Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

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Kunjulata Boro is a businesswoman who speaks Hindi and Assamese in addition to Boro, 45 years old at the time of recording. She supports her family by selling vegetables at the local market. She tells that when the river water level increases during the rainy season, it becomes dangerous to cross the river for her to go to the market. She also tells how flood brings skin diseases. Recorded in Bwigriguri village, Choraikhola.

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Brahma, Sansuma October 16, 2022.

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Kunjulata Boro is a businesswoman who speaks Hindi and Assamese in addition to Boro, 45 years old at the time of recording. She supports her family by selling vegetables at the local market. She tells that when the river water level increases during the rainy season, it becomes dangerous to cross the river for her to go to the market. She also tells how flood brings skin diseases. Recorded in Bwigriguri village, Choraikhola.

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The Boro (Bodo) language (ISO 639-3 brx) is a member of the Sino-Tibetan language family. Boro is the official native language of the Bodoland (26.24 N, 90.16 E) and Assam (26.14 N, 91.77 E) regions of Northeastern India.

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The Computational Resource for South Asian Languages (CoRSAL) is a digital archive for source audio, video, and text on the minority languages of South Asia.

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Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods (Sound)

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Kunjulata Boro is a businesswoman who speaks Hindi and Assamese in addition to Boro, 45 years old at the time of recording. She supports her family by selling vegetables at the local market. She tells that when the river water level increases during the rainy season, it becomes dangerous to cross the river for her to go to the market. She also tells how flood brings skin diseases. Recorded in Bwigriguri village, Choraikhola.

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Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods; ark:/67531/metadc2188745/

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods (Text)

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Kunjulata Boro is a businesswoman who speaks Hindi and Assamese in addition to Boro, 45 years old at the time of recording. She supports her family by selling vegetables at the local market. She tells that when the river water level increases during the rainy season, it becomes dangerous to cross the river for her to go to the market. She also tells how flood brings skin diseases. Recorded in Bwigriguri village, Choraikhola. Transcription and translation into English.

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Transcription: Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods; ark:/67531/metadc2188744/

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Brahma, Sansuma. Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods, video, October 16, 2022; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2188743/: accessed May 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT College of Information.

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