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Conversation introductions

Description: Two speakers give basic introductions of each other.
Date: May 20, 2019
Duration: 30 seconds
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation introductions

Description: Two speakers give basic introductions of each other.
Date: May 20, 2019
Duration: 20 seconds
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about home life and school

Description: This is a narrative about the speaker's hometown, friends and family, and educational institutions.
Date: May 20, 2019
Duration: 45 seconds
Creator: Boro, Hirok Jyoti Lahari
Partner: UNT College of Information

Letter to a family member

Description: Recording of a personal letter to a family member about Chhingi's daughter, Nutei.
Date: November 20, 1985
Duration: 3 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Letter to a family member

Description: Recording of a personal letter to a family member.
Date: November 20, 1985
Duration: 20 seconds
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Letter to a family member

Description: Recording of a personal letter to a family member.
Date: November 20, 1985
Duration: 1 minute 44 seconds
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Monologue on a neighbor from Burma

Description: Recording of Thangpuii, Lalnunthangi Chhangte's paternal grandmother, recounting memories from her childhood. When she was younger, a Lai neighbor from Burma had a ceremony that was interesting to her because it was from a different culture. She learned about headhunting, and a war that happened between north and south Mizoram during the mid-1800s. She says people go to war because they believe whoever you kill in life becomes your slave in the afterlife. Finally, she discusses getting married … more
Date: November 20, 1985
Duration: 31 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Thangpuii
Partner: UNT College of Information

Monologue on childhood in Mizoram

Description: Recording of Thangpuii, Lalnunthangi Chhangte's paternal grandmother, describing her childhood in Mizoram, including the clothing she wore, her siblings, and how she resembled her parents.
Date: November 20, 1985
Duration: 31 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Thangpuii
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Description: Sanjib Laobangdisa describes his experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is a worker who speaks Bengali, Hindi, Nagamese, and Assamese in addition to Dimasa. He is 46 years old at the time of recording.
Date: October 20, 2022
Duration: 7 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Barman, Animesh
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Description: Usha Rani Barman describes her experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is a retired teacher who speaks Bengali, Hindi, and Assamese in addition to Dimasa. She is 70 years old at the time of recording.
Date: October 20, 2022
Duration: 7 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Barman, Animesh
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of word list on numerals and body parts

Description: This is an elicitation of a word list consisting of numerals (mainly cardinal and some ordinal) and a few body parts in the Central (Zhung) variety of the Zangskari language. Recorded in Youlang village, Ladakh Union Territory, India.
Date: September 20, 2020
Duration: 31 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Location: None
Partner: UNT College of Information

Story about a king and a cat

Description: This is a very short bedtime story of a king and a cat narrated in a rhyming pattern. These type of stories are told to lull and amuse small children.
Date: July 20, 2020
Duration: 1 minute 04 seconds
Creator: Shaikh, Maaz
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Description: Sadhan Barman describes his experience during the 2022 Assam floods. The speaker is a worker who speaks Bengali, Hindi, Manipuri, English, and Assamese in addition to Dimasa. He is 51 years old at the time of recording.
Date: October 20, 2022
Duration: 9 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Barman, Animesh
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of a folk song 'Tudon sing'

Description: This Liangmai folk song was composed by Songkambou of Tudon village and sung by Kiwangbou.
Date: May 20, 2012
Duration: 2 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Mataina, Wichamdinbo
Partner: UNT College of Information

Letter to a family member

Description: Recording of a personal letter to a family member about when they plan to come home for a visit.
Date: November 20, 1985
Duration: 6 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Chhangte, Lalnunthangi
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Conversation about the Totlang Kam Festival

Description: Beshot Khullar and Rengpu Rex Khullar talk about the Totlang Kam Festival. The exchange is useful for cultural information, lexical items related to this important festival, and question and answer exchanges. Rengpu Rex Khullar accompanied his father Beshot Khullar to Chennai to share information on Lamkang with Shobhana Chelliah.
Date: May 20, 2008
Duration: 5 minutes
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Partner: UNT College of Information
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