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Elicitation of word list on pronouns, kinship terms, and abstract concepts

This is an elicitation of a word list of temporal and directional words and concepts, color terms, religious terms, words related to profession, metals and precious stones, adjectives (related to physical sensation, size and shape, quality and quantity), person-related words, abstract terms, personal pronouns, and family relations in the Central (Zhung) variety of the Zangskari language. Recorded in Youlang village, Ladakh Union Territory, India.
Date: September 24, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of word list on fuel, flora, and fauna

This is an elicitation of a word list consisting of words related to fire and fuel, flora and fauna in the Central (Zhung) variety of the Zangskari language. Recorded in Youlang village, Ladakh Union Territory, India.
Date: September 22, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of word list on multiple topics

This recording captures an in-depth elicitation session of words in the Central (Zhung) variety of the Zangskari language, encompassing several diverse categories such as celestial entities, nature-related elements, household and farm equipment, food items, temporal and directional concepts, color terms, religious terminology, professional words, metals, precious stones, and various adjectives detailing physical sensation, size, shape, quality, and quantity. With Chhuskit Angmo as the consultant, this session revisits the same word list earlier elicited from Tshering Garmo, serving as a cross-check for consistency and variation. Recorded in Youlang village, Ladakh Union Territory, India.
Date: September 27, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of word list on numerals and body parts

This is an elicitation of a word list consisting of numerals (mainly cardinal and some ordinal) and a few body parts in the Central (Zhung) variety of the Zangskari language. Recorded in Youlang village, Ladakh Union Territory, India.
Date: September 20, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of word list on person and the physical universe

This is an elicitation of a word list consisting of numerals, words related to person (body parts, body functions), the physical universe (celestial entities, nature-related objects, and events), house and household items, farm and farming equipment, and food items in the Central (Zhung) variety of the Zangskari language. Recorded in Youlang village, Ladakh Union Territory, India.
Date: September 22, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of evidential constructions in verbs

This is an elicitation of evidentiality in Zangskari verbal constructions, including tense and aspect. Recorded in Youlang village, Ladakh Union Territory, India.
Date: September 25, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Performance of a drama titled 'gharphū̃kan patōh' (open access)

Transcription: Performance of a drama titled 'gharphū̃kan patōh'

The transcription and free translations in English, Urdu, and Hindi of a performance of a drama by the title – Gharphū̃kan patōh 'Spendthrift daughter-in-law' (in English). The drama depicts a typical rural life of the North Indian plains where a woman and her family are very frustrated by the misdeeds of the daughter-in-law because she is a spendthrift.
Date: unknown
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discussion about Rabha language documentation activities transcript

Discussion about Rabha language documentation activities

Group discussion about ongoing language documentation activities in the Rabha community.
Date: June 3, 2023
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a song entitled "Mahi Re Hindi" transcript

Performance of a song entitled "Mahi Re Hindi"

Recording of a song sung by a little girl in Hindi.
Date: 2011
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of common words

Elicitation of common nouns including body parts, family members, household items, clothing, and the natural world, and question words. Kushal Singh helps translate. Recorded in the Altodi Raji hamlet.
Date: November 16, 1998
Creator: Rastogi, Kavita
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Field notes from elicitations (open access)

Field notes from elicitations

Field notes from elicitations of common nouns (body parts, family members, colors, natural objects) and sentence structure. Sentence examples demonstrate negation, interrogatives, conditionals, and pronouns in Raji.
Date: 1998/2004
Creator: Rastogi, Kavita
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Manuscript of fieldnotes on Azamgarhi language (open access)

Manuscript of fieldnotes on Azamgarhi language

This is a manuscript of handwritten fieldnotes on Azamgarhi language by Maaz Shaikh. These fieldnotes are of initial elicitation of words and some basic sentences. Later on, the researcher shifts to ‘Discourse-centered approach’.
Date: 2019-12/2020-11
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bal Raj Negi's occupations captions transcript

Bal Raj Negi's occupations

Bal Raj Negi describes his occupations and experience in horticulture in Rakchham village and his own life before that. It was recorded at the Uma Guest House in Rakchham village, which Bal owns. Since Bal spent most of his time working outside of Rakchham village, he is actually not fluent in Chhitkul-Rakchham. Interestingly, he uses exclusively Hindi in the second half of the recording. From then on, he speaks faster, it is then very clear he is more conversant with Hindi.
Date: November 21, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of a traditional narrative about Chemtatepu in Hindi

C. Hawa tells the traditional narrative 'Chemtatepu' about animals in Hindi, translating from the original Saihriem. He is from Bahbahar village, Cachar District, Assam, around 52 years old at the time of recording.
Date: September 15, 2012
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Consent and speaker background: Lalawmpuii transcript

Consent and speaker background: Lalawmpuii

Consent and speaker background of Lalawmpuii including education, languages spoken, and places lived. Recorded in Old Bagbahar.
Date: April 23, 2023
Creator: Saikia, Anujeema
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Consent and speaker background: Linda Saihriem transcript

Consent and speaker background: Linda Saihriem

Consent and speaker background of Linda Saihriem including education, languages spoken, and places lived. Recorded in Old Bagbahar.
Date: May 2, 2023
Creator: Saikia, Anujeema
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Consent and speaker background: Jeremy Aimol transcript

Consent and speaker background: Jeremy Aimol

Consent and speaker background of Jeremy Aimol including education, languages spoken, and places lived. Recorded in Balisor, Silchar, Assam, India.
Date: May 11, 2023
Creator: Saikia, Anujeema
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Consent and speaker background: Hauva transcript

Consent and speaker background: Hauva

Consent and speaker background of Hauva including education, languages spoken, and places lived. Recorded in Old Bagbahar.
Date: June 3, 2023
Creator: Saikia, Anujeema
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library