Search Results

Conversation about fieldwork in Retzawl village

Description: Thilsinghluo Tuolor, Gaon Bura of Retzawl village, and Robert Pakhuongte, vice president of the Retzawl HSA, express enthusiasm and consent to record the variety of Ṭhiek spoken in Retzawl village for research and documentation purposes.
Date: August 18, 2023
Duration: 1 minute 08 seconds
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.

Conversation about fieldwork in Retzawl village

Description: Thilsinghluo Tuolor, Gaon Bura of Retzawl village, and Robert Pakhuongte, vice president of the Retzawl HSA, express enthusiasm and consent to record the variety of Ṭhiek spoken in Retzawl village for research and documentation purposes.
Date: August 18, 2023
Duration: 2 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.

Conversation about language attiudes

Description: Ngultholien Parate, the headman of Boro Muolkoi village, along with Zionthar Vankal, Hrangsuothang Parate, and Emmanuel Tuolor, discuss the history of Ṭhiek, the relationship between Ṭhiek and literary Hmar based on folk songs, and the collective opinion that the variety of Ṭhiek spoken in Boro Muolkoi village is considered pure.
Date: August 18, 2023
Duration: 22 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.

Conversation about migration and Sikpui

Description: Joseph Tuolor and Dartuohau Vankal discuss the migration of the Ṭhiek people. Then, Joseph Tuolor tells the traditional story Siel Sun as told to him by his father and talks briefly about Sikpui and its pronunciation.
Date: August 18, 2023
Duration: 6 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
open access

DEVO: an ontology to assist with dermoscopic feature standardization

Description: Article describes how the utilization of dermoscopic analysis is becoming increasingly critical for diagnosing skin diseases by physicians and even artificial intelligence. The authors aimed to develop a domain-specific ontology to formally represent knowledge for certain dermoscopic features.
Date: August 18, 2023
Creator: Zhang, Xinyuan; Lin, Rebecca Z.; Amith, Muhammad "Tuan"; Wang, Cynthia; Light, Jeremy; Strickley, John et al.

Elicitation of domains of language use

Description: Robert Pakhuongte, a male speaker of Ṭhiek from Retzawl village, responds to elicitation questions put forth by Emmanuel Tuolor about the number of houses and the approximate number of Ṭhiek speakers in Retzawl village.
Date: August 18, 2023
Duration: 3 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.

Elicitation of domains of language use

Description: Vanlalzawn Tuolor, a female speaker of Ṭhiek from Huonveng village, gives consent for recording her and briefly shares her life story. She responds to questions about her family, her attitude towards the Ṭhiek language, domains of language use, and her hopes for the future of the language.
Date: August 18, 2023
Duration: 10 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.

Elicitation of domains of language use and performance of traditional songs

Description: Dartuohau Vankal, an elderly male Ṭhiek speaker, responds to questions about his life and migration, language attitudes, the status of Ṭhiek, and hopes for the future of the language. He also narrates some Ṭhiek stories based on traditional folk songs, some of which he sings. He describes the relationship between traditional Hmar and Ṭhiek songs. Marina L. Infimate asks questions in Hmar.
Date: August 18, 2023
Duration: 36 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.

Elicitation of language attitudes and domains of use

Description: Dartuohau Vankal describes inter-generational transmission of Ṭhiek in his family, his desire to preserve the language and culture by documenting traditional songs, and his choice of Ṭhiek as a means of communication in home and social settings. He also briefly talks about the character Neirawi from the song 'Hranglam Hla' (Valiant feats), who he explains is from the Ṭhiek clan. Marina L. Infimate asks questions in Hmar.
Date: August 18, 2023
Duration: 4 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.

Personal narrative about a late relative

Description: Dartuohau Vankal, an elderly male Ṭhiek speaker, reflects on an event involving his late relative, Sangawi Pa, narrating the events that transpired while on their way to record traditional songs on a particular Sunday.
Date: August 18, 2023
Duration: 1 minute 23 seconds
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.

Personal narrative of Hrangkung Tuolor

Description: Hrangkung Tuolor, president and authority of Huonveng village, introduces himself and expresses his pride for the Ṭhiek language. He talks about Dr. Vanlalthluonga Bapui's book 'Thiek Tawng' being the only written document in Ṭhiek, and his regrets that there are not more written resources in the language. He encourages continued work to document the language.
Date: August 18, 2023
Duration: 3 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Infimate, Marina L.
Back to Top of Screen