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 transcription of a retelling of the Pear Story by Harimohon Thounaojam in Manipuri. It is divided into two columns: Manipuri transcription is on the left; a loose word-by-word English translation is on the right.

The Pear Story is a video stimulus commonly utilized in language documentation. Speakers are shown the silent six minute video and then asked to describe the events in the video. 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 transcription of Dr. H. Brojen's retelling of the Pear Story in Manipuri. The transcription includes tone marking.

These are analytical notes on the noun phrases that appear in the retelling of the Pear Story narrated by O. Bimola Devi. Each noun phrase in the text was coded for shape (full, pronoun, or zero), semantic role, morphemes present, referent (boy, basket, farmer, etc.), information status (active, first mention, old, previous subject), and clause type (main, subordinate). This is one of seven retellings of the Pear Story coded in this way. The purpose of this study is to understand how these various factors affect the shape of noun phrases in Manipuri.

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 transcription of a retelling of the Pear Story by Dr. H. Brojen in Manipuri. It is divided into two columns: Manipuri transcription is on the left; a loose word-by-word English translation is on the right.

The Pear Story is a video stimulus commonly utilized in language documentation. Speakers are shown the silent six minute video and then asked to describe the events in the video. 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 transcription of a retelling of the Pear Story by O. Bimola Devi in Manipuri. It is divided into two columns: Manipuri transcription is on the left; a loose word-by-word English translation is on the right. The morpheme /nə/ is shown in red in the transcription.

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.

This is an obituary of the former princess of Manipur, Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi, published in the Hindustan Times, an Indian English daily newspaper. She passed away January 17, 2011 in Imphal, India.

Recording of Sumphaai leh Raangleen story narrated by Grace Sankhil

Recording of Tyler Utt and Shobhana Chelliah eliciting tone words in Lamkang (N-P) with Sumshot Khular.

Recording of Tyler Utt and Shobhana Chelliah eliciting tone words in Lamkang (H-K) with Sumshot Khular.

Recording of Tyler Utt and Shobhana Chelliah eliciting tone words in Lamkang (L-M) with Sumshot Khular.

Discussion over dining table between a Lamkang speaker and a linguist at the Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam.

Photograph of Lamkang speakers discussion and elicitation of words and sentences during the Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco, Guwahati, Assam 2016.

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.

Photograph of Lamkang speakers with team of linguist at the Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco, Guwahati, Assam.

Lamkang speakers posing for picture during the break time during the Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam.

Swamy explaining the Lamkang word meanings in the Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco, Guwahati, Assam.

Photograph of Shobhana Chelliah working on a Lamkang text during the Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco, Guwahati, Assam.

A view from new Mantri Pantha Church building during a visit to the Lamkangs in Chandel, Manipur, India.

Lamkang speakers along with a Meitei speaker posing for picture during the Lamkang Orthography workshop at Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam, India.

Recording of Melissa Robinson eliciting tone minimal pairs in a frame with Sumshot Khular.

Recording of analytical discussion of the story of Lamkang with Khungdon Donnu Sankhil and Rengpu Rex Khullar with Shobhana Chelliah.

A photograph of Tholung Swamy Ksen and Harimohon Singh at the Independence Day celebration in Don Bosco Institute, during the Lamkang Orthography workshop at DBI Guwahati, Assam.

Photograph of a Cinnamon being sun dried at Tony Khular' s house Thamlakhuren visit with the Lamkang in Chandel, Manipur, India.