Transcription: Elicited causative constructions (open access)

Transcription: Elicited causative constructions

Transcription of an elicitation of causative constructions in Lamkang. Recorded from Sumshot Khular as part of a 2017 field methods course at UNT.
Date: 2017
Creator: Good, Wally
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical:  Fieldnotes on Lamkang verb paradigms - NB9 (open access)

Analytical: Fieldnotes on Lamkang verb paradigms - NB9

Handwritten fieldnotes on Lamkang verb paradigms recorded by Willem de Reuse when working with Daniel Tholung at the University of North Texas.
Date: July 16, 2010
Creator: de Reuse, Willem & Tholung, Daniel
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical notes on Lamkang orthography (open access)

Analytical notes on Lamkang orthography

Handwritten notes illustrating minimal pairs contrasting [tl] and [thl] by Daniel Tholung during his visit to UNT.
Date: January 18, 2018
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Elicited control sentences (open access)

Transcription: Elicited control sentences

Transcription of an elicitation of sentences to show how syntactic control works in Lamkang.
Date: March 3, 2016
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcript for Blessings from the Thei-chik-tboor tree by Shekarnong Sankhil of Thamlapokpi (open access)

Transcript for Blessings from the Thei-chik-tboor tree by Shekarnong Sankhil of Thamlapokpi

Transcription of Thei chik tboor tun ki suu txhat nah (Blessings from the Thei-chik-tboor tree) as told by Shekarnong Sankhil. A young man, abandoned by his elder brother at the behest of his wife, befriends a young woman. He gifts his prospective parents-in-law with precious items he took from the tiger he killed. The young woman proves herself fit to be his wife by being the only person not to slip on a mat spread out at harvest time.
Date: September 2, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Reading of a blessing ritual called Smul Kpnaak (open access)

Transcription: Reading of a blessing ritual called Smul Kpnaak

Transcription of a blessing ritual called "Smul kpnaak" as performed by Sumshot Khular. This blessing is used by Lamkang elders to mark significant life events for younger couples. It can be performed for getting a blessing for good health, wealth, children, long life and any other blessings.
Date: August 19, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Elicitation of paradigm of 'give' (open access)

Transcription: Elicitation of paradigm of 'give'

Transcription of an elicitation session of the paradigm for the verb 'give'.
Date: August 25, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Retelling of Frog Where Are You? (open access)

Transcription: Retelling of Frog Where Are You?

Transcription of the story of Uitxok tva' thah ptih? (Frog, Where Are You?) as narrated by Sumshot Khular. She translated it from Lamkang to English.
Date: August 19, 2017
Creator: Utt, Tyler P. & Khular, Sumshot
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcription: Elicitation of directional nouns (open access)

Transcription: Elicitation of directional nouns

Transcription of an elicitation session of how space is encoded in Lamkang. The sentences were based on those in an LTBA (Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area) article on Qiang languages that was under review at the time of elicitation.
Date: November 16, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speeches on language resources for endangered languages captions transcript

Speeches on language resources for endangered languages

Video of the speakers in the morning session of the 2018 CoRSAL Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for a Computational Resource on South Asian Languages. The presenters detailed what language resources currently exist, their strengths and weaknesses, and what languages still require more documentation and archiving.
Date: November 1, 2018
Creator: University of North Texas. Department of Linguistics.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speech on linguistic fieldwork captions transcript

Speech on linguistic fieldwork

Video of the opening keynote session by James Mastioff on best practices for linguists when working with endangered languages during the 2018 CoRSAL Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for a Computational Resource on South Asian Languages.
Date: November 1, 2018
Creator: University of North Texas. Department of Linguistics.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discussions about documenting and archiving languages captions transcript

Discussions about documenting and archiving languages

Video of one group discussion during the break-out session at the 2018 CoRSAL Symposium on Developing Infrastructure for a Computational Resource on South Asian Languages. Participants broke up into two groups to discuss various issues that emerge during the process of documenting and archiving languages.
Date: November 1, 2018
Creator: University of North Texas. Department of Linguistics.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clues: Lamkang Dress and Dance Crossword Puzzle (open access)

Clues: Lamkang Dress and Dance Crossword Puzzle

This is a key to a crossword puzzle created for practicing terms of Lamkang song and dance.
Date: 2016
Creator: Spiva, Tiffany (Max) & Khular, Sumshot
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lamkang Dress and Dance Crossword Puzzle

Lamkang Dress and Dance crossword Puzzle, developed by a graduate student of Linguistics from UNT in 2016. Created as an example pedagogical tool.
Date: 2016
Creator: Spiva, Tiffany (Max) & Khular, Sumshot
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of compound words

Tyler Utt elicits compound words in Lamkang from Sumshot Khular, in the Linguistics conference room, College of Information, UNT.
Date: July 27, 2016
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of a traditional narrative of Bunghon Suungnem

Recording of Bunghon Suungnem translating a traditional narrative from Lamkang. Shekarnong Sankhil translating into English from the voice recording.
Date: March 13, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of paradigm of 'give'

Recording of Shobhana Chelliah eliciting the verb paradigm of 'give' with Sumshot Khular.
Date: April 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion about Arthluuk le' Raangchel

Sumshot Khular discusses and translates traditional narratives of Arthluuk le' Raangchel story. In discussion are Jane Lorenzen and Tyler P. Utt.
Date: March 8, 2017
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Analytical discussion of the The Frog and the Tiger

Recording of Sumshot Khular reading and translating the story of The Frog and the Tiger with Tyler Utt.
Date: March 15, 2017
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of words for gemination

Recording of Mary Burke eliciting words with gemination in a frame sentence with Sumshot Khular. Each word is a noun ending in a consonant to observe the affect of the '=a' enclitic on the final consonant of the target word. In this version, target words do not occur in a frame sentence. This was part of the Fall 2017 LING 5300 Phonology course.
Date: November 14, 2017
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of words and names for gemination

Recording of Mary Burke eliciting words with the '=a' enclitic from Sumshot Khular. Each word is a noun ending in a consonant to observe the affect of the '=a' enclitic on the final consonant of the target word. After the word list, Sumshot reads a list of personal names with the enclitic '=u' on them. In this version, target words and names do not occur in a frame sentence. This was part of the Fall 2017 LING 5300 Phonology course.
Date: November 14, 2017
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Vau Sen

Sumshot Khular singing Vau Sen, a song about nature, with introduction in Lamkang. Composed by Tony Khular in praise of the beauty of the Lamkang land with its beautiful creation. Calling the youths to stand up and save the environment and land.
Date: August 16, 2016
Creator: Khular, Sumshot
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of possession transcript

Elicitation of possession

Sumshot Khular provides nouns with possessive prefixes. This list was used to measure the length of the reduced prefix syllable in different phonetic contexts.
Date: May 18, 2017
Creator: Robinson, Melissa
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reading of a blessing ritual Smul Kpnaak captions transcript

Reading of a blessing ritual Smul Kpnaak

This blessing, called Smul Kpnaak, is used by elders to mark significant life events for younger couples. This ritual blessing is to be used by an older person addressing younger people- Sumshot Khular shares the beautiful words here which translated mean: This is the feather for your good health, your long life, your well-being. May you be blessed with many daughters, with many sons, with many crops, with livestock, with wealth and riches. ‎‎May you be blessed with knowledge and understanding without end, and with overflowing riches. May you be blessed with abundant livestock. May your children be as numerous as the stars. May they be as numerous as the sands of the sea. ‎‎Even if misfortune, bad storms (of life), disease and hunger come (to you). With your left hand push them away, and with your right hand bring the blessings closer to you. ‎‎May it be so for your life, may it be so for your good health. ‎‎May your life be as long as the banyan tree. May Heaven grant you strength and happiness.
Date: 2015
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library