Handwritten notes on Tiwa phonology (tone, glottals, syllable structure) and grammar (case, adverbials, compounds, classifiers, negation) with sample sentences and phrases. Includes word lists ranging multiple semantic domains (animals, body parts, natural world, household, agriculture, verbs of motion/ break/ cut/ carry/ burn/ boil, time, and health).

Sumshot Khular translates a recording of the story of Soombeel as told by Sankhil Thampol Khularnu of Thamlakhuren village. Soombeel is known for her beauty and wit in the Lamkang traditional folk stories.

Sumphai leh Rangleng [Sumphai and Rangleng] as told by Sankhil Thampol Khularnu of of Thamlakhuren, Part 1. Sumphai was a hardworking sister of Rangleng, but she was despised by the lazy wife of Rangleng, who nagged her husband into selling her off so that they could be alone. As the husband went to sell Sumphai, while they spent the night in a riverbank, the sister Sumphai had a dream in which their mother appeared. The mother was talking to the brother and asking him what on earth he was doing. The mother told him not sell his sister but to go back home. When Sumphai recalled her dream to her brother, he was even more furious and took a strong stand to sell her off.

Video of a performance by the Laihui ensemble of pena players at Marjing Mayanglambam's weaning ceremony where the baby eats solid food for the first time. Ballads includes a portion from Moirang Kangleirol. The event was organized in Keishamthong by Mayanglambam Mangangsana.

This is a conference handout titled 'Discovering Tibeto-Burman Linguistic History Through Pre 20th Century Meithei Manuscripts' containing a brief introduction, 4 tables, and references. The handout discusses 7 features of Manipuri manuscripts: number and genre, script, dating, authorship, housing and ownership, paper and condition, and status in the culture. This handout was used at the Ninth Seminar for the International Association for Tibetan Studies in a panel on Medieval Tibeto-Burman Languages and Tibeto-Burman Reconstruction in Leiden, The Netherlands, on June 26th, 2000.

Photograph of [diphuun ksen] a Lamkang traditional wrap around worn by women, 'knik'. Woven by Tony Khular, of Thamlakhuren village, this knik was designed by Sankhil Thampool Khularnu of Thamlakhuren village in the early 1970s. She designed this diphuun ksen with the Lamkang Tkar buw K'err, also called 'Angbrasu buw'. It was worn by the Lamkang choir in the competition with Tkar buw Kpool during the Manipur Baptist Convention in Mao Songsong.

Typed table of sound correspondences from Proto-Bodo-Garo in 4 Bodo-Garo languages (Tiwa, Boro, Garo, Rabha) arranged by initial consonants, vowels, and final consonants.

A published critique to the mythology of the Lamkang tribe.

Photograph of a Raji family house. On the ground floor of this house, the family keeps their livestock at night to protect them from other animals and harsh weather. The gate of the ground floor is at the back of the house. The family lives on the top floor.

Photograph of Kavita Rastogi and Dan Singh in the middle of the Askote town market. Dan Singh was employed in a local grocery shop. He helped Rastogi a lot in data collection as well as in connecting her to other community members.

Photograph of Kavita Rastogi sitting with a Raji couple; their children are sitting in the back.

Photograph taken on the way to Jamtari with local support. Both of them were working in an NGO called ARPAN.

Handwritten notes on Tiwa and Garo grammar including case marking, adverbials, and nominalization.

Handwritten notes on Rabha phonology focusing on tone, vowel quality, echo words, and syllable structure, with a phoneme inventory. Includes word lists ranging multiple semantic domains (natural world, body parts, animals, kinship terms).

Handwritten notes on Tiwa phonology examining tone in monosyllabic and polysyllabic forms and the impact of case and TAM markers on tone.

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.

Photograph of a Raji couple plowing their land.

Photograph of a Raji family sitting at the entrance gate of their /pəkkɑ/ house in Jamtari Hamlet. This is the top floor of the house. The stairs are made from keeping heavy stones one on top of another.

Photograph of Raji men taking a rest in front of their favorite tea shop at Askote. Every day, they bring wood or grass collected from the jungles to sell. They get a very small amount of money in return.

Photograph of Ratan Singh, his wife, and mother sitting in front of their newly constructed house in Kimkhola Hamlet.

The Thamptlum paomin [the Story of Thamptlum] as told by Sankhil Thamnung Tholungnu of Thamlakhuren. The story tells of how a snake married a woman. Translated into English and input in SayMore by Sumshot Khular.

Lamkang Suk Paomin [The story of the Lamkang Hunter] as told by Sankhil Thamnung Tholungnu. This is a story of how a Lamkang man who was a an expert hunter was captured and enslaved by the Kukis. When they planned to kill him, he was encouraged by his wife to escape. A tiger helped him cross the river and eventually return home to be united with his children.

Wangchen paomin [The Story of When there is No Graveyard] as told by Sankhil Thamnung Tholungnu of of Thamlakhuren. In this story, a woman marries and lives in a village that has no graveyard. She ends up marrying into this village and here they eat a person when they die.

Photograph of the traditional way of catching fish. Fishers put some pieces of wood to stop the flow of the river and try to make a tiny pond where fish get stuck.