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Conversation about fieldwork in Muolhoi village

Khupzakham Ṭhiek, Chairman of the Ṭhiek Pahnam Association, gives consent to record the Ṭhiek language for research and documentation purpose with the hopes to establish and develop the language. Recorded in Muolhoi village.
Date: August 21, 2023
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of affirmative and negative clauses transcript

Elicitation of affirmative and negative clauses

Vanlal Tluong Bapui, President of the Hmar Literature Society, responds to English prompts in Ṭhiek as part of an elicitation session on affirmative and negative clauses.
Date: August 21, 2023
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of transitive clauses transcript

Elicitation of transitive clauses

Vanlal Tluong Bapui, President of the Hmar Literature Society, responds to English and Hmar prompts in Ṭhiek as part of an elicitation session to identify pronouns and person-indexation markers in transitive sentences.
Date: August 21, 2023
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a traditional song

Vanlal Tluong Bapui, President of the Hmar Literature Society, sings a traditional Ṭhiek song. He explains this song was traditionally sung while children play.
Date: August 21, 2023
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a traditional song

Vanlal Tluong Bapui, President of the Hmar Literature Society, sings a traditional Ṭhiek song. He explains this song was traditionally sung as a lullaby.
Date: August 21, 2023
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative of Vanlal Tluong Bapui

Vanlal Tluong Bapui, President of the Hmar Literature Society, gives consent for recording him and briefly introduces himself. He discusses Ṭhiek's status as an endangered language and the urgency of documenting and preserving Ṭhiek. He describes his book "Ṭhiek Ṭawng," explaining that it is the only known publication in Ṭhiek, and represents his contribution towards preserving the language.
Date: August 21, 2023
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Reading of an excerpt from "Ṭhiek Ṭawng"

Vanlal Tluong Bapui, President of the Hmar Literature Society, reads an excerpt from his book "Ṭhiek Ṭawng" on the origin and history of Ṭhiek.
Date: August 21, 2023
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Animesh Laobangdisa describes his experience during the 2022 Assam floods.
Date: October 21, 2022
Creator: Barman, Animesh
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Banoni Dibragede describes her experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is a housewife who is 34 years old at the time of recording.
Date: October 21, 2022
Creator: Barman, Animesh
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Ritesh Langthasa describes his experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is a government worker who is 48 years old at the time of recording.
Date: October 21, 2022
Creator: Barman, Animesh
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about animal sacrifice rituals

Tashi Dorji and Dorji Phuntsho discuss rituals involving animal sacrifice in Dukti village. In the past, it was customary for every household to raise a pig to be killed for ritual purposes. They say that now, over a decade later, they have stopped raising pigs for sacrifice.
Date: May 21, 2022
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about Ladam rituals in Dukti village

Tashi Dorji and Dorji Phuntsho discuss the different rituals performed in Dukti village related to Ladam involving restricting both locals and outsiders from visiting the mountain Tshong Tshongma between plantation and harvesting of crops. The entry to Tshong Tshongma closes on the 10th day of the third month of the Tibetan calendar. If someone does enter this area during the restricted months, it brings heavy rain, winds, and landslides to the area.
Date: May 21, 2022
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of the traditional story 'Palung kawipui nai kasapui racham'

This is a folk tale entitled 'Palung kawipui nai kasapui racham' narrated by Mrs. Lamwiniuliu of Maguilong village.
Date: April 21, 2021
Creator: Mataina, Wichamdinbo
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation between women in Sonwārā village

This is a conversation between women gathered in Sonwārā village in Azamgarh district of UP on the occasion of a marriage.
Date: November 21, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation in Fatehpur village about land issues, village, farming, harvest, and fisheries

This is a conversation between three people in Fatehpūr village in the Maū district of UP. The conversation begins with some land issues in Fatehpūr and then moves on to modern-day farming issues faced in the village. Then the speakers move on to discussing the prospects of fisheries and then to the climate of Fatehpūr, which is relatively colder because of the Fatehpūr Ratōh Lake.
Date: November 21, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation on issues of agricultural produce, and about relatives

This is a conversation in Ḍhilaī̃ village, situated nearby Fatehpūr, in the Maū district of UP, taking place in the Eastern dialect of Azamgarhi. The conversation begins with some issues in the selling of the current year’s harvest of paddy. Then the speakers move on to talking on matters of relatives.
Date: November 21, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of tone minimal pairs with frame

Recording of Melissa Robinson eliciting tone minimal pairs in a frame with Sumshot Khular.
Date: July 21, 2017
Creator: Robinson, Melissa
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of the origin of the Judima festival

A description of the origin of the Judima festival recorded in Halfong village.
Date: December 21, 2016
Creator: Langthasa, Dhrubajit
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative of Hemari Phonglo

Personal narrative of Hemari Phonglo, a child in class 2. She describes her school and friends.
Date: December 21, 2016
Creator: Langthasa, Dhrubajit
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of minimal pairs in frames with Sumshot Khular transcript

Elicitation of minimal pairs in frames with Sumshot Khular

Melissa Robinson eliciting minimal pairs with frames with Sumshot Khular at the recording booth at UNT.
Date: July 21, 2016
Creator: Robinson, Melissa
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of tone in minimal pairs transcript

Elicitation of tone in minimal pairs

Melissa Robinson eliciting tone minimal pairs with Sumshot Khular.
Date: July 21, 2016
Creator: Robinson, Melissa
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of verb tone in frames

Recording of several Lamkang verbs in a frame and in isolation by Sumshot Khular. The recording was made when Khular was a visiting scholar at the University of North Texas. A full transcript is available with PRAAT annotations is available.
Date: July 21, 2016
Creator: Robinson, Melissa
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of verb tones transcript

Elicitation of verb tones

Melissa Robinson eliciting the tones of various verbs with Sumshot Khular.
Date: July 21, 2016
Creator: Robinson, Melissa
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of verbs with suffixes

Melissa elicits verbs with suffixes from Sumshot Khular.
Date: July 21, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library