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Kom Rem Thut

Description: This is a collection of texts in Kom including folklore and histories of relation between Kom and groups in surrounding areas such as Mongolia, Myanmar, and Tripura.
Date: March 21, 1992
Creator: Kom, K. Shonjachung
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Kom Hei Thuhming Jai Hla Kom's Folk-Lore

Description: This book is a collection of Kom folktales about the origin of Kom tribe, classification of clans and social practices of Kom ancestors. The book also contains stories about the relation and similarity that Kom tribe share with other tribes in Manipur.
Date: April 2013
Creator: Serto, Thangneireng
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Photograph of a Manipuri manuscript: Sading Sakok

Description: This is a photograph of Manipuri manuscript, known as a puya, on agar bark containing traditional lore. It is written in the Meithei Mayek script, a Brahmic script which has been used since the 11th century. It was photographed through a plastic barrier, with the label 'SADING SAKOK'.
Date: 2008~
Creator: Molinaro, Mary
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Photograph of a taro plant

Description: This is a photograph of the taro plant, a root vegetable which grows in Southeast Asia, Africa, and Oceania. The edible root, known as paan in Manipuri, is used in traditional dishes.
Date: 1986~
Creator: Thounaojam, Harimohon
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Retelling of the Pear Story: Surmangol

Description: The Pear Story is a video stimulus commonly utilized in language documentation where speakers are shown the silent six minute video and then asked to describe it. In the video, a young boy steals a basket of pears from a farmer, then shares the stolen pears with three boys. This is a recording of H. Surmangol Sharma’s retelling of the Pear Story.
Date: September 14, 2007
Duration: 4 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Thounaojam, Harimohon
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Photograph of Mangla Ningombla

Description: This is a photograph of Mangla Ningomba, one of the Manipuri language consultants who helped Shobhana Chelliah and other researchers translate Manipuri stories. This photograph was taken at the Manipur University guest house staff quarters in 1986.
Date: 1986
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
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Retelling of the Pear Story: Bimola

Description: The Pear Story is a video stimulus commonly utilized in language documentation where speakers are shown the silent six minute video and then asked to describe it. In the video, a young boy steals a basket of pears from a farmer, then shares the stolen pears with three boys. This is a recording of O. Bimola Devi’s retelling of the Pear Story.
Date: 2010
Duration: 3 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
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Photograph of a Manipuri manuscript

Description: This is a photograph of a Manipuri manuscript in the Meithei Mayek script. The Meithei Mayek script is a Brahmic abugida which has been in use since the 11th century. This specific manuscript discusses the art of the architecture and science of construction of houses, buildings, bridges, and walls. It was photographed through a plastic barrier.
Date: 2004
Creator: Molinaro, Mary
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Performance of a folk song about love

Description: This Liangmai traditional folk song was composed by Namsongwi of Nallong village and sung by W. Mathiusongbou of Tudon. The song talks about the love of the composer for his girl.
Date: October 19, 2021
Duration: 8 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Mataina, Wichamdinbo
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Some Preliminary Issues in the Reconstruction of Proto-KokBorok

Description: This is a description of Proto-KokBorok prepared as part of the 1987-88 Linguistic Field Methods course at University of California, Berkeley on KokBorok with some handwritten notes from Jim Matisoff. Tripura describes regional variation and provides a phoneme inventory, rhyme classes, and correspondences with Bodo.
Date: May 27, 1988
Creator: Tripura, Prashanta
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Notes on KokBorok grammar

Description: Handwritten notes from the 1978-88 Linguistic Field Methods course at University of California, Berkeley on KokBorok with the consultant Prashanta Tripura. Grammatical notes cover reduplication, compound nouns, verbal particles, and serial verbs. Some notes are in Bengali and other languages. Sociolinguistic and historical notes describe sound changes, regional variation, and the relationships between KokBorok and other Bodo-Garo languages. See table of contents for detailed listing.
Date: 1987/1988
Creator: Tripura, Prashanta; Jurafsky, Dan & Matisoff, James A.
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