marker is used to indicate indirect objects, possession, and spatial and temporal distinctions.
Date: 2005/2010?
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Computational Resource for South Asian Languages

Presentation for the 2017 Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for Computational Resources on South Asian Languages. This presentation provides an overview of the Computational Resource for South Asian Languages project.
Date: November 17, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Dataset for a retelling of the Pear Story: Beshot

Dataset generated for analysis of The Pear Story as told by Beshot Khullar. The data set includes a sound recording, transcription with an English translation, flextext files (from Fieldworks Language Explorer), and accompanying derivative files.
Date: 2008
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Dataset for a retelling of the Pear Story: Robert

Dataset generated for a recording of Robert Leivon retelling the Pear Story. A transcription with an English translation, flextext files (from Fieldworks Language Explorer), and accompanying derivative files are included. The speaker was living in Delhi when the recording was made.
Date: January 13, 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Dataset for a traditional story about Sombeel

Dataset generated during research on the Lamkang language, including a recording of SankhilThampol Khularnu of Thamlakhuren reciting the story "The Story of Sombeel," a transcription with an English translation, flextext files (from Fieldworks Language Explorer), and accompanying derivative files. Recorded by Daniel Tholung and translated by Sumshot Khular.
Date: unknown
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library