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Conversation about preserving Chhitkul-Rakchham captions transcript

Conversation about preserving Chhitkul-Rakchham

Chet and Yashvir discuss the following prompt: "Is the Chhitkul-Rakchham language endangered, and, if yes, what should be done to preserve it?" The recording was done outside at Rakchham's Government Senior Secondary School, where they both work.
Date: November 22, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of millet preparation

Mrs. Humchung is one of the oldest people living in Thragom village. She describes how to prepare and consume millet and demonstrates how to improve the taste of the millet by stirring with the ladle. She recommends having this meal along with hot chili paste.
Date: June 22, 2022
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discussion about language endangerment and political instability captions transcript

Discussion about language endangerment and political instability

Video of Shobhana L. Chelliah speaking on a panel for "Voices in Dangerous Times: Language Endangerment and Political Instability."
Date: March 22, 2019
Creator: Burke, Mary
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discussion about language endangerment and political instability captions transcript

Discussion about language endangerment and political instability

Video of Stan Dubinsky speaking on a panel for "Voices in Dangerous Times: Language Endangerment and Political Instability."
Date: March 22, 2019
Creator: Burke, Mary
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discussion about language endangerment and political instability captions transcript

Discussion about language endangerment and political instability

Video of Sumshot Khular speaking on a panel for "Voices in Dangerous Times: Language Endangerment and Political Instability."
Date: March 22, 2019
Creator: Burke, Mary
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discussion about language endangerment and political instability captions transcript

Discussion about language endangerment and political instability

Video of the question and answer session of the panel "Voices in Dangerous Times: Language Endangerment and Political Instability."
Date: March 22, 2019
Creator: Burke, Mary
System: The UNT Digital Library

Discussion on languages of the Purvanchal region of UP and Urdu

This is a discussion about the language and language varieties spoken in the districts of the Pūrvānchal region of the state of Uttar Pradesh, such as Maū, Balliā, and Āzamgaṛh. The speaker Mr. Maqsood Khan initiates with a short monologue on the election season in his mother tongue Bhojpuri spoken in his village Jogarī. He then proceeds to the varieties spoken in the region as he seems to have excellent knowledge on the same. The monologue then turns into a discussion about the differences of culture and language of Āzamgaṛh and Maū. It then shifts to the state of Urdu in India.
Date: November 22, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
System: The UNT Digital Library
Historical narrative about trade relations with Tibet captions transcript

Historical narrative about trade relations with Tibet

Jaswant Singh discusses his experience trading with the Tibetans. He did this once a year for six years, before the Indo-Chinese war in 1962 drastically restricted trade with Tibetans. The recording was made in Khrogla, located three kilometers further down Rakchham village.
Date: November 22, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Introduction to a LEPI speech captions transcript

Introduction to a LEPI speech

Video of Shobhana Chelliah introducing Sumshot Khular for a presentation on "Language then and now--a personal account from Northeast India" for "Voices in Dangerous Times: Language Endangerment and Political Instability."
Date: March 22, 2019
Creator: Burke, Mary
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a folk song 'Niureng tu'

This Liangmai folk song is composed by Niureng of Lalong village. The present song was sung by Namdibui of Tucha village.
Date: January 22, 2022
Creator: Mataina, Wichamdinbo
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Tshong Tshongma appeasement rituals

Group performance of Bon rituals to appease Tshong Tshongma, the most sacred mountain in Eastern Bhutan, which is accessible only for four months per year due to local customs and myths. At over 4000m, Tshong Tshongma is a very important deity, especially to the people in its vicinity. In this recording, a group of around 30 visitors, including children, performs rituals to appease Tshong Tshongma including serving meals, offering locally-fermented wine, bowing, and praying for the well-being of all sentient beings.
Date: May 22, 2022
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative of a school principal captions transcript

Personal narrative of a school principal

Chet Ram Negi describes how he became the principal of Rakchham Government Senior Secondary school and provides a short history of the school. The recording was made outdoors on school grounds.
Date: November 22, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library

Rengpu Rex Khullar discussing the verb paradigm

Recording of verb paradigm discussion with Rengpu Rex Khullar at Don Bosco Institute during the Lamkang Orthography workshop.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Rengpu Rex Khullar making a speech about the value of studying Lamkang grammar for revitalization

Recording of the speech made by Rengpu Rex Khullar during the Lamkang Orthography workshop at Don Bosco Institute, how he came to realized the importance of language documentation and revitalization of the Lamkang.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Teaching English in Rakchham captions transcript

Teaching English in Rakchham

Yashvir introduces his family and describes his experience as an English teacher in Rakchham village. He discusses the importance of preserving his language. The recording was made at his home in Rakchham village, located nearby the main temple.
Date: November 22, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
System: The UNT Digital Library

Video recording of a conversation on the demands in the Pardhānī (village head) election in Rāmpūr

This is a conversation where Mr. Satsri Mangal, a resident of Chaudhrīpūr in Rāmpūr village, places his demands before Mr. Jameel, the former and currently contesting Pardhān (village head) of Rampur. Mr. Jameel listens to his demands, and then Mr. Satsri Mangal narrates some incidents. After that, Mr. Jameel starts a conversation with the village children who were playing cricket a while ago and gathered around the recording place after noticing some recording taking place.
Date: November 22, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
System: The UNT Digital Library

Video recording of a conversation on the languages of Rāmpūr village and the nearby Muslim-dominated villages of the region (in Urdu)

This is a conversation primarily with Mr. Jameel, the former and currently contesting Pardhān (village head) of Rampur village. Mr. Jameel gives the researcher information regarding the presence of dichotomy in speech among the population of Azamgarh and the variety spoken in Rampur and other nearby Muslim-dominated villages. In the last part of the recording, Mr. Jameel talks with a villager who passes by.
Date: November 22, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
System: The UNT Digital Library

Video recording of a monologue on Pardhānī (village head) elections in Rāmpūr and about Rāmpūr village

This is a monologue on the Pardhaani (village head) elections in Rampur in the Bhojpuri language. The elections were approaching closer at the time of recording, and the speaker Mr. Jameel who was the ex- village headman of Rampur, was contesting this time. He speaks on the history of these elections and his contesting of the same. He then moves on to give information on Rampur village and nearby villages.
Date: November 22, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
System: The UNT Digital Library