Consonant Aspirations

So I should probably apologise / apologize for my lack of updates the past year or so. It's been pretty crazy since I started grad scho...

The final performance at last week's Ahuna festival in Zunheboto was by the boys from North Point Colony, Zunheboto. They performed the...

So the turn-out at the Ahuna celebration in Zunheboto was small in comparison to the one in Dimapur, but here were some of the highlights o...

I was in Zunheboto town all of last week for the Ahuna  / Ahunah  (post-harvest) festival, and to get some project work done. I'm still...

As part of the festivities for the annual post-harvest festival  Ahunah (or  Ahuna ) in Zunheboto, the Sumi Cultural Association will be pr...

For this special 200th post, I thought I'd cover something that I had the joy and honour of organising and running in Zunheboto last w...

Back in Dimapur now after another trip to Zunheboto, this time to help run a workshop on Sumi Mother Tongue Literacy, which I'll be blo...

(I was meant to post this months ago, but only just remembered to do it after my weekend in Dimapur.) One of my favourite places to hang...

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 was invited to a family picnic at Khükiye Lukhai. I was looking forward to it. I didn't know whether it would be next to a s...