Transcription: Traditional story about Sumphaai and Raangleen (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about Sumphaai and Raangleen

Transcription of a retelling of Sumphaai le Raangleen paomin (the Story of Sumphaai and Raangleen), as narrated by Swamy Tholung Ksen. To please his wife, Ranglen sells his sister Sumphaai to a rich man. The rich man's wife tests her to see whether she is a careful or careless person. The rich woman's son marries Sumphaai. Many years later Rangleen hosts the Merit Feast and wants to invite his sister, but expecting that she will refuse, he sends word to her that he has died in order to lure her.
Date: August 28, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcript for a traditional story about the Origin of the Lamkang, Part III (open access)

Transcript for a traditional story about the Origin of the Lamkang, Part III

Transcription of a retelling of the Origin of the Lamkang: part III, as narrated by Bunghon Suungnem.
Date: unknown
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Monologue on the need to document Lamkang (open access)

Transcription: Monologue on the need to document Lamkang

Transcription of a monologue by Daniel Tholung on the Lamkang people and language. He discusses the need to work toward promoting and preserving the language and how he and Shekarnong Sankhil of Thamlapokpi came to the UNT on Chelliah's invitation to interact with students and teach them about Lamkang. This is one of a series of recordings of Lamkang language revitalization experts on the importance of documenting the Lamkang language.
Date: August 22, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi & Khular, Sumshot
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Elicited control sentences (open access)

Transcription: Elicited control sentences

Transcription of an elicitation of sentences to show how syntactic control works in Lamkang.
Date: March 3, 2016
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about Arthluuk and Raangchel (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about Arthluuk and Raangchel

Transcription of a retelling of Arthluuk le Raangchel paomin (the Story of Arthluuk and Raangchel), as narrated by Swamy Tholung Ksen at Thamlapokpi village in Chandel district Manipur, India.
Date: unknown
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: The Prodigal Son (open access)

Transcription: The Prodigal Son

Transcription of a reading of the Story of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-24) from the New Testament by Beshot Khullar. A landowner's second son demands his share of the inheritance before the father's death, goes off and squanders it, and returns to his father, who accepts his penitent son. The older brother, however, is upset at his father's acceptance of his returning brother.
Date: August 18, 2017
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
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 the Tiger and the Squirrel (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about the Tiger and the Squirrel

Transcription of a retelling of Humpii paa leh theipaa paomin (Story of Tiger and Squirrel), as narrated by Shetwor Dilbung of Keithelmanbi Village Chandel District Manipur, India.
Date: unknown
Creator: Utt, Tyler P. & Khular, Sumshot
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Reading of a blessing ritual called Smul Kpnaak (open access)

Transcription: Reading of a blessing ritual called Smul Kpnaak

Transcription of a blessing ritual called "Smul kpnaak" as performed by Sumshot Khular. This blessing is used by Lamkang elders to mark significant life events for younger couples. It can be performed for getting a blessing for good health, wealth, children, long life and any other blessings.
Date: August 19, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
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: Traditional story about Benglam (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about Benglam

Transcription of a Benglam Story, as told by Grace Sankhil. This Benglam story is about what happens when Beglam is on his way to bury a child.
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about Raapa by Suungnem Bunghon (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about Raapa by Suungnem Bunghon

Transcription of a retelling of Raapa paomin (the Story of Raapa), as narrated by Bunghon Suungnem. A tiger, angry at being duped by Koreng, eats him. Koreng's sisters vow to marry whoever kills the tiger, and the only one able to do it is Raapa. Jealous, the other men conspire to kill Raapa, but he survives two attempts and tricks them so that they drown. In the end Koreng's sisters kill Raapa.
Date: August 31, 2017
Creator: Khullar, Rengpu Rex & Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Monologue about home life (open access)

Transcription: Monologue about home life

Transcription of Kennedy Dilbung, studying and living in Delhi, talking about his family in Khorpii village, Chandel district, Manipur.
Date: 2017~
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi & Khular, Sumshot
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about Dingkaakuuk (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about Dingkaakuuk

Transcription of a retelling of Dingkaakuuk paomin (the story of Dingkaakuuk), as narrated by Swamy Tholung Ksen. When a man marries, his wife cannot stand his younger brother, so he takes him into the forest and leads her to believe he killed him. The younger brother kills a tiger and marries a young woman. He encounters his elder brother again, who kills his wife for making him abandon his brother.
Date: August 6, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi & Khular, Sumshot
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Translation of the Prodigal Son (open access)

Translation of the Prodigal Son

Translation of the story of the Prodigal Son, from the Book of Matthew, in Lamkang. Translated by Daniel Tholung as part on the ongoing translation work of the Lamkang Bible with the Evangel Bible Translators.
Date: unknown
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about the Squirrel (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about the Squirrel

Transcription of a retelling of Theipaa paomin (The Squirrel Story), as narrated by Bunghon Sankhil.
Date: June 28, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcript for elicitation of various sentences (open access)

Transcript for elicitation of various sentences

Transcription of various sentences in translated into Lamkang to show several different constructions for aspect and mood.
Date: unknown
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcript for an interview about biographical information from Chonmila Sankhil (open access)

Transcript for an interview about biographical information from Chonmila Sankhil

Transcription of an interview in which Beshot Khullar asks Chonmila Sankhil about their life in Phaaidaam village Chandel District Manipur, India.
Date: August 8, 2017
Creator: Khullar, Rengpu Rex
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcript for a traditional story about the Origin of the Lamkang, Part VI (open access)

Transcript for a traditional story about the Origin of the Lamkang, Part VI

Transcription of a retelling of the Origin of the Lamkang: part VI, as narrated by Bunghon Suungnem.
Date: unknown
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on clan names and building villages (open access)

Notes on clan names and building villages

Notes on categorization of Lamkang clans and clan names, and of the building of villages - handwritten by Shetkarnong Sankhil and typed up by Shobhana Chelliah's research team.
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Reading of a verb list (open access)

Transcription: Reading of a verb list

Transcription of Daniel Tholung reading a list of verbs in English and Lamkang.
Date: 2010
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Retelling of Why are monkeys' bottoms flat? (open access)

Transcription: Retelling of Why are monkeys' bottoms flat?

Transcription of a retelling of Talu ki yoong rek thul a ktrpeek? (Why are monkeys' bottoms flat?), as written by Khumwar Suungnem during a writing workshop sponsored by the Summer Institute of Linguistics. A fable explaining how monkeys' bottoms came to be flat. Long ago an old married couple had a monkey troop living next to them. The monkeys would eat all the seed they sowed, so the couple planted yams, which they would not eat. When the yams were slow to grow, one of the monkeys told them they ought to boil the yam seeds first. While the couple were in the field to boil water, the monkeys entered their house. They chased away the monkeys, and one that got stuck had its bottom beaten flat by the old man.
Date: March 9, 2017
Creator: Suungnem, Khumwar
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Elicitation of verb prefixes (open access)

Transcription: Elicitation of verb prefixes

Transcription of an elicitation session of verb prefixes to examine complex onsets in Lamkang. These verb forms were elicited to conduct an acoustic study of complex onsets in Lamkang. All elicited forms are transitive ([X] verbs [Y]) and are drawn from the Inverse and Imperfective paradigms. They were chosen to exhibit a range in onset complexity.
Date: August 27, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcript for a traditional story about the Origin of the Lamkang, Part IV (open access)

Transcript for a traditional story about the Origin of the Lamkang, Part IV

Transcription of a retelling of the Origin of the Lamkang: part IV, as narrated by Bunghon Suungnem.
Date: unknown
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library