Resource Type

Elicitation of words for gemination

Recording of Mary Burke eliciting words with gemination in a frame sentence with Sumshot Khular. Each word is a noun ending in a consonant to observe the affect of the '=a' enclitic on the final consonant of the target word. In this version, target words do not occur in a frame sentence. This was part of the Fall 2017 LING 5300 Phonology course.
Date: November 14, 2017
Creator: Burke, Mary
System: The UNT Digital Library

Reading of names with VC VC sequences

Sumshot Khular reads a list of names along with the agentive marker -ngi.
Date: November 6, 2017
Creator: Burke, Mary
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of imperative verbs in frame sentences

A recording of imperative verbs in the frame "Please X" as told by Daniel Tholung and Shekarnong Sankhil. The recording is useful for tone and segment information. Recorded at UNT in 2009.
Date: November 24, 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Monolgue on the Totlang Festival

A discussion of the Totlang Festival by Shekarnong Sankhil.
Date: November 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of words and names for gemination

Recording of Mary Burke eliciting words with the '=a' enclitic from Sumshot Khular. Each word is a noun ending in a consonant to observe the affect of the '=a' enclitic on the final consonant of the target word. After the word list, Sumshot reads a list of personal names with the enclitic '=u' on them. In this version, target words and names do not occur in a frame sentence. This was part of the Fall 2017 LING 5300 Phonology course.
Date: November 14, 2017
Creator: Burke, Mary
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of traditional burials

Shekarnong Sankhil of Thamlapokpi Village talks to Shobhana Chelliah about how the Lamkang traditionally carried out burials.
Date: November 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of gemination in a frame sentence

Recording of Mary Burke eliciting words with gemination in a frame sentence with Sumshot Khular. Each word is a noun ending in a consonant uttered in the frame 'ava ___=a ktxhaa ktxhaa', meaning 'that ___ is nice/beautiful' to observe the affect of the '=a' enclitic on the final consonant of the target word.
Date: November 14, 2017
Creator: Burke, Mary
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of adverbial clauses transcript

Elicitation of adverbial clauses

This is a recording of an elicitation of adverbial clauses in Mankiyali based on English 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: November 15, 2019
Creator: Paramore, Jonathan Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation in a family home

Recording of informal conversation in a family home.
Date: November 23, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation in a family home

Recording of informal conversation in a family home.
Date: November 23, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation with a child

Recording of a conversation with an unknown child.
Date: November 23, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling, updating them on the children at home.
Date: November 23, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member

Recording of a personal letter to a family member about how the nieces and children in the family are growing up.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Liandingi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling. Teenage cousins are having informal conversation and joking.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling.
Date: November 23, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member

Recording of a personal letter to a family member about Chhingi's daughter, Nutei.
Date: November 20, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member

Recording of Biaki updating their family members on what has happened in the family while they've been traveling, and how the cousins are doing.
Date: November 13, 1985
Creator: Biaki
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member

Recording of a personal letter to catch up with a family member who is traveling.
Date: November 23, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member

Recording of a personal letter to a family member.
Date: November 20, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling. Other family members are talking in the background.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member

Recording of a personal letter to a family member.
Date: November 20, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Letter to a family member: work, school

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling. This part includes updates on how difficult work and school are at the time.
Date: November 18, 1985
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
System: The UNT Digital Library