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Analytical discussion about nouns

A discussion with Beshot Khullar about singular and plural nouns. Shobhana Chelliah and Harimohon Thounaojam are discussants.
Date: May 12, 2008
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion about Psalm 23 in Lamkang

Beshot Khullar translates and discusses Psalms 23 with Shobhana Chelliah and Thounaojam Harimohon Singh.
Date: May 22, 2008
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion about question formation

A discussion with Beshot Khullar and Rengpu Rex Khullar on how questions are formed in Lamkang.
Date: May 23, 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of a word list by Beshot Khullar

Beshot Khullar and Rex Khullar read and discuss a word list compiled by Harimohon Thounaojam.
Date: May 19, 2008
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of ideophones and reduplication transcript

Analytical discussion of ideophones and reduplication

Examples of ideophones and reduplication with Rengpu Rex Khullar and Beshot Khullar
Date: May 24, 2008
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of Lamkang proverbs

Recording of a translation and discussion of Lamkang proverbs with conversation about the process in Manipuri (Meiteiron).
Date: May 5, 2008
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of reduplication

Discussion of reduplication with positive and negative connotations in Lamkang. Discussant are Beshot Khullar, Rengpu Rex Khullar and Shobhana Chelliah.
Date: May 24, 2008
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of the Squirrel Story

A discussion of Theipa paomin [the Squirrel Story] with Beshot Khullar about his telling of the story. This recording could be used to illustrate how linguists can get aids to analyze grammars via transcription and translation of connected text.
Date: May 17, 2008
Creator: Khullar, Rengpu Rex
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical notes on Lamkang grammar (open access)

Analytical notes on Lamkang grammar

Handwritten notes on Lamkang language with a table of contents.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about 1950s Boro culture

This is a description of the cultural life of the Boros in Kokrajhar during the 1950s. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 8, 2009
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about the future plans of the UN Academy, Kokrajhar

This is a conversation about the future plans of the UN Academy, Kokrajhar. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 8, 2009
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about the history of the UN Academy, Kokrajhar

This is a conversation about the start and development of the UN Academy, Kokrajhar. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 8, 2009
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about the hospital in Chandel and preparing for the Totlang Kam festival

Recording of Beshot Khullar and Rengpu Rex Khullar discussing about preparing for the Totlang Kam festival. There are three tracks. The first is the voice of Harimohon Thounaojam encouraging the speakers to pick a topic of conversation. The back and forth is clearly produced for the sake of the recorder and often resembles an interview rather than conversation.
Date: May 18, 2008
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about the Totlang Kam Festival transcript

Conversation about the Totlang Kam Festival

Beshot Khullar and Rengpu Rex Khullar talk about the Totlang Kam Festival. The exchange is useful for cultural information, lexical items related to this important festival, and question and answer exchanges. Rengpu Rex Khullar accompanied his father Beshot Khullar to Chennai to share information on Lamkang with Shobhana Chelliah.
Date: May 20, 2008
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about why linguists record conversations

Recording of a discussion among Harimohon Thounaojam, Rex Khullar, and Beshot Khullar about why linguists record conversations.
Date: May 17, 2008
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation and radio broadcast of Boro folk song

This is a folk song along with its background that was first sung and broadcast on All India Radio, Guwahati. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 8, 2009
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description about cooking rice

This is a description about food preparation, how it was done in olden times and how it should be done. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 9, 2009
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description about making a bamboo sieve

This is a description about making bamboo sieve. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 9, 2009
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description about silk rearing

This is a description about silk rearing and making sticky glue out of rice. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 9, 2009
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description about weaving different type of clothes

This is a description about weaving different kinds of clothes.
Date: May 9, 2009
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of a traditional dish

This is a a description about preparing a dish. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 9, 2009
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of Bathou religion

This is a narrative about belief system of the Boros. Dialect: Standard Boro
Date: May 9, 2009
Creator: Brahma, Bihung
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of marriage customs

This is a description of marriage customs. Both families send 'go-betweens' to mediate the agreement and discuss dowry. For the ceremony, the bride passes through a bundle of reeds, and a gift called "geumbang siya" is given. Sometimes, there are other gifts as well, and a feast. If someone cannot pay the dowry, elders may allow them to pay something later, at a time when they can afford it. He also describes the different practices of groups in surrounding areas, and compares traditional marriage customs to current ones affected by Christian influence. The speaker is from Krangku originally, but had moved to Putao several years before the time of recording.
Date: May 1, 2006
Creator: LaPolla, Randy
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discussion of Laa kthee transcript

Discussion of Laa kthee

Discussion of traditional songs by Shetwor Dilbung and Bunghon Suungnem at a storytelling festival funded by the NSF project and organized and implemented by Rex Khullar and Harimohon Thounaojam. The speakers discuss the types of songs they would like to collect and archaic vocabulary used in songs. They also discuss the Totlang festival in Phaidaam in 2008.
Date: May 23, 2009
Creator: Khullar, Rengpu Rex
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library