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Photograph of a Manipuri manuscript: Chada Lahui

This is a photograph of a Meitei Mayek manuscript. The Meithei Mayek script is a Brahmic abugida which has been in use since the 11th century. It was photographed through a plastic barrier, with the label 'CHADA LAHUI'.
Date: unknown
Creator: Molinaro, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Sound
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
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of a Manipuri manuscript

This is a photograph of a Manipuri manuscript in the Meithei Mayek script. The Meithei Mayek script is 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. It was photographed through a plastic barrier.
Date: 2004
Creator: Molinaro, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of Gurachandra telling a story

Photograph of Gurachandra, a Manipuri language consultant, sitting on a stool looking directly at the camera, and telling a traditional Manipuri folk tale called 'Mayba'.
Date: 1987
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Sound
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
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical notes on the Manipuri dative case marker (open access)

Analytical notes on the Manipuri dative case marker

Typed analytical notes on the various uses of the dative case marker -tÉ™ in Manipuri, including examples from original field notes, parallel English translations, and linguistic analysis in English. The dative marker is used to indicate indirect objects, possession, and spatial and temporal distinctions.
Date: 2005/2010?
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of Manipuri linguists

This is a photograph of Manipuri linguists including Saratchandra Singh, one of the Manipuri language consultants who worked on translating Manipuri stories. Saratchandra Singh is standing with two women outside the Manipur University's Humanities Block in 1985.
Date: 1985
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Meiteilongii Lon-kai (Aribaa Rahidagii Anauba Handoklabaa) (open access)

Meiteilongii Lon-kai (Aribaa Rahidagii Anauba Handoklabaa)

This is a dictionary of Old Manipuri written in the Bengali script.
Date: 1993
Creator: Shyamkishore, Shaubam
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Retelling of the Pear Story: Harimohon transcript

Retelling of the Pear Story: Harimohon

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 Harimohon Thounaojam’s retelling of the Pear Story.
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of a rice paddy

This is a photograph of a rice paddy taken on a cloudy day in Manipur, India.
Date: 2005
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Traditional story about Sumphaai and Rangleng

Recording of Sumphaai leh Raangleen story narrated by Grace Sankhil
Date: June 28, 2016
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

Elicitation of tone words

Recording of Tyler Utt and Shobhana Chelliah eliciting tone words in Lamkang (N-P) with Sumshot Khular.
Date: April 1, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi & Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of tone

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

Elicitation of tone words

Recording of Tyler Utt and Shobhana Chelliah eliciting tone words in Lamkang (H-K) with Sumshot Khular.
Date: April 1, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi & Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of tone words

Recording of Tyler Utt and Shobhana Chelliah eliciting tone words in Lamkang (L-M) with Sumshot Khular.
Date: April 1, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi & Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Sound
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

Lamkang Speakers During an Orthography Workshop

Photograph of Lamkang speakers discussion and elicitation of words and sentences during the Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco, Guwahati, Assam 2016.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lamkang Baal at Thamlakhuren

Lamkang Baal arum a widely used vegetable grown in the Lamkang villages which is one of the food items of the Lamkangs. This picture was taken at Tony Khular's house in Thamlakhuren. Kept for the next planting season during a visit to the Lamkangs in Chandel, Manipur, India.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lamkang speakers posing for picture during the Lamkang Orthography workshop at Don Bosco Institute

Lamkang speakers posing for picture during the break time during the Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lamkang Orthography workshop at Don Bosco Institute

Swamy explaining the Lamkang word meanings in the Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco, Guwahati, Assam.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Shobhana Chelliah working on Lamkang text during the Lamkang Orthography Workshop

Photograph of Shobhana Chelliah working on a Lamkang text during the Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco, Guwahati, Assam.
Date: January 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library