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What do complexity measures measure? Correlating and validating corpus-based measures of morphological complexity (open access)

What do complexity measures measure? Correlating and validating corpus-based measures of morphological complexity

Article describes how the authors present an analysis of eight measures used for quantifying morphological complexity of natural languages. The measures they study are corpus-based measures of morphological complexity with varying requirements for corpus annotation.
Date: September 22, 2022
Creator: Çöltekin, Çağrı & Rama, Taraka
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of millet preparation

Mrs. Humchung is one of the oldest people living in Thragom village. She describes how to prepare and consume millet and demonstrates how to improve the taste of the millet by stirring with the ladle. She recommends having this meal along with hot chili paste.
Date: June 22, 2022
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of Tshong Tshongma appeasement rituals

Group performance of Bon rituals to appease Tshong Tshongma, the most sacred mountain in Eastern Bhutan, which is accessible only for four months per year due to local customs and myths. At over 4000m, Tshong Tshongma is a very important deity, especially to the people in its vicinity. In this recording, a group of around 30 visitors, including children, performs rituals to appease Tshong Tshongma including serving meals, offering locally-fermented wine, bowing, and praying for the well-being of all sentient beings.
Date: May 22, 2022
Creator: Tshewang, Tashi
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Performance of a folk song 'Niureng tu'

This Liangmai folk song is composed by Niureng of Lalong village. The present song was sung by Namdibui of Tucha village.
Date: January 22, 2022
Creator: Mataina, Wichamdinbo
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation on the demands in the upcoming Pardhānī (village head) election in Rāmpūr

This is a conversation where Mr. Satsri Mangal, a resident of Chaudhrīpūr in Rāmpūr village, places his demands before Mr. Jameel, the former and currently contesting Pardhān (village head) of Rampur. Mr. Jameel listens to his demands, and then Mr. Satsri Mangal narrates some incidents. After that, Mr. Jameel starts a conversation with the village children who were playing cricket a while ago and gathered around the recording place after noticing some recording taking place.
Date: November 22, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation on the language of Rampur with Mr. Akhlaque (in Urdu)

This is a conversation primarily with Mr. Akhlaque. After recording some conversations in Rāmpūr village, the researcher learns the language of the Muslims to be Bhojpuri and almost the same as that of the Hindu population, unlike that in Fatehpūr. He then moves near to Mr. Akhlaque to enquire about this. Mr. Jameel then joins the conversation and adds his opinion on the ongoing topic.
Date: November 22, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation on the languages of Rāmpūr village and the nearby Muslim-dominated villages of the region (in Urdu)

This is a conversation primarily with Mr. Jameel, the former and currently contesting Pardhān (village head) of Rāmpūr village. Mr. Jameel explains to Maaz the presence of dichotomy in speech among the population of Azamgarh and the variety spoken in Rāmpūr and other nearby Muslim-dominated villages. In the last part of the recording, Mr. Jameel talks with a villager who passes by.
Date: November 22, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation with Irfan Ahmad Usmani about language, Chāndpūr village, and relatives (in Urdu)

This is a conversation in (Pharaī) Chāndpūr village situated in the Maū district of UP, between Irfan Ahmad Usmani, Maaz Shaikh and his uncle Saeeduz Zafar Ali. The conversation begins with a discussion on the variety of Azamgarhi spoken in this village and continues to the Azamgarhi language and thereafter to the different local vernaculars spoken in Eastern UP and Bihar. Further, Mr. Usmani describes the village, its iconic location due to it being situated near the banks of a tributary (Pharaī in Azamgarhi) of the Ghāgrā river, and its unique tongue. Then, the conversation moves on to a discussion on relatives. Later on, his sister too joins the conversation.
Date: November 22, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Discussion on languages of the Purvanchal region of UP and Urdu

This is a discussion about the language and language varieties spoken in the districts of the Pūrvānchal region of the state of Uttar Pradesh, such as Maū, Balliā, and Āzamgaṛh. The speaker Mr. Maqsood Khan initiates with a short monologue on the election season in his mother tongue Bhojpuri spoken in his village Jogarī. He then proceeds to the varieties spoken in the region as he seems to have excellent knowledge on the same. The monologue then turns into a discussion about the differences of culture and language of Āzamgaṛh and Maū. It then shifts to the state of Urdu in India.
Date: November 22, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Discussion on languages of the Purvanchal region of UP and Urdu

This is a discussion about the language and language varieties spoken in the districts of the Pūrvānchal region of the state of Uttar Pradesh, such as Maū, Balliā, and Āzamgaṛh. The speaker Mr. Maqsood Khan initiates with a short monologue on the election season in his mother tongue Bhojpuri spoken in his village Jogarī. He then proceeds to the varieties spoken in the region as he seems to have excellent knowledge on the same. The monologue then turns into a discussion about the differences of culture and language of Āzamgaṛh and Maū. It then shifts to the state of Urdu in India.
Date: November 22, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Monologue on Pardhānī (village head) elections in Rāmpūr and about Rāmpūr village

This is a monologue on the Pardhānī (village head) elections in Rāmpūr in the Bhojpuri language. The elections were approaching closer at the time of recording, and the speaker Mr. Jameel who was the ex-village headman of Rāmpūr was contesting this time too. He speaks on the history of these elections and his contesting of the same. He then moves on to give information on Rampur village, its demography, and nearby villages.
Date: November 22, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Monologue on Rahmāniā College of Rōpanpūr and Rōpanpūr village

This is a monologue, in the Eastern dialect of Azamgarhi, on a degree college in Rōpanpūr village by the name Rahmāniyā P. G. Degree College established by late Haji Muneer Khan Sāhab. The speaker Mr. Zakir gives information on the history and establishment of the college and its importance to Rōpanpūr village and the nearby villages. Further, he also talks about Rōpanpūr village and his educational background.
Date: November 22, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Video recording of a conversation on the demands in the Pardhānī (village head) election in Rāmpūr

This is a conversation where Mr. Satsri Mangal, a resident of Chaudhrīpūr in Rāmpūr village, places his demands before Mr. Jameel, the former and currently contesting Pardhān (village head) of Rampur. Mr. Jameel listens to his demands, and then Mr. Satsri Mangal narrates some incidents. After that, Mr. Jameel starts a conversation with the village children who were playing cricket a while ago and gathered around the recording place after noticing some recording taking place.
Date: November 22, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Video recording of a conversation on the languages of Rāmpūr village and the nearby Muslim-dominated villages of the region (in Urdu)

This is a conversation primarily with Mr. Jameel, the former and currently contesting Pardhān (village head) of Rampur village. Mr. Jameel gives the researcher information regarding the presence of dichotomy in speech among the population of Azamgarh and the variety spoken in Rampur and other nearby Muslim-dominated villages. In the last part of the recording, Mr. Jameel talks with a villager who passes by.
Date: November 22, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Video recording of a monologue on Pardhānī (village head) elections in Rāmpūr and about Rāmpūr village

This is a monologue on the Pardhaani (village head) elections in Rampur in the Bhojpuri language. The elections were approaching closer at the time of recording, and the speaker Mr. Jameel who was the ex- village headman of Rampur, was contesting this time. He speaks on the history of these elections and his contesting of the same. He then moves on to give information on Rampur village and nearby villages.
Date: November 22, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Descriptive richness of free-text metadata: a comparative analysis of three language archives

This article analyzes item‐level metadata in three language archives by focusing on free‐text metadata: the Endangered Language Archive, Pacific Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures, and the Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America. The study identified categories of information included in Description metadata fields and the relative distribution of these categories.
Date: October 22, 2020
Creator: Burke, Mary & Zavalina, Oksana
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of word list on fuel, flora, and fauna

This is an elicitation of a word list consisting of words related to fire and fuel, flora and fauna in the Central (Zhung) variety of the Zangskari language. Recorded in Youlang village, Ladakh Union Territory, India.
Date: September 22, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Elicitation of word list on person and the physical universe

This is an elicitation of a word list consisting of numerals, words related to person (body parts, body functions), the physical universe (celestial entities, nature-related objects, and events), house and household items, farm and farming equipment, and food items in the Central (Zhung) variety of the Zangskari language. Recorded in Youlang village, Ladakh Union Territory, India.
Date: September 22, 2020
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gudi swlwngthaini bitha danaiyao aijwphwrni biphao (open access)

Gudi swlwngthaini bitha danaiyao aijwphwrni biphao

An article on the role of women in educational foundations. A souvenir of BSS, published by the reception committee for of its 59th annual conference held at Khoirabari, Odalguri on 20-22 Jan. 2020.
Date: January 22, 2020
Creator: Boro, Kiran
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analytical discussion on Mankiyali syllable structure transcript

Analytical discussion on Mankiyali syllable structure

Recording of a discussion about permissible consonant clusters in Mankiyali. The purpose is to analyze the structure of the Mankiyali syllable. The contributors are: Aurangzeb -- a 34-year old male and a teacher by profession, and Gohar-Ur Rehman -- a 38 year old male and a retail shop owner by profession.
Date: November 22, 2019
Creator: Paramore, Jonathan Charles
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of sentences in various moods transcript

Elicitation of sentences in various moods

Recording of an elicitation about modal operations in Mankiyali. The goal is to determine how the language distinguishes a speaker's certainty or belief of what will happen in a given situation. English sentences are used as prompts. The contributors are Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male teacher) and Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old male shop owner).
Date: November 22, 2019
Creator: Paramore, Jonathan Charles
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elicitation of superlative forms transcript

Elicitation of superlative forms

Recording of an elicitation of superlative forms in Mankiyali based on English words and sentences used as prompts. The contributors are Aurangzeb (a 34-year old male teacher) and Gohar-Ur Rehman (a 38-year old male shop owner).
Date: October 22, 2019
Creator: Dale, Merrion
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Information-Seeking Behavior of Speakers of Endangered Languages: An Anthropological Approach

Poster exploring the approach to understand information behavior of communities speaking endangered languages.
Date: May 22, 2019
Creator: Burke, Mary
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Personal narrative about college life

Personal narrative about about a college student's hometown, family and friends, and educational institutions.
Date: May 22, 2019
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library