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Computational Resource on South Asian Languages
105
Akha Language Resource
29
Boro Language Resource
26
Languages of the Barak Valley
14
Mankiyali Language Resource
13
Zangskari Language Resource
7
Zophei Language Resource
6
Burushaski Language Resource
4
Dimasa Language Resource
2
Mizo Language Resource
2
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Inga-Lill Hansson Collection
29
Pauthang Haokip Collection
14
Maaz Shaikh Collection
7
Samson Lotven Collection
6
Assam University Linguistics Department Collection
2
Lalnunthangi Chhangte Collection
2
Personal Narratives and Accounts
2
Stories
2
Sahiinii Veikho Collection
1
Shobhana Chelliah Collection
1
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Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods
Popula Barman describes her experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is a housewife with a high school education who speaks Bengali and Hindi in addition to Dimasa. She is 50 years old at the time of recording.
Date:
September 28, 2022
Creator:
Barman, Moumita
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods
Dharendra Basumatary is a businessman with a BA-level education who speaks Hindi and Assamese in addition to Boro, 48 years old at the time of recording. He describes how the Bur river is destroying their village. The Bur river (also called Nizla river) comes from the Bhutan hills and it passes through their village. Nizla river eroded most of the lands of his village. Recorded in Laokhriguri village, Deosri.
Date:
September 10, 2022
Creator:
Brahma, Sansuma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods
Phaguna Narzary is a businessman with a BA-level education who speaks Nepali, Bengali, Hindi, and Assamese in addition to Boro, 38 years old at the time of recording. He the suffering of life due to the devastation done by a flood. They have done everything to stop the flood, but the flood is increasing year by year. They have appealed to the government and hope that government will solve their problems. Recorded in Laokhriguri village, Deosri.
Date:
September 10, 2022
Creator:
Brahma, Sansuma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods
Donda Basumatary is a farmer who speaks Assamese in addition to Boro, 61 years old at the time of recording. He talks about the loss of his property due to the flood. He is worried about the future generation of his village as most of the cultivable land is converted into a desert. He believes that until and unless the government doesn't build protection on the river bank, they will keep suffering in the future too. Recorded in Laokhriguri village, Deosri.
Date:
September 10, 2022
Creator:
Brahma, Sansuma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods
Lachit Basumatary is a daily laborer who speaks Hindi and Assamese in addition to Boro, 31 years old at the time of recording. He describes how he saved fellow villagers during the time flood. He cultivated rice and jute crops, but flood water destroyed everything and didn't get anything. His house's walls also got damaged, and his house is now only 50 meters away from the river. Recorded in Laokhriguri village, Deosri.
Date:
September 10, 2022
Creator:
Brahma, Sansuma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods
Swmkhang Narzary is a daily laborer who speaks Hindi and Assamese in addition to Boro, 27 years old at the time of recording. He tells about the loss of his land. He says that the river is about to reach his village by eroding day by day, and that 50 houses of his village were damaged in recent floods. He tells that when it rains in Bhutan hills, a sudden flood comes into their village. Recorded in Laokhriguri village, Deosri.
Date:
September 10, 2022
Creator:
Brahma, Sansuma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods
Uday Basumatary is a farmer who speaks Assamese in addition to Boro, 40 years old at the time of recording. Most of the agricultural land he owned now is eroded by rivers. Earlier he had 15 bighas of land, but almost all the land is eroded by flood water. Now his home is only 50 meters away from the river and he has shifted his house to another place. Recorded in Laokhriguri village, Deosri.
Date:
September 10, 2022
Creator:
Brahma, Sansuma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods
Mahen Basumatary is a farmer who speaks Assamese in addition to Boro, 42 years old at the time of recording. He describes how he survived the recent flood. His wife was sick during the time of the flood. He somehow managed to save his wife. His wife couldn't walk and he carried his wife on his back to a safe place. Wild elephants also frequently come to his house in search of food. Recorded in Laokhriguri village, Deosri.
Date:
September 10, 2022
Creator:
Brahma, Sansuma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods
Nila Basumatary is a home maker who speaks Assamese in addition to Boro, 55 years old at the time of recording. Her 10 bigha land was eroded by the recent flood. Every year due to the flood they have to take shelter in another place during the rainy season. They stayed almost two months in the relief camps. Recorded in Laokhriguri village, Deosri.
Date:
September 10, 2022
Creator:
Brahma, Sansuma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods
Dipen Brahma is a daily laborer who speaks Assamese in addition to Boro, 65 years old at the time of recording. He says he was living happily in the village for decades, but the recent flood has changed his life. He cultivated jute, rice, etc., but the recent flood has destroyed everything and the land is also eroded by the river. He says now he doesn't have any agricultural land for cultivation. Recorded in Laokhriguri village, Deosri.
Date:
September 10, 2022
Creator:
Brahma, Sansuma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods
Kale Narzary is a farmer who speaks Assamese in addition to Boro, 55 years old at the time of recording. He tells about the loss of his domestic animals in the recent flood. He somehow managed to save his pig and piglets. He has lost all his land to the erosion of the river. Now, as a result of the flood, he became landless and he is now a daily wage laborer. Recorded in Laokhriguri village, Deosri.
Date:
September 10, 2022
Creator:
Brahma, Sansuma
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Lalruanga leh Keichala
Recording a retelling of Lalruanga and Keichala, a traditional narrative about a being that is a tiger (keimi) that can take on human form. This story has several episodes involving magic and mythology.
Date:
September 18, 1985
Creator:
Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Liandova and His Brother
Recording of a traditional story about two brothers who are both poor orphans. The story describes their struggles, and how they never had enough food to eat. Later on, they get lucky by finding the insides of a python that the villagers had skinned and cut up. The brothers take the insides to eat, but find valuable gems inside and become rich. The moral of the story is that you should never look down on the poor and the orphans.
Date:
September 18, 1985
Creator:
Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of nouns based on semantic domains (2)
Recording of an elicitation of the names of household items in Mankiyali based on English words 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:
September 24, 2019
Creator:
Dale, Merrion
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of names of animals
Recording of an elicitation of a wordlist for names of animals using English words and sentences as prompts. The contributors are Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male teacher) and Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old male shop owner).
Date:
September 30, 2019
Creator:
Englert, Eric
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of names of professions
Recording of an elicitation of a wordlist for numerals and professions in Mankiyali based on English words 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:
September 11, 2019
Creator:
Englert, Eric
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of nouns based on semantic domains (1)
Recording of an elicitation of various nouns in Mankiyali, covering semantic domains such as professions, weather and food. The contributors are Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male teacher) and Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old male shop owner).
Date:
September 23, 2019
Creator:
Englert, Eric
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tape 29 Side A
Akha songs and narratives. 0-10 Ásɔ̀q: lullaby; 10-12 play song; 12-15 Ásɔ̀q's geneology 15-30 shà iq iq ə; 30-40 ájɛ̀ tjha ə̀; 40-42 là tjhə̀ qu ə́ ; 42-55 tshɔ́ ŋö ŋö ə́ ; 55-68 tshɔ́ ŋö ŋö ə́ ; 68-end shà iq iq ə
Date:
September 2, 1977
Creator:
Hansson, Inga-Lill
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tape 29 Side B
Akha songs and narratives. Continued from Side A. 0-10 Ásɔ̀q: lullaby; 10-12 play song; 12-15 Ásɔ̀q's geneology 15-30 shà iq iq ə; 30-40 ájɛ̀ tjha ə̀; 40-42 là tjhə̀ qu ə́ ; 42-55 tshɔ́ ŋö ŋö ə́ ; 55-68 tshɔ́ ŋö ŋö ə́ ; 68-end shà iq iq ə; Ásɔ̀q: ájɛ̀ tjha ə̀
Date:
September 2, 1977
Creator:
Hansson, Inga-Lill
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tape 30 Side A
Akha songs, conversations, and narratives.
Date:
1977-09?
Creator:
Hansson, Inga-Lill
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tape 31 Side A
Akha narratives. conversation, Maeby 18/9-77.
Date:
September 18, 1977
Creator:
Hansson, Inga-Lill
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tape 31 Side B
Akha songs and narratives. nɛ̀q khə̀ khə̀ ə I. 18/9-77.
Date:
September 18, 1977
Creator:
Hansson, Inga-Lill
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tape 32 Side A
Akha songs and narratives. nɛ̀q khə̀ khə̀ ə II. 18/9-77. Continued from Tape 31.
Date:
September 18, 1977
Creator:
Hansson, Inga-Lill
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Tape 33 Side A
Akha songs and narratives. 0-8 Àbɔ́qɔ: khá jɛ̀q jɛ̀q ə; 8-20 sun and moon; njí-phà 19/9-77
Date:
September 19, 1977
Creator:
Hansson, Inga-Lill
System:
The UNT Digital Library