Akha songs and narratives. Continued from Side A. 0-20 Ábɔ́koq: about himself; 20-42 Ábɔ́koq: tiger story; 42-56 Ábɔ́koq: vampire story. 16/4-78. 56-[end] Mɔ́-lɛq: ájɛ̀ tjha ə̀

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

Akha songs and narratives. 0-20 ásɔ̀q: mͻ-hỳhͻ ə́ mɔ-njí

This is an interview about traditional health practices in the Lai community. The interviewee, born in 1959, is originally from Hakha and speaks Falam, Hakha, Kawl, and English. Interviews were collected as part of the Linguistically Underserved Communities and Health (LUCAH) project, which aims to make health information more accessible and culturally relevant for the Chin refugee community in order to ensure that they are getting clear and accurate information.

Recording of Tyler Utt and Shobhana Chelliah eliciting tone words in Lamkang (N-P) with Sumshot Khular.

Recording of Tyler Utt and Shobhana Chelliah eliciting tone words in Lamkang (T-W) with Sumshot Khular.

Recording of Shobhana Chelliah and Tyler Utt eliciting tone words in Lamkang (A-B) with Sumshot Khular.

Recording of Tyler Utt and Shobhana Chelliah eliciting tone words in Lamkang (R-S) with Sumshot Khular.

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

This folk tale is a in horror story. The story is about a man who visited the village of his parents-in-law and discovered they are human eaters (cannibals).

Handwritten notes and transcription of a traditional narrative about Mɔ Hỳ and Mɔ Njí. Additional notes were added in 1987.

Handwritten notes and transcription of narratives about honesty and a snake in paradise.

Handwritten notes on Lamkang language including verb agreement and Pear Story discussion

Recording of Tyler Utt and Shobhana Chelliah eliciting tone words in Lamkang (H-K) with Sumshot Khular.

Recording of Tyler Utt and Shobhana Chelliah eliciting tone words in Lamkang (L-M) with Sumshot Khular.

Recording of Tyler Utt eliciting tone words in Lamkang (F-G) with Sumshot Khular.

Transcription of a retelling of Mnuu kdi you mdo thlaam na paomin (Story About Searching for the Deceased Mother), as narrated by Angtoi Sankhil.

This is a monologue on the (traditional) everyday situation of a mother having a baby to take care of while having to perform other chores such as getting firewood and cooking (not considered a true folk story by language consultants).

This a traditional story about an elderly couple with a dog; the wife dies and the dog takes the husband to Chom arong (i.e., the village of the dead); the wife does not want to leave, but the husband forces her; upon return to their village, soon somebody else in the village dies, and the wife has to die and go back to Chom arong with the other person.

This is a traditional story about a couple, in which the husband tricks his wife in order to get her to give him meat to eat. He carves a hole into a tree and pretends to be a scary big black bird and tells his wife to feed the big black bird. After the wife has fed the big black bird (i.e., her husband) all of their chickens, the husband himself tells her to look inside the hole the next time around, which she does. Upon recognizing her husband, the wife is angry and tells him she will separate from him and go to stay with her parents. She collects all her things into a big basket. The husband sneaks himself into the basket, and as the wife is on the way carrying the basket, the husband urinates. As if it had not been enough already before, the wife now leaves him with even angrier than before.

This a traditional story about a common fool character, who does stupid things (bokolapo); in this story, he wants to go to the market but by switching sides of the basket he is carrying also accidentally switches the direction in which he is walking; he ends up walking back to his own house without realizing it.

This a traditional story about a common fool character, who does stupid things (bokolapo); in this story, he wants to go to the market but by switching sides of the basket he is carrying also accidentally switches the direction in which he is walking; he ends up walking back to his own house without realizing it.

This is a description of the important status of cleanliness in Karbi culture.

This a traditional story about an orphan who encounters a tiger; by using a container with a mirror on top, he manages to convince the tiger that he (the orphan) has caught a large tiger in that container; the tiger is scared and the orphan ends up managing to steal gold from the tigers’ Rongker (= the name of a ceremony in Karbi traditional culture) due to his trick with the mirror container. Chikari Tisso was an active listener during the recording of this text. All of his backchanneling as well as clarification questions and other remarks are included in this transcription, signaled by{curly brackets}.