Resource Type

States

Elicitation of tone

Recording of Shobhana Chelliah eliciting tone in Lamkang with Beshot Khullar.
Date: unknown
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of words for ceremonial dress, traditional dance, and fruit

Recording of elicitation of words relating to ceremonial dress, traditional dance, and fruit with Sumshot Khular.
Date: unknown
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Reading of a tone minimal pair

This is a reading of a minimal pair demonstrating contrastive tone in Manipuri.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

Reading of a tone minimal pair

This is a reading of a minimal pair demonstrating contrastive tone in Manipuri.
Date: unknown
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Reading of a verb list

Recording of Daniel Tholung reading a list of verbs in English and Lamkang that he prepared.
Date: ~2010
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of Mayba

This is a retelling of a traditional narrative about a farmer who puts a spell on an unknown person who was stealing his vegetables.
Date: ~1986
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Shekarnong Sankhil narrating the selection of site for house construction process and the ritual involved in the Lamkang culture

Recording of Shekarnong Sankhil of Thamlapokpi village narrating the selection of site for house construction process and the ritual involved in the Lamkang culture. Communal construction process as no individuals build their houses, but with the participation and contribution of the whole community.
Date: unknown
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of Hanuba Hanubi

This is a retelling of Hanuba Hanubi Pungawari, a traditional narrative about an old man who is tricked by a monkey to plant paan after it is cooked. It is part of the modern Manipuri canon of folk tales.
Date: 1986~
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of Kerkuhanjaba

This is a retelling of Kerkuhanjaba, a traditional Manipuri story about a man as black as the kekru berry.
Date: 1986
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of My Friend the Oil Lamp

This is a retelling of My Friend the Oil Lamp, a modern Manipuri traditional narrative, narrated by Radhe Sham Singh.
Date: 1986~
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of the Pear Story: Gopendro

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 Gopendro’s retelling of the Pear Story.
Date: 1986~
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of Tǝpta

This is a retelling of the traditional narrative about Tǝpta, the boogeyman.
Date: 1986
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about summer vacation

This is a natural conversation between two girls at the Manipur University girl’s hostel. They are talking about what to bring back to the dorm after going home for vacation.
Date: 1988
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
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
System: The UNT Digital Library

Discussion about Lamkang proverbs

Recording of Beshot Khullar sharing about the proverbs in Lamkang and other Lamkang language work done by him.
Date: 2007
Creator: Thounaojam, Harimohon
System: The UNT Digital Library

Discussion of speech acts between Rengpu Rex Khullar and Beshot Khullar

Recording of Speech Acts between Rengpu Rex Khullar and Beshot Khullar with Shobhana Chelliah and Harimohon Singh in Chennai.
Date: 2007
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library

Rengpu Rex Khullar counting numerals in Lamkang

Recording of Rengpu Rex Khullar counting numerals in Lamkang at Phaaidaam village, Chandel District, Manipur, India.
Date: 2007
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of the Pear Story: Brojen

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 Dr. H. Brojen’s retelling of the Pear Story.
Date: 2007~
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
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
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of the Pear Story: Surmangol

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 H. Surmangol Sharma’s retelling of the Pear Story.
Date: September 14, 2007
Creator: Thounaojam, Harimohon
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of speech acts transcript

Analytical discussion of speech acts

Rengpu Rex Khullar provides discussion and examples of speech acts: complimenting, apologizing, commanding and a traditional trickster story. These are compared to Manipuri (Meiteiron) speech acts with discussion from Harimohon Thounaojam.
Date: 2008
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Interview about home life and family

Beshot interviews an unidentified young woman (Lamkang Student) about her home life and family.
Date: 2008
Creator: Khullar, Beshot
System: The UNT Digital Library
Traditional story about Benglam transcript

Traditional story about Benglam

A Benglam story as told by Beshot Khullar. In this story, Benglam outwits his would-be captors: Caught by the Kuki, Benglam insists he be tied up, but the rope is to be at his elbow and his captors must pull by the rope at a distance. Far from his captors, he slips out of the restraint, ties the rope to a tree, and escapes.
Date: 2008
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Traditional story about Benglam transcript

Traditional story about Benglam

Beshot Khullar tells a traditional Benglam story.
Date: 2008
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library