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Performance of the folk song 'Azan dindao makge'

This song is about a person who finds it hard to know himself or his position in the society. The singer is from Maguilong village.
Date: December 28, 2021
Creator: Mataina, Wichamdinbo
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of the traditional story 'Nnanah racham'

This folk tale is about a girl who went to the farm and was followed by a ghost. The story was narrated by Wichamdinbo Mataina of Maguilong village.
Date: December 28, 2021
Creator: Mataina, Wichamdinbo
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a folk song 'Kata hi'

This is a Liangmai folk song composed by Ngoumaklak and sung by Hutonbou of Kuilong village, Tamenglong district Manipur.
Date: December 12, 2021
Creator: Mataina, Wichamdinbo
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Sound Systems of Zophei Dialects and Other Maraic Languages (open access)

The Sound Systems of Zophei Dialects and Other Maraic Languages

This dissertation presents in-depth description and analysis the Zophei sound system within the context of the closely-related Maraic languages. Zophei (or Zyphe, ISO 639-3 ZYP), a previously undocumented member of the Maraic branch of Kuki-Chin (or South-Central Tibeto-Burman) spoken in Southern Thantlang Township, Chin State, Burma/Myanmar and by thousands of speakers in Indianapolis, Indiana. Using primary data elicited during three years of fieldwork, the sound systems of Lawngtlang, Tlawngrang, and Nuitah Zophei are investigated in detail. Special attention is paid to the segmental, syllable structure, and tonal inventories. A long history of language contact in the Maraic-speaking world has brought on radical innovations in syllable structure, vowel systems, and tone that have, as of yet, seen little linguistic analysis. Outside of the present research program, no previous linguistic work on Zophei exists. As such, this thesis endeavors to describe and analyze the sound systems of Zophei varieties.
Date: December 2021
Creator: Lotven, Samson
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Agan (open access)

Agan

A souvenir on late Budaola (Budmol) Daimari published by the reception committee on the day of his funeral ceremony at No.1 Balisitha.
Date: December 27, 2020
Creator: Boro, Kiran & Basumatary, Prafulla
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a folk song 'Niureng lui Iniu ahuliu tu'

This folk song is about a man who could not win the heart of his lover. The legendary composer of the song is Niureng of Kalalong village. The singer is from Nzau village, Nagaland. This video was recorded by Azanbou Nbung.
Date: December 10, 2020
Creator: Mataina, Wichamdinbo
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of an imitation of the Far-north or Dewārā variety of Northern Azamgarhi

This is a video recording of a monologue by eight year old Yusuf. He can be seen imitating the Far-north or Dewārā (floodplain) variety of the Northern dialect of Azamgarhi spoken in Mehrā, his mother’s village. Drawl is a stereotypical feature of that variety. Those speakers are often mocked by other speakers of Azamgarhi for their highly prolonged vowels.
Date: December 3, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation at Aquil Ahmad’s agricultural farm

This is a video recording of a conversation of Aquil Ahmad at his farm with the farm laborers and when visiting his farms. The conversation starts with Mr. Aquil introducing and enumerating the benefits of technology in agriculture, such as the ‘Superseeder’ machine that plows the stubble left after harvesting and sows the seeds. Then he directs his workers on how to scatter the seeds and fertilizer. After that, Mr. Musafir arrives, and Mr. Aquil discusses the various farm produce in recent years and the required efforts and challenges involved. Then he asks Mr. Musafir to share his personal accounts with the researcher. Mr. Aquil too shares his personal experiences from the past. Later on, they both talk about political issues.
Date: December 2, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative of Mateenuddin Shaikh

This is a personal narrative of the life of the speaker Mateenuddin Shaikh. He narrates his childhood incidences and the early days of his adulthood when he migrates to Mumbai. Additionally, he gives information about his family members and describes his village Sonwara.
Date: December 28, 2019
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative of Shazia Shaikh

This is a personal narrative of the life of the speaker Shazia Shaikh. She narrates many of her childhood incidences. Additionally, she provides a detailed description of most of her family members as well as her village Bairidih.
Date: December 28, 2019
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of numerals

Recording of an elicitation of numerals, including numbers 1-25, 30, 40, etc. as well as ordinal numbers first, second, third. etc. The contributor is Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old male shop owner).
Date: December 17, 2019
Creator: Shah, Midhat
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of agricultural terms

This is a recording of a wordlist for agricultural terms contributed by Aurangzeb, a 34-year old male teacher.
Date: December 16, 2019
Creator: Iqbal, Javid
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of names of animals

This is a recording of an elicitation of a wordlist for names of animals in Mankiyali contributed by Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old shop owner).
Date: December 16, 2019
Creator: Shah, Midhat
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of kinship terms

Recording of a wordlist of kinship terms in Mankiyali, translated from English. The contributor is Gohar-Ur Rehman, a 38-year old male shop owner.
Date: December 12, 2019
Creator: Iqbal, Javid
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of grammatical mood

Recording of an elicitation of grammatical mood in Mankiyali, including declarative, interrogative, imperative, and subjunctive sentences. The contributor is Aurangzeb, a 34-year old male teacher.
Date: December 9, 2019
Creator: Iqbal, Javid
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of natural resources

Recording of an elicitation of a wordlist for names for several kinds of natural resources and objects in Mankiyali. The speaker, born in 1981, recorded himself reciting the wordlist. No English translations are provided in the recording.
Date: December 5, 2019
Creator: Rehman, Gohar-Ur
Object Type: Sound
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
Dhian Singh Negi narrates the Jackal and the Crow captions transcript

Dhian Singh Negi narrates the Jackal and the Crow

Dhian describes each picture of the Jackal and the Crow, a picture-based stimulus task. He tells the whole story, and then tells the story from the crow’s perspective. The recording was made at his home in Reckong Peo (Chhitkul Bhawan, at the back of his shop, Negi Electronics).
Date: December 29, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hiraa Laal’s advice captions transcript

Hiraa Laal’s advice

Hiraa Laal gives advice on parental education. The language spoken in this recording is Amro Boli 'Our Language,' an Indo-Aryan variety spoken throughout Kinnaur district. The recording was made at his house in Rakchham village where he was weaving at the time.
Date: December 19, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Balbir Singh Negi's experience as a farmer captions transcript

Balbir Singh Negi's experience as a farmer

Balbir Singh Negi describes his job as farmer and what he does during winter time to prepare for the next season's crops. The recording was made very close to Balbir's house, in front of one of the main temple's storage place. The door behind Balbir is typical of the temple doors all over Kinnaur district: wooden and beautifully carved.
Date: December 18, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of life in Chhitkul village past and present captions transcript

Comparison of life in Chhitkul village past and present

Dhian Singh Negi describes how life was in Chhitkul in earlier times compared to now. The recording was made at Dhian's main residence in Reckong Peo (Chhitkul Bhawan).
Date: December 14, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Historical narrative about the early years of Haflong

Historical narrative about the early years of Haflong
Date: December 26, 2016
Creator: Langthasa, Dhrubajit
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Historical narrative about World War II

Historical narrative about World War II
Date: December 26, 2016
Creator: Langthasa, Dhrubajit
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative of St. Agnes

Personal narrative of St. Agnes in Haflong
Date: December 26, 2016
Creator: Langthasa, Dhrubajit
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library