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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. There are word lists of verbs and common nouns and notes from elicitations of grammatical categories including TAM, gender, classifiers, particles, negation, subordinators, and adverbials. See table of contents for detailed listing.
Date: 1987/1988
Creator: Matisoff, James A.
Partner: UNT College of Information

Retelling of the traditional narrative 'Mainouloute'

Description: Phalting Haokip tells a traditional narrative about Mainouloute. In this story, a family gets fruits from their garden and their family members transform into birds. She is a female Thadou speaker from Manipur (currently living in Lambung village), around 83 years old at the time of recording.
Date: June 2, 2012
Duration: 7 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Partner: UNT College of Information

Retelling of the traditional narrative 'Mainouloute'

Description: Phalting Haokip tells a traditional narrative about Mainouloute. In this story, a family gets fruits from their garden and their family members transform into birds. She is a female Thadou speaker from Manipur (currently living in Lambung village), around 83 years old at the time of recording.
Date: May 2, 2012
Duration: 11 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional narrative about Mailangkoh

Description: Phalting Haokip tells a traditional story about Mailangkoh. In this story, a mother disappears while fishing and the children try to catch her in the river. She is a female Thadou speaker from Manipur (currently living in Lambung village), around 83 years old at the time of recording.
Date: June 2, 2012
Duration: 24 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Partner: UNT College of Information

Retelling of the traditional narrative 'Ralngam'

Description: Hoihte Saihriem tells the story of Ralngam. In this story, Ralngam befriends a tiger, and they compete and eat food together. Ralngam learns magic from the tiger. She is a female Saihriem speaker from the Barak Valley (currently living in Bahbahar), around 80 years old at the time of recording. She is also a speaker of Bengali.
Date: September 15, 2012
Duration: 14 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Partner: UNT College of Information

Retelling of the traditional narrative 'Ralngam'

Description: Hakthoi Phuoitong, a male Hrangkhol speaker from North Cachar Hills in Assam (currently living in Zion village, Haflong) tells the traditional story of Ralngam. In this story, Ralngam learns magic from his grandfather. Hakthoi is 64 at the time of recording, and also speaks Bengali.
Date: October 22, 2014
Duration: 8 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional narrative about Kaikongtepa

Description: Zeisingzong Ranglong tells the traditional narrative of Kaikongtepa. Zeisingzong is a male Ranglong speaker from the Barak Valley (currently living in Zuvichera village), around 84 years old at the time of recording. He is also a speaker of Bengali.
Date: May 17, 2014
Duration: 13 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional narrative about cutting vines

Description: Phalting Haokip tells the traditional narrative 'Lengbante' about seven sons who compete with their father to cut a rope made of vines. This story describes the origin of lightning. She is from Manipur (currently living in Lambung village), and speaks Manipuri in addition to Thadou. She is 83 at the time of recording.
Date: June 2, 2012
Duration: 12 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Partner: UNT College of Information

Retelling of the traditional narrative 'Ralngam'

Description: Zeisingzong Ranglong, a male speaker from the Barak Valley (currently living in Zuvichera village) tells the story of Ralngam. In this story, Ralngam learns magic and searches for his father. Zeisingzong is 84 at the time of recording and is also a speaker of Bengali.
Date: May 17, 2014
Duration: 31 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional narrative about twins

Description: Zeisingzong Ranglong tells a traditional narrative about twins named Suining and Rangvom. In this story, a Tuaiteng fruit turned into two babies, Suining and Rangvom, who grew up and got married. He is a male Ranglong speaker from the Barak Valley (currently living in Zuvichera village), around 84 years old at the time of recording. He is also a speaker of Bengali.
Date: May 17, 2014
Duration: 35 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional narrative about Denlikinthang

Description: Hakthoi Phuoitong tells the traditional story Denlikinthang. In this story, Denlikinthang is born to a virgin in Bomrang village. Denlikinthang later becomes the leader of a new village called Khozol. He is a male Hrangkhol speaker from North Cachar Hills in Assam (currently living in Zion village, Haflong), around 64 years old at the time of recording. He also speaks Bengali.
Date: October 22, 2014
Duration: 5 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional narrative about Mairingthang

Description: Hakthoi Phuoitong tells the traditional narrative about Mairingthang, an orphan who has to choose between his two girlfriends. He is a male Hrangkhol speaker from North Cachar Hills in Assam (currently living in Zion village, Haflong), around 64 years old at the time of recording. He also speaks Bengali.
Date: October 22, 2014
Duration: 2 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Haokip, Pauthang
Partner: UNT College of Information
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