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Monologue on bees and how to farm bees

Description: This is a monologue about bees and bee farming. it was recoded at a bee farm near Denton Texas.
Date: August 16, 2016
Duration: 5 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Robinson, Melissa
Partner: UNT College of Information

Retellings of traditional narratives by elders

Description: Shangchrek Tholung narrated the Raalngam story, Arthluk and Raangchal. The second story of Raapaa by Shetphong Sankhil. The third story by Swamy Tholung Ksen the story Arthluk and Raangchal.
Date: February 2, 2016
Duration: 55 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of Vau Sen -A song nature thanking God for his wonderful creation

Description: Sumshot Khular singing Vau Sen, a song about nature, mountains, hills, trees. wind, water, stars, moon, clouds and all the wonderful creation of the creator God. Calling youths of today, let us rise up to save the environment. Composed by Tony Khular of Thamlakhuren village, Chandel district, Manipur.
Date: August 16, 2016
Duration: 2 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Khular, Sumshot
Partner: UNT College of Information

Speech given at LNBA Fellowship meeting

Description: Recording of a speech by Joy Tholung at the LNBA Fellowship at Thamlapokpi Village in Chandel District.
Date: January 30, 2016
Duration: 25 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Retelling of traditional story about Arthluuk and Raangchel

Description: Recording of Shangchrek Tholung reciting a popular traditional narrative. Collected at Swamy Tholung's house who introduces the event and asks questions of the narrator.
Date: February 2, 2016
Duration: 13 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of tone and syllable structure

Description: A recording of minimal pairs distinguished by tone and organized by syllable structure, including the segment features in onsets and codas.
Date: March 25, 2016
Duration: 53 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of tone in minimal pairs

Description: Tone in minimal pairs organized by rhymes -- Sumshot Khular in discussion with Tyler P. Utt, Willem de Reuse and Shobhana Chelliah
Date: March 25, 2016
Duration: 14 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of Vau Sen

Description: Sumshot Khular singing Vau Sen, a song about nature, with introduction in Lamkang. Composed by Tony Khular in praise of the beauty of the Lamkang land with its beautiful creation. Calling the youths to stand up and save the environment and land.
Date: August 16, 2016
Duration: 4 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Khular, Sumshot
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of tone and vowel length

Description: Sumshot Khular reads a list of minimal pairs which are either differentiated by tone or vowel length. She provides the words in a clause.
Date: March 28, 2016
Duration: 7 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Partner: UNT College of Information

Discussion of plants and their uses

Description: Sumshot Khular and Anudon Sankhil talk to Shobhana in their garden about uses of plants growing around the garden. The leaves used for wrapping and packing food packs in the Lamkang culture called Nthil arnaa. The uses of banana leaves, base, stem and fruits and its health benefits.
Date: February 2, 2016
Duration: 11 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of prefixed verbs

Description: Tyler Utt elicits prefixed verbs from Sumshot Khular.
Date: August 2, 2016
Duration: 9 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Partner: UNT College of Information

Reading of inflected verbs with prefixal consonant clusters

Description: Recording of an elicitation script of inflected verbs with three or more agreement prefixes. The speaker is Sumshot Khular, who worked on this recording as a visiting scholar at the University of North Texas.
Date: August 4, 2016
Duration: 38 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Discussion about baskets

Description: Recording of Sumshot Khular explaining and showing different types of traditional baskets. The discussion takes place in Swamy Tholung Ksen's workroom.
Date: February 2, 2016
Duration: 2 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of tone words in Lamkang (C-E)

Description: Shobhana elicits tone individual words from Sumshot Khular, words C through E.
Date: April 1, 2016
Duration: 1 minute 30 seconds
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of verbs with suffixes

Description: Melissa elicits verbs with suffixes from Sumshot Khular.
Date: July 21, 2016
Duration: 6 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Discussion of household and buildings

Description: Recording of Swamy Tholung Ksen's family members as they move from the house to outdoor work area to demonstrate how to weave.
Date: February 2, 2016
Duration: 5 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of verb tone in frames

Description: Recording of several Lamkang verbs in a frame and in isolation by Sumshot Khular. The recording was made when Khular was a visiting scholar at the University of North Texas. A full transcript is available with PRAAT annotations is available.
Date: July 21, 2016
Duration: 8 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Robinson, Melissa
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional story about Raapa

Description: Recording of the Raapa Story by Stephon Sankhil. A tiger, angry at being duped by Koreng, eats him. Koreng's sisters vow to marry whoever kills the tiger, and the only one able to do it is Raapa. Jealous, the other men conspire to kill Raapa, but he survives two attempts and tricks them so that they drown. In the end Koreng's sisters kill Raapa.
Date: February 2, 2016
Duration: 17 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of names and descriptions of vegetation in a kitchen garden

Description: Recording of Sumshot Khular and Donnu Sankhil naming and describing various plants and vegetables in Thamlakhuren. She describes how they are plucked and used as medicine and also a food items.
Date: February 2, 2016
Duration: 4 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of prefixed verbs, part 2

Description: Tyler Utt elicits prefixed verbs in Lamkang with Sumshot Khular.
Date: August 4, 2016
Duration: 2 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Partner: UNT College of Information

Interview about work

Description: Sumshot Khular and Toni Khullar discuss what to talk about and Sumshot suggests some topics, one of them being work.
Date: February 2, 2016
Duration: 1 minute 46 seconds
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Elicitation of compound words

Description: Tyler Utt elicits compound words in Lamkang from Sumshot Khular, in the Linguistics conference room, College of Information, UNT.
Date: July 27, 2016
Duration: 13 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Utt, Tyler P.
Partner: UNT College of Information

Conversation about a work house

Description: A visit to Swamy Tholung's house and work area. Here the family keeps a loom, various traditional baskets, and grain.
Date: February 2, 2016
Duration: 23 seconds
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of Ong Mang ngo-Lamloon Laa and retelling of Arthluuk Leh Raangchel

Description: Recording of Sankhil Khungwar Rengtingnu singing lamloon laa ong mang ngo at Thamlapokpi village. In the second part Swamy Tholung Ksen tells the story of Arthluuk leh Raangchel. This story has some significance on the relationship between the Lamkangs and the English.
Date: February 2, 2016
Duration: 20 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Partner: UNT College of Information
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