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List of words in indigenous languages of Manipur (open access)

List of words in indigenous languages of Manipur

Wordlist of word in English and indigenous languages of Manipur. This wordlist during the Workshop for the Development of a Multilingual Glossary of Selected Languages of Manipur in Imphal.
Date: October 2009
Creator: Thounaojam, Harimohon
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mwnse somni hainari rani Rajmata: Gayatri Devi (open access)

Mwnse somni hainari rani Rajmata: Gayatri Devi

A short biography of Gayatri Devi
Date: September 30, 2009
Creator: Boro, Kiran
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Retelling of Baadil Jamaal (open access)

Transcription: Retelling of Baadil Jamaal

Transcription of the extended edition of Laila Khan reciting "Baadil Jamaal" in the Hunza dialect. This popular story tells of the love between a prince named Gakase Peibuluk and a fairy named Baadil Jamaal. Transcription in Burushaski with translations in English.
Date: Summer 2009
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tham-brwi 2008 Octoberni dangabajini sungdo lirthum (open access)

Tham-brwi 2008 Octoberni dangabajini sungdo lirthum

A report on communal violence.
Date: March 27, 2009
Creator: Boro, Kiran
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Dimasa phonology (open access)

Notes on Dimasa phonology

Handwritten notes on Dimasa phonology with special focus on vowel quality and final glottals. Includes partial index of examples across multiple Dimasa notebooks.
Date: 2009-03-10/2009-03-15
Creator: Burling, Robbins
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Dimasa tones, pitch, and vowel length (open access)

Notes on Dimasa tones, pitch, and vowel length

Handwritten notes on Dimasa phonology (tone, pitch, syllable structure) with special focus on vowel quality and final glottal stops. Includes word lists of kinship terms, body parts, natural world, animals, household items, numerals, agriculture, and transitive verbs of motion.
Date: 2009-03-07/2009-06-05
Creator: Burling, Robbins
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Dimasa tone and syllable structure (open access)

Notes on Dimasa tone and syllable structure

Handwritten notes on Dimasa phonology (tone, phoneme inventory, syllable structure, creaky voice), grammar (case marking, adjective formation, tense and aspect marking) and regional variation.
Date: 2009-02-10/2009-03-17
Creator: Burling, Robbins
System: The UNT Digital Library
Description of cooking bamboo pork (open access)

Description of cooking bamboo pork

This is a description of a recipe for pork with fermented bamboo shoots.
Date: 2009/2019
Creator: Konnerth, Linda
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monologue about a plane trip to Delhi by Grace of Phaaidam (open access)

Monologue about a plane trip to Delhi by Grace of Phaaidam

Transcription of Grace telling about her trip from plane trip from Imphal to Calcutta.
Date: [2009..2017]
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi & Khular, Sumshot
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on clan names and building villages (open access)

Notes on clan names and building villages

Notes on categorization of Lamkang clans and clan names, and of the building of villages - handwritten by Shetkarnong Sankhil and typed up by Shobhana Chelliah's research team.
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Interview about traditional food and eating practices (open access)

Transcription: Interview about traditional food and eating practices

Transcription of Rex Khullar interviewing Grace Sankhil about how the diet of the Lamkang has changed over the years.
Date: 2009
Creator: Khullar, Rengpu Rex
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Retelling of the Angel Story (open access)

Transcription: Retelling of the Angel Story

Transcription of The Angel Story as told by Rengpu Rex Khullar of Phaaidaam village.
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi & Khular, Sumshot
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Retelling of the Creation of Villages (open access)

Transcription: Retelling of the Creation of Villages

Transcription of Khuu kseem paomin (the story of the Creation of Villages) as told by Suungnem Bunghon and recorded by Rex Khullar.
Date: 2009
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about Benglam (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about Benglam

Transcription of a Benglam Story, as told by Grace Sankhil. This Benglam story is about what happens when Beglam is on his way to bury a child.
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about the Squirrel and the Tiger (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about the Squirrel and the Tiger

Transcription of a retelling of Theipaa le humpii paa paomin (the Story of the Squirrel and the Tiger), as narrated by Shetwor Dilbung of Keithelmanbi Lamkang VIllage in Chandel District Manipur, India.
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about the Three Sons (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about the Three Sons

Transcription of a retelling of Chaa paa kdum ki paomin (Story of Three Sons), as narrated by Bunghon Sankhil. Asked by their parents what they would like to do, the first son answers he wants to join the army, the second that he wants to work. But, the third son refuses to work. The father leads the third son away to abandon him. The boy hears a tiger and has it try some fruit from the tree. While feeding the tiger, he skewers it. A pair of crows comes by and the boy catches the female, then makes the male check on the tiger before releasing her. Assured that the tiger is dead, the boy comes down from the tree. A pair of wildcats place a spell on him. when they run away, he gets control over their spell. He meets a pair of women and displays his magic to them. He tells the women to obey him, and that if they want to see his magic, they must marry him. They agree. After they've married, the boy refuses to pitch in on a building project, and the others decide to kill him. Their plan goes awry and they beg …
Date: 2009
Creator: Khullar, Rengpu Rex
System: The UNT Digital Library
Translation of the Book Of Matthew Chapter 15 (open access)

Translation of the Book Of Matthew Chapter 15

Transcription of an excerpt from the Book of Matthew in Lamkang about the Pharisees.
Date: 2009/2017
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Conversation about establishing a literacy school (open access)

Transcription: Conversation about establishing a literacy school

This is a conversation between Rawang speakers discussing establishing a school for teaching Rawang in their area. The classes happen on Sundays or in the evenings. They worry that students feel discouraged when they don't know parts of their language, especially older learners, so they would like to start classes when students are younger. They make a plan to train more teachers and create more books.
Date: August 2008
Creator: LaPolla, Randy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Retelling of Maghlot and Girkits (open access)

Transcription: Retelling of Maghlot and Girkits

Transcription and translation of the recording of Raja Jamsheed Ali Khan narrating the story of "Maghlot ke Girkits" ('weasel and rat') in the Srinagar dialect. In this popular story two boys are born conjoined, and are separated by a knife. The two brothers are raised by two separate clans, always meeting in constant contention with each other, giving them the nicknames Maghlot ('weasel') and Girkits ('rat') for their physical and behavioral traits. Knowing the brothers would create instability, the king separates the kingdom into two halves, creating the divide between the Hunza and the Nagar people
Date: June 2008
Creator: Munshi, Sadaf
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scripts for conversational vignette (open access)

Scripts for conversational vignette

Typed and handwritten conversation scripts translated from Manipuri to Lamkang. Conversation topics include riding the bus, staying at a hotel, visiting a market, getting a haircut, talking on the phone, and meeting colleagues.
Date: May 20, 2008
Creator: Thounaojam, Harimohon
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Traditional story about Benglam (open access)

Transcription: Traditional story about Benglam

Transcription of a Benglam story, as told by Rengpu Rex Khullar. Very short story about Benglam acting foolishly: Sitting up in a tree, he saws a branch between himself and the trunk, and falls and breaks his back.
Date: May 2008
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Dimasa tones and vowel length (open access)

Notes on Dimasa tones and vowel length

Handwritten notes on Dimasa with special focus on tone, vowel length, and final glottals. Includes regional word list, words with final -p and -k, and minimal pairs and triplets demonstrating vowel length distinctions in adjectival forms.
Date: 2008-03-27/2008-04
Creator: Burling, Robbins
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Dimasa grammar and summaries (open access)

Notes on Dimasa grammar and summaries

Handwritten notes on Dimasa summarizing the status of Burling's description of various aspects of the language: interrogatives, modals, post-positions and subordinators, case marking, negation, TAM, and adverbials. Includes partial index of examples across multiple Dimasa notebooks.
Date: 2008-02/2009
Creator: Burling, Robbins
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Dimasa phonology and grammar (open access)

Notes on Dimasa phonology and grammar

Handwritten notes on Dimasa with a brief description of the phoneme inventory and consonant clusters and notes on grammar (case marking, plural forms, question formation, tense and aspect marking) including example phrases and sentences. Word lists cover verbs of perception, verbs of motion, interrogatives, fire, insects, units of measurement, and numerals.
Date: 2008-01-25/2008-02
Creator: Burling, Robbins
System: The UNT Digital Library