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

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
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
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
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of possessive constructions

Melissa Robinson eliciting possessive constructions with Sumshot Khular.
Date: January 28, 2008
Creator: Robinson, Melissa
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

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

Shekarnong Sankhil the naming process of the children in the Lamkang traditions

Recording of naming in Lamkang traditions by Shekarnong Sankhil how the different clans naming systems are a way to identify the family and clan to which one belongs. It goes with the mother's clans in the Lamkang naming system.
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
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

Retelling of the bird and the frog

Recording of Shekarnong Sankhil telling the story of Useen and Uitxokpaa (the bird and the frog)
Date: 2009
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

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 Lamkang proverbs

Recording of proverbs
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
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
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
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

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
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
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

Retelling of Lamkang proverbs

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

Shekarnong Sankhil narrating the Inn Luu - a house warming in Lamkang

Recording of Shekarnong Sankhil narrating the Inn Luu- a house warming in the Lamkang tradition when a new house is built.
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Shekarnong Sankhil the naming process of the children in the Lamkang traditions

Recording of Shekarnong Sankhil narrating the naming process in the Lamkang culture, who the names are given after the clan of the mother which is a way to identify the clan to which the mother belongs to.
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of Lamkang proverbs

Recording of a translation and discussion of Lamkang proverbs with conversation about the process in Manipuri (Meiteiron).
Date: May 5, 2008
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Shekarnong Sankhil narrating the story about the miracles that Jesus performed

Recording of Shekarnong Sankhil, narrating the miracles performed by Jesus Christ. The kinds of healings that he performed.
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library