Editor - Profile:local/SESSION.Profile.xml2006-09-13https://hdl.handle.net/1839/00-0000-0000-000D-EEED-Fclarin.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_EEED_F#NAME:imdi2cmdi.xslt DATE:2016-09-09T16:16:08.913+02:00.CLLDCh1R06S03Child1 Monthly Recording Cycle06 Session03 Child Language Development2004-09-22This is the 3rd session of the 6th monthly recording cycle of the child1, Khem 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 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 session is full of conversation using Chintang language except some utterances and piece of rhymes in Nepali.ISO639-3:nepNepalifalseUnspecifiedUnspecifiedNepali 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:ctnChintangtrueUnspecifiedUnspecifiedChintang (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.The session was recorded in the evening in the veranda of Khem's home. In the beginning of the session, he takes broom. He plays with it. He plays with bamboo basket. Khem and his sibling clean maizes removing the wraps/leaves. Later Man Kumari, our local consultant also help them. Khem talks a lot with Man Kumari. He plays with her. Khem sweeps floor of the varanda.
Around 00:21 he takes thin firewoods and plays with them. I (Goma) give him toffis, he eats and distributes others.
Around 0:43, Som takes his book out and Khem joins with him. Around 0:46, Khem chases chicken using broom. Between 0:48 and 0:49, Khem takes a chilli and Man Kumari talks with Khem about the chilli. After 0:50 Khems elder sibling take book and they sing Nepali rhyme. Khem joins them. He plays with a book when his elder brother Som writes his lession. At 55:56, he plays with a slipper.
In this session,
Total utterances =1550
Total utterances spoken by Khem = 516
Total utterances ( - COMM) spoken by Khem = 516 -134= 382
Total utterances spoken by others in the presence of Khem =1550-516 = 1034
Adult to adult utterances (AA) =34Khem is the target child, Ram, Som and Devi are his elder siblings, Krishna Bahadir is a neighbour, Goma is the annotator and the collector, and Man Kumari is the local informant of the session.Speaker/SignerKrishnaKrishna Bahadur RaiKBRNeighbourChintang RaiUnspecifiedMaleLiteratefalse60He is a neighbour of Khem's family. He is known as Khuma's baje. His home is next to Man Kumars' and downside of the Saphals'. He is a farmer. He is from Puma, a clan of Rai.He is fluent in Chintang, Nepali and Bantawa.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 Kiranti language with the highest number of speakers.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.CollectorGomaGoma BanjadeGBUnspecifiedBrahmin1976-03-12FemaleUniversityfalse28610Goma 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:awaAwadhifalsefalseSpeaker/SignerMan KumariMan Kumari RaiMKRneighbourBantawa RaiUnspecifiedFemaleSchoolfalse25Mon Kumari Rai
Mulgaun, Chintang 3, Dhankuta
Mon Kumari is the neighbour of Kamala's family. 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 also as one has to read English as an compulsory subject from grade 4.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.Speaker/SignerRamRam Kumar RaiRamElder brotherChintang RaiUnspecifiedMaleschoolfalse6Ram Kumar Rai
Chintang VDC, Ward No. 3, Mulgaũ, Dhankuta
Ram is the elder brother of Khem and the son of Kamala's mother's elder brother. He is the fifth child of his parents. He is a student. He reads in class 1.He speaks Chintang and Nepali well.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/SignerSomSom Bahadur RaiSBRElder brotherChintang RaiUnspecifiedMaleschoolfalse8Som is the elder brother of Khem. He is called 'Some' in his family and in his neighbourhood. He is the fourth child of his parents. He is a student. He reads in class 1.He speaks Chintang and Nepali well.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.Target childKhemKhem Kumar RaiLDCh1youngest sonChintang2002-03-09Malenonefalse2613Khem Kumar Rai is our target child. He is also called 'Kheme', 'Seme', 'Kancha', 'Kanchule' and so on. He is the 6th child in his family. He has two elder sisters, three elder brothers. His father is Khukkhang and mother is Tele, both Khukhang and Tele are the clans of Chintang Rai. The mother tongue of his parents is Chintang.He speaks Chintang well with babble (tote boli in Nepali). He knows some short Nepali rhymes.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/SignerDeviDevi RaiDeviSiblingChintang RaiUnspecifiedFemaleNonefalse12Devi Rai is the third child of her parents. She is second elder sister of Khem. She has one elder sister and four brothers.She speaks Chintang and Nepali fluently. She knows some Bantawa also.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: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.Unspecified