‘We love each other.’ (Simte Reciprocal Construction & Pro-Drop Morphology, Kapginlian 2023)
Peer-reviewed papers, oral histories, theological reflections, and cultural dispatches.
A morphological and syntactic investigation of pronominal forms, clusivity, and pro-drop
Simte is a pro-drop Kuki-Chin language where reflexivity is marked directly on the verb via the prefix 'ki-', while emphatic forms employ the suffix '-maʔ'. Based on field elicitation in Churachandpur.
Descriptive analysis of animate gender markers, honorific polysemy, and grammatical classification
Simte lacks arbitrary grammatical gender; gender marking is determined semantically. While human beings take '-pa' (masc) and '-nu' (fem), animals select '-tal' (masc) and '-pi' (fem), alongside honorific extensions.
A comparative linguistic investigation across Old Kuki and Northern Kuki-Chin branches
Presenting a pioneering comparative analysis of numeral systems in Kaipeng (Tripura) and Simte (Manipur). Analyzing decimal bases, suffixal patterns (-ka), and distributive reduplication.
Oral history, early mission resistance, and social transformation in the hills of southern Manipur
Documenting the historical arrival of the gospel among the Simtes in 1917 through the Thadou-Kuki Pioneer Mission and NEIGM. Recounting chief resistance in Thanlon, Sumtuh, and Leizangphai.
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