Discussion of traditional songs by Shetwor Dilbung and Bunghon Suungnem at a storytelling festival funded by the NSF project and organized and implemented by Rex Khullar and Harimohon Thounaojam. The speakers discuss the types of songs they would like to collect and archaic vocabulary used in songs. They also discuss the Totlang festival in Phaidaam in 2008.

A recording of discussion of sentences demonstrating which verbs take complement clauses that have either a co-referential object or subject with the main clause. The purpose for the elicitation was to see if the co-referential NP is overt or unexpressed and to see what other morphology shows up in the complement clause.

A conversation between Daniel Tholung and Shekarnong Sankhil. This was a staged conversation for the sake of an undergraduate Phonetics and Phonology class at the University of North Texas. We recorded the conversation and then immediately used to demonstrate annotation with PRAAT acoustic software.

A discussion with Beshot Khullar and Rengpu Rex Khullar on how questions are formed in Lamkang.

Rev. Renghong Khular, the founder of Lamkang Naga Baptist Association-LNBA sharing the story of forming a village and founding the LNBA. This narrative was collected as part of the Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research by Sumshot Khular.

Sankhil Shetphong of Thamlapokpi sings and explains the meaning of the folk song Reite Penang and “Khuungpaar Laa”. The song translates as follows: Flower bloom but we don’t know when they disappear. After they bloom as they disappear from the whole mountain range. [areiyo paar re, reite penang paar ee]. This recording was made as part of Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research project collection by Sumshot Khular.

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam. Donnu Sankhil, Swamy Tholung Ksen, Rengpu Rex Khullar and Sumshot Khular discussing the Lamkang verbs with Shobhana Chelliah and David A. Peterson.

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.

Recording of a discussion at the 2016 Orthography Workshop at Don Bosco, Assam.

Handwritten notes including discussion with David Peterson comparing Lamkang with Khumi and review of words from word lists collected by Harimohon Thaonaojam with Beshot Khullar.

This is a conference handout titled 'Discovering Tibeto-Burman Linguistic History Through Pre 20th Century Meithei Manuscripts' containing a brief introduction, 4 tables, and references. The handout discusses 7 features of Manipuri manuscripts: number and genre, script, dating, authorship, housing and ownership, paper and condition, and status in the culture. This handout was used at the Ninth Seminar for the International Association for Tibetan Studies in a panel on Medieval Tibeto-Burman Languages and Tibeto-Burman Reconstruction in Leiden, The Netherlands, on June 26th, 2000.

Recording of informal conversation in a family home.

Recording of informal conversation in a family home.

Recording of a conversation with an unknown child.

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling, updating them on the children at home.

Recording of a personal letter to a family member who is traveling.

Recording of a personal letter to catch up with a family member who is traveling.

Recording of the Mizos of Tezpur singing in Tezpur, Assam. These songs are in the zaikhawm hla style, which is a group singing style. zai means "to sing", khawm means "together," hla means "song". This type of music is often sung after a big meal or event, such as funerals or Christmas celebrations. People often get up and dance during these performances.

Recording of Baladev Moshahary discussing future plans.

Recording of Pinksta Islary discussing an experience at the Central Institute of Technology (CIT) Kokrajhar.

Recording of Jugami Basumatary discussing the hostels at the Central Institute of Technology (CIT) Kokrajhar.