Reading of the Tiger and Squirrel story

This is a recording of Sumshot Khular and Tyler Utt discussing writing samples collected at an SIL writer's workshop. The results of the discussion were used for grammar and word collection.
Date: March 15, 2017
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of tone words in Lamkang (C-E)

Shobhana elicits tone individual words from Sumshot Khular, words C through E.
Date: April 1, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Telling of proverbs in Lamkang by Beshot Khullar

Recording of proverbs in Lamkang. Beshot Khullar, Rengpu Rex Khullar, Shobhana Chelliah and Harimohon discussing the Lamkang proverbs.
Date: 2007
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of verbs with suffixes

Melissa elicits verbs with suffixes from Sumshot Khular.
Date: July 21, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of the story of Japanese soldiers

Sumshot Khular discusses and translates a story of Japanese Soldiers with Tyler Utt and Jane Lorenzen.
Date: March 8, 2017
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of Lamkang proverbs

Recording of proverbs
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Shekarnong Sankhil singing Baak laa -the song of a bat in Lamkang

Recording of Shekarnong Sankhil singing the Baak Laa in Lamkang, a bat song, describing the bat's characteristics.
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Discussion and reading of Sumphaai and Raangleen

Sumshot Khular, Jane Lorenzen, and Tyler Utt discuss the written version of a traditional story. The story was collected by Lera Ny as part of SIL's writer's workshop. Here, the three researchers use the written version to understand spelling and grammar as represented in the text.
Date: March 13, 2017
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional story about Raapa

The traditional narrative Raapa as told by Bunghon Suungnem of Phaidam.
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Discussion of household and buildings

Recording of Swamy Tholung Ksen's family members as they move from the house to outdoor work area to demonstrate how to weave.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Discussion about traditional trays

Recording of Swamy Tholung Ksen describing traditional trays.
Date: February 2, 2006
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of verb tone in frames

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.
Date: July 21, 2016
Creator: Robinson, Melissa
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of the Pear Story: Jessie

Recording of a retelling of the Pear Story as narrated by Jessie from Hyderabad.
Date: June 7, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional story about Raapa

Recording of the Raapa Story by Stephon Sankhil. A tiger, angry at being duped by Koreng, eats him. Koreng's sisters vow to marry whoever kills the tiger, and the only one able to do it is Raapa. Jealous, the other men conspire to kill Raapa, but he survives two attempts and tricks them so that they drown. In the end Koreng's sisters kill Raapa.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Discussion about the Totlang K'am festival

Recording of Shekarnong Sankhil speaking about the Totlang K'am festival.
Date: 2010
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of a traditional narrative about the squirrel

Recording of Theipa paomin, a traditional story about the squirrel by Daniel Tholung.
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Shekarnong Sankhil reading the John and Jesus discussion in Lamkang

Recording of Shekarnong Sankhil reading the Lamkang Bible story about John and Jesus discussing.
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of names and descriptions of vegetation in a kitchen garden

Recording of Sumshot Khular and Donnu Sankhil naming and describing various plants and vegetables in Thamlakhuren. She describes how they are plucked and used as medicine and also a food items.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of The Story of Sumphaai and Raangleen

Beshot Khullar of Phaaidam village, Chandel, tells the story of Sumphaai leh Raangleen [Sumphaai and Raangleen]. The story was collected by Rengpu Rex Khullar and Harimohon Thounaojam at the NSF-funded storytelling festival in 2009. The narration was transcribed by Reverend Daniel Tholung. This recording is of the translation discussion between Shobhana Chelliah and Daniel Tholung at the UNT in 2010.
Date: August 26, 2009
Creator: Khullar, Rengpu Rex
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of prefixed verbs, part 2

Tyler Utt elicits prefixed verbs in Lamkang with Sumshot Khular.
Date: August 4, 2016
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Interview about work

Sumshot Khular and Toni Khullar discuss what to talk about and Sumshot suggests some topics, one of them being work.
Date: February 2, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of compound words

Tyler Utt elicits compound words in Lamkang from Sumshot Khular, in the Linguistics conference room, College of Information, UNT.
Date: July 27, 2016
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of Lamkang proverbs

Recording of Daniel Tholung telling Lamkang proverbs
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of a traditional narrative of Bunghon Suungnem

Recording of Bunghon Suungnem translating a traditional narrative from Lamkang. Shekarnong Sankhil translating into English from the voice recording.
Date: March 13, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library