A collection of recordings made by Jimmy G. Harris, a former employee of the United Nations who worked for several decades in many far-flung parts of the world. Data consist of word lists and sentences in many languages from all over the world. The recordings are unique, capturing languages from speakers in currently politically unstable countries where field work is difficult if not impossible. Furthermore, since the recordings were made from the 1960s to the 1980s, they also represent a unique capture of these speakers during a specific time. This collection was originally donated by Mr. Harris to Dr. Jerold A. Edmondson, who in turn graciously donated it to the University of Texas at Arlington Library.

Mr. Harris used two tools during his recordings; William J. Gedney's word lists from his research with the Tai language and one of Aesops fables, North Wind and Sun Story. Frequently you will hear these as you listen to the recordings.

Recent Submissions

  • Bisu/Misu Wordlist 

    Recorded by: Harris, Jimmy G. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Linguistics & TESOL, 1975-10-09)
  • Contrastive Pitch and Phonation Type 

    Recorded by: Harris, Jimmy G. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Linguistics & TESOL, Unknown)
  • Constrastive Pitch and Phonation Type 

    Recorded by: Harris, Jimmy G. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Linguistics & TESOL, Unknown)
  • White Miao: Tones, Consonants and Vowels 

    Recorded by: Harris, Jimmy G. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Linguistics & TESOL, 1977-07-30)
  • Nga'dha 

    Recorded by: Harris, Jimmy G. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Linguistics & TESOL, 1977-07-29)
  • Kachin Tones and Wordlist 

    Recorded by: Harris, Jimmy G. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Linguistics & TESOL, 1977-08-29)
  • White Miao Tone Contrasts 

    Recorded by: Harris, Jimmy G. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Linguistics & TESOL, 1976)
  • White Miao Phonation Types and Tone Contrasts 

    Recorded by: Harris, Jimmy G. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Linguistics & TESOL, 1976-09-06)
  • Initial Long and Short Contrasts 

    Recorded by: Harris, Jimmy G. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Linguistics & TESOL, 1976-09)
  • Mpi Tone Contrasts 

    Recorded by: Harris, Jimmy G. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Linguistics & TESOL, 1976)
  • Initial Consonant Contrasts and Phonation Type Contrasts 

    Recorded by: Harris, Jimmy G. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Linguistics & TESOL, 1976-09-04)
  • Shan 

    Edmondson, Jerold; Digitized by: Padayodi, Cécile M. (University of Texas at Arlington, Unknown)
  • Bete 

    Recorded by:Harris, Jimmy G. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Linguistics & TESOL, 1977-06-17)
  • Tones of Tai Dialect 

    Recorded by: Harris, Jimmy G. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Linguistics & TESOL, 1975-06-18)
  • Tones of Tai Dialect 

    Recorded by: Harris, Jimmy G. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Linguistics & TESOL, 1975-06-18)
  • Cheyenne 

    Recorded by: Harris, Jimmy G. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Linguistics & TESOL, Unknown)
  • Tone Ear Training Tape: Tai Dialects 

    Recorded by: Harris, Jimmy G. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Linguistics & TESOL, 1974-12-17)
  • Tai Tone Ear Training Tape/Gedney's Short List 

    Recorded by: Harris, Jimmy G. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Linguistics & TESOL, 1972-12-23)
  • Flowery Lisu Tones 

    Recorded by: Harris, Jimmy G. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Linguistics & TESOL, Unknown)
  • Tones of Tai Dialect 

    Recorded by: Harris, Jimmy G. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Linguistics & TESOL, unknown)

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