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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
Pautum Ren Ki Kchiir Laika (open access)

Pautum Ren Ki Kchiir Laika

Lamkang translation of the Old and New Testaments of the Bible including maps of the Holy Land.
Date: 2001
Creator: Bibles International
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of lotus blooms in Manipur

Photograph of Lotus flowers blooming on the way to Imphal in Manipur.
Date: January 20, 2009
Creator: Bora, Rashmi Rekha
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of Lotus fruits known as Thamchet in Manipur

Photograph of Lotus fruit known as Thamchet in Manipur sold on streets in Manipur. The tender leaf, flower and fruits of lotus as eaten as part of the cuisine. The leaves are used for wrapping vegetables like dry fish.
Date: January 20, 2009
Creator: Bora, Rashmi Rekha
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of Sumshot buying the lotus fruits Thamchet

Photograph of Sumshot seen buying Thamchet in the wayside vendors on the way to Imphal.
Date: January 20, 2009
Creator: Bora, Rashmi Rekha
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of Thangjing a local root vegetable

Photograph of a root fruitlike vegetable known as Thanjing in Manipuri. Known for its delicacies in ironba a chutney in Maniprui dishes and cusines.
Date: January 20, 2009
Creator: Bora, Rashmi Rekha
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Krowl, Vol, 1.01, May 2009 (open access)

Krowl, Vol, 1.01, May 2009

Annual magazine containing articles written by contributors across India on various topics, such as socio-economic, political, art, or religious issues.
Date: May 2009
Creator: Bunglun, Shangkhil
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library

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 speech acts

Shekarnong Sankhil and Daniel Tholung discuss various speech acts at a UNT Field Methods class in Fall 2009.
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of speech acts transcript

Analytical discussion of speech acts

Rengpu Rex Khullar provides discussion and examples of speech acts: complimenting, apologizing, commanding and a traditional trickster story. These are compared to Manipuri (Meiteiron) speech acts with discussion from Harimohon Thounaojam.
Date: 2008
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of the story "Origin of the Lamkang" with Daniel Tholung and Shekarnong Sankhil transcript

Analytical discussion of the story "Origin of the Lamkang" with Daniel Tholung and Shekarnong Sankhil

A discussion of a recording we have named "The Origin of the Lamkang". Present at the dicussion are David Peterson, Shobhana Chelliah, Sumshot Khular, Daniel Tholung, and Shekarnong Sankhil. The recording illustrates how grammatical information can be gleaned in the process of translating connected text.
Date: August 26, 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
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
Analytical notes on Lamkang grammar (open access)

Analytical notes on Lamkang grammar

Handwritten field notes on Lamkang language, including journaling of field trip in Delhi in January 2009 with Harimohon Thounaojam and Rex Khullar.
Date: January 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about life in Delhi and life back home in Lamkang paam transcript

Conversation about life in Delhi and life back home in Lamkang paam

Robert Levion and Rengpu Rex Khullar talk about life in Delhi and life back in Manipur. The conversation takes place at a student's house in North Delhi with several young Lamkang speakers present.
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
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 origin of clan names transcript

Conversation about the origin of clan names

Shekarnong Sankhil discusses the origin of clan names with Shobhana Chelliah while visiting UNT.
Date: November 2009
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 traditional narratives, Part 1 transcript

Conversation about traditional narratives, Part 1

Rex Khullar, Mary, and Grace Sankhil discuss which traditional narratives they remember for sharing with the team.
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library