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Akha songs and narratives. Continued from Side A. 0-[end] Àbɔ́qɔ: nɛ̀q khə̀ khə̀ ə 21/4-78

Recording of a discussion on directionals at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.

Recording of participants at the 2016 Orthography workshop focusing on spelling preferences.

Recording of Shobhana Chelliah eliciting directional and demonstratives. With Donnu Sankhil, Tholung Swamy Ksen, and Sumshot Khular at Thamlakhuren village.

A discussion between Sumshot Khular and Tyler Utt of the causative construction and the verb 'give'. This elicitation was recorded in the Linguistic conference room at Discovery Park, UNT.

Tyler Utt eliciting intransitive optatives with Sumshot Khular. Recorded at Linguistics conference room, College of Information.

Melissa Robinson eliciting minimal pairs with frames with Sumshot Khular at the recording booth at UNT.

Melissa Robinson eliciting tone minimal pairs with Sumshot Khular.

Recording of several Lamkang verbs in a frame and in isolation by Sumshot Khular. The recording was made when Khular was a visiting scholar at the University of North Texas. A full transcript is available with PRAAT annotations is available.

Melissa Robinson eliciting the tones of various verbs with Sumshot Khular.

Melissa elicits verbs with suffixes from Sumshot Khular.

Recording of inflected verbs in a frame: In the Lamkang language we say "__".

A description of the origin of the Judima festival recorded in Halfong village.

Personal narrative of Hemari Phonglo, a child in class 2. She describes her school and friends.

Recording of Melissa Robinson eliciting tone minimal pairs in a frame with Sumshot Khular.

This is a conversation between women gathered in Sonwārā village in Azamgarh district of UP on the occasion of a marriage.

This is a conversation between three people in Fatehpūr village in the Maū district of UP. The conversation begins with some land issues in Fatehpūr and then moves on to modern-day farming issues faced in the village. Then the speakers move on to discussing the prospects of fisheries and then to the climate of Fatehpūr, which is relatively colder because of the Fatehpūr Ratōh Lake.

This is a conversation in Ḍhilaī̃ village, situated nearby Fatehpūr, in the Maū district of UP, taking place in the Eastern dialect of Azamgarhi. The conversation begins with some issues in the selling of the current year’s harvest of paddy. Then the speakers move on to talking on matters of relatives.

This is a folk tale entitled 'Palung kawipui nai kasapui racham' narrated by Mrs. Lamwiniuliu of Maguilong village.

Tashi Dorji and Dorji Phuntsho discuss rituals involving animal sacrifice in Dukti village. In the past, it was customary for every household to raise a pig to be killed for ritual purposes. They say that now, over a decade later, they have stopped raising pigs for sacrifice.

Tashi Dorji and Dorji Phuntsho discuss the different rituals performed in Dukti village related to Ladam involving restricting both locals and outsiders from visiting the mountain Tshong Tshongma between plantation and harvesting of crops. The entry to Tshong Tshongma closes on the 10th day of the third month of the Tibetan calendar. If someone does enter this area during the restricted months, it brings heavy rain, winds, and landslides to the area.