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Annotated texts

The following list of texts have been annotated using an SIL program called Shoebox. Later, some or all of these were imported into another SIL program called Fieldworks for further analysis and specifically to be sure all words were included in the Lexicon.

The document Interlinear Codes provides a list of the interlinear codes and abbreviations. Generally, the interlinear codes, such as \tx, \at, etc are not shown in these documents but may be determined from the linear ordering. Good luck with working it all out. Do let me know of glaring errors. 

The following articles are a sample of the annotated texts which are available on this website and which may be freely downloaded:

pdf Betrothal (E-74) (143 KB) narrated by Chingaru Ram Baghel, c1967-68

pdf Life and Death (E-73)(141 KB) narrated by Durga Ram Kasyap, c1971

pdf Baby's Naming Ceremony (P-33)(147 KB) pdf (147 KB) narrated by Durga Ram Kasyap, c 1967-68

pdf Sugar Cane #2 (RB-10)(149 KB) narrated by Ramborti, 1967

pdf Shaving Baby's Hair and Getting Married (BB-4)(554 KB) narrated by Budae and Budri, c1967-68

The following documents are only available for registered users.

pdf Sugar Cane #1 (AQ-1)1(169 KB) narrated by Tati's older brother, Somlu, 1967

pdf Slipping Down in River (RB-1)(190 KB) narrated by Ramboti, c 1967-8

pdf Weeding (GGF-2) (146 KB) narrated by Gunji's grandmother, c 1968

pdf Durga's Birth Account (DN-3)(187 KB) narrated by Durga Ram Kasyap, 1972

pdf Friends (BUD-1) (176 KB) narrated by Budri, c 1967-8

Many other annotated text materials, sorted by genre, are also available at Texts by Genre

Raw Halbi Texts

A selection of raw texts (unannotated texts) are available for download.

Texts in Devanagari Script:

Durga in Kathmandu 1971The following texts were typed by language assistants, Durga Ram Kasyap or Chingru Ram Baghel between 1971-74. There may be typing errors in these texts as they are unedited.

 

The boy and the ox - typed by either Durga or Chingaru circa 1972

The Manji Gond’s son and the ox - typed by either Durga Ram or Chingaru Ram, circa 1972

Chandar Son Raja story (ST-4) - typed by Durga Ram, circa 1972

The king and queen with 7 sons and 1 daughter (ST-2) - typed by either Durga Ram or Chingaru Ram, circa 1972

The king and his 7 childless wives - typed by Durga Ram, circa 1972

 

Texts in IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)

Ghanghar Dhar Raja and Handi Bobti Rani story (3 pages)

 

 

Language Data

A substantial amount of language was collected over a number of years in which I lived in Bastar District. Some of that data may be found here in PDF format and is available for viewing and/or for downloading

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