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Folk Songs of Lamkaang

Description: Collection of the lyrics for Lamkang-language folk songs. It includes statements from various persons involved, biographical information about former village chiefs, tables of Lamkang/English/Manipuri equivalencies, and photos of people and instruments.
Date: January 1, 2013
Creator: Khullar, Beshot
Partner: UNT College of Information

Dataset for a retelling of the Pear Story: Robert

Description: Dataset generated for a recording of Robert Leivon retelling the Pear Story. A transcription with an English translation, flextext files (from Fieldworks Language Explorer), and accompanying derivative files are included. The speaker was living in Delhi when the recording was made.
Date: January 13, 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Elicitation of names of insects

Description: Recording of an elicitation of words for insects, etc. The native speaker consultant, Aurangzeb, provides the English prompt while both Aurangzeb and Mohammad Suleman provide the Mankiyali singular and plural forms. Muhammad Suleman is a male teacher who is 36 years old at the time of recording.
Date: January 17, 2021
Duration: 3 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Analytical discussion and retellings of traditional narratives about Benglam and Lamkang clans

Description: Lamkang elders recite well-known traditional narratives (the origin of Lamkang clans, and a Benglam story) and associated songs, followed by discussion in English. Recorded at the 2nd NSF-funded Lamkang Orthography Workshop held at the Don Bosco Institute, Guwahati, Assam.
Date: January 24, 2016
Duration: 19 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Partner: UNT College of Information
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List of Lamkang words

Description: Wordlist of various words in English and Lamkang, with categories including animals, fruits and vegetables, insects, ailments, months, days, body parts, and colors. The list was created by the Tribal Languages of Manipur institute.
Date: January 2007
Creator: Thounaojam, Harimohon
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Transcription: Description of travel plans with modals

Description: Transcription of Sumshot Khular discussing what it's like to travel to the USA with Daniel Tholung, Shobhana Chelliah, and Mary Burke. This conversation took place in Sumshot's living room on the January 11, 2018 in Thamlakhuren village, Chandel district, Manipur.
Date: January 2018
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi & Khular, Sumshot
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Fingrei Journal

Description: This is the January 2019 issue of the Fingrei Journal, which was established in 2003 in Yangon. This issue includes sections titles Hmuhning 'Perspectives'; Biaknak 'Worship'; Hrilhfiah 'Comments'; Tuanbia 'Stories'; among others.
Date: January 2019
Creator: Phu, Fingrei; Thang, Salai Ṭial Awi & Hmung, Lian Ding
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Notes on Dimasa phonology and grammar

Description: Handwritten notes on Dimasa with a brief description of the phoneme inventory and consonant clusters and notes on grammar (case marking, plural forms, question formation, tense and aspect marking) including example phrases and sentences. Word lists cover verbs of perception, verbs of motion, interrogatives, fire, insects, units of measurement, and numerals.
Date: 2008-01-25/2008-02
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Akha notebook 84

Description: Handwritten notes and transcriptions of narratives told by Ásɔ̀q about clothing, spirits, marriage, how Akhas communicate, and death and song lyrics and word lists.
Date: 1978-01-16/1978-03-13
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Notes on KokBorok phonology and word lists

Description: Handwritten notes on KokBorok phonology focusing on tone and phonotactics, with phoneme inventory and comparisons to Garo. Includes word lists ranging multiple semantic domains (kinship terms, numerals, animals, agriculture, natural world, colors, physical descriptors, verbs of motion, verbs of perception, body parts, interrogatives, and time).
Date: January 1997
Creator: Burling, Robbins
Partner: UNT College of Information
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