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Analytical notes on noun phrases in Retelling of the Pear Story: Gopendro

These are analytical notes on the noun phrases that appear in the retelling of the Pear Story narrated by O. Bimola Devi. Each noun phrase in the text was coded for shape (full, pronoun, or zero), semantic role, morphemes present, referent (boy, basket, farmer, etc.), information status (active, first mention, old, previous subject), and clause type (main, subordinate). This is one of seven retellings of the Pear Story coded in this way. The purpose of this study is to understand how these various factors affect the shape of noun phrases in Manipuri.
Date: unknown
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical notes on the Manipuri dative case marker

These are analytical notes on the various uses of the dative case marker -tə in Manipuri. It includes examples, parallel English translations, and linguistic analysis in English. The dative marker in Manipuri is used to indicate indirect objects, possession, and spatial and temporal distinctions.
Date: unknown
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library
Animal word list with Latin names (open access)

Animal word list with Latin names

This is a word list based on animals mentioned in "Manipuri to Manipuri and English Dictionary" by N. Kelchandra Singh and a book of Manipuri flora and fauna. The word list consists of four main columns (from left to right): the Latin name of the animal, the Manipuri name of the animal, the genus the animal belongs to, and the English name of the animal. There are two additional columns for notes from the researchers indicating the page numbers this species is found in the dictionary. Some rows are highlighted in light blue, It is written in the roman alphabet.
Date: unknown
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chainaron (open access)

Chainaron

This is an excerpt of Chainaron (The Art of War), a historical Manipuri manuscript originally written in the 16th century, during the reign of Maharaja Mangyamba of Manipur. Chainaron is a manuscript that outlines the rules of chivalry and includes stories about the settlement of the conflict. This excerpt is written in the Manipuri language, with text in the Bengali script. It includes an English preface written by N. Khelchadra Singh.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library

District map of Manipur state

Old district map of Manipur state drawn for the reference grammar of the Manipuri language. Reproduced from Chelliah, Shobhana L. (1997). A grammar of Meitei. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of a Manipuri manuscript: Chada Lahui

This is a photograph of a Meitei Mayek manuscript. The Meithei Mayek script is a Brahmic abugida which has been in use since the 11th century. It was photographed through a plastic barrier, with the label 'CHADA LAHUI'.
Date: unknown
Creator: Molinaro, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of a Manipuri manuscript: Court Chronicle of the Kings of Manipur

This is a photograph of an excerpt of the Court Chronicle of the Kings of Manipur manuscript. It is written in Meithei Mayek, a Brahmic abugida which has been in use since the 11th century.
Date: unknown
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of a Manipuri manuscript: Yumpham Yengnaba

This is a photograph of a Manipuri manuscript. It was photographed through a plastic barrier, with the label 'YUMPHAM YENGNABA'.
Date: unknown
Creator: Molinaro, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Reading of a tone minimal pair

This is a reading of a minimal pair demonstrating contrastive tone in Manipuri.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Reading of a tone minimal pair

This is a reading of a minimal pair demonstrating contrastive tone in Manipuri.
Date: unknown
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of Mayba

This is a recording of a Manipuri narrative.
Date: unknown
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Retelling of the Pear Story: Harimohon (open access)

Transcription: Retelling of the Pear Story: Harimohon

The Pear Story is a video stimulus commonly utilized in language documentation. Speakers are shown the silent six minute video and then asked to describe the events in the video. In the video, a young boy steals a basket of pears from a farmer, then shares the stolen pears with three boys. This is a transcription of Harimohon Thounaojam's retelling of the Pear Story marked for tone.
Date: unknown
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Layout of a traditional Manipuri house

This is a diagram of the layout of a traditional Meithei house adapted from Chaki-Sircar's 1981 work. This diagram describes traditional customs and includes the Manipuri words for areas of the house.
Date: 1986~
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Image
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of Hanuba Hanubi Pungawari

This is a retelling of Hanuba Hanubi Pungawari, a traditional story about an old man who is tricked by a monkey to plant paan after it is cooked. It is part of the modern Manipuri canon of folk tales.
Date: 1986~
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of Kerkuhanjaba

This is a retelling of Kerkuhanjaba, a traditional Manipuri story.
Date: 1986
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of My Friend the Oil Lamp

This is a retelling of My Friend the Oil Lamp, a modern Manipuri folktale, narrated by Radhe Sham Singh.
Date: 1986~
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of the Pear Story: Gopendro

The Pear Story is a video stimulus commonly utilized in language documentation where speakers are shown the silent six minute video and then asked to describe it. In the video, a young boy steals a basket of pears from a farmer, then shares the stolen pears with three boys. This is a recording of Gopendro’s retelling of the Pear Story.
Date: 1986~
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Retelling of Tǝpta

This is a retelling of the story of Tǝpta, the Bogeyman, a Manipuri folktale.
Date: 1986
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about summer vacation

This is a natural conversation between two girls at the Manipur University girl’s hostel. They are talking about what to bring back to the dorm after going home for vacation.
Date: 1988
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Meiteilongii Lon-kai (Aribaa Rahidagii Anauba Handoklabaa) (open access)

Meiteilongii Lon-kai (Aribaa Rahidagii Anauba Handoklabaa)

This is a dictionary of Old Manipuri written in the Bengali script.
Date: 1993
Creator: Shyamkishore, Shaubam
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of Lai Haraoba pena ballads and dance captions transcript

Performance of Lai Haraoba pena ballads and dance

Video of a festival featuring dance and pena performances. Elders are shown assembling the pena. Pena cholom is where a group of pena balladeers play together organized by ranks where the highest ranking balladeer plays first, and so on. The structure and components of the pena are described. Other instruments similar to the pena are shown, like tingteila of the Tangkhuls, and Laa of Kabui (Rongmei). The final segment includes a voice-over in English describing spirituality and symbolism of pena culture in Manipur, and the Lai Haraoba celebration.
Date: 1999
Creator: Audio Visual Research Centre
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Expanded dictionary word list (open access)

Expanded dictionary word list

This is a typed word list with accompanying English glosses from varying semantic domains. Based on the dictionary written by Khelchandra Singh, Harimohon Thounaojam gathered different senses and meanings for each entry. He also includes tonal minimal pairs.
Date: 2000
Creator: Thounaojam, Harimohon
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Pena Phaibok of Laihui

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.
Date: August 13, 2000
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Interlinear-glossed text: Speech about the status of the Manipuri language

This is the interlinear-glossed text of an excerpt of the speech 'The Right Attitude, the Right Form', or 'Čəpčábə Phirép, Čəpčábə Wárép', originally given in 1989 by a political campaigner in Imphal, Manipur. The first page provides context of the status of the Manipuri language, noting that politically sensitive information has been redacted from the text. The interlinear-glossed text includes phonetic transcription, phonemic transcription, morpheme boundaries, word-level translation, and free translation.
Date: 2002~
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Dataset
System: The UNT Digital Library