Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Listen Online

Jump to Track:

  1. Track One 0:04:59

Description

Uday Basumatary is a farmer who speaks Assamese in addition to Boro, 40 years old at the time of recording. Most of the agricultural land he owned now is eroded by rivers. Earlier he had 15 bighas of land, but almost all the land is eroded by flood water. Now his home is only 50 meters away from the river and he has shifted his house to another place. Recorded in Laokhriguri village, Deosri.

Physical Description

1 recording (4 min., 59 sec.)

Creation Information

Brahma, Sansuma September 10, 2022.

Context

This audio recording is part of the collection entitled: Boro Language Resource and was provided by the UNT College of Information to the UNT Digital Library, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. More information about this recording can be viewed below.

Who

People and organizations associated with either the creation of this audio recording or its content.

Collector

Speaker

Audiences

We've identified this sound as a primary source within our collections. Researchers, educators, and students may find this recording useful in their work.

Provided By

UNT College of Information

Situated at the intersection of people, technology, and information, the College of Information's faculty, staff and students invest in innovative research, collaborative partnerships, and student-centered education to serve a global information society. The college offers programs of study in information science, learning technologies, and linguistics.

About | Browse this Partner

Contact Us

Corrections Questions

What

Descriptive information to help identify this audio recording. Follow the links below to find similar items on the Digital Library.

Description

Uday Basumatary is a farmer who speaks Assamese in addition to Boro, 40 years old at the time of recording. Most of the agricultural land he owned now is eroded by rivers. Earlier he had 15 bighas of land, but almost all the land is eroded by flood water. Now his home is only 50 meters away from the river and he has shifted his house to another place. Recorded in Laokhriguri village, Deosri.

Physical Description

1 recording (4 min., 59 sec.)

Subjects

Keywords

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Language

Item Type

Identifier

Unique identifying numbers for this recording in the Digital Library or other systems.

Relationships

Collections

This recording is part of the following collections of related materials.

Boro Language Resource

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.

About | Browse this Collection

Computational Resource on South Asian Languages

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.

About | Browse this Collection

Related Items

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods (Video)

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Uday Basumatary is a farmer who speaks Assamese in addition to Boro, 40 years old at the time of recording. Most of the agricultural land he owned now is eroded by rivers. Earlier he had 15 bighas of land, but almost all the land is eroded by flood water. Now his home is only 50 meters away from the river and he has shifted his house to another place. Recorded in Laokhriguri village, Deosri.

Relationship to this item: (Has Format)

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods; ark:/67531/metadc2188704/

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods (Text)

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Uday Basumatary is a farmer who speaks Assamese in addition to Boro, 40 years old at the time of recording. Most of the agricultural land he owned now is eroded by rivers. Earlier he had 15 bighas of land, but almost all the land is eroded by flood water. Now his home is only 50 meters away from the river and he has shifted his house to another place. Recorded in Laokhriguri village, Deosri. Transcription and translation into English.

Relationship to this item: (Has Transcription)

Transcription: Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods; ark:/67531/metadc2188705/

What responsibilities do I have when using this audio recording?

Digital Files

When

Dates and time periods associated with this audio recording.

Creation Date

  • September 10, 2022

Coverage Date

Added to The UNT Digital Library

  • Oct. 26, 2023, 12:17 a.m.

Description Last Updated

  • Nov. 30, 2023, 4:29 p.m.

Usage Statistics

When was this recording last used?

Yesterday: 0
Past 30 days: 0
Total Uses: 2
More Statistics

Where

Geographical information about where this audio recording originated or about its content.

Place Name

Map Information

  • map marker Place Name coordinates. (May be approximate.)
  • Repositioning map may be required for optimal printing.

Mapped Locations

Interact With This Audio Recording

Here are some suggestions for what to do next.

Citations, Rights, Re-Use

Links for Robots

Helpful links in machine-readable formats.

Archival Resource Key (ARK)

International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF)

Metadata Formats

Images

URLs

Stats

Brahma, Sansuma. Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods, audio recording, September 10, 2022; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2188706/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT College of Information.

Back to Top of Screen