Editor - Profile:local/SESSION.Profile.xml 2006-09-13 https://hdl.handle.net/1839/00-0000-0000-000D-EF22-D clarin.eu:cr1:p_1407745712035 DoBeS archive : Chintang and Puma Documentation Project
Resource http://www.cpdp.uzh.ch LandingPage https://archive.mpi.nl/islandora/object/tla%3A1839_00_0000_0000_000D_EF22_D# NAME:imdi2cmdi.xslt DATE:2016-09-09T16:16:12.821+02:00. CLLDCh3R02S01 Child3 Recording cycle02 Session01Child Language Development 2004-05-23 This session is the first session of second recording cycle of the child3, Kalpana Rai child language language development study. Asia Nepal East Nepal
Chintang VDC, Ward No. 3, Dhankuta District
Chintang and Puma Documentation Project Documentation of Chintang and Puma, two Kiranti languages of Eastern Nepal CPDP Prof. Dr. Balthasar Bickel
Institut für Linguistik, Beethovenstr. 15, 04107 Leipzig, Germany
bickel@uni-leipzig.de University of Leipzig
The 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.
Conversation Child Talk Unspecified speech Unspecified interactive semi-spontaneous non-elicited Family Conversation Face to Face The utterances in this session are in Chintang except a few utterances in Nepali. ISO639-3:nep Nepali Unspecified false false Nepali 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:ctn Chintang Unspecified true Unspecified Chintang (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. Kalpana is staying at her home with her siblings in 8 a.m. in the morning. Her mother has gone away for grass. This is the very interesting session, in which, she talks with Puspa (neighbour). There are not special topics in their converstion but one remarkable topic is about meat (of pig) eaten and not given to their dog in the past. In this session, Total utterances = 447 Total utterances spoken by Kalpana =177 Total utterances (- COMM) spoken by Kalpana =177-35 = 142 Others' utterances in the presence of Kalpana = 447 - 177 =270 Kalpana speaks 4 utterances in Nepali. Kalpana is the target child, Samjhana, Ranjana and Prithvi are his elder sibling, Puspa is our local informant and her neighbour and Goma is the collector and annotator of this session. Collector Goma Goma Banjade GB Student Brahmin 1976-03-12 Female University false 28 2 11 Goma Banjade
Central Department of Linguistics
gbanjade@yahoo.com Tribhuvan University
Assistant researcher in Child Language Acquisition and Child Language Development Goma is Nepali native speaker. She i fluent in Nepali and English. She knows some Danuwar while doing her M.A. Thesis and Chintang from the field work of CPDP project. She understands but does not speak Awadhi and Hindi. ISO639-3:dhw Danuwar false false ISO639-3:hin Hindi false false ISO639-3:ctn Chintang false false Chintang (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:eng English false false ISO639-3:nep Nepali true true Nepali 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:awa Awadhi false false
Speaker/Signer Ranjana Ranjana Rai RANJ Sibling Sangpang 1997-10-23 Female Primary school false 6 7 0 Ranjana Rai
Chintang 3, Tara Tol, Dhankuta
Ranjana is the elder sister of Kalpana. She is also called Ranje and Maĩli. 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:nep Nepali false false Nepali 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:ctn Chintang true true Chintang (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 child Kalpana Kalpana Rai LDCh3 yongest daughter Sangpang 2001-04-06 Female none false 3 1 17 Kalpana Rai
Chintang VDC, Ward No. 3, Tara Tol, Dhankuta
Kalpana is the youngest child of her parents and the daugheter of Kamala's father's younger brother. She is also called 'kanchi' at her home. She has three eld She is also called Kalpe and Kanchi. Kalpana speaks Chintang and Nepali equally well though Chintang is her mother tongue. ISO639-3:ctn Chintang true true Chintang (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:nep Nepali false false Nepali 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.
Speaker/Signer Puspa Puspakala Rai PR neighbour Bantawa Unspecified Female School false 18 Puspakala Rai
Mulgaun, Chintang 3, Dhankuta
She is the neighbour of our target children's family. She is our local assistant as well. She has passed class 10. At home, she is called 'Sani Kanchi'. She speaks Chintang, Bantawa and Nepali fluently. She understands and speaks English little bit. ISO639-3:eng English false false ISO639-3:nep Nepali false false Nepali 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:ctn Chintang true true Chintang (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:bap Bantawa false false Bantawa 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.
Speaker/Signer Prithvi Prithvi Narayan Rai PNR Sibling Sangpang Unspecified Male none false 5 Prithvi Narayan Rai
Chintang VDC, Ward No. 3, Tara Tol, Dhankuta
GB Prithvi 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 speaks Chintang very well and also speaks some Nepali. ISO639-3:nep Nepali false false Nepali 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:ctn Chintang true true Chintang (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.
Speaker/Signer Samjhana Samjhana Rai SAMJ elder sister Sangpang 1996-01-12 Female School false 8 4 11 Samjhana Rai
Chintang VDC, Ward No. 3, Dhankuta
Samjhana is called 'Jethi' and 'Samje' in her family. She is the eldest sister of Kalpana. She is a student. She is reading in class 3. She helps her parents in the household works also. She speaks Chintang and Nepali very well. ISO639-3:ctn Chintang true true Chintang (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:nep Nepali false false Nepali 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.
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