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Notes on clan names and building villages

Description: Notes on categorization of Lamkang clans and clan names, and of the building of villages - handwritten by Shetkarnong Sankhil and typed up by Shobhana Chelliah's research team.
Date: 2009
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
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Transcript for Blessings from the Thei-chik-tboor tree by Shekarnong Sankhil of Thamlapokpi

Description: Transcription of Thei chik tboor tun ki suu txhat nah (Blessings from the Thei-chik-tboor tree) as told by Shekarnong Sankhil. A young man, abandoned by his elder brother at the behest of his wife, befriends a young woman. He gifts his prospective parents-in-law with precious items he took from the tiger he killed. The young woman proves herself fit to be his wife by being the only person not to slip on a mat spread out at harvest time.
Date: September 2, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
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Transcription: Description of mithun preparation and loom making

Description: Transcription with word for word and free translations of a monologue about mithun preparation and loom preparation (sil dak k'ee you). Narrated by Shetkarnong Sankhil of Thamlapokpi village, Chandel district, Manipur, India. Recorded at UNT during his visit.
Date: unknown
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
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Transcription: Elicitation of directional nouns

Description: Transcription of an elicitation session of how space is encoded in Lamkang. The sentences were based on those in an LTBA (Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area) article on Qiang languages that was under review at the time of elicitation.
Date: November 16, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
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Transcription: Elicitation of verb prefixes

Description: Transcription of an elicitation session of verb prefixes to examine complex onsets in Lamkang. These verb forms were elicited to conduct an acoustic study of complex onsets in Lamkang. All elicited forms are transitive ([X] verbs [Y]) and are drawn from the Inverse and Imperfective paradigms. They were chosen to exhibit a range in onset complexity.
Date: unknown
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
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Transcription: Elicited causative constructions

Description: Transcription of an elicitation of causative constructions in Lamkang. Recorded from Sumshot Khular as part of a 2017 field methods course at UNT.
Date: 2017
Creator: Good, Wally
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Transcription: Monologue on the need to document Lamkang

Description: Transcription of a monologue by Daniel Tholung on the Lamkang people and language. He discusses the need to work toward promoting and preserving the language and how he and Shekarnong Sankhil of Thamlapokpi came to the UNT on Chelliah's invitation to interact with students and teach them about Lamkang. This is one of a series of recordings of Lamkang language revitalization experts on the importance of documenting the Lamkang language.
Date: unknown
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi & Khular, Sumshot
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Transcription: Reading of a blessing ritual called Smul Kpnaak

Description: Transcription of a blessing ritual called "Smul kpnaak" as performed by Sumshot Khular. This blessing is used by Lamkang elders to mark significant life events for younger couples. It can be performed for getting a blessing for good health, wealth, children, long life and any other blessings.
Date: August 19, 2017
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
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Transcription: Retelling of Frog Where Are You?

Description: Transcription of the story of Uitxok tva' thah ptih? (Frog, Where Are You?) as narrated by Sumshot Khular. She translated it from Lamkang to English.
Date: August 19, 2017
Creator: Utt, Tyler P. & Khular, Sumshot
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Transcription: Retelling of The Pear Story: Daniel

Description: Transcription of a retelling of Naaspati paomin (the Pear Story), as narrated by Daniel Tholung Thamlakhuren and translated by Sumshot Khular into English and inputting in SayMore.
Date: June 28, 2016
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
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Transcription: Traditional story about the Tiger and the Reindeer

Description: Transcription of a retelling of Humpii paa leh tyuk paa paomin (Story of the Tiger and the Reindeer), as narrated by Beshot Khullar. The tiger and the deer decide to race, and have the winner eat the loser. The tiger wins, and the deer asks for a day to go home and fatten up. On his way home, the deer meets a frog, who asks why the deer is so worried. The frog devises a way for the deer a way to trick the tiger, telling it to collect animal bones and pile them up around the frog, and retreat. T… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
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