Monologue about the Totlang festival and landholding

Recording of a description of the Totlang festival and landholding.
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
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
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Daniel Tholung telling Lamkang proverbs

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

Shekarnong Sankhil telling the story of Sluk a half bird and half animal creature from the Lamkang traditional folk stories

Recording of Shekarnong Sankhil telling the story of Sluk also known as Sluk Arbing, a half bird and half animal creature found in the Lamkang traditional folk tales.
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of possessive constructions

Melissa Robinson eliciting possessive constructions with Sumshot Khular.
Date: January 28, 2008
Creator: Robinson, Melissa
Object Type: Sound
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
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Discussion about the Totlang K'am festival

Recording of the discussion on Totlang K'am during the Lamkang Orthography prerecorded on Totltang K'am.
Date: December 1, 2006
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of a Manipuri manuscript

Photograph of a Manipuri manuscript, viewed through a plastic barrier. It is written in the Meithei Mayek script, a Brahmic abugida which has been in use since the 11th century. This specific manuscript discusses the art of the architecture and science of construction of houses, buildings, bridges, and walls.
Date: 2004
Creator: Molinaro, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of a Manipuri manuscript collection

This is a photograph of a woman with a private collection of ancient Manipuri manuscripts stored in a cabinet.
Date: January 1, 2008
Creator: Molinaro, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of a Manipuri manuscript: Phouwobi Warol

This is a photograph of a Manipuri manuscript originally created around the 16th century, written in the Meithei Mayek script, a Brahmic abugida which has been in use since the 11th century. It was photographed through a plastic barrier, with the label 'PHOUWOBI WAROL' partially obscured by a glare.
Date: 2004
Creator: Molinaro, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Traditional story about Benglam transcript

Traditional story about Benglam

Rex Khullar tells a Benglam Story. In this one, Benglam was sitting on a tree with the intention of cutting it down. He cut the the tree trunk he was sitting on and fell to the ground.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
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
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of the Pear Story: Daniel transcript

Retelling of the Pear Story: Daniel

This is a trimmed version of longer recording by Daniel Tholung retelling the Pear Story to Shekarnong Sankhil. The recording includes questions by Shekarnong to Daniel about details of the story. Recorded as part of a Linguistics Field Methods class at the University of North Texas.
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of a traditional narrative about the squirrel transcript

Retelling of a traditional narrative about the squirrel

A narration of Theipa paomin [the Squirrel story] as told by Shekarnong Sankhil
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
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
Object Type: Sound
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
Object Type: Sound
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
Object Type: Sound
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
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monologue about the need to document Lamkang language and culture transcript

Monologue about the need to document Lamkang language and culture

One of several recordings of Shekarnong Sankhil on the importance of documenting Lamkang language and culture. The recordings were made when Mr. Sankhil and Reverend Daniel Tholung were visiting scholars at UNT.
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of Old Man and Woman Planting transcript

Retelling of Old Man and Woman Planting

Telling of traditional Meiteiron story Old Man and Woman Planting [Arum in Lamkang] as narrated by Beshot Khullar from Phaidaam (formerly known as P. Pantha).
Date: May 2008
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical:  Field notebook on Lamkang verb conjugation (open access)

Analytical: Field notebook on Lamkang verb conjugation

Handwritten notes on verb conjugations in Lamkang recording fieldwork conducted by Willem de Reuse with Daniel Tholung at the University of North Texas
Date: December 1, 2009
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of the Angel Story

Recording of Rengpu Rex Khullar telling an Angel Story in Lamkang
Date: 2009~
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of Kalachand Singh with a tapestry

This is a photograph of Kalachand Singh sitting in front of a tapestry. He is the uncle of Harimohon Thounaojam, a research team member working on the Manipuri language.
Date: 2000
Creator: Thounaojam, Harimohon
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of a Manipuri manuscript: Sading Sakok

This is a photograph of Manipuri manuscript, known as a puya, on agar bark containing traditional lore. It is written in the Meithei Mayek script, a Brahmic script which has been used since the 11th century. It was photographed through a plastic barrier, with the label 'SADING SAKOK'.
Date: 2008~
Creator: Molinaro, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library