Personal narrative of Vanlal Tluong Bapui

Personal narrative of Vanlal Tluong Bapui

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Description

Vanlal Tluong Bapui, President of the Hmar Literature Society, gives consent for recording him and briefly introduces himself. He discusses Ṭhiek's status as an endangered language and the urgency of documenting and preserving Ṭhiek. He describes his book "Ṭhiek Ṭawng," explaining that it is the only known publication in Ṭhiek, and represents his contribution towards preserving the language.

Physical Description

1 sound recording (2 min., 27 sec.)

Creation Information

Infimate, Marina L. August 21, 2023.

Context

This audio recording is part of the collection entitled: Thiek 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.

Collector

Infimate, Marina L.

Speaker

Bapui, Vanlal Tluong

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UNT College of Information

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Titles

Main Title: Personal narrative of Vanlal Tluong Bapui
Series Title: Marina L. Infimate Collection

Description

Vanlal Tluong Bapui, President of the Hmar Literature Society, gives consent for recording him and briefly introduces himself. He discusses Ṭhiek's status as an endangered language and the urgency of documenting and preserving Ṭhiek. He describes his book "Ṭhiek Ṭawng," explaining that it is the only known publication in Ṭhiek, and represents his contribution towards preserving the language.

Physical Description

1 sound recording (2 min., 27 sec.)

Subjects

Keywords

Language

Thiek

Item Type

Sound

Identifier

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

Accession or Local Control No: thie1234_20230821_001_wav
Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc2243365

Relationships

Personal narrative of Vanlal Tluong Bapui; ark:/67531/metadc2243373/

Collections

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

Thiek Language Resource

The Thiek Language Resource is a sub-collection of the CoRSAL project.

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.

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