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Ritual chant

Description: Recitation of a njíphà (shaman) describing traditional healing and ritual practices.
Date: 1984
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Akha notebook 126

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of narratives recited by njí-phà Sjhí ə about Akha history, relations with the Shan people, snakes, and monkeys with partial English glossing.
Date: 1984?
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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A Comparison of Akha, Hani, Khàtú, and Pìj̀ɔ̀

Description: Pre-print of a manuscript and dataset later published as a journal article comparing the cognate forms and phoneme inventories of 4 Lolo-Burmese languages: Akha, Hani, Khàtú, and Pìj̀ɔ̀. Includes handwritten notes, examples, and word lists comparing modern forms and Proto-Lolo-Burmese reconstructions.
Date: 1984~
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Akha death rituals: A preliminary translation

Description: Typed descriptions of Akha death ritual recitations and practices divided into 22 chapters including English translations, handwritten notes, diacritics, and page numbering, and a table of contents summarizing each chapter. Original Akha clauses appear in a numbered list with corresponding English clause-level translations on the following page.
Date: 1984
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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