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Recent Changes in the Phonemic System of Akha (open access)

Recent Changes in the Phonemic System of Akha

Conference handout about the Akha phonetic system, including examples and comparisons with related languages.
Date: 2001/2004~
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Curriculum Vitae of Inga-Lill Hansson] (open access)

[Curriculum Vitae of Inga-Lill Hansson]

Curriculum Vitae of Inga-Lill Hansson containing biographical and professional information, publications, and manuscripts in preparation at the time of creation, including handwritten annotations indicating the contents of publications.
Date: ~2006
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Akha Connection: A preliminary discussion (open access)

The Akha Connection: A preliminary discussion

Pre-print manuscript on the concatenation of Akha word, clauses, and sentences using particles and 8 conjunction forms, including examples.
Date: 2004-02-12~
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 911 (open access)

Akha notebook 911

Handwritten notes for lectures on the Akha language and culture and fieldwork experience and plans for Akha consultants, colleagues, and related literature.
Date: 2002-01-25/2003-01-28
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Juju Budini Sastar (open access)

Juju Budini Sastar

Book of traditional narratives in Rabha and Assamese. Includes illustrations.
Date: June 2009
Creator: Phenan, Lakhi Kanta
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Rabha phonology and word lists (open access)

Notes on Rabha phonology and word lists

Handwritten notes on Rabha phonology focusing on tone, vowel quality, echo words, and syllable structure, with a phoneme inventory. Includes word lists ranging multiple semantic domains (natural world, body parts, animals, kinship terms).
Date: [2000..2010]
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Tiwa tone (open access)

Notes on Tiwa tone

Handwritten notes on Tiwa phonology examining tone in monosyllabic and polysyllabic forms and the impact of case and TAM markers on tone.
Date: [2000..2010]
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Revised Tiwa word list (open access)

Revised Tiwa word list

Typed Tiwa word list arranged alphabetically by English gloss including columns for original spelling, revised spelling, gloss, and source of information in Burling's handwritten field notes. Glosses minimally include simple English translations, as well as lexical categories, comparisons to Garo, and brief comments on wordhood, transitivity, usage, and affixes.
Date: [2001..2010]
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Tiwa phonology and grammar (open access)

Notes on Tiwa phonology and grammar

Handwritten notes on Tiwa phonology (tone, glottals, syllable structure) and grammar (case, adverbials, compounds, classifiers, negation) with sample sentences and phrases. Includes word lists ranging multiple semantic domains (animals, body parts, natural world, household, agriculture, verbs of motion/ break/ cut/ carry/ burn/ boil, time, and health).
Date: 2000-11-15/2000-12-18
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Garo and Tiwa grammar (open access)

Notes on Garo and Tiwa grammar

Handwritten notes on Tiwa and Garo grammar including case marking, adverbials, and nominalization.
Date: [2000..2010]
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Proto-Bodo-Garo correspondences word list (open access)

Proto-Bodo-Garo correspondences word list

Typed table comparing multiple Boro-Garo languages to Proto-Bodo-Garo reconstructed forms, arranged alphabetically by English gloss. Includes handwritten notes clarifying glosses, tones, and sources of information.
Date: [2005..2015]
Creator: Burling, Robbins & Jacquesson, Francois
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on languages on Northeast India (open access)

Notes on languages on Northeast India

Handwritten notes on several langues of Northeast India in Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Arunachal Pradesh. Includes lists of languages, language name variants, hand drawn maps, and basic demographics of language communities. Notes on classification compare how the Linguistic Survey of India, Robert Schafer, and Geoffrey Marrison group these languages.
Date: April 2004
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bodo Correspondences August 2000 (open access)

Bodo Correspondences August 2000

Typed table of sound correspondences from Proto-Bodo-Garo in 4 Bodo-Garo languages (Tiwa, Boro, Garo, Rabha) arranged by initial consonants, vowels, and final consonants.
Date: [2000..2002]
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on multilingual dictionary compilation (open access)

Notes on multilingual dictionary compilation

Typed and handwritten notes of Burling's considerations while compiling a multilingual dictionary of Bodo-Garo languages in a spreadsheet. Includes documentation of conventions used, description of each column's function, and discussion of borrowings, cognates, orthography, and problematic examples.
Date: [2005..2015]
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
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
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Boro Tones handout (open access)

Boro Tones handout

A handout summarizing of Burling's discussion of the Boro tone system at the Northeast Indian Linguistics Society (NEILS) II conference in Gauhati, Assam. Includes handwritten annotations of tones in words ranging from 1-3+ syllables.
Date: 2007
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on Boro tones and syllable structure (open access)

Notes on Boro tones and syllable structure

Handwritten notes on Boro, focusing on tone, pitch, and lexical stress in polysyllabic words. Includes examples of three tones (high, low, and falling), discussion of how these tones are differentiated, and diagrams of potential tone combinations.
Date: 2006
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Boro Tones (open access)

Boro Tones

A linguistic description of Boro tones, specifically in polysyllabic words, including an overview of Boro's phonemic inventory and syllable structure. The authors identify three tones (high, low, and falling), present examples, and discuss the effects of morphology and final consonants on tone. They conclude by comparing the Boro tone system to those of Tiwa and Rabha, and positing directions for further investigation.
Date: April 2006
Creator: Burling, Robbins & Joseph, Umbavu Varghese
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