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Achik Grammar

Description: Grammar of Garo language including lessons on the writing system, parts of speech, case, and the structure of noun and verb phrases.
Date: 1991
Creator: Sangma, Samson K.
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Achikkuni Maambi

Description: Account of the history and classification of the Garo language which surveys existing material in Garo and compares Garo grammar and vocabulary with related languages (Tibetan, Kachari, Rabha, Assamese, etc.). Includes partial handwritten English translations.
Date: 1995
Creator: Sangma, Milton S.
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Akha notebook 135

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of Akha songs and narratives about dragons, termites, the village swing, traveling between villages, spirits, and ancestors.
Date: December 1990
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
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Akha notebook 136

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of Akha songs and narratives about widows, illness, sacrifices, termites, and spirits with partial English glossing.
Date: December 29, 1990
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
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Akha notebook 137

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of Akha songs and narratives about silks, hunting, animals, illness, the Akha calendar and festivals, memorizing ritual texts, village administration, and spirits with partial English glossing.
Date: January 24, 1991
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
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Akha notebook 138

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of songs and narratives about spirits and shamans, elicited phrases expressing space and time, and word lists in multiple varieties labelled 'Akha' and 'AkhÉ™.'
Date: January 1991
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
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Akha notebook 908

Description: Handwritten notes and English translations of Akha songs and narratives about animals, opium, love, nature, and spirits originally transcribed in Akha notebooks 18-87.
Date: March 21, 1999
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
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Akha notebook 910

Description: Handwritten notes and English translations of songs and narratives originally transcribed in Akha notebooks 87 and 88 and an untranslated ritual narrative.
Date: March 12, 1999
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
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Conversation about a dream

Description: Recording of family members talking informally about dreams, sleeping, and visiting. Thangpuii is the main speaker, but she is interrupted by the rest of the family making small talk and offering to help with her swollen joints. Visitors and family members are talking in the background.
Date: January 1990
Duration: 18 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Rema, C. L.
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Conversation about Darphawka

Description: Recording of a story about a historical figure named Darphawka. During the story, Thangi interjects to ask questions. Conversations like this will be valuable for Mizo language teachers to give their students a model for naturalistic speech because they do not follow the prescriptive rules.
Date: 1990~
Duration: 31 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Rema, C. L.
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Description of making brewer's yeast

Description: This is a description of how to make brewer's yeast. Millet is dried, ground, and mixed with water to form a paste. The paste is molded into chunks for storage. It has to be turned at certain intervals in order to keep well. The yeast is used to make wine.
Date: 1990/2000
Duration: 1 minute 30 seconds
Creator: LaPolla, Randy
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Description of making wine

Description: This is a description of how wine is made from corn, millet, or buckwheat. First, the utensils are cleaned, and the grain is added to the container. Then it is covered with grass and, after a few days, transferred to a wine container. They describe how the process changes depending on the seasons.
Date: 1990/2000
Duration: 1 minute 15 seconds
Creator: LaPolla, Randy
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Elicitation of common words

Description: Elicitation of common nouns including body parts, family members, household items, clothing, and the natural world, and question words. Kushal Singh helps translate. Recorded in the Altodi Raji hamlet.
Date: November 16, 1998
Duration: 2 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Rastogi, Kavita
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