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Title:Child3 Recording cycle14 Session02 Language Development
CLLDCh3R14S02
Documentation of Chintang and Puma, two Kiranti languages of Eastern Nepal
Contributor:Ichchha Purna
Kalpana
Contributor (speaker):Durga
Rikhi
Ranjana
Prithvi
Anita
Samjhana
Coverage:Nepal
Date:2005-09-01
Description:Second session of the fourteenth recording cycle with Kalpana (child 3 of Child Language Development Study).
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, 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.http://www.cpdp.uzh.ch
In the beginning of the session, Kalpana is holding a ball and her brother is holding a book sitting on the bed of their veranda. Rikhi Maya, our language consultant talks a lot with Kalpana. Prithvi and Kalpana play ball rolling by sitting on the bed. Elder sister Samjhana helps them play. In the end of the session, Kalpana turns very happy and dances.
The session is full of conversation in Chintang language in general. But a few (2%) Nepali words have been mixing in the session.
Kalpana is the target child, Samjhana, Ranjana and Prithvi are her elder siblings. Durga and Rikhi Maya are their neighbours. Ichchha is the collector of the session.
Ichchha Purna Rai is the research assistant for the study of ethnography of Chintang.
Durga Rai is a neighbour of the families of Kalpana and Kamala. She is studying in 10th grade in a school situated in Samugaun, Chintang VDC, Ward No. 6. Her home is in Tara Tol, 3 minutes downhill from Kalpana's.
Rikhi Maya Rai was born and brought up in Chintang, Mulgaun. She works as one of our regular language consultants and has been working as a research collaborator helping with grammatical analysis, transcriptions and translations. She is a college student doing a BEd in English and was in the third year when the project started. Both she and her parents are Chintang native speakers, but they are Bantawa by ethnicity. She has never left the area for a longer time.
Ranjana, also called 'Ranje' is the elder sister of Kalpana. She is the second child of her parents. She is a student in 1st grade. She takes care of her sister Kalpana in their mother's absence. She is Kamala's cousin (daughter of younger paternal uncle).
Prithvi Narayan, also called 'Perte' and 'Pecce', is the elder brother of Kalpana. He is Kamala's cousin (younger paternal uncle's son). He is the only son of his parents. He sometimes goes to school with his elder siblings.
Anita Rai is the mother of Kalpana. She is a housewife and a farmer. Sometimes she goes to work on wage in other farmer's fields. She is from the Khukkhang clan of the Chintang and has married a Sangpang.
Samjhana, also called 'Samje' and 'Jethi', is the eldest sister of Kalpana. She is Kamala's cousin (daughter of younger paternal uncle). She is a student in 3rd grade. She helps her parents in the household, too.
Our target child Kalpana, also called 'Kanchi' at home, is the youngest child of her parents and has three elder siblings. She is Kamala's cousin (daughter of younger paternal uncle).
Format:DV
Identifier:oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-000D-EEB9-9
CPDP
Publisher:Prof. Dr. Balthasar Bickel
University of Leipzig
Subject:Conversation
Child Talk
Unspecified
Nepali (macrolanguage)
Nepali
Chhintange language
Chintang
Subject (ISO639):nep
ctn

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Citation: Ichchha Purna; Durga (speaker); Rikhi (speaker); Ranjana (speaker); Prithvi (speaker); Anita (speaker); Samjhana (speaker); Kalpana. 2005-09-01. Prof. Dr. Balthasar Bickel.
Terms: area_Asia country_NP iso639_ctn iso639_nep

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Country: Nepal
Area: Asia


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