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Mithun kept in preparation for feast

Photograph of a special Sildak (mithun) kept ready for Columbus Khular's wedding feast of Kongpe Aibul village taken during the visit to the Lamkangs in Chandel, Manipur, India. Sildak is a prized animal known for its meat, used in several rituals, ceremonies and festivities like Totlang K'am, Marriages, death and wedding ceremonies and other festivities.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
ABWWFni aganbrwi bisombi (open access)

ABWWFni aganbrwi bisombi

A poem on the phases of ABWWF included in a souvenir of ABWWF published on the occasion of its 15th biennial conference held at Barnagaon High School, Odalguri on 8-10 March 2018
Date: October 3, 2018
Creator: Boro, Kiran
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Phwn (open access)

Phwn

An article on the ways of renunciation included in a souvenir of BSS published by the Kajiamati primary committee on the occasion of the 66th birthday celebration of the BSS
Date: November 16, 2018
Creator: Boro, Kiran
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Jai nunanwibw nua - Helen Keller (open access)

Jai nunanwibw nua - Helen Keller

An article on Helen Keller included in a mouthpiece (vol.2) of the ABWWF/Odalguri AC published on the occasion of its 10th Annual conference held at Sijouguri, Odalguri
Date: January 27, 2018
Creator: Boro, Kiran
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Historical narrative about trade relations with Tibet captions transcript

Historical narrative about trade relations with Tibet

Jaswant Singh discusses his experience trading with the Tibetans. He did this once a year for six years, before the Indo-Chinese war in 1962 drastically restricted trade with Tibetans. The recording was made in Khrogla, located three kilometers further down Rakchham village.
Date: November 22, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Description of travel plans with modals transcript

Description of travel plans with modals

Sumshot Khular and Daniel Tholung discuss preparations for traveling to the United States. The story is told in an effort to produce modals in natural speech. Daniel Tholung asks questions to continue the elicitation.
Date: January 11, 2018
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reading of list of insects and other nouns with modifier transcript

Reading of list of insects and other nouns with modifier

Toni Khullar provides a reading of some insect names
Date: January 12, 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about a workshop captions transcript

Conversation about a workshop

Recording of Shobhana Chelliah and Sumshot Khular discussing verb paradigms in Imphal at the Classic Grande before presentation at the Manipuri Language Cell workshop for language pedagogy.
Date: August 3, 2018
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of reduplication and prosodic words with Shekarnong Sankhil transcript

Elicitation of reduplication and prosodic words with Shekarnong Sankhil

Sumshot Khular records prosodic words and reduplications in Lamkang.
Date: January 12, 2018
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of minimal pairs contrasting [tl] and [thl] from Daniel Tholung at Thamlakhuren Village transcript

Elicitation of minimal pairs contrasting [tl] and [thl] from Daniel Tholung at Thamlakhuren Village

Daniel Tholung shares a list of minimal pairs contrasting the sounds [tl] and [thl] at Sumshot Khular' s house in Thamlakhuren village 2018.
Date: January 11, 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative about Sheltoi Sankhil's grandmother transcript

Personal narrative about Sheltoi Sankhil's grandmother

Sumshot explains the IRB release form to Sheltoi (Adam) Sankhil. Sheltoi then tells a story about his grandma.
Date: January 13, 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lectures in Imphal on Lamkang Verb Conjugation transcript

Lectures in Imphal on Lamkang Verb Conjugation

Shobhana Chelliah reviews two Lamkang paradigms with Lamkang language collectors and with the Manipuri language cell. The event was organized by Dr. Harimohon Thounaojam. Sumshot Khular assisted with translation as needed. There is an accompanying video and handout. Contributions recorded from Dr. Yashawanta Singh, Mr. Daniel Tholung, Mr, Swamy Tholung, and Mr. Beshot Khullar.
Date: August 8, 2018
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion on inflection with Daniel Tholung captions transcript

Analytical discussion on inflection with Daniel Tholung

Recording of Daniel Tholung and Shobhana Chelliah discussing inflection in Lamkang at Thamlakhuren in Tony Khular' s house.
Date: August 10, 2018
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of causative verbs and verb conjugation transcript

Analytical discussion of causative verbs and verb conjugation

Causative verbs and verb conjugation discussion with Daniel Tholung in Chandel based on the conjugation of the verb 'sleep'.
Date: August 10, 2018
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of words with consonant clusters transcript

Analytical discussion of words with consonant clusters

Swamy Ksen describes words with two consonant (CC) sequences based on a list he curated. This is a discussion of that list.
Date: August 9, 2018
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion of minimal pairs contrasting [tl] and [thl] captions transcript

Analytical discussion of minimal pairs contrasting [tl] and [thl]

Swamy Tholung (Ksen) reviews a carefully constructed list of minimal pairs contrasting [tl] and [tlh].
Date: August 9, 2018
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion about modals transcript

Analytical discussion about modals

Daniel Tholung and Sumshot Khular discuss modal usage in Lamkang at the residence of Sumshot Khular in Thamlakhuren village in Chandel district, Manipur, India.
Date: January 11, 2018
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shudha Bhakti's life in Rakchham village captions transcript

Shudha Bhakti's life in Rakchham village

Shudha Bhakti is telling about her life in Rakchham, from childhood to present. The recording was made at her home in Rakchham village.
Date: November 21, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Personal narrative of a school principal captions transcript

Personal narrative of a school principal

Chet Ram Negi describes how he became the principal of Rakchham Government Senior Secondary school and provides a short history of the school. The recording was made outdoors on school grounds.
Date: November 22, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Teaching English in Rakchham captions transcript

Teaching English in Rakchham

Yashvir introduces his family and describes his experience as an English teacher in Rakchham village. He discusses the importance of preserving his language. The recording was made at his home in Rakchham village, located nearby the main temple.
Date: November 22, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hiraa Laal’s advice captions transcript

Hiraa Laal’s advice

Hiraa Laal gives advice on parental education. The language spoken in this recording is Amro Boli 'Our Language,' an Indo-Aryan variety spoken throughout Kinnaur district. The recording was made at his house in Rakchham village where he was weaving at the time.
Date: December 19, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about tourism in Chhitkul village captions transcript

Conversation about tourism in Chhitkul village

Ram Kumar and Bhag Singh Negi debate the pros and cons of tourism in Chhitkul village. Neither of them is directly involved in any business related to tourism, which allows for a frank debate. The recording was made at the Government Senior Secondary School in Chhitkul village, where Kumar is a teacher.
Date: October 15, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about living conditions in Chhitkul village captions transcript

Conversation about living conditions in Chhitkul village

Ravi and Daya discuss living conditions in Chhitkul village, debating whether life there is difficult or not. The recording was made at the Rani Guest House in Chhitkul village.
Date: October 30, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about the future of Chhitkul village captions transcript

Conversation about the future of Chhitkul village

Gangaa Devi and Amir Singh describe how they envision the future of Chhitkul village. The recording was made at their home, the Amar Guest House in Chhitkul village.
Date: November 1, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library