A Kulluvi story and a poem:
Do you now that in the Kullu valley in Himachal Pradesh, India, people speak a language called Kulluvi? Unfortunately, it is enlisted by the UNESCO as one of the endangered languages.
Do you want to hear a story in Kulluvi language? It is being narrated by Mrs Usha Kaur Kondal, the mother of our friend and Kulluvi language consultant Trupt Kaur Kondal. Here it is:
Trupt has also narrated a Kulluvi Poem:
A Wadvali story:
In the vicinity of the University of Mumbai, in the neighboring district of Palghar, several interesting languages are thriving. One of them is Wadvali, a language associated with both Marathi and Konkani. Listen to a story in Wadvali, narrated by our friend and Wadvali language consultant Smruti D’Cunha.
Magic in Marathi
This is a children’s poem composed by Jnanpith awardee Marathi poet Vinda Karandikar. It is a ‘spell’ that children can use while sharpening a pencil so that the point doesn’t break. Well, earlier we used to have wooden pencils that needed to be sharpened by a knife or an sharpener; unlike the clutch pencils that have now become a part of our lives!
Assamese Poem
Here is a poem in Assamese, recited by Priyakhi Khanikar. A beautiful poem that tells us to listen to the language of the soil.
Assamese Poem : Soil’s mothertongue
Mumbaichi Lawani (Song of the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement)
A lawani by Com. Shahir Annabhau Sathe in Marathi gives an account of the Battle for Bombay (Mumbai) which was a tipping point of the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement. A song that charged up the Movement.
Ao Language
Ao, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Ao community in Nagaland is a tonal language. Listen how your tone changes the meaning of words in Ao.
Listen to how an introduction-exchange goes in Ao.
You are listening to the voice of Meyisenla Lemture (aka Asen).
Telugu Poems
People can have so much with languages. Here are two Telugu poems; you MUST listen to them to see what the fun is in them. Believe it or not, the poems are actually made up of words!!!