Elicitation of gemination in a frame sentence

Recording of Mary Burke eliciting words with gemination in a frame sentence with Sumshot Khular. Each word is a noun ending in a consonant uttered in the frame 'ava ___=a ktxhaa ktxhaa', meaning 'that ___ is nice/beautiful' to observe the affect of the '=a' enclitic on the final consonant of the target word.
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

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

Reading of names with VC VC sequences

Sumshot Khular reads a list of names along with the agentive marker -ngi.
Date: November 6, 2017
Creator: Burke, Mary
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

Description of traditional burials

Shekarnong Sankhil of Thamlapokpi Village talks to Shobhana Chelliah about how the Lamkang traditionally carried out burials.
Date: November 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of imperative verbs in frame sentences

A recording of imperative verbs in the frame "Please X" as told by Daniel Tholung and Shekarnong Sankhil. The recording is useful for tone and segment information. Recorded at UNT in 2009.
Date: November 24, 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Monolgue on the Totlang Festival

A discussion of the Totlang Festival by Shekarnong Sankhil.
Date: November 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
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

Reduplication in Lamkang

Photograph of a poster presentation about reduplication in Lamkang at the ICOLSI-38 conference at IIT Guwahati, Assam, India
Date: November 12, 2016
Creator: Khular, Sumshot & Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lamkang Hymnal (open access)

Lamkang Hymnal

Lamkang Hyms written in an older orthography. A few of the contributors are listed in the preface.
Date: November 19, 2009
Creator: Lamkang (Ksen) Naga Christian Literature Society
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Monologue about the relationship of the Lamkang to the Naga groups transcript

Monologue about the relationship of the Lamkang to the Naga groups

Shekarnong Sankhil talks about the relationship of the Lamkang to the Naga groups.
Date: November 2009
Creator: Sankhil, Shekarnong
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of a harvest song transcript

Performance of a harvest song

At the University of North Texas, Shekarnong Sankhil sings a harvest song.
Date: November 2009
Creator: Sankhil, Shekarnong
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Photograph of Sumshot and Kamla Bhasin

Photograph of [buw kupmom] feeding Kamla Bhasin by Sumshot Khular during the month long program organized by SANGAT in Dhulikhel, Nepal. Kamla Bhasin is an Indian developmental feminist activist, poet, author, and social scientist.
Date: November 25, 2009
Creator: Sherpa, Mona
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical:  Fieldnotes on Lamkang verb paradigms - NB6 (open access)

Analytical: Fieldnotes on Lamkang verb paradigms - NB6

Handwritten notes of verb paradigms in Lamkang by Daniel Tholung when discussing verb paradigms with Willem de Reuse at the University of North Texas.
Date: November 30, 2009
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Beshot Tholung telling the Origin story of the Lamkang at Charangching Khullen-Khunkha

Beshot Tholung of Thamlapokpi telling the origin story during a seminar on Culture and Origin of the Lamkangs organized by Lamkang Kurchuknao Kunpun at Charangching Kullen-Khunkha in 2006.
Date: November 30, 2006
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

A group of Lamkang leaders and elders

A photograph of Lamkang leaders and elders gathered with younger speakers during the seminar on Culture and Origin of the Lamkangs, organized by the Lamkang Kurchuknao Kunpun at Charangching Khullen-Khunkha in 2006. From left, Sankhil Shekarnong, Ex-Member of District Councilm with Dilbung Ringo Kamlun, Former President CNPO.
Date: November 30, 2006
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Laapuu Singing a traditional song

A photograph Laapuu singing traditional songs while the dancers perform the dance at a seminar on Culture and Origin of the Lamkangs. Organized by the Lamkang Kurchuknao Kunpun at Charangching Khullen-Khunkha village in 2006.
Date: November 30, 2006
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lamber Ksuu leading the Lamkang dancers infront of the guest and community at Charangching Khullen

A photograph of the performance of a traditional Lamkang dance, displaying the traditional jewelry and costume of the Lamkang people, including porcupine quills on the women's dresses and hornbill feathers on the men's.
Date: November 30, 2006
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lamber Ksuu leading to perform the Lamkang Saa K'aai Dance

Lamkang dancers ready to perfom the Saa K'aai dance during the seminar on Culture and Origin of the Lamkangs. Organized by Lamkang Kurchuknao Kunpun at Charangching Khullen-Khunkha in 2006.
Date: November 30, 2006
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lamkang dancers led by Lamber Ksuu both female and male

Lamkang traditional dance performers dancing the Reel Ruu kardaam at the seminar on Culture and origin of the Lamkangs
Date: November 30, 2006
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lamkang dancers performance at Charangching Khullen

A photograph of the performance of a traditional Lamkang Kaang Klek dance, displaying the traditional Kaang, jewelry and costume of the Lamkang people, including porcupine quills on the women's dresses and hornbill feathers on the men's.
Date: November 30, 2006
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lamkang dancers performing the Khuu kthun steps

A photograph of the performance of a traditional Lamkang Khuu kthun dance steps, during the seminar on Culture and Origin of the Lamkangs. Held at Charangching Khullen-khunkha, organized by Lamkang Kurchuknao Kunpun.
Date: November 30, 2006
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lamkang dancers performing the Saa K'aai dance

Saa K'aai dance performance of a traditional Lamkang dance. The men is seen with spear used for hunting as the dance is a hunter's dance known as Saa K'aai usually performed after an animal is hunted and brought home.
Date: November 30, 2006
Creator: Tholung, Daniel
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library