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Final glottal stop, -/j/, -/uj/ (BH)

Description: This is an investigation of final glottal stops and glides in Chorei.
Date: April 10, 2025
Duration: 40 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: Jana, Dibyajyoti
Partner: UNT College of Information

Initial glottal stops (BH)

Description: This is an investigation of initial glottal stops in Chorei.
Date: April 10, 2025
Duration: 3 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Jana, Dibyajyoti
Partner: UNT College of Information

The story of Thochiu

Description: This folktale describes the superstitions and beliefs of Naga(sema), describing their knowledge of the Sema folktale, which is still guiding the community in their agricultural practices, preserving his legacy.
Date: August 10, 2024
Duration: 1 minute 50 seconds
Creator: Initoli
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Sister Truffles Chanterelle Final March 10 2024

Description: Interview with Sister Truffles Chanterelle, a Sister of Perpetual Indulgence, from Orlando, Florida, now living in the DFW area. Truffles describes her life previous to the Sisters and her experience with drag, HIV activism, her entrance to the Sisters, what the Sisters mission is in her own words, her relationship to sister Blanche Davidian, and other related topics to the charitable actions of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence as they have happened to her.
Date: March 10, 2024
Duration: 53 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Sr. Chanterelle, Truffles & Testa, Nino
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Sopfünuo

Description: "Sopfünuo" is a renowned Angami Naga folktale about a woman and her child whose lives were tragically cut short on their way back to their native village in Rüsoma, Kohima. The two were believed to have been metamorphasised into stones which remain sacred to our people and has oral historical facts to date. It is a passionate and inspiring folktale that revolves around the themes of marriage and relationship, a mother's love, animatic beliefs, envy, betrayal, etc. which still exists in the mind… more
Date: August 10, 2023
Duration: 4 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Thejaselie Belho
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of words for analyzing stress 16

Description: This is an elicitation of words read within a three-sentence frame for the purpose of acoustic analysis of word- and phrase-level stress correlates.
Date: July 10, 2023
Duration: 15 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Paramore, Jonathan Charles
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of words for analyzing stress 17

Description: This is an elicitation of words read within a three-sentence frame for the purpose of acoustic analysis of word- and phrase-level stress correlates.
Date: July 10, 2023
Duration: 9 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Paramore, Jonathan Charles
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of words for analyzing stress 18

Description: This is an elicitation of words read within a three-sentence frame for the purpose of acoustic analysis of word- and phrase-level stress correlates.
Date: July 10, 2023
Duration: 9 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Paramore, Jonathan Charles
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of words for analyzing stress 19

Description: This is an elicitation of words read within a three-sentence frame for the purpose of acoustic analysis of word- and phrase-level stress correlates.
Date: July 10, 2023
Duration: 11 minutes 23 seconds
Creator: Paramore, Jonathan Charles
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of words for analyzing stress 20

Description: This is an elicitation of words read within a three-sentence frame for the purpose of acoustic analysis of word- and phrase-level stress correlates.
Date: July 10, 2023
Duration: 9 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Paramore, Jonathan Charles
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of words for analyzing stress 21

Description: This is an elicitation of words read within a three-sentence frame for the purpose of acoustic analysis of word- and phrase-level stress correlates.
Date: July 10, 2023
Duration: 10 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Paramore, Jonathan Charles
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of words for analyzing stress 22

Description: This is an elicitation of words read within a three-sentence frame for the purpose of acoustic analysis of word- and phrase-level stress correlates.
Date: July 10, 2023
Duration: 11 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Paramore, Jonathan Charles
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of words for analyzing stress 23

Description: This is an elicitation of words read within a three-sentence frame for the purpose of acoustic analysis of word- and phrase-level stress correlates.
Date: July 10, 2023
Duration: 12 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Paramore, Jonathan Charles
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Description: Dharendra Basumatary is a businessman with a BA-level education who speaks Hindi and Assamese in addition to Boro, 48 years old at the time of recording. He describes how the Bur river is destroying their village. The Bur river (also called Nizla river) comes from the Bhutan hills and it passes through their village. Nizla river eroded most of the lands of his village. Recorded in Laokhriguri village, Deosri.
Date: September 10, 2022
Duration: 3 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Brahma, Sansuma
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Description: Phaguna Narzary is a businessman with a BA-level education who speaks Nepali, Bengali, Hindi, and Assamese in addition to Boro, 38 years old at the time of recording. He the suffering of life due to the devastation done by a flood. They have done everything to stop the flood, but the flood is increasing year by year. They have appealed to the government and hope that government will solve their problems. Recorded in Laokhriguri village, Deosri.
Date: September 10, 2022
Duration: 8 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Brahma, Sansuma
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Description: Donda Basumatary is a farmer who speaks Assamese in addition to Boro, 61 years old at the time of recording. He talks about the loss of his property due to the flood. He is worried about the future generation of his village as most of the cultivable land is converted into a desert. He believes that until and unless the government doesn't build protection on the river bank, they will keep suffering in the future too. Recorded in Laokhriguri village, Deosri.
Date: September 10, 2022
Duration: 4 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Brahma, Sansuma
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Description: Lachit Basumatary is a daily laborer who speaks Hindi and Assamese in addition to Boro, 31 years old at the time of recording. He describes how he saved fellow villagers during the time flood. He cultivated rice and jute crops, but flood water destroyed everything and didn't get anything. His house's walls also got damaged, and his house is now only 50 meters away from the river. Recorded in Laokhriguri village, Deosri.
Date: September 10, 2022
Duration: 4 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Brahma, Sansuma
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Description: Swmkhang Narzary is a daily laborer who speaks Hindi and Assamese in addition to Boro, 27 years old at the time of recording. He tells about the loss of his land. He says that the river is about to reach his village by eroding day by day, and that 50 houses of his village were damaged in recent floods. He tells that when it rains in Bhutan hills, a sudden flood comes into their village. Recorded in Laokhriguri village, Deosri.
Date: September 10, 2022
Duration: 4 minutes 01 second
Creator: Brahma, Sansuma
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Description: Uday Basumatary is a farmer who speaks Assamese in addition to Boro, 40 years old at the time of recording. Most of the agricultural land he owned now is eroded by rivers. Earlier he had 15 bighas of land, but almost all the land is eroded by flood water. Now his home is only 50 meters away from the river and he has shifted his house to another place. Recorded in Laokhriguri village, Deosri.
Date: September 10, 2022
Duration: 4 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Brahma, Sansuma
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Description: Mahen Basumatary is a farmer who speaks Assamese in addition to Boro, 42 years old at the time of recording. He describes how he survived the recent flood. His wife was sick during the time of the flood. He somehow managed to save his wife. His wife couldn't walk and he carried his wife on his back to a safe place. Wild elephants also frequently come to his house in search of food. Recorded in Laokhriguri village, Deosri.
Date: September 10, 2022
Duration: 4 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Brahma, Sansuma
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative about the 2022 Assam floods

Description: Nila Basumatary is a home maker who speaks Assamese in addition to Boro, 55 years old at the time of recording. Her 10 bigha land was eroded by the recent flood. Every year due to the flood they have to take shelter in another place during the rainy season. They stayed almost two months in the relief camps. Recorded in Laokhriguri village, Deosri.
Date: September 10, 2022
Duration: 4 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Brahma, Sansuma
Partner: UNT College of Information
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