Consonant Aspirations

As I prepare to leave India again (this time to spend Christmas at home with the family for the first time in years), I thought I'd sha...

Two years ago I visited Khonoma village, which is about 2 hours from Kohima (depending on road conditions). Unfortunately, the day I visite...

Even though I've looked at Sumi tone for years (and I can speak another tone language, Mandarin), I still feel like I'm tone-deaf wh...

Last week I caught a taxi back from Midland in Kohima. Some Sumi friends accompanied me to the taxi stand to help me negotiate a fare, but ...

I was also going to post about inter-tribal perceptions of the main three tribes, but rather than risk offending anyone, I thought I'd j...

So I'm spending a few days in Kohima, the state capital of Nagaland. I'm in town mainly for the Hornbill Festival, but also to meet ...