Kachin culture and history told in Jinghpaw

Recordings of Kachin culture and history in Jinghpaw. These materials were collected by Keita Kurabe, Gumtung Lu Awng, Sumdu Ja Seng Roi, and Labang Tu La as part of community-based collaborative fieldwork in northern Myanmar between 2017 and 2020. A total of 263 stories with 263 ELAN files, 263 transcriptions, and 20 translations are currently available (January 14, 2026). Transcriptions were contributed by Gumtung Lu Awng, Sumdu Ja Seng Roi, Galang Lu Hkawng, Hpauhkum Htu Bu, and Keita Kurabe. Stories were translated by Nbanpa Rita Seng Mai, Maran Seng Pan, Dumdaw Mike Tu Awng, Nhkum Htoi Awng, and Keita Kurabe.

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This research was supported by Linguistic Dynamics Science 3 (LingDy3), Description and Documentation of Language Dynamics in Asia and Africa　(DDDLing), and TUFS Field Science Commons (TUFiSCo), all from the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS), JSPS KAKENHI (Grant Numbers JP17H04523, JP20K13024, JP20H01256, JP24K03887, JP25H00465), as well as the JSPS Program for Advancing Strategic International Networks to Accelerate the Circulation of Talented Researchers, "A Collaborative Network for Usage-Based Research on Lesser-Studied Languages."

景颇语（Jinghpaw）记录的克钦文化与历史资料。这些资料由Keita Kurabe、Gumtung Lu Awng、Sumdu Ja Seng Roi及Labang Tu La于2017至2020年间在缅甸北部开展的社区协作田野调查中收集。截至2021年9月20日，共收录263篇故事，含263份转录文本与15份译文。转录工作由Gumtung Lu Awng、Sumdu Ja Seng Roi、Galang Lu Hkawng、Hpauhkum Htu Bu及Keita Kurabe完成。故事译文由Nbanpa Rita Seng Mai、Maran Seng Pan、Dumdaw Mike Tu Awng、Nhkum Htoi Awng及Keita Kurabe提供。

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本研究得到以下项目支持：日本学术振兴会（JSPS）科研费资助项目（编号JP17H04523、JP20K13024、JP20H01256）、东京外国语大学（TUFS）亚洲非洲语言文化研究所（ILCAA）的语言动态科学3（LingDy3）项目，以及JSPS“促进战略国际网络加速人才流动计划”中的“基于使用的小众语言研究协作网络”项目。