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Story of school boy in Lamkang by Pengpu Rex Khular

Recording of a school boy story by Rengpu Rex Khullar narrated during the Lamkang Orthography workshop in Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam, India.
Date: January 26, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Swamy Tholung Ksen sharing a Lamkang love story in the Lamkang Orthography Workshop

Recording of Lamkang love story narrated by Swamy Tholung Ksen during the Lamkang Orthography workshop at Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam.
Date: January 26, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Swamy Tholung Ksen sharing a story about Sraa Nao and Chuva and Khavah during the Lamkang Orthography Workshop

Recording of story of a poor boy, and the second story of Chuva and Khava by Swamy Tholung Ksen during the Lamkang Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco Institute.
Date: January 26, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion about aspect

Recording of David Peterson and Shobhana Chelliah discussing verbal aspect with Sumshot Khular, Swamy Tholung Ksen, Donnu Sankhil and Rengpu Rex Khullar.
Date: January 24, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion and retellings of traditional narratives about Benglam and Lamkang clans transcript

Analytical discussion and retellings of traditional narratives about Benglam and Lamkang clans

Lamkang elders recite well-known traditional narratives (the origin of Lamkang clans, and a Benglam story) and associated songs, followed by discussion in English. Recorded at the 2nd NSF-funded Lamkang Orthography Workshop held at the Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam.
Date: January 24, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytic discussion of Escape of the Younger Brother

Recording of analytical discussion of the story of Lamkang with Khungdon Donnu Sankhil and Rengpu Rex Khullar with Shobhana Chelliah.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of verb paradigms

Recording of analytic discussion of verb paradigms at the 2016 Orthography workshop held at Don Bosco, Guwahati, Assam.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of verb paradigms, part 1

Recording of analytic discussion of verb paradigms at the 2016 Orthography workshop at the Don Bosco Workshop. The discussion was guided by David Peterson and Shobhana Chelliah and included Swamy Tholung, Sumshot Khular, Donnu Sankhil, Rex Rengpu Khullar.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of verb paradigms, part 2

Recording of analytic discussion of verb paradigms at the 2016 Orthography workshop at the Don Bosco Workshop. The discussion was guided by David Peterson and Shobhana Chelliah and included Swamy Tholung, Sumshot Khular, Donnu Sankhil, Rex Rengpu Khullar.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of verb paradigms, part 3

Recording of analytic discussion of verb paradigms at the 2016 Orthography workshop at the Don Bosco Workshop. The discussion was guided by David Peterson and Shobhana Chelliah and included Swamy Tholung, Sumshot Khular, Donnu Sankhil, Rex Rengpu Khullar.
Date: January 22, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Discussion of orthography-1

Recording of participants at the 2016 Orthography workshop focusing on spelling preferences.
Date: January 21, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of directionals and demonstratives

Recording of Shobhana Chelliah eliciting directional and demonstratives. With Donnu Sankhil, Tholung Swamy Ksen, and Sumshot Khular at Thamlakhuren village.
Date: January 21, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
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
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of the Pear Story: Bimola

The Pear Story is a video stimulus commonly utilized in language documentation where speakers are shown the silent six minute video and then asked to describe it. In the video, a young boy steals a basket of pears from a farmer, then shares the stolen pears with three boys. This is a recording of O. Bimola Devi’s retelling of the Pear Story.
Date: 2010
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Monologue about Lamkang heroes

Shekarnong Sankhil discusses a piece in the Souvenir magazine about the heroes of the Lamkang.
Date: December 2, 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monologue about Totlang Festival transcript

Monologue about Totlang Festival

Shekarnong Sankhil explains different aspects of the Totlang Festival, a central celebration in the Lamkang world. He is speaking in English and talking to Shobhana Chelliah.
Date: December 2009
Creator: Sankhil, Shekarnong
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of imperative verbs in frame sentences

A recording of imperative verbs in the frame "Please X" as told by Daniel Tholung and Shekarnong Sankhil. The recording is useful for tone and segment information. Recorded at UNT in 2009.
Date: November 24, 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monologue about the relationship of the Lamkang to the Naga groups transcript

Monologue about the relationship of the Lamkang to the Naga groups

Shekarnong Sankhil talks about the relationship of the Lamkang to the Naga groups.
Date: November 2009
Creator: Sankhil, Shekarnong
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a harvest song transcript

Performance of a harvest song

At the University of North Texas, Shekarnong Sankhil sings a harvest song.
Date: November 2009
Creator: Sankhil, Shekarnong
System: The UNT Digital Library

Shekarnong Sankhil narrating the Lamkang traditional jhum cultivation process in Lamkang culture

Recording of the Lamkang Traditional jhum agricultural practices in Lamkang and the varieties of crops and grains that are grown in the Lamkang land.
Date: October 20, 2009
Creator: Khular, Sumshot
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of the story "Origin of the Lamkang" with Daniel Tholung and Shekarnong Sankhil transcript

Analytical discussion of the story "Origin of the Lamkang" with Daniel Tholung and Shekarnong Sankhil

A discussion of a recording we have named "The Origin of the Lamkang". Present at the dicussion are David Peterson, Shobhana Chelliah, Sumshot Khular, Daniel Tholung, and Shekarnong Sankhil. The recording illustrates how grammatical information can be gleaned in the process of translating connected text.
Date: August 26, 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Reading of the Escape of the Younger Brother

Rex Khullar reads a connected text "Escape of the Younger Brother." This is a sample text provided in the sketch on Lamkang in Grierson's Linguistic Survey of India. The text was later re-recorded with corrections and commentary by Shekarnong Sankhil.
Date: May 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of speech acts

Shekarnong Sankhil and Daniel Tholung discuss various speech acts at a UNT Field Methods class in Fall 2009.
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library