Recording a list of 100 basic Kullui words (5 informants)
Second expedition
Dates:
16 November – 11 December 2014
Participants:
Julia V. Mazurova, Elena M. Knyazeva, Irina V. Samarina, Anastasia S. Krylova, Eugenia A. Renkovskaya, Ksenia A. Melnikova
Location:
Naggar village (Himachal Pradesh, Kullu District). We also visited the cities of Kullu and Manali, as well as the villages of Nashala and Kararsu.
Funding:
Foundation for Fundamental Linguistic Research, 2014/2015 A-12 Project “Documentation of the Kullui language (western Pahari)” headed by Julia Mazurova
We have:
Interviewed all the suggested informants to examine their language competence and general language situation in Naggar filling in 25 detailed sociolinguistic questionnaires;
Written down a thesaurus of about 1,200 words;
Recorded and transcribed several detailed grammatical questionnaires;
Recorded more than 30 meaningful texts of different categories (fairy tales, legends, stories, everyday conversations), including several video recordings; 10 texts were transcribed along with the native speakers. In total, there are several hours of audio recordings;
Established contacts with local scholars and researchers of the Kullui language Dr. Mauluram Thakur and Dr. Dayanand Sharma (Saraswat). Our meetings were organized by Ms. Promila Guleria, Director of the Department of Language and Culture of Kullu District;
Made video recordings of wedding customs in the village of Naggar;
Examined a private collection of ancient books in Pahari.
Third expedition
Dates:
03 – 24 October 2016
Participants:
Julia V. Mazurova, Anastasia S. Krylova, Eugenia A. Renkovskaya
Location:
Naggar village and the city of Kullu (Himachal Pradesh, Kullu District)
Funding:
Russian Foundation for Humanities, Project No. 16-34-01040 “Grammatic description and vocabulary of the Indo-Aryan language Kullui” (headed by Elena M. Knyazeva)
We have:
Collected questionnaires on different aspects of the Kullui grammar;
Gathered preliminary material on dialects spoken in the Kullu valley and other Himachali dialects;
Recorded a number of Kullui texts on holidays, traditions and customs of the Kullu valley;
Conducted an interview with Dr. Surat Thakur, a writer and researcher of Himachali culture folklore. The interview was organized by Ms. Promila Guleria, Director of the Department of Language and Culture of Kullu District;
Made photo and video recordings of Dushera holiday in Kullu;
Acquired digital copies of texts in the tankri script.
Fourth expedition
Dates:
25 September – 15 October 2016
Participants:
Elena M. Shuvannikova (15.09-04.10.2017), Julia V. Mazurova, Anastasia S. Krylova, Eugenia A. Renkovskaya
Location:
Naggar village and the city of Kullu (Himachal Pradesh, Kullu District)
Funding:
Russian Foundation for Humanities, Project No. 16-34-01040 “Grammatic description and vocabulary of the Indo-Aryan language Kullui” (headed by Elena M. Shuvannikova)
We have:
Determined the areal of the Kullui language;
Obtained new data on phonology and grammar;
Collected or clarified about 500 lexems;
Translated 12 audio and video recordings with the help of local people;
Collected 40 sociolinguistic questionnaires;
Held a sociolinguistic inquiry among local children;
Collected new questionnaires for isoglosses from speakers of different Himachali idioms.
Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR), project No. 16-34-01040 “Grammatical description and dictionary of the Indo-Aryan language Kullui” (headed by Elena M. Shuvannikova)
Results:
The dialectal features of the northern part of the Kullui distribution area have been studied
New information on phonology and grammar has been collected
Previously collected data has been clarified
Questionnaires were recorded from speakers of different Himachali idioms to determine isoglosses
Sixth expedition
Dates:
06.03–04.04.2022
Participants:
E.A. Renkovskaya, A.S. Krylova
Location:
Kullu district (Kullu town, Summa, Bajaura and Manikaran villages) and Mandi district (Bahandi, Tihri, Out villages)
Results:
The dialect features of Kullui have been studied
The Kullui dialects distributed to the east and south of the Kullu Valley have been studied
New information on phonology and grammar has been collected
Texts and questionnaires from speakers of different Himachali idioms were recorded