Conversation about society in Kokrajhar

Recording of Menokha Brahma Daimary describing the society in Kokrajhar.
Date: August 25, 2019
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of harvest process

Recording of Mwnsrang Swargiary describing the process of harvesting.
Date: August 25, 2019
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative of Mwnsrang Swargiary

Recording of Mwnsrang Swargiary's biographical account.
Date: August 25, 2019
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of tea plantations

Recording of Mwnsrang Swargiary describing the process of tea plantation.
Date: August 25, 2019
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative of Mwnsrang Swargiary

Recording of Mwnsrang Swargiary describing a personal experience in Kokrajhar.
Date: August 25, 2019
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of the Bwisagu festival

Recording of Sombasi Daimary describing the early tradition of Bwisagu.
Date: August 25, 2019
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative about hobbies

Recording of Bakhna Basumatary discussing his hobbies.
Date: August 25, 2019
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
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

Personal narrative of Mr. Sahngi's son

This is a personal narrative by the son of Sahngi. Sahngi and Mahngi were two brothers who worked on the farms of Sadruddin, Maaz’s great grandfather. Mr. Toofani first introduces Maaz to Mr. Sahngi’s son and his relative and then leaves for work. Mr. Sahngi’s son narrates some incidences of Sadruddin and his contesting of the Pardhānī (village head) elections. He then talks about Maaz’s family members and his relationship with them. After that, he narrates his early adulthood time spent in Delhi, old times in Sonwārā village, and changing times.
Date: November 25, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Historical narrative about the origin of local deity Mata Devi captions transcript

Historical narrative about the origin of local deity Mata Devi

Jiya describes the origins of the local deity, Mata Devi, explaining that Mata Devi is associated with Vrindavan instead of Tibet. Jiya was Mata Devi's oracle for many years. The recording was made at Jiya's home in Chhitkul village where Thola peak can be seen in the background.
Date: November 25, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Historical narrative about trading with Tibet captions transcript

Historical narrative about trading with Tibet

Jiya Lal describes trade with the Tibetans, before the Indo-Chinese war (1962). The recording was made at his home in Chhitkul village.
Date: November 25, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
System of Spelling in Lamkang by Lamkang Literature Society (open access)

System of Spelling in Lamkang by Lamkang Literature Society

A document in Lamkang detailing the spelling system of the Lamkang language and the names of months and days in Lamkang. Produced under the Lamkang Literature society. Written by Michael Bepol Sankhil as it President of the Lamkang Literature Society.
Date: September 25, 2002
Creator: Bepol, Michael
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Video recording of a personal narrative of Mr. Sahngi's son

This is a personal narrative by the son of Sahngi. Sahngi and Mahngi were two brothers who worked on the farms of Sadruddin, Maaz’s great grandfather. Mr. Toofani first introduces Maaz to Mr. Sahngi’s son and his relative and then leaves for work. Mr. Sahngi’s son narrates some incidences of Sadruddin and his contesting of the Pardhānī (village head) elections. He then talks about Maaz’s family members and his relationship with them. After that, he narrates his early adulthood time spent in Delhi, old times in Sonwārā village, and changing times.
Date: November 25, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Jiya Lal's experience as Mata Devi's oracle captions transcript

Jiya Lal's experience as Mata Devi's oracle

Jiya Lal describes his experience as Mata Devi’s Mali (Oracle). The recording was made at his home in Chhitkul village.
Date: November 25, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shiv Bhakti's experience at school and afterwards captions transcript

Shiv Bhakti's experience at school and afterwards

Shiv Bhakti describes how good she was at school and and how she got her current job. The recording was made at her home in Chhitkul village.
Date: November 25, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a folk song 'Nabom nin lui'

This is a traditional song composed by a legendary Kaihuii entitled 'Kaihuii: nabom nin lui' and sung by Lungsongbibou Nkhapuinamai of Bamriaklong Village, Manipur. The lyrics of the song talks about Kaihuii and his lover.
Date: October 25, 2021
Creator: Mataina, Wichamdinbo
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of narrative 358c transcript

Analytical discussion of narrative 358c

Recording of a discussion Totlang K'kam recording at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam. Discussant are Tholung Swamy Ksen, Sumshot Khular, Donnu Sankhil, Rengpu Rex Khullar, with David A. Peterson and Shobhana Chelliah.
Date: January 25, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of narrative 358d transcript

Analytical discussion of narrative 358d

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Date: January 25, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of a creation narrative transcript

Analytical discussion of a creation narrative

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam. The story of earth creation and system of the world formation in the olden days narrated by Donnu Sankhil at DBI.
Date: January 25, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of narrative 358e transcript

Analytical discussion of narrative 358e

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.
Date: January 25, 2016
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of word list about water bodies

This is a short video recording on elicitation of a wordlist about water bodies. The researcher was eliciting words primarily with Seher Aquil and Khalida Bano while both were sitting in the courtyard basking in the afternoon sun. After some time, other family members too come and join in. The participants spoke in the Southern Azamgarhi dialect.
Date: January 25, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz & Khan, Faiza
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library