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Title:Child3 Monthly Recording Cycle04 Session03 Child Language Development
CLLDCh3R04S03
Documentation of Chintang and Puma, two Kiranti languages of Eastern Nepal
Contributor:Goma
Kalpana
Contributor (speaker):Prithvi
Ranjana
Anita
Samjhana
Purna Bahadur
Yogendra
Dutima
Nar Bahadur
Coverage:Nepal
Date:2004-07-19
Description:This is the 3rd session of the 4th monthly recording cycle of the child3, Kalpana for the 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 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
Kalpana carries a bamboo basket here and there. Samjhana gives cucumber to Kalpana and Kalpana eats it. Kalpana and Ranjana talk about flower. Kalpana almost in this recording is seen very active. She has played with her sisters, Ranjana and Samjhana. Similarly, she played with her brother Prithibi and her neighborhood friend yogendra. In the beginning of recording Kalpana has played with her sisters and brother with toy. That toy is supposed to be the dove and ox here. Later, Yogendra has come to play with them. Further, they hear the sound of the birds, talk about the birds, and chase the birds. Moreover, they have teased each other using nickname like Dalle, Kunti etc. In the end of the recording, Kalpana looks sad and ask her mother to provide something to her. In this session, Total utterances =1064 Total utterances spoken by Kalpana = 280 Total utterances (-COMM) spoken by Kalpana = 280-60 =220 Other's utterances spoken in the presence of Kalpana =1064 -220 =844 Other's utterances (-COMM) spoken in the presence of Kalpana =844-122 = 722
Less then 25 utterances are in Nepali and all the other utterances are in Chintang language.
Kalpana is the target child, Anita is her mother, Samjhana, Ranjana and Prithvi are her elder siblings, Dutima is her aunt, Purna Bahadur is a neighbour. Goma is the collector and the annotator of this session.
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.
Ranjana 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.
Anita Rai is the mother of the child, Kalpana. She is a housewife and a farmer. Sometimes she goes to work in others' farming field on wage. She is Khukkhang (a clan of Chintang) and married to Sangpang Rai
Samjhana is called 'Samje', 'Samja' and 'Jethi' in her family and in her neighbourhood. 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.
Assistant researcher in Child Language Acquisition and Child Language Development
Purna Bahadur Rai is one of the closest neighbours of Kalpana's family. He is a farmer. Kalpana's father addresses him aphe (elder.brother).
Yogendra is the neighbour of the Kamala and Kalpana's family. His mother is from Newar family and his father is Chintang Rai. He is a student. He reads in class 3.
Kalpana is the youngest child of her parents. She has three elder siblings. She is the daughter of Kamala's father's younger brother. She is also called Kalpe and Kanchi. Her mother is Khukkhang (a clan of Chintang) and her father is Sangpang.
Dutima is the daghter of Kamala' and Kalpana's grandfather's younger brother's daughter. Her house is next to Kamala's house. She does household works.
Nar Bahadur is a neighbour child. It takes 2 minutes to go his home from Kalpana's. He is a student. He reads in class 3.
Format:DV
Identifier:oai:www.mpi.nl:1839_00-0000-0000-000E-01BD-B
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: Prithvi (speaker); Ranjana (speaker); Anita (speaker); Samjhana (speaker); Goma; Purna Bahadur (speaker); Yogendra (speaker); Kalpana; Dutima (speaker); Nar Bahadur (speaker). 2004-07-19. Prof. Dr. Balthasar Bickel.
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Country: Nepal
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