Editor - Profile:local/SESSION.Profile.xml2006-09-04https://hdl.handle.net/1839/00-0000-0000-000D-EEDC-4clarin.eu:cr1:p_1407745712035DoBeS archive : Chintang and Puma Documentation ProjectResourcehttp://www.cpdp.uzh.chLandingPagehttps://archive.mpi.nl/islandora/object/tla%3A1839_00_0000_0000_000D_EEDC_4#NAME:imdi2cmdi.xslt DATE:2016-09-09T16:16:05.972+02:00.CLLDCh2R09S02Child2 Monthly Recording Cycle09 Session02 Child Language Development2004-12-19This is the 2nd session of the 9th monthly recording cycle of the child Kamala for the Child Language Development study.AsiaNepalEast Nepal
Chintang VDC, Ward No. 3, Dhankuta
Chintang and Puma Documentation ProjectDocumentation of Chintang and Puma, two Kiranti languages of Eastern NepalCPDPProf. Dr. Balthasar Bickel
Institut für Linguistik, Beethovenstr. 15, 04107 Leipzig, Germany
bickel@uni-leipzig.deUniversity of LeipzigThe aim of the project is to provide a rich linguistic and ethnographic documentation of two highly endangered but almost totally undocumented languages in eastern Nepal, Chintang and Puma. These languages belong to the Kiranti family of Tibeto-Burman. Chintang is spoken by the Chintang Rai in Chintang Village Development Committee (VDC) of Dhankuta district. Puma is spoken by the Puma Rai in Diplung, Mauwabote, Devisthan and Pauwasera VDCs, to the south of Khotang bazar in Khotang district. Both these districts are situated in the eastern hilly part of the country.ConversationChild talkUnspecifiedspeechUnspecifiedinteractivespontaneousnon-elicitedFamilyConversationFace to FaceThe conversation is in Chintang language in general.ISO639-3:ctnChintangtrueUnspecifiedUnspecifiedChintang (also spelled Chhintang, as the palatal stop is sometimes transcribed as ch; h indicates aspiration) is one of the languages studied by the Chintang and Puma Documentation Project. It is a Tibeto-Burman language belonging to the Kiranti family. It may be classified along with Athpare, Belhariya (Belhare), and Chiling as one subgroup of the Eastern Rai languages. Chintang is spoken as mother tongue by around 4000 speakers in Chintang VDC, and nowhere else, except in one ward of Ahale VDC. Most speakers are trilingual in Chintang, Nepali and Bantawa. The language is polysynthetic, double-marking (on all levels) and verb final.Kamala and Kalpana (at Kamala’s house)
At first the mother is present and cuts a sugar cane with a knife and distributes it among several children. then they play among several children. They chase a cat with sticks etc. Mother sits on the veranda for a while and works (beats millet). Grandmother comes along too.Kamala and Kalpana are our target children. Phul Maya is Kamala's mother, Prithvi and Ranjana are Kalpana's elder siblings. Puspa is their neighbour and our local informant. Goma is the collector and the annotator of this session.Target childKalpanaKalpana RaiLDCh3yongest daughterSangpang Rai2001-04-06Femalenonefalse3813Kalpana is the youngest child of her parents. She has three elder siblings. She is the daughter of Kamala's father's younger brother.Kalpana is equally fluent in both Chintang and Nepali language though Chintang is her mother tongue.ISO639-3:nepNepalifalseUnspecifiedNepali is the national language of Nepal. It is widely used as lingua franca. And it is the major medium of teaching at schools. As Nepali is increasingly used as primary language, it poses the greatest threat to the endangered languages of Nepal.ISO639-3:ctnChintangtrueUnspecifiedChintang (also spelled Chhintang, as the initial palatal is aspirated) is one of the languages studies and documented by the Chintang Puma Documentation project. It is a Tibeto-Burman language belonging to the Kiranti family. It may be classed along with Athpare, Belhariya, and Chiling as one subgroup of the Eastern Rai languages. Chintang is spoken as mother tongue by around 4000 speakers in Chintang VDC, and nowhere else, except in one ward of Ahale VDC.Speaker/SignerPhul MayaPhul Maya RaiPMRMotherKhukkhang RaiUnspecifiedFemaleNonefalse40Phul Maya Rai is the mother of our target child, Kamala Rai. She has 6 daughters. She is a housewife and a farmer as well.She speaks Chintang, Bantawa and Nepali fluently.ISO639-3:nepNepalifalsetrueNepali is the national language of Nepal. It is widely used as lingua franca. And it is the major medium of teaching at schools. As Nepali is increasingly used as primary language, it poses the greatest threat to the endangered languages of Nepal.ISO639-3:bapBantawafalsetrueBantawa is a Tibeto-Burman language belonging to the Kiranti family. It is spoken in and around Bhojpur, but also further south of the district and many adjoining areas. Bantawa is the Rai language with the highest number of speakers.ISO639-3:ctnChintangtruetrueChintang (also spelled Chhintang, as the initial palatal is aspirated) is one of the languages studies and documented by the Chintang Puma Documentation project. It is a Tibeto-Burman language belonging to the Kiranti family. It may be classed along with Athpare, Belhariya, and Chiling as one subgroup of the Eastern Rai languages. Chintang is spoken as mother tongue by around 4000 speakers in Chintang VDC, and nowhere else, except in one ward of Ahale VDC.Speaker/SignerPrithviPrithvi Narayan RaiPNRCousinSangpang RaiUnspecifiedMalenonefalse5GBPrithvi Narayan is the elder brother of Kalpana. He is also called Perte and Pecce. He is the only one son in his family. He sometimes goes to school with his elder siblings. He is Kamala's father's younger brother's son.He is fluent in Chintang (his mother tongue). He understands Nepali well and speaks it little bit.ISO639-3:nepNepalifalsefalseNepali is the national language of Nepal. It is widely used as lingua franca. And it is the major medium of teaching at schools. As Nepali is increasingly used as primary language, it poses the greatest threat to the endangered languages of Nepal.ISO639-3:ctnChintangtruetrueChintang (also spelled Chhintang, as the initial palatal is aspirated) is one of the languages studies and documented by the Chintang Puma Documentation project. It is a Tibeto-Burman language belonging to the Kiranti family. It may be classed along with Athpare, Belhariya, and Chiling as one subgroup of the Eastern Rai languages. Chintang is spoken as mother tongue by around 4000 speakers in Chintang VDC, and nowhere else, except in one ward of Ahale VDC.Speaker/SignerRanjanaRanjana RaiRANJCousinSangpang Rai1997-10-23FemalePrimary schoolfalse7126Ranjana is the elder sister of Kalpana. She is also called Ranje. She is the second child of her parents. She is a student. She reads in class 1. She caretakes her sister Kalpana in her mother's absence. She is also the daughter of Kamala's father's younger brother.She is fluent in Chintang (mother tongue) and Nepali.ISO639-3:nepNepalifalseUnspecifiedNepali is the national language of Nepal. It is widely used as lingua franca. And it is the major medium of teaching at schools. As Nepali is increasingly used as primary language, it poses the greatest threat to the endangered languages of Nepal.ISO639-3:ctnChintangtruetrueChintang (also spelled Chhintang, as the initial palatal is aspirated) is one of the languages studies and documented by the Chintang Puma Documentation project. It is a Tibeto-Burman language belonging to the Kiranti family. It may be classed along with Athpare, Belhariya, and Chiling as one subgroup of the Eastern Rai languages. Chintang is spoken as mother tongue by around 4000 speakers in Chintang VDC, and nowhere else, except in one ward of Ahale VDC.Speaker/SignerPuspaPuspakala RaiPRneighbourYupuchhung RaiUnspecifiedFemaleSchoolfalse18Puspakala Rai
Mulgaun, Chintang 3, Dhankuta
Puspa is the neighbour of all our target children in Chintang. She is our local assistant as well. She has passed class 10.She speaks Chintang, Bantawa and Nepali fluently. She understands and speaks some English.ISO639-3:engEnglishfalsefalseISO639-3:nepNepalifalsefalseNepali is the national language of Nepal. It is widely used as lingua franca. And it is the major medium of teaching at schools. As Nepali is increasingly used as primary language, it poses the greatest threat to the endangered languages of Nepal.ISO639-3:bapBantawafalsefalseBantawa is a Tibeto-Burman language belonging to the Kiranti family. It is spoken in and around Bhojpur, but also further south of the district and many adjoining areas. Bantawa is the Rai language with the highest number of speakers.ISO639-3:ctnChintangtruetrueChintang (also spelled Chhintang, as the initial palatal is aspirated) is one of the languages studies and documented by the Chintang Puma Documentation project. It is a Tibeto-Burman language belonging to the Kiranti family. It may be classed along with Athpare, Belhariya, and Chiling as one subgroup of the Eastern Rai languages. Chintang is spoken as mother tongue by around 4000 speakers in Chintang VDC, and nowhere else, except in one ward of Ahale VDC.CollectorGomaGoma BanjadeGBUnspecifiedBrahmin1976-03-12FemaleUniversityfalse2897Goma Banjade
Central Department of Linguistics
gbanjade@yahoo.comTribhuvan UniversityAssistant researcher in Child Language Acquisition and Child Language DevelopmentGoma is Nepali native speaker. She is fluent in Nepali and English. She understands Danuwar and Chintang well and speaks little bit . She understands but does not speak Awadhi and Hindi.ISO639-3:dhwDanuwarfalsefalseISO639-3:hinHindifalsefalseISO639-3:ctnChintangfalsefalseChintang (also spelled Chhintang, as the palatal stop is sometimes transcribed as ch; h indicates aspiration) is one of the languages studied by the Chintang and Puma Documentation Project. It is a Tibeto-Burman language belonging to the Kiranti family. It may be classified along with Athpare, Belhariya (Belhare), and Chiling as one subgroup of the Eastern Rai languages. Chintang is spoken as mother tongue by around 4000 speakers in Chintang VDC, and nowhere else, except in one ward of Ahale VDC. Most speakers are trilingual in Chintang, Nepali and Bantawa. The language is polysynthetic, double-marking (on all levels) and verb final.ISO639-3:engEnglishfalsefalseISO639-3:nepNepalitruetrueNepali is the national language of Nepal. It is widely used as lingua franca. And it is the major medium of teaching at schools. As Nepali is increasingly used as primary language, it poses the greatest threat to the endangered languages of Nepal.ISO639-3:awaAwadhifalsefalseTarget childKamalaKamala RaiLDCh2youngest daughterSangpang Rai2002-03-21Femalenonefalse2828Kamala is the youngest daughter of her parents. She has five elder sisters.Kamala is a Chintang native speaker. She speaks Chintang fluently but knows few Nepali words.ISO639-3:nepNepalifalsefalseNepali is the national language of Nepal. It is widely used as lingua franca. And it is the major medium of teaching at schools. As Nepali is increasingly used as primary language, it poses the greatest threat to the endangered languages of Nepal.ISO639-3:ctnChintangtruetrueChintang (also spelled Chhintang, as the initial palatal is aspirated) is one of the languages studies and documented by the Chintang Puma Documentation project. It is a Tibeto-Burman language belonging to the Kiranti family. It may be classed along with Athpare, Belhariya, and Chiling as one subgroup of the Eastern Rai languages. Chintang is spoken as mother tongue by around 4000 speakers in Chintang VDC, and nowhere else, except in one ward of Ahale VDC.Unspecified