Recording of Daniel Tholung reading a list of verbs in English and Lamkang that he prepared.

Recording of Shekarnong Sankhil speaking about the Totlang K'am festival.

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.

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.

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.

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. 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.

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.

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.

This blessing, called Smul Kpnaak, is used by elders to mark significant life events for younger couples. This ritual blessing is to be used by an older person addressing younger people- Sumshot Khular shares the beautiful words here which translated mean: This is the feather for your good health, your long life, your well-being. May you be blessed with many daughters, with many sons, with many crops, with livestock, with wealth and riches. ‎‎May you be blessed with knowledge and understanding without end, and with overflowing riches. May you be blessed with abundant livestock. May your children be as numerous as the stars. May they be as numerous as the sands of the sea. ‎‎Even if misfortune, bad storms (of life), disease and hunger come (to you). With your left hand push them away, and with your right hand bring the blessings closer to you. ‎‎May it be so for your life, may it be so for your good health. ‎‎May your life be as long as the banyan tree. May Heaven grant you strength and happiness.

Recording of discussion on directionals at the Don Bosco Center Assam for the Lamkang Orthography Workshop.

Photograph of Chelliah, Shobhana at the Lamkang Orthography Workshop in Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam 2016.

Monologue about the 2nd Lamkang Orthography Workshop and the need for spelling standardization.

Recording of Donnu Sankhil making a closing speech.

This is a key to a crossword puzzle created for practicing terms of Lamkang song and dance.

Here we are setting up the microphone and getting the speaker, Shangchrek Tholung (married to Jangvei), comfortable. She converses with Sumshot Khular who is off camera and is giving her instructions on what to say. The recording was done in Swamy Ksen's house in Thamlapokpi with David Peterson and Shobhana Chelliah in attendance.

Discussion with Lamkang speakers and linguists at the Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco, Guwahati, Assam.

Discussions on the words of Lamkang during the Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco, Guwahati, Assam.

A serious discussion between Lamkang speakers and the linguists of a Lamkang words photograph taken during the Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam.

Photograph of a Lamkang Directionals during the Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam.

Harimohon Thounaujam discussing words and sentences with the Lamkang speakers during the Lamkang orthography workshop at the Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam.

Discussion on Lamkang words during the Lamkang Orthography workshop at Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam, India.

Photograph of Don Bosco Institute taken during Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco, Guwahati, Assam.

Discussion of Lamkang words Donnu and Rengpu Rex at the Lamkang orthography workshop in Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam 2016.