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Hih laibu pen Zomite’
lai neih zawh,
kum 100 cin lopna leh
Zolai tangthu
ciaptehna hunthak
mualsuang khat ahi
hi. Zomi Youth
Network
Zolai Khanggui
[AD 1899 – AD 2013]
Laigelh ;
Tg. Lian Than Tuang (LT Tuang)
Oct.2013
Laibutuam: Tg. Lian Than Tuang (LT Tuang)
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Laibu Min
Zolai Khanggui (AD 1899 – AD 2013)
Laigelh
Tg. Lian Than Tuang (LT Tuang)
Laibu Bawlkhia & Hawmkhia
Zomi Youth Network – ZYN
Laibu Bawl & Hawm A Huh
Zo Aw (Yangon, Myanmar)
Laibu Bawlna Mun
Grace Printing House
Registration No. 11018
No. 141, 37 Street (Middle)
Kyauktada Township, Yangon, Myanmar
Laibutuam Lim
Zomi I pu I pa te’ phutsa Mualsuang pawlkhat, sikling tawh
a ki-uum leh Zotuallai laimal pawlkhat
Laibutuam & Endik
Tg. Lian Than Tuang (LT Tuang)
Laibu Bawl Kum
October, 2013
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Zomi Youth Network – ZYN (Laibu hawm)
26th May 2013 in Crowne Plaza, Tulsa, OK, USA ah Zomi
Youth Network (ZYN) kiphutkhia ahi hi. USA aa om, Zomi
khanghamte sungpan, Pu Dal Za Khup leh Pi Cing Za Vai te
in, thupha piakna nei uhhi. Rev. Dr. Dam Suan Mung leh
Rev. Dr. Nang Khen Khup te in Pasian tungah apna nei uh
ahi hi.
Hong piankhiatna thute in:
- Zomi khangnote, Gam leh Minam ading, kizop kim
zawhna ding,
- Zomi khangnote ii thahatna tuamtuam teng, lawngkhatin
ginkhop zawhna ding,
- Khutkhat tawi, khekhat khai-in, panpih huaite, panpih
zawhna ding,
- Gam leh Minam it a kici, khangnote’ sung pan, nasem
taktak nuam teng, kimeltheihin, kizopna tawh ma pankhop
zawhna ding leh
- Mawk om ngiatlo aa, bat tantan, sep zawh zahzah, husan
lai teng, kipiakkhiat zawhna ding cihte lunggulhna ahi hi.
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Hih laibu pen Zomi Khangnote ii nasepna lianpi khat ahi
hi. Tuabaanah, Pasian ading, Zogam leh Zomi ading, na
tampi sep zawhna dingin, sumtha (fund) zonna zongh ahi
hi. Hih laibu pan aa summeet ki-ngah khempeuh, Pasian,
Zogam leh Zomi adingin kizeek kik gai ding ahi hi. Tua ahih
manin, hih laibu na lei aa leh, Pasian, Zogam leh Zomi
ading a piakhia na hipah hi.
Lungdamna lianpi tawh
Zomi Youth Network – ZYN
(Education Committee)
www.zomiyouthnetwork.com
[God bless Zomi, Zogam]
Thahat inla,
hangin.
Laukei inla,
lungkia kei-in.
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Lungdam kohna
Hih laibu, Zolai Khanggui (AD
1899 – AD 2013) hong
piankhiat theihna dingin,
nasepnate hong gualzawh pih,
biak Pasian tung lungdam
mahmah hi. Laibu a lei, a sim,
a
hawmsawn
mimalkim
khatciat
tungah
zongh
lungdam mahmah hi. Zomi
sungah, lai lam muan leh
suante, thu leh la lamah muan leh suante khat khit khatin
kihopih kawikawi aa picingtak leh thukhualtakin hong
kuppihtek ahihman un, lungdam mahmah hi.
Laibu sung aa hel ding thu leh la atamzaw pen Dr. Gin
Khan Khual (Sia. Khual) in ngaihsut piakna hong neih pih
den ahi hi. Rev. Job Nang Khaw Thawng (Sia. Job
Thawngno) in thu leh la theihtel nop om bangbang kisap
hunhunin hong hawmsawn pah lianlian ahi hi. Mimal
ngiatin dotna (sources) pen mi 11 pha ahi hi. Thu leh la
tuamtuamte etkaakna laibu leh internet laimai kigawm
(references) pen 51 pha ahi hi. Rev. Khoi Lam Thang (GS Bible Society of Myanmar) in kammal zatzia ding khat, Pu
Pau Gin Mang (Thomas Pau), lawm leh guai, kitheihpih
pawlkhatte in, kammal zatzia ding leh lai malgawmziate
hong huh, hong etpih, hong genpihzel leh ngaihsutna hong
piazel uh ahi hi. Thu leh la hong hawmsawn, gelh sawn
ding hong phal, gelhzia ding hong kuppih, hong buai pih
mimal kim khatciat tungah lungdam mahmah hi.
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A munmun, a gamgam, a khuakhua aa laibu zuak, a
hawmsawn leh gensawt kawikawina tawh hong huh, ma a
pang a kua mapeuh tungah zongh lungdam mahmah hi.
Laibu piankhiatna ding aa ma hong pan masa leh a
hawmkhia Zomi Khangno Kizopna (Zomi Youth Network –
ZYN) tungah zongh lungdam mahmah hi. Biak Pasian in
mimal khatciat ii nasepnate khempeuh hong guaksuaksak
kei tahen.
Lungdamna lianpi tawh
Tg. Lian Than Tuang (Tuang)
October 2013
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Zon-olna
Hih laibu sung aa lai malgawmziate leh
kammal
zatziate................................................................................................ 12
Zosuan sung pau leh hamte leh
a kizat
phadiakna munte .............................................................................. 18
Zomi, Zopau, Zolai hi-ngiat ............................................................. 22
Ciimnuai leh Tedim ................................................................. 22
Lai I neih ma ........................................................................... 24
Ciimnuai hun panin .............................................................. 25
Tedim hun ciangin ................................................................ 25
Tedim khua kisatna thu a tomin ............................................. 26
Zopau khat bek om ........................................................................... 27
Zopau Synonyms, Homonyms, Antonyms.............................. 29
Zopau leh Zolai ........................................................................30
Zolai malgawmzia leh gualhzia ............................................... 34
Zopau leh Zomi ....................................................................... 35
Zolai hong piankhiatna leh a khantohzia
(Timeline version) ................................................................... 37
Zolai hong piankhiatna leh a khantohzia
(Subtitles version) ................................................................... 71
Zomite in lai mansuahin, neikik veve ................................... 71
Laipianpa’ suahna leh ten'na ................................................ 72
Laipianpa’ neulai thu tawm .................................................. 72
Laipianpa’ mangmuhna thu ................................................. 73
Laipian biakna hong kipatzia ............................................... 73
Zomi sungah Pasian a tamh/tap masa ................................. 73
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Zotuallai hong piankhiatna .................................................. 73
Zolai hong bawlsak Cope Topa tangthu tawm ..................... 74
Zogam ah Kawllai hong tunna ............................................. 74
Rev. Dr. Joseph Herbert Cope, Zogam hong tunna ..............75
Zogam ah sang om masapen .................................................75
A masapen Zolai simbu .........................................................75
Zomite’ Labu (Laibu) masate ............................................... 76
Zotuallai hong mial .............................................................. 79
Zotuallai a kipuahphatna ..................................................... 79
Zotuallai a kizatna ................................................................ 79
Siktawlai tawh Zotuallai a ki-ngah na .................................. 80
Zotuallai tawh Laisiangtho (Christian Holy Bible) .............. 80
Zogam, Tedim khuapi khawk sungah Cope topa' kithuahpih
masak pente ..........................................................................81
Zolai pen Sizang awsuah/awkaih tawh kibawl masa ............81
Zomite’ zattaanglai ding khentatna ......................................81
Zomite’ laibu masapen ......................................................... 83
A masapen Zolai tawh thukizaakna ..................................... 83
Zogam ah Kawllai sinna sanginn tam semsem .................... 84
Cope topa in Zolai hangin, pahtawina ngah ........................ 85
Kawllai vive in hong deepna pan, Zolai kisin kik ................. 85
Cope topa in leitung pumpi a nusiatna ................................ 85
Zogam ah sanginn (School).................................................. 86
Laipianpa in leitung pumpi a nusiatna ................................ 87
Phonetics tawh kithuah Zolai tongdotbu masapen.............. 87
Zomite' tangthu English lai-in a kigelh masapen ................ 87
Kam Hau thukhun bu .......................................................... 87
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Zolai tawh Laisiangtho buppi kibawl .................................. 88
Zomi Christian Literature Society – ZCLS .......................... 88
Paite Literature Society – PLS..............................................89
Moreh Resolution .................................................................90
Zolai Tedim awsuah tawh kigelh Laisiangtho ...................... 91
Zolai Sizang awsuah tawh kigelh Laisiangtho ...................... 94
Momno News Journal
(Zolai tawh news journal kibawl masa nihna) ..................... 95
Zingsol News Journal
(Zolai tawh
news journal masapen)......................................................... 97
Zomi ahilo namdang Zolai/Zopau nasemte ......................... 99
Cope topa laihawmsate kepcingna ..................................... 100
Zomi Literature Uplift Society –ZOLUS ............................ 101
Zolai manphatna media tungtawn pan kilangh khia ......... 102
India leh Myanmar sung Zolai nasepna ah min kibang .... 103
Lai nasepna hangin dongtuak om ...................................... 105
Zolai Online Tongdot (Dictionary) ..................................... 106
Paite Literature Society - PLS, 2008 ................................. 106
Zomi Electronic Dictionary (ZED) – Tongdot tangzang .... 108
Cope Centennial Jubliee pawi (CCJ pawi/CCJC) – USA ...... 109
Zomi Language & Literature Society - ZOLLS .................... 113
Zolai Aksipite pan khat .......................................................... 114
Zolai Aksipite pan khat .......................................................... 115
Australia aa Kumpi ciapteh sanginn ah Zolai kisin thei ...... 117
Zomi Electronic Dictionary (ZED) a nih veina kibawlkhia .118
Zolai sinna Computer Software masapen ...........................119
Khut tawh Laisiangtho buppi gelhkhia .............................. 120
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Zolai App Dictionary - Tongdot ......................................... 120
Online Laisiangtho ..............................................................122
Mobile App Laisiangtho ......................................................122
Mobile App Tongdot ...........................................................124
British Museum Library ah Zolai a kikemte .......................124
Zolai kum 100 cin pawipi kibawl – USA................................ 126
Zolai kum 100 cin pawipi kibawl – Thailand ........................ 127
Zolai kum 100 cin pawipi kibawl - Myanmar ........................ 127
Zolai nasepziate etphatna .............................................................. 128
Laibu a bawl leh a zuak a haksatna........................................ 129
Lai simh ding leh lei’ ding a haksatna .................................. 130
Abeisa Zolai nasepnate ......................................................... 130
Lailam kipawlna..................................................................... 131
Nasepsate etkikna .................................................................. 132
Tha-ngah huai ........................................................................ 132
Hanciam beh huai laite .......................................................... 133
Laibu khot ding hamsa .......................................................... 134
Lai nasep a haksatna.............................................................. 135
Lai a kilunglutna ding ............................................................ 136
Laibu zuakna.......................................................................... 137
Pau leh Lai manthat theihna thu pawlkhat ................................. 139
Pau leh hamte a zangh atam leh atawm ................................ 139
Namdangte lak aa om pau leh ham ...................................... 140
Minam mangthang leh khanggui bei .....................................144
Bang thute hangin pau leh lai mangthang thei? .................... 145
Pau leh lai ah Zomite (Zattangpau) .............................................. 148
Zomite Zolai in hu-in a kepna................................................ 151
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English lai khanggui (Timeline version)...................................... 152
Hun lui .................................................................................. 152
Hun thak ............................................................................... 153
English te nampi ahihna uh, a kilatkhiatna khat .................. 156
English pau leh lai-in hong khantoh khitciang ........................... 157
Awsuah ...................................................................................157
Lai malgawm ......................................................................... 158
Media thupitna ...................................................................... 159
United Nations sungpan kipawlna khat ...................................... 160
UNESCO ................................................................................ 160
Nasepzia pen....................................................................... 160
Leitungbup Laibu Ni (World Book Day) ..................................... 162
Lai ii manphatna leh banghangin laisim huai ............................ 164
Naungekte ............................................................................. 164
Lai hong sim theih mialmial ciangin..................................... 165
Hong gol toh zawk deuh ........................................................ 165
A mah leh a mah in laisim thei-in ......................................... 166
Laibu tampipi a simsimte...................................................... 166
Kumtam khangham khitciang............................................... 167
Laibu hoih leh hoihlo ..................................................................... 168
Naupang, naungekte tung ..................................................... 168
Gol khitciangin ...................................................................... 168
Leitungah laibu khat bek a simte .......................................... 169
Laibu hoih simhuai leh simhuailo......................................... 170
Zolai leh Zotuallai ngaihsut kaakna ............................................. 171
Zolai hangin hamphatna ........................................................ 171
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Zolai hangin supna ................................................................ 172
Zotuallai hangin hamphatna ................................................. 173
Zotuallai hangin supna .......................................................... 173
2013 kum ciangciang, a kibuaipih theizel thu pawlkhatte ........ 175
Zomi leh Eimi ........................................................................ 175
Zomi maw Tedim mi .............................................................. 175
Zopau maw Tedim pau .......................................................... 177
Ciimnuai leh Tedim ............................................................... 178
Zomi leh Chin ........................................................................ 179
[Kum za cin] Cope topa’ Zogam tun leh Zolai ....................... 181
Lai lam thuhilhna paunak tuamtuamte ....................................... 181
Kammalhoih pawlkhat ................................................................... 185
.............. itin, ................... itlo ................................................ 185
Thuhoih ciaptehhuai ............................................................. 186
Ngaihsutna zatui ................................................................... 188
Lapau ................................................................................................ 192
Zopau (Khiatna kibang/kinai – kammal kibanglo).................... 201
[Ciamnuih] Cimphawng Zolai sin kawm ..................................... 205
Cartoons ........................................................................................... 210
Maan manpha pawlkhat................................................................. 211
Sources leh References ................................................................... 220
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Hih laibu sung aa lai malgawmziate leh
kammal zatziate
Laigelhpa in, hithulu sung aa lai malgawmziate bangin, hih
laibu sungah hong zangh ding ahi hi. Van khat, na khat pen
malgawm khat, lom khatin kopkhawmin hong kigelh ding
ahi hi. Gtn. Laisiangtho, laigelhpa, cidamna, lungdamna,
kilemna, kipawlna, cbd...
Laigelhpa in, hoihpen dingin a ngaihsutna bek hi aa,
hoihpen leh maanpen cihna hilo hi.
(in leh in, na leh na, Laisiangtho leh lai siangtho)
Na lai siangtho takin na gelh ciang, kilawm mahmahin
siapa in zongh sim dan nuamsa hi. (mahmahin siapa in - in
zatna mun)
Na Laisiangtho hoih takin simin, kilamdanna na ngah ding
hi. (kilamdangna na ngah - na zatna mun)
(noun khat word khat, in leh in,
ah leh ah, aw leh o, le leh leh)
Pasian in a Mah a zahtak mite lamsangin khangtosak
mahmah hi. (mite- plural noun khat word khat, Pasian
in ..... lamsangin - in zatna mun)
Ka kiang ah hong pai pak dih, anbuk ah na pai sim, na
awmah anneng om pahpah. (kiang ah, anbuk ah- ah zatna
mun, awmah anneng om – paina, zuatna ahih leh “ah” pen
tuam gelh, aw - awm leh o - om zatna mun, anneng- noun
khat word khat)
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Note: namdang lai zatsaknate ah, Zolai tawh mat vetloh
ding ahi hi. Amau lai bangbang lianin gelhsak ding kisam
ahi hi.
Gtn. Project te khempeuh, nasem dingte in thei mang khin
uh maw? Computer te a kisap leh nasemte na zanghsak un.
Kawlte Zopau siam tampitak om hi. Burmese te Zopau siam
tampitak om hi.
Mikangte (akl) Mangkangte Zolai thei tampitak om hi.
English te Zolai thei tampitak om hi.
Le Leuh, nang leh a mah koi lam ah kikawi-in pai nai vua?
(le leh leh, Koi leh Kawi)
Genkaak theh ding: Te leh Teh, Be leh Beh, De (meide) leh
Deh (khuai in deh), Me (khutme) leh Meh (an leh meh), Ne
(an ne) leh Neh (kineh), Le leh Leh, Ngawi (zukhamin
ngawi) leh Ngoi (sa-ngoi), Khawi (gan khawi) leh Khoi
(cina khoi), cbd...
1886 kumin, International Phonetics Association cih
kipawlna ah Dr. Sweet, Reader in Phonetics, Oxford ah
Honorary President sem aa, Mr. Daniel Jones in Secretary
len hi. Kam khat pen lai malgawm khat hisak ding cih, Mr.
Grant Brown, I.C.S in 1894 kumin Congress of Orientalists
ah gen hi. Tua hileh ciapteh baih ding, sin baih ding, telbaih
ding leh laimai nuamtuam ding hi ci hi.
Imperial Gazetteer (1900) kici laibupi a gelh, Sir. William
Hunter ii lai gelhzia leh malgawmte pen "Hunter System"
kici aa Aizawl, Lamka, Tedim, Falam, Hakha te ah lai
gelhzia hong kipatkhiatna ahi hi. Banghanghiam cihleh,
sangmangte in, tua mipilte ii kampau laigelhte a zuih uh leh
a bulphuh uh ahi hi.
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(zang leh zangh, lang leh langh,
cing leh cingh, zong leh zongh)
Zatui hoihlo zangh na hihmanin, natna hong kilangh ta hi.
(Zangh, Langh)
Zong zo-in, mi’ pangh bello aa, cingtakin nei ahih manin,
cingh mahmah aa alang apang zongh kuamah omlo hi.
(Cing, Cingh, Zong, Zongh, Lang, Pang, Pangh)
Sum dong ding na cih pen, hong dongh mah lecin, hong
dawng thei ngel diveng. (Dong, Dongh leh Dawng)
Zumhna ka sep leh kasum teng sumh mang ingin, ka
maizum mahmah. (Zum leh Zumh, Sum leh Sumh, ka sepverb leh kasum-noun)
I pa ii a lawmpa' hong gen, a masa aa nong gen pen bang hi
ae? (i leh ii/a, aa, ae)
Zawng lua ing, sum va zong ning, nang zongh hong zui ve
lawm. (Zawng, Zong leh Zongh)
Hia zawng aw, ommawh mah si.
(“Zawng” cih zatna gual nihte-ah, kammal/malgawm
kibangin khiatna kibanglo cih ahi hi.)
Khiatna khat malgawm khat cih pen, hi theilo hi. Akiim
apaam aa laigual, thu leh late tawh kizui-in, akhiatna kitel
thei veve ahi hi.
English lai mahmahah zongh, fly= Tho (Noun), fly= leng
(Verb). Laimal kibang khiatna kibanglo hi. Hihbang dan
Kawllai, Manglaite ah zongh tampi mah om veve hi.
Awsuah, awkaih bang teekteekin, lai malgawm pen pau
khempeuhah kinei gai zolo ahi hi. Tuahang mahin,
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Phonetics (fəˈnet.ɪks) kici, laimal tuam pawlkhat tawh a
awsuah, awkaih dante tuam gelhna pen, English laite
mahmah ah hita leh, lai dang tuamtuamte ah hita leh om
kimtek
ahi
hi.
English
lai
aa
kigen,
Homonym/Homograph cihte pen lai malgawm kibang
sitset, awsuah awkaih zia zongh kibang sitsetin, ahih hang’
akhiatna
kibanglo
cihna
ahi
hi.
Tuabang
Homonym/Homograph cihte pen, minam kimin a
pauvuah, a laivuah a neitek uh ahi hi. Tuabek thamloin,
Homophone cih khat zongh English te mahmahin nei
uhhi. Hih pen, awsuah awsuak awkaih kibangin, akhiatna
ahih kei leh amalgawm kibanglo cih nopna ahi hi.
Hihbangin, awsuak kibangin khiatna kibanglo (aklahihkeileh) malgawm kibanglo cih zongh lailam pilna-ah
akhangto mahmah nampi tampitak lakte sung ngiat
mahmahah zongh ana om veve ahi hi.
Noun khat word khat
Tui sungah suang tum hi.
Tui sungah suangtum tum hi. (noun khat word khat)
Hih van tungah ding inla, vantung lam ento dih. (van tung
leh vantung- noun khat word khat)
Singat pen sing at na ding ahi hi. (singat leh sing at- noun
khat word khat)
Aksi ka etet laitak, I ak si. (aksi leh ak si- noun khat word
khat)
Ak cih pen akhiatna atuam, Si cih zongh akhiatna atuam,
tua nih kimat leh Aski cih ciang akhiatna atuam dang khat
mah hong hi leuleu hi. (noun khat word khat)
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Tele cih pen akhiatna atuam, Vision cih zongh akhiatna
atuam, Television ciang akhiatna atuam mah ahi hi.
Television pen saulua ci aa kikhen tuanlo ahi hi. (noun khat
word khat)
Tawn cih pen akhiatna atuam, Tung cih zongh akhiatna
atuam, atawntung ciang akhiatna atuam mah ahi hi.
Etkaakna
I lupna na puah oo. (noun khat word khat)
I lup na na puah oo. (noun khat word khatlo hileh)
I lup na, na puah oo. (comma zangh lehang, laigual saupite
ah comma tam kisam den lua ding hi.)
Kammal zatzia
They are going to school.
Amaute sang ah pai uhhi. (uh cih ciang khat sang' atamzaw,
nih pan a tungsiah lahna ahi hi.)
He is going to school.
Amah sang ah pai hi. (“Amah sangpai uhhi.” cih ding hilo
hi. Khat bek gennate ah “uh” kizanghlo hi.)
Thangpu is going to school.
Thangpu sang ah pai hi. (“Thangpu sang pai uhhi.” cih ding
hilo hi.)
Ava pai hi. (Mi khat agen lam kilangh hi.)
Ava pai uhhi. (Khat sang' atamzaw pai ahihlam kilangh hi.)
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English pua leh lai bekah hiloin, Kawlpau/Kawllai leh
adang tampite ah zongh om hi.
Ahi zongin,
"i", “ei” I zatna mun ah, "uh" cih zat kul nawnlo hi.
"i", “ei” leh "uh" pen, nih pan atung siah genna hi-in, "i" leh
“ei”ciang pen, ei leh ei kigenna hi phadiak aa, "uh" ahih leh
eilo midangte genna hi phadiak hi.
I pai hi. (khat sang' atamzaw, ei leh ei kigenna)
A pai uhhi. (Khat sang' atamzaw, midangte genna)
Ka pai hi. ("i" zatloh, khat lian bek, ei leh ei kigenna)
A pai hi. ("uh" zatloh, khat lian bek, midang khat genna)
Kammal kikop
Laitak, tawntung, tonkhawm,
lungdam, siangtho, puanten,
mualdawn, luitui, cbd...
paikhawm, lamdang,
lamdung, khuakhuk,
kipia, kipiakna, kisia, kisiatna, kisil, kisilna, kipuah,
kipuahna, kitawng, kitotna, kiteng, kitenna, kilamdang,
kilamdanna, kilem, kilemna, kipawl, kipawlna, kipelh,
kipelhna, pelhna, pilna, theihna, sinna, deihna, lungdamna,
cbd...
pepeuh, sitset, khinkhian, deidoi, deidai, seisoi, seisai,
lelaw, lela, kilkul, kelkal, pheiphoi, pheiphai, seisoi,
melmul, melmal, beiboi, beibai, belbol, belbal, lemlom,
lemlam, fifu, fiafua, cbd...
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Note: Namdangte pau leh lai ah a om vetlo, Zomite in a
nei ihi hi. Tua ahih manin, Zomite’ thu Zolai in gelh ding
pen ahoih penpen ahi hi Zomite’ laigelhnop thute Zolai
mahah kicing pen ahi hi.
Zosuan sung pau leh hamte leh
a kizat phadiakna munte
Myanmar lamah, Chin state kici Zogam phelkhat sung teng
pan,
1. Tedim, Tonzang leh Cikha khuapi teng ii khawk sungah
kamphen kulloin pianpih (tualsung) pau tawh kiho theihna
om hi. Hih pau sung panin, awsuah tuamtuam tampi om
aa, tua teng lak pan awsuah/awkaih kidanna akilangh
phadiak pawlkhat om ahi hi. Tua Zopau sung pan awsuah
kidang phadiak teng pen; Zo awsuah, Sizang awsuah,
Teizang awsuah leh Tedim awsuah cihte ahi hi. Tua zomah,
1958 kum ciang, Tedim khuapi khawk sungah Hualngo pau
zangh sanggamte in mun hong la uhhi. (Gtn. Zimpi khua)
1965 kum ciangin, tua khua pen, Tedim khuapi khawk pan,
Tonzang khuapi khawkah om aa Myanmar kumpi in
ciaptehna bawl hi.
[Tedim, Tonzang leh Cikha khaupi khawk 3 sungah,
kamphen kullo Zopau cihna sung pan, awkaih kidang
phadiak nam 4 (A mun a phual aa om zah ahih leh,
Hualngo awsuah/pau kihelin nam 5) om cih theih ahi hi.]
Hih pau pen "Zopau" kici-in, Tedim, Tonzang, Cikha, Kalay
(+ Tahan) leh Tamu cih tengah kilim zat phadiak ahi hi.
Leitung gam tuamtuam tekah kitung ngeingai-in, tuate
simloh, mun 5 ah kilimzat phadiak cih theih ahi hi. India
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lamah Mizogam sung tawmtawm leh Manipur
Churachandpur (Lamka) district tengah kilimzat ahi hi.
(Myanmar ah kum 30 val census omlo ahih manin, pau
leh hamte a zangh zah kicianin gen lian theih omlo ahi hi.)
2. Falam khuapi khawk sung teng pan pau leh
ham/awsuah, awkaih tuamtuam tengah akituam gen
phadiak pawlkhat om ahi hi. Tuate pen, Ngawn, Bualkhua,
Zangiat/Tapong, Khualsim, Tlaisun, Pawi (Laizo, Sim,
Zahau, Hlawnceu/Hlawnceu ah zongh nam 2 om), Lente,
Hualngo leh Lunghawh cihte ahi hi.
[Falam/laizo pau ci aa kithei sung pan pau tuamtuam (akl)
awsuah awkaih tuamtuamte sungah, nam 9 (Hlawnceu
nam 2 in sim lehang nam 10) om cih theih ahi hi.]
Hih pau pen "Laizo tong" kici-in, Falam, Kalay (+ Tahan)
leh Tamu cih tengah kilim zat phadiak ahi hi. Leitung gam
tuamtuam tekah kitung ngeingai-in, tuate simloh, mun 3 ah
kilimzat phadiak cih theih ahi hi.
3. Hakha leh Thanlang khuapi khawkte sung pan pau leh
ham/awsuah, awkaih tuamtuam tengah aki tuam gen
phadiak pawlkhat om hi. Tuate pen, Zotung, Zophei, Lai,
Senthang, Mi-e, Thor, Mara (Lakher/Miram) leh Lautu
cihte ahi hi.
[Khalkha/lai pau ci aa kithei sung pan pau tuamtuam (akl)
awsuah awkaih tuamtuamte sungah, nam 8 (Mara sungah
nam 2 in sim lehang nam 9) om cih theih ahi hi.]
Hih pau pen "Lai holh" kici-in, Khalkha (Hakha),
Thantlang, Matupi, Tamu, Lunglei, Gangaw leh Kalay (+
Tahan) cih tengah kilim zat phadiak ahi hi. Leitung gam
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tuamtuam tekah kitung ngeingai-in, tuate simloh, mun 7 ah
kilimzat phadiak cih ding ahi hi. India lamah, Mizoram
sung Lawngtlai district sungah kilimzat hi.
Chin state saklam/leilulam (Northern) ah hih atung aa pau
kidang phadiak nam thum teng om cih theih ahi hi.
Chin ii khanglam/leitawlam (Southern) ah pau kidang
phadiakte pen, saklam/leilulam (Northern) aa danin, a
mun, a khua, a khawk zui aa kigen cian lian theilo ahi hi.
Banghanghiam cihleh, khuakim ah kilakhelh uh aa
khuamin zui lianin gen theih omlo hi.
4. Matu kici (akl) Matupi khuapi khawk sungah
pau/awsuah, awkaih kibanglo/kidanna nei ci aa kithei,
kigente pen, Matu (Ngala), Mara (Lakher), Zotung leh Dai
cihte ahi hi.
[Hih munah Chin state saklam/leilulam (Northern) aa te
danin, awsuah/awkaih kibanglo bek hiloin, pau mahmahin
kidang pawlkhat om cih theih ahi hi. Matupi khawk sung aa
pau tuamtuam (akl) awsuah awkaih tuamtuamte sungah,
nam 4 om cih theih ahi hi.]
5. Mindat leh Kanpetlet khuapi khawk sungah pau/awsuah,
awkaih kibanglo/kidanna nei ci aa kithei, kigente pen, Dai,
Miging, Mon, Cho leh Taungha cihte ahi hi.
[Chin state ii khanglam/leitawlam (Southern) aa khuate
pen, khua khat leh khua khat kihelhin om uh aa, awsuah
kidang bek hiloin pau kidang leh awsuah kidang pen nam 5
om cih theih ahi hi.]
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6. Paletwa khuapi khawk sungah pau/awsuah, awkaih
kibanglo/kidanna nei ci aa kithei, kigente pen, Khumi,
M'ro, Khuangtso, Ahnu leh Hualngo cihte ahi hi.
[Chin state ii Khanglam/Leitawlam (Southern) aa khuate
pen, khua khat leh khua khat kihelhin om aa, awsuah
kidang bek hiloin pau kidang leh awsuah kidang pen nam 5
om cih theih ahi hi.]
7. Thayet leh Minbu khuapi khawk sungah pau/awsuah,
awkaih kibanglo/kidanna nei ci aa kithei, kigente pen, Asho
leh Siktui cihte ahi hi.
[Hih khuapi nih pen, Myanmar kumpi in, Chin state pua
(huamloh) ah akoih uhhi-in, tua Chin state pua-in a
ciaptehna sungah mun leh mual ngiat tawh a om sanggam
te' pau sung pan nam 2 om cih theih ahi hi.]
8. Arakan (Rakhaing) State sungah zongh, sanggam
laizomte kiomin, Asho leh M'ro pau ci-in nam 2 a limzatte
hiphadiak uh ahi hi.
[Rakhaing state pen, Chinstate ii khanglam/leitawlam
(Southern) ah omhi. Arakan (Rakhaing) minamte zongh
Chin state sungah pawlkhat mah om uh ahi hi.]
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Zomi, Zopau, Zolai hi-ngiat
Ciimnuai leh Tedim
AD
1420
kum
pawlin,
khamtung
gamah,
Ciimnuai
khua a kisat hi dingin
kiummawh
hi.
Tuahun ma, AD 1044
pawl aa zanggam pan
khamgam a kipatna,
mun
khatah
Ciimnuai khua mun ah Zosuante ii mualsuang phut
Khampat ci-in I pu I
pate in, khua khat nasat uhhi ci aa kiummawh hi. Khampat
panin, mun tuamtek zuanin, leilu leitaw lam zuatna
kibanglo aa kikhenthangin, pawlkhatte tulai India gam
Manipur state lam
tungtoin, pawlkhatte
tulai Myanmar gam
Chin
state
lam
tungin, pawlkhatte
tulai
India
gam
Mizoram state lam
(Assam state dong
bang) tung uh aa,
pawlkhatte tulai Bangladesh gam Chittagong dong bang
tung uhhi ci-in, kigen hi. Tuhun Chin state (tualai Chin
Hills) lam a na zuante in Ciimnuai khua a nasat uhhi ci-in
kiciamteh hi.
Khampat pen, Tibet/Sen (China) gam pan I pu I pate in a
na zuan uh ahi zong, a hikeizong, Khampat khua I pu I pate
in a sat aa a sat kei uhzong, banghun banghunin khuate a
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na kisat ahi zong, Zomite' tangthu ah Ciimnuai cih pen I
khuapi khat ahih lam ngilh theih omloin nial theih nading
thu zongh omlo ahi hi. Tuahun aa Ciimnuai khua kici pen,
tuhun aa, Tedim khua aki cihcih bangmahin, tuahun tawh
kituak aa mi tampi tenna, khua lian khua gol pen khat ahi
hi.
(a kham, a keen theithei I pu I pate in, a na zuatna uh
ahang pen, pawlkhatte in, gal leh sa tam luat manin aki tai
toto hi dingin ummawh uh aa, pawlkhatte in, a ken a guam
ah saben dan pen zanggam sangin nuamzaw ahih manin,
khamgam lam kizuan hi ding hi ci-in a um zongh kiom hi.)
Ciimnuai tate, Ciimnuai mi, Ciimnuai vontawi ci-in, tua
khua kisat aa kipan la in ki-awi aa, kilolo cih ding ahi hi.
Tedim khuapi hong khan ciangin, Tedim mi ci-in kilo
leuleu hi. Ciimnuai mah khua lian pen ahih lai-in Ciimnuai
mi kici kha theizelin (zola tampite tungtawn pan) ki
ummawh ahi hi. Tuamah bangin, Tedim mah khua lian pen
hong
hih
ciang,
Ciimnuai mi kicih
sangin, Tedim mi
kicihna pen hong
tamzaw hi. Kawlte in,
Yangon tu (thu),
Yangon taa (thaa) a
na cih dan uhhi kha
Ciimnuai khua mun ah Zosuante ii mualsuang phut
ding hi. Hih bangte
pen, minam min kilo
kilawhna kigen kipulaakna hilo cih theih ahi hi. Amun
amual zui-in kitheihna kisapnate cih theih ahi hi. Tedim
khuapi hong khan ciang, Tedim mi kici bek thamloin,
Tedim khuapi a khangsak Kam Hau hun sungin, Kam Hau
mi ci-in zongh hong kiciapteh hun na om lai ahi hi.
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Lai I neih ma Ciimnuai hunin, Ciimnuai lai cih bang na
kigen ngei samlo aa, a mi bel kinei, kiom ahih manin,
Ciimnuai mi ci-in na kigen hi. Tedim hun ciang lai
kineita aa, Tedim lai ci-in kigen aa, a mite pen Tedim mi ciin kigen hi. Ciimnuai hunin, lai a na om hizenzen leh
Ciimnuai lai zongh kici kha thei ding hi. Hih nih, Ciimnuai
mi kicite leh Tedim mi kicite pen, a kibang sitset, zungkhat
guikhat phungkhat vive ahi hi. Ahi zongin, Ciimnuai mi lah
kici Tedim mi lah kici hi. Hih pen, mun leh mualte tapin
kilawhna min tuamtuamte ahi hi.
Ciimnuai khua kisat ma-in, Ciimnuai mi a na kici na
om hetlo kha ding hi. Tuamah bang in, Tedim khua
kisat ma-in, Tedim mi cih zongh na om hetlo kha
ding hi. Tedim mi cih a om kei aa leh Tedim pau cih
zongh omlo ding hi. Tedim pau cih bang a na om kei
aa leh Tedim lai cih zongh na om theilo ding hi.
Tedim cihte, Ciimnuai cihte pen, sawt nailo aa
khangtom mahmah lai, tangthu tawm mahmah lai
cih theih ahi hi. Ahi zongin, I pu I pate pen,
Ciimnuai cihte, Tedim cihte a kisat ma-in om khin
uh ahihman aa hibang khuate a nasat uh ahi hi. Hih
bang khuate a nasat ma un, bangpau na zangh ding
uh aa bang mi na kici ding uhhiam?
Atomin, Zomi, na kici ding uhin uphuai penpen hi.
Ngeinate Zo ngeina, vokte Zo vok, akte Zo ak, thaute Zo
thau, late Zola, la'mte Zolam, paute Zopau, suan leh khakte
Zosuan hi-in, a mite Zomi cih hi kha ding ahi hi. (lai
mawlgam matzia, halziate pen, a mal zui-in, sim hak ding
leh telkhialh baih dingte pelhna aa kigelh ahi hi.)
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Ciimnuai hun panin Behmin Phungmin tampi kiphuak
beh hi aa, tuapanin, khangthak bangin khanggui, beh thu
cihte kisim thak cih theih ahi hi.
Pawlkhatte, Ciimnuai pan lal khiat
khitciang, behmin kipia thak om
ahih manin, a beh tangthu vuah,
Ciimnuai na omlo kha thei ding ahi
hi. Beh kibanglo, phung kibanglo
tawh I kibat ngeingai hangin, ci
khat sa khat sisan kibang vive
behkhat phungkhat taktak vive Ihi
hi.
Tedim hun ciangin Beh leh Phung thu hi nawnlo aa, pau
leh ham awkaih awsuah kibatlohna hangin kizop kikholh
kipawlna tuamtek hong piang pianpian hi. Awsuah awkaih
(pau) kibat pihloh khat sungah I beh kibat pih na om
kawikawi thei veve hi. Tua ahih manin, awsuah awkaih
kibanglo aa I pau ngeingai zongin, ci khat sa khat sisan
kibang vive mah Ihi hi.
(hih Ciimnuai khuasat hunin, pawlkhat in Lailun khua
nasat uh aa Ciimnuai mi kicih mah bangin, tua lailun
khuasatte Laimi akl Laizo na kici uhhi ci-in a gen zongh
kiom hi. Tedim khua kisatin Tedim mi kicih khak mah
bangin, Falam khua kisat aa Falam mi, Khalkha (Hakha)
khua kisat aa Hakha mi ci-in kithei kisam hi.)
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Tedim khua kisatna thu a tomin
AD 1550 pawlin, Pu Gui Mang in na sat hi ci-in kigen hi.
Ahi zongin, kiim leh paam pan galsimna om theizel ahih
manin, kilal sanzelin kibeelkikzel hi. 1810 kum pawl
ciangin, Pu , Pu Mang Gin, Pu Khoi Lam, Pu Pau Vum, Pu
Tel Khaat, Pu Lam Dong, Pu Kam Vial, Pu Kim Thuam, Pu
Pau Am, Pu Cin Kim leh Pu Gen Cin te kipawlin Tedim
khua satkik uhhi. A ngeina mah bangin, gal tuamtuamte a
om hangin, na hungzo, na leh dozo uhhi. Tuapanin, mi
dangte in Tedim cih khua pen hong beel uh aa a sawtloin,
inn 30 pha in Pu in hausapi sem hi. 1848 kum ciangin,
galvai savai, thusia lasia khat peuhpeuh a om ciang ki-uk
theih nadingin, thukhun hong bawlin tua pen " thukhun"
kici hi. Tuapanin, Tedim pen thu vaihawmna ahi zong, gal
leh sa vai ah ahi zong, kizuan aa Tedim khua ah inn 300
kiim hong pha ahi hi.
Bonuai veng: Tulaitak aa Myoma veng, galkap tualpi akici,
mun nuailam teng hi aa, Pu Pau Vum leh mi pawlkhatte
teeng uhhi. Galkap tualpi pen Pu Khau Cin innmun hi ci-in
kigen hi. (Pau dan awkaih, awsuah tuamtek hong kigawm
hi.)
Botung veng: Pu Khau Cin inn tungsiah nitumnalam teng
hi aa Pu Za Tual leh mi pawlkhatte teeng uhhi. (Pau dan
awkaih, awsuah tuamtek hong kigawm hi.)
Vaiphei veng: Bonuai veng pan akhanglam nisuahnalam
teng hi aa Vaiphei kici tuam miteng teeng uhhi. (Pau dan
awkaih, awsuah tuamtek hong kigawm hi.)
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Sekzang veng: Tulai Sakollam veng Ngennung lamka panin
leilulam teng hi aa Guite kici tuam miteng teeng uhhi. (Pau
dan awkaih, awsuah tuamtek hong kigawm hi.)
Khuangzang veng: Hun khat lai-in, Col. Dal Za Kam inn ci
aa kilim theihna dungto teng hi aa, Thahdo mi kici tuam
teng teeng uhhi. (Pau dan awkaih, awsuah tuamtek hong
kigawm hi.)
Zopau khat bek om
Tedim khua a kip ma, inn 300 a pha ding khua pen a omlo
dingin upmawh huai hi. Tua ahihmamin, tawmnono ta aa,
kithehthangin kikhenmang cih thei ahi hi. Kizopna haksain, kihona atawmna panin, awsuah, awkaih, kammal zat
tuamtuamte leh pau zia mahmah pen, damdamin hong
kilamdang aa, behpih unau sanggam khat gegu pen,
awsuah awkaih kibangzo nawnloin hong kidang semsem hi.
Kammal kibehlap tungtawn panin zongh awsuah awkaih
bek hiloin kammal zat mahmah hong kibanglo om hiding hi
ci-in upmawh huai hi. Tua awsuah awkaih kibanglo,
kammal tawm kidannate pen namdang tuamtuak cihna hi
hetlo hi.
Tuhun ciangin zong, unau khat tuak omna gam
kibangloin ta hong neih uh ciang, a tate uh ii
awkaihzia awsuakte khat leh khat hong kibanglo ahi
hi. Awsuah awkaih pau leh ham kibatloh hangin
unau laizom sanggam khat minam khat vive mah ihi
hi.
Ahi zongin, biak Pasian in kikhenthang aa mangcip ding
lung-awilo hiding hi. Banghanghiam cihleh, tua pau leh
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ham, awsuah awkaih kidangteng, Tedim khuapi ah hong
gawmtuahkik ahi hi. Zopau veve awsuah awkaih kibanglo,
Zomi veve behmin phungmin kibanglo teng kigawm kikin
kiteeng khawm thei hi. Hihbangin kigawm aa omkhopna
panin, awsuah awkaihte hong kinaikik aa, kihelhin kigawm
aa awsuah dang khat hong suak khia cih ding ahi hi.
Tuapen, Tedim bangin a kigawmlo khua tuamtuamte ah tua
awsuah pen suakloin, a kigawmna Tedim bekah ahi hi. Tua
ahih manin, tua awsuah pen Tedim awsuah cih ding ahi hi.
Hih pen pau thak khat hong suak hiloin, Zopau sung veve
pan awsuah thak khat hong suakbek ahi hi.
Tua ahih manin, Tedim awsuah hi aa Tedim pau hilo hi.
Dim awsuah, Saizang awsuah, Losau awsuah, Zo awsuah,
Sizang awsuah, Teizang awsuah, cihbangdan tampite a
kilimgawm penpen na mun pen Tedim khuapi hi-in, tua
teng khempeuh ii awsuah kigawm pen Tedim awsuah cih
ding ahi hi. Kua ma awsuah tuam hilo hi. Kua ma neih
tuam hilo hi. Tua ahih manin zongh, Cope Topa I cih Rev.
Dr. Joseph Herbert Cope in 1913 ciangin zattanglai,
zattangpau ding hong vaihawm sakna ah Tedim awsuah
mah kitel kim thei pen pah ahi hi.
(Banghangin, Cope Topa in zattangpau ding a vaihawmna
ah Tedim awsuah mah kitel thei pen ahi hiam?
Dawnna: Banghanghiam cihleh, Tedim awsuah pen
awsuah dang khempeuh a kigawm ahih manin, awsuah
khat bek sangin, awsuah tampi kigawmna Tedim awsuah
pen a thei a tel kitam pen pah ahihman ahi hi.)
Zopau Tedim awsuah /Tedim awkaih, Zopau Sizang
awsuah, Zopau Dim awsuah, Zopau Saizang awsuah, Zopau
Teizang awsuah, Zopau Zo awsuah, Zopau Losau awsuah
cihbangdan hi-in, a vekin Zopau vive hi gai hi. (English
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British English, English American English, English
Australian English, English Canadian English cihbangdan
ahi hi.)
Zopau Synonyms, Homonyms, Antonyms
Amun amual zui-in, awsuah awkaih hong kilamdang mah
bangin, kizopna hoihlohna hangin zongh, kisapna zui-in a
kibehlap toto aa kammal pawlkhatte zongh zatzia tampi
hong kibanglo totocih hi thei hi. Gtn. Mehthuk, mehthua,
piandi, fazan, bokboon, cbd…
Myanmar sung aa om Zomite sungah khat leh khat
akibanglo kammal a om mah bangin, Myanmar sung aa om
Zomite leh India sung aa om Zomite ii kammal zat mahmah
zongh a kibanglo tampi damdamin hong omtoto hi. (kiim
leh paam hangin, van zat tuamtuam, nek leh dawn
tungtawnte hangin) Awsuah, awkaih bek hinawnloin,
kammal mahmah akibanglo hong om hi. Tuabangdante
pen, ei pau hilo cihdanin ngaihsun pahpah khalo aa, Zopau
sungah pau a kibehlap toto, Zopau sungah khiatna kibang
kammal kibanglo (synonyms), Zopau sungah kammal
kibang khiatna kibanglo (homonym) cihbangin I ngaihsut
theih ding thupi mahmah ahi hi.
Tuhun ciangin, Zopau sungah Zo awsuah, Sizang awsuah,
Teizang awsuah cihbang bek hinawnloin, Kawlte lak
zanggam aa khangkhiate ii Zopau awsuah pen atuampi khat
hong hilai hi. Kammal zongh pawlkhat Zopau lakah behlap
tuamtuam nei thei se lai uhhi. (Kammal zat kibanglo)
Tuamah bangin, gamdang aa akhangkhia Zomi khat ii
Zopau awsuah pen adang khat hong hilai hi. Tua ahih
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manin, awsuah tawh minam leh lungsim kikhen theih hilo
ahi hi. Awsuah awkaih in, amun amual zui bek thamloin,
ahun zongh zui lai hi. Khangluite pau zia leh khangthak,
khangnote pau zia awkaih dan a awsuak awsuahte zongh
kibang gai khinlo hi. Khangthak hun ciang pau tuamtuam
hong piang khelkhel aa leh zongh pawlkhatte hunzuipau
(slang) lel ding ahi hi. Pau thak hiloin, Zopau sungah
kammal thak kibehlap cihbek ahi hi.
Tuabek thamloin, mi khat tung mahmah panin awsuah
zongh kibang denlo lai hi. Heh hun ciangin awsuah leh
lungdam hun ciangin awsuah, lungkhamin kap ciang aa
awkaih leh lungnuamin pau ciang aa awkaih zia cihte zongh
kibanglo lai hi. Tua ahih manin, Zopau sung aa awsuah
awkaih kibatlohna hangin lungsim kidang nading thu
omsak khak huai hetlo ahi hi.
Zopau leh Zolai
Lai cih pen pau a om lai tengin, kibawl tawm thei, kiphuak
thei ahi hi. Pau a om kei aa leh lai pen kibawl thei tuanlo hi.
Pau a mang aa leh tua lai pen a sim ding mi om nawnlo hi.
Asim ding mi om kei leh tua lai pen abeibei hita hi. Tua
ahih manin, Zolai kepcingna dingin, Zopau pen khangthak
khempeuh in, koikoi I tung zongin theih kim ciat ding thupi
mahmah ahi hi.
Pau tungtawn panin lai kibawl cih ding ahi hi. Zopau
tungtawn panin, Zolai hong kibawl khia ahi hi. Zopau
sungah awsuah tuamtuam om ahih manin, Zolai sungah
zongh awsuah zui-in Zolai malgawmzia tuamtuam hong
piang thei ahi hi. Zopau Tedim awsuah cih mah bangin,
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Zolai pen Tedim awsuah in akigelh om aa, Zopau Losau
awsuah omin, Zolai Losau awsuah tawh kigelh zongh om
ahi hi. Gtn. G awsuah leh NG awsuah, Ngam leh lei ading
kinging in = Gam leh lei ading kigingin.
Tua bangin awsuah tuamtuamte zui-in Zolai malgawmzia
kibanglo tampi kawmkalah awsuah khat sung bekbekah
zongh Zolai malgawmzia pen a buaipih kitam simsim hi.
Gtn. Hai tui hai khat hong bawl ve pen, tuhun ciangin, Haai
tui hai khat hong bawl ve ci-in kigelh hi.
Zolai bek hiloin, namdangte ii lai tuamtuamte ah zongh
awsuah bang lianlianin malgawmzia a nei pen kua mah
omlo hi. Nampi mahmah leh leitungbup ii zatpih English
ah zongh omlo hi. Gtn. Knife cih ah,“K“ aw suaklo hi.
Knight, Knock, Know, cbd... tampi om hi. Ahi zongin,
hibang lai malgawmziate puah ding thu peuhmah gingkhia
ngei hethetlo lel hi. Kammal khat bekbek pen, I heh ciangin
I pau dan leh I hehloh ciangin I pau dan I awsuah, I
awkaihte kibanglo hi. Awsuah bang tektekin, lai malgawm
ni cilehang, laimal pen tampitak kisamin gawmzia tam lua
ding aa theih hak mahmah ding ahi hi.
Zolai, Zopau pen theih baih leh nam dangte in hong theih
pih baihzaw ding ahi uhhi. Zolai, Zopau pen theih hak leh
namdangte bek thamlo, Zomi khangthak naupang tampi
takin haksa sa-in lunglut zolo ding uh aa Zolai, Zopau pen
hong toi semsem ding hi. Azangh nuam hong tawm
semsem ding ahi hi. Tua ahih manin, mite ii mai-ngap ding,
theih baih leh lungduai zawh ding lai a ol, a baih ahih ding
kisam ahi hi. A haksa khempeuh, standard nei cihna hipah
tuanlo hi. A baih khempeuh zongh a level niam cihna hi
khin tuanlo hi. Standard nei in level sang tata haksa a kicite
pen, atamzaw, a lai haksa hiloin, a thu haksa hizaw ahi hi.
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Tua ahih manin, Zolai pen malgawmzia (spelling) a baih
theithei ahih ding kisam hi. Atom theithei hileh zongh
hoihzaw kha lai ding hi.
Amun amual, kiim leh paam zui-in lai malgawm nop zia
zongh kilamdang thei hi. English lim zatte lak aa om
pawlkhatte ii malgawm nop zia, Kawlte lak aa om
pawlkhatte ii malgawm nop zia leh Zolai theih ngeina mah
a kilim zatna lak aa om pawlkhatte ii malgawm nop ziate
pen kibanglo thei hi.
Gtn.
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Cin (Zolai nidang pek pan aa atamzaw ii theih
malgawm zia/Zopau awsuah zui aa gelhna)
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Chin (English awsuah zui aa gelhna),
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Kyin (Kawl awsuah zui aa gelhna)
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Cing (Zopau awsuah), Ching (English pau awsuah),
Kying (Kawlpau awsuah)
(2013 ciangciangah “Cin” pen “Chin” in a gelh
tampitak om hi. Ahi zongin, hih “Cin leh Chin” mun
ciang English awsuah malgawm kizui-in, “Thang,
Kham, Suan, Sian, Pau” cihteciang, English awsuah
malgawm kizuilo vetse hi. Khat leh kaht ii gawmzia
bek thamloin, mi khat bekbek ii min khat sung nangawnah zongh, mal khat pen English awsuah
malgawm zui-in, adang mal khat pen Zopau awsuah
malgawm zui vetse cihbangdan, nung leh mai
kitukalh, a haivai, a zumhuai phial,a etlawm hetlo
tampi kiom kha thei hi.)
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Hibangdan ahih manin, English zatna lak aa om Zomi
pawlkhatin, English te ii tel ding, sim theih dingin, English
awsuah tawh a min uh gelh hi. Kawlte lak aa om pawlkhatte
ii min mahmah zongh, Kawlte in a mau awsuah in a gelhsak
zongh kiom thei hi. Bangbang ahi zongin, Kawlpau
(Burmese pau), Mikangpau/Mangpau (English pau) te
zongh hanciam takin, a mau awsuah zui aa I zuih pih ahih
manin, Zopau Zominte zongh ei ii awsuah Zopau awsuah
Zolai mah hong kizat pih ding thupi ahi hi. (hih pen leitung
ii san/ciapteh khat leh khat kizahtakna ahi hi.) Tedim cih
malgawm zia leh Tiddim cih malgawm zia bek zongh
buaihuai khin ta hi. Mailam ciang Zomi leh Zogam thute
peuhmah ah Zopau awsuah base Zolai bekin a kigelh
ciatciat ding zongh thupi mahmah hi. Kawlpau Kawl minte
ah a mau awsuah malgawmzia zuih pihin, English pau
English minte ah a mau malgawmzia zuih pih aa, Zopau Zo
minte ah Zolai malgawmzia mah zuihna in din mun kip nei,
Zolai gina nei minam I hihnate hong kilanghsak semsem
thei ding ahi hi.
Ciimnuai panin, khua tuamtuam tek, mun
tuamtuam tek ah kithehthangin, hun hong sawt
tohtoh ciang awsuah awkaihte hong kibanglo toto aa
Tedim khua ah kigawmin awsuah awkaih zattang
khat a ki-ngah ahi hi.
Tuamahbangin, tuhun ciang, Zogam/Kawlgam/Vai
gam pan Zomite gam tuamtuam tek ah kithehthang
mang khinta hihang. Tua gamdang tun thakna gam
khat sung na-ngawnah, vai tuamtuam hangin khua
tuamtuam tekah kikhen sawnsawn lai hihang.
Ciimnuai pan kikhenin amual aguam, mun tuam tekah
kithehthang khitciang, awsuah awkaih tuamtuamte hong
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pian mah bangin, Zogam/Kawlgam/Vai gam pan kikhenin
tuipi in hong hal aa leitungbup mun tuamtuamte ah I
kitheh thang khitciang, I tuntunna gam aa suak
khangthakte hunah awsuah awkaih tuam dang khat mah
hong piang veve ding ahi hi.
Zopau Losau awsuah, Zopau Dim awsuah, Zopau Saizang
awsuah cihte bek hong hi nawnloin, Zopau American
awsuah, Zopau Norwegian awsuah, Zopau Danish awsuah
cih bang dongin, hong piang thei thu ahi hi.
Gtn. Hih hun ciangin, Norway aa om, Zopau Saizang
awsuah zanghte leh Zopau Dim awsuah zanghte ii tate
tuakin, Zopau Norwegian awsuah hong zanghzaw lel kha
ding uhhi. A Dim ae, a Saizang ae cihte hong hi nawnlozaw
ta ding hi. Tua ahih manin, awsuah awkaih hang tawh
kideidan khakloh ding, kituam muh khak hethetloh ding
cih pen thupi mahmah ahi hi.
Zolai malgawmzia leh gualhzia
Kiim leh paam aa zat munna, theihnate zui-in, Zolai
malgawm nopziate zongh hong kibanglo semsem lai kha
ding hi. Ahi zongin, Zopau cih pen a om lai teng, lai
malgawmzia kibatloh hangin, Zolai pen mangthang zo
tuanlo ding ahi hi. Tua ahih manin, lai malgawm (spelling)
sangin, lai gualhzia (grammar) pen thupizaw hi. Lai
malgawmzia a kibang kei zongin, lai galhzia hong kibang
thei limlim peuh leh, pau ziate zongh hong kibangto thei lel
ding ahi hi. Gtn. American English grammar leh British
English grammar pen kibang hi. Ahi zongin, a lai
malgawmzia uh a kibanglo pawlkhat om hi. Colour, Centre
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cihte pen British English ii malgawmzia hi aa Color, Center
cihte pen American English ii malgawmzia ahi hi.
Zopau leh Zomi
Zopau Tedim awsuah, Zopau Lamka awsuah, Zopau
Saizang awsuah cih mah bangin, Zomi Tedim khuami,
Zomi Saizang khuami, Zomi Lamka khuami, Zomi Tedim
khuasuak (Zomi Tedim khua aa piang), Zomi Tedim khua
aa khang cihbangdan cih theih ding thupi mahmah ahi hi.
Zomi Sizang awsuah zangh teng, Zomi Teizang awsuah
zangh teng, Zomi Zo awsuah zangh teng ci aa, I san zawh
ding (laigelh pa ii ngaihsutna ah) thupi mahmah (kasa) hi.
A nennen-in kikhen suksuklo aa, tawmtawmin kikhenthang
bebehloin Zomi, Zopau cih tawh I vak in kiuum aa, kizom
dimdiam in I kikhil, I kihual, I kikhit, I kilomkhat, I
kikhuituah zawh theih ding thupi mahmah ahi hi.
Hun khatciangin, Zomi Tedim khuami, Zomi Tonzang
khuami cih bek hinawnlo aa, Zomi American (akl)
American Zomi, British Zomi, Australian Zomi cih bangin
hong pai to behbeh thei lai ding ahi hi. Tuahun ciangin,
Australia gam aa suak Zomi khangthakte hunah Zomi
Cikha khuamite leh Zomi Tuithang khuamite ii tate, kua
khuami, tua khuami cih hong hi nawnlo aa Australian Zomi
cih hong hito khawm kha thei lel ding hi. Tua ahih manin,
khuami, khualui, khuamin tuamtuamte tawh kituam
ngaihsut theih omlo ahi hi. Koi mun koi mun tung aa, bang
awsuah bang awkaih I zangh zongin, Zomi cihleh Zopau,
Zolai cih in hong khui tuah aa hong kilem sak, hong
kipumkhatsak zo pen ding ahi hi.
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1912 kumin JH Cope Topa in I Zolai pen Sizang awsuah
tawh na gelh masa hi. 1913 kum ciang zattanglai ding hong
ngaihsutpih aa Tedim awsuah telnop pen, theihbaih pen
ahihna tawh kipsakna hong omin, Zolai tampitakte Tedim
awsuah vive-in kigelh ahi hi. zattanglai ding khentat
khitciang, Cope Topa in, thu kizaakna laihawmte hita leh,
laibu tuamtuamte Zolai tawh a bawl ciang Tedim awsuah
vive in hong gelhsak ahi hi. (Zolai Tedim awsuah)
Hih hunin, Cope Topa in Kam Hau dialect cizel,
Tiddim language cizel, Tedim language cizelin, mi
khat bekbek ii tung pan, I minam min ahi zong, I
pau I laite pen a tuamtuamin hong kilawhsak aa
hong kiciaptehsak ahi hi. Banghanghiam cihleh,
Zomite ii thu pen Zomite zahin a thei minam dang
kua mah omlo ahihman ahi hi.
Cope Topa pen mawhsak theih omlo hi. Zomite in Zomi
hihna gen dingin, na ngaihsun lua khalo uh ahih manin,
hong theihna bangbangin, hong sam, hong lo, hong
ciamteh ahi hi. Tuabang mahin, Zomite ii thu pen, Zomite
sangin, Kawlte
(Burmese te), mikangte/mangkangte
(English te) in zongh theizaw tuanlo ding uhhi. Tua ahih
manin, Kawlte, mikangte, vaite ii hong ciaptehna, hong
cihna bangbang uh pen Zomite adingin ahoih pen, a maan
pen hikhin pah tuanlo ding ahi hi. Tua ahih manin, Zomite
in Zomite thu pen, pulaak aa, hong thei cianlote in, theih
khialhna tawh hong ciapteh suaklohna ding uh Zomite
mawhpuak ahi hi.
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Zolai khanggui
Zolai hong piankhiatna leh a khantohzia
(Timeline version)
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Zomite’ I Lai Neih Masakna pen, khangluite genna
ah “Zomite in nidang hun sawtpi lai pekin, lai kinei
ngei khin hi” ci-in gen uhhi. Tua lai pen savun
tungah a kigelh hi aa, Go Cin in tua savunlai nisa ah
a pho leh ui-in na neksak hi. Tua aa kipan, Zomite in
lai a kinei nawnlo hi ci-in gen uhhi.
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1900 kum masiah, lai kigelhna savun (Savunlai), uiin a neksak khit, lai I neih nawnloh aa kipan
suangpeek tung leh singpeek tung cihte ah lim suai
tawm aa, lai bangin na zangh uhhi. Hih limsuiah lai
pen, mualsuang gelhna-in na kizangh phadiak ahi hi.
Gtn. Sabenna, samanna, sagawhna, laamsaaina cih
bang dan, a tuamtuamte ciaptehna leh lakna dingin
na lim zat uhhi.
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1902 kum aa Pu Pau Cin Hau tungtawnin, Zotuallai
hong piangkhia hi.
Lai hong piankhiatna pa, Laipian pa ci-in kithei leh
kiciamteh pah hi.
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1904 kumcin, George A. Grierson (Linguist Survery
of India) in, Zopau lam kankhiatna India aa Manipur
base in nei ngei-in kithei hi.
-
December 1911 kumin Rev. W. Sheratt (Laisiangtho
thuvanpi) pen Rangoon (Yangon) pan Chin Hills ah
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tung ahi hi. Chin Hills ah Sub-division thum; Tedim,
Falam leh Hakha omin Tedim khawk pen zai penpen
hi. Tuahunin kumpi uliante ngaihsut leh upmawhna
ah Tedim khawk sung panin tangkam (Lingua
Franca) hong piang dingin lamen uhhi. Tuahangin,
J.H. Cope in 1913 kumin, Matthai bu teikhiat zawh
ding kipan pah ahi hi.
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1912 kumin, Cope
Topa I cih Rev. Dr.
Joseph
Herbert
Cope in, Sizang
awsuah tawh Zolai
hong bawlsak hi.
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1912 kumin Royal Asiatic Society cih kipawlna khat
kiphuan aa Royal Family mah in sum leh pai
(patron) sem pah hi. 1904 kum aa kampau leh lai
lam "Linguistic Survey of India" kici laibu khat a
gelh Dr. A. Gierson in makaipi sem ahi hi. Hih
kipawlna panin laibu leh thukizaknate hawmzel uh
aa, July 1912 kum aa abawl uh laibu sung pan laimai
647-663 kikal tengah, Zopau pen Zolai in
gelhkhiatciang, Kawllai Alphabet sangin Roman
Alphat zat ding kilawmzaw hi cih thu guang (gelh)
uhhi.
-
A kumkik 1913 ciang, awsuah awkaih kibanglo
Zomite sungah zattanglai ding bawlna leh kipsakna
kinei thei hi.
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1913 kumin, Cope Topa in, "Tual lai sintawmna bu"
cih laibu khat hong bawlsakin, Zolai akigelh ciilna a
masapen ahi hi.
(Hih hun lai-in, Mangtual lai kici hi.)
(2013 kum ciang, Zolai kum 100 cing ahi hi. 2002
kum ciang, Zotuallai pen kum 100 cing ahi hi.)
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1914 kumin, Zolai Sizang awsuah/awkaihin, la
dawng 24 apha laibu khat Cope Topa in hong
bawlsakin, tua pen Zomite ii neih masak penpen
laibu ahi hi.
Cope Topa in Biakna lam (Laisiangtho leh labu tampi) leh
Leitung lam (Gamlei thu/Geography, Nate' thu/Science,
Gannan bu/Mathamatics) te aa kipan, laisimbu adang
tuamtuam hong bawlsak hi.
-
1914 kumin, Cope Topa in laibu hong bawlsakin, a
sung aa Doxology pen, a nuai aa bang ahi hi.
Thupha khempiu hawng pia Topa, letung mihing a
minphat ta,
Vantung mi zong in Topapi, Jesu, Khangsiangtho minpha
hi.
- 1915 kumin, Cope Topa ii bawl;
Matthew Laisiangtho 4:1-3
"Atu ciangin, a doi mangpa je-et ding in, a
Khangshiangtho in Jesu gamlak ah, a pai pi hi. Ni sawmli
le' zan sawmli an ngawl aa a nungciangin, a gil hawng
kiel hi. A je-et pa in, hawng nai aa, Nang ma in Pashian
Tapa n' hi le' hi shuang te kho mun n' shuawksak in a cihi."
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1915 kumin, Matthew (Mate) Lasiangtho Zolai tawh
hong gelhsak hi.
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1918 kum ciang, La dawng 100 Zolai tawh hong
gelhsak leuleu hi.
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1919 kum, Kaukha (October kha) in, Zolai tawh
laihawm masak pen, "Tedim thu kizaakna lai (The
Chin Hills News)” ci-in, hong hawmkhia hi. Madras
khuapi, India pekpah khensakin Tedim, Zogam ah a
hawm ahi hi.
Editor pen Cope Topa mahin sem pah hi. Tua laihawm pen
Madra, India ah kikhen ahi hi.
Tua laihawmna sungah, “Tedim lai a thei kitampen ahih
man in, Tedim lai kigelh ahi hi” ci-in kigelh hi.
(laimal
leh
laigualte
puahphat):
Tedim
awsuah/awkaih, a thei kitam pen ahih man in,
“Zolai Tedim awsuah/awkaih zui in kigelh ahi hi."
ci-in, kigelh hi.
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Mikang kummpite leh Christian biakna makaite in,
Chin Hills ah Kawllai zatna tawm hu-ngaihin hong
en phawt uhhi. 1920-1921 kum pawl ciangin,
Educational Conference Thukimna ci-in Falam khua
ah khawmpi khat kinei hi. Tua laipan, Roman
Alphabet bang tawh Zolai phungvuh ding khentatna
om ahi hi. 1923 October 23 ni ciangin, Chin
Education Conference cih khat, Maymyo (Pyin Oo
Lwin) ah om leuleu hi. Tua panin Zolai tawh sanglai
simbu bawl ding thukimna hong om thei ahi hi.
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1923 kum ciangin, Zola dawng 283 hong gelhkhia
leuleu hi.
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1923 kumin, cope Topa ii gelh
Laisiangtho hong gelhkhiatsak hi.
Lungdamna
Zawhang Laisiangtho 3:22,28
"22: Tu a nungciangin, Zheishu in a nungzhui te tawh,
Zhuda gam ah pai uh leh tua san tak ah, a mau te tawh a
omkhawm a tui shung ah a phum uhhi. 28: Keimah in,
Khazhih kah hih kei hi, Khazhih mai ah hong paisak pa kah
hi, ken ka cihi."
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1923 kum Theino sihkha (November kha)ciang,
Cope Topa in, Zolai a bawlna hangin, kumpi in
"Kaisar I Hind (KIH)" cih pahtawina pia-in, Ngun
Medal ngah hi. (Kaisar cih pen German pau hi-in,
Ukpi acihna ahi hi. Hindi leh Urdu pau tawh
akhiatna-in "India gam ukpi" cihna ahi hi. Hih pen,
England kumpi ukna India gam sung aa, na thupi
semte pahtawina-in a kipia ahi hi.)
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1923 October 23 ni ciangin, Chin Education
Conference cih khat, Maymyo (Pyin Oo Lwin) ah om
leuleu hi. (1920-1921 lai-in Falam ah om ngei khin
hi.) Tua panin Zolai tawh sanglai simbu bawl ding
thukimna hong om thei ahi hi.
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1924 kum ciang, Tanbul sang (Primary school)
khempeuhah Zolai tawh sinsak ding, thukimna om
hi.
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(Hih kum panin, Kawllai ii hong deepna pan Zolai
hoih takin lim sinkik ding, ki-ngaihsunin, thupi kisa
tek hi.
1925 kum ciangin,
Education
Conference nih vei
a
kibawlsate
tungtawnin, Rev.
Cope pen kumpite
in
Honorary
Inspector
of
Schools za pia uh
aa, a ma bawlsa
laibute Chin HIlls sangte ah hong kizangh hi. Tua
kipanin, Zolai pen Roman Alphabet in hong kip
paisuak ahi hi.
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1925 kum mahin L.B.Naylor a cih, Zomilo namdang
khat in ”A practical handbook of chin Languages
(Siyin dialect)” cih khat bawl ngei-in kithei hi.
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1926 kumin, laihilh siate sin dingin, Leitung thu leh
Gamlei thu (Geography) te Zolai-in hong
gelhkhiatsak hi.
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1927 kum ciangin, 1926 kum aa laibu abawlsa pen,
hong puahphakik hi.
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1931 kum ciang zongh, 1926 aa laibu 1927 in a
phuahphat pen hong bawlpha lai hi.
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1931 kum mahin, Pu Thang Cin Kham (Tonzang), Pu
Cin Kho Gin (Ngennung), Pu Pau Za Dong (Lailui)
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leh Pu Sian Kho Cin (Mualbeem) te in Zotuallai na
puahpha uhhi.
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?? ?? kumin, siktawlai ah Zotuallai a ki-ngah
nadingin, Pu Thang Cin Kham (Tonzang), Pu Cin
Kho Gin (Ngennung), Pu Pau Za Dong (Lailui) leh
Pu Sian Kho Cin (Mualbeem) te Tongoo khua ah na
pai uhin, hong ki-ngahsak thei uhhi.
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1931 kumin, British and Foreign Bible Society
(kipawlna) pan, Zotuallai tawh, Mualtung thuhilhna
(Mathew Laisiangtho alian 5 na sung) na khen’khia
uh aa, dal 500 pha hi.
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Zotuallai, laimal (Alphabetic Script) tawh kisimin,
hong ki-ngah to aa laimal 57 hong pha hi. Tua mal 57
sung pan, 37 te, Lailung (Vonsonants leh Vowels) hiin, adang mal 20 te, Dawngtawi (Tone marks) ahi hi.
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1932 kum ciang, Laisiangtho thuciamthak bup, Zolai
tawh simtheih dingin, hong bawlkhia hi.
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1932-1977 kikal, laisiangtho puahphatna omloin
kizangh toto ahi hi.
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1935 kum Tangkha (June kha) ni 10 ni-in, Zolai
hangin, Colgate University pan, Zolai hong bawlsak
Cope Topa in Honorary Degree Doctor of Divinity
(D.D) ngah hi.
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1937 kum, India leh Burma (Myanmar) a kikhen
ciangin Zomite a tamzaw Burma (Myanmar) lamah
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kiom aa, atawmzaw deuh India gamah, Manipur leh
Mizogam sungah atam diakin kiom ahi hi.
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1939 kum, Tonzang khua, Zogam ah Roman Catholic
Mission kipan dingin, ukpi Pu Pum Za Mang’
thukimna tawh Roman Catholic in sang hong hi.
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1954 October 2 in, Tedim khuapi, Zogam ah Eugenie
Jane Andrina Henderson (Wife of George Meier)
pen nipi li sung taam hi. A mah pen, School of
Oriental and African Studies, University of London
ah Professor of Phonetics hi-in, Tedim a om khak
sung Zopau na lim kan mahmah hi. Siapi vul Za
Thang leh Rev. T. Hau Go (Sukte) tawh na kithuah
uhhi. Pu Hau Za Lian tung panin zongh Zopau
Teizang awsuah/awkaih na dong man ahi hi. Siapi
Vul Za Thang ii gelh "Dahpa thu (A Dahpa Story)"
leh Rev. T. Hau Go (Sukte) ii gelh "Khua Lei (The
Chin story of the origin of the Great Bear)" cih laibu
nih bulphuh-in, "Tiddim Chin a Descriptive Analysis
of Two Texts" a kici laibu khat 1965 kumin na
bawlkhiat hi.
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Japan gal khitciangin Tedim khawk leh Zogam sung
thu kizak theihna khatpen, Tedim pan aa kibawl
"Thu kituahna" lai kici aa, pawlpi thu lam ah pen
Tiddim Baptist Association –TBA pan "Lungvakna"
lai ahi hi. 1961-63 sung Yangon pan Pa S.B Khual Za
Kham leh Pa G.H. Gin Do Lian te in a khet uh nipi
kalsim thukizakna lai "Zomi Tangko" hi aa,
Myanmar sung leh India gam Manipur, Mizogam
dong ah kikhawm ahi hi. Mipi sung lai tawh
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nasepnate pen, Zozumpi dangte leh biakna kipawlna
lian dang tuamtuamte pan hi masaloin, Yangon aa
pilna sin Zomi sangnaupangte ii bawl "Hill Chin
Students' Union Annual Magazine" cihleh "Zomi
Zingsol, Zomi Magazine" kicite pan hizaw ahi hi.
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1964 kumin Dr. Marrison, (Linguistic Consultant,
BFBS) London ah a sem kimlai tawlkhat sung North
East India kampau thu a kan dingin Linguistic
Adviser, Bible Society of India & Ceylon min tawh
Shillong ah tung hi. Rev. Marrison in "A Report on
Bible Translation in North East India” kici a gelhna
sungah Tedim pau (Zopau- hih mun ah Tedim pau
ci-in zangh hi.) Manipur gamah a kizangh kampau
khat hi cih thu laimai 60 na ah a gelh hi.
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1965 kumin, Eugenie Jane Andrina Henderson (Wife
of George Meier), School of Oriental and African
Studies, University of London ah Professor of
Phonetics in, "Tiddim Chin a Descriptive Analysis of
Two Texts" a kici laibu khat English (Mikang/Mang)
lai tawh na bawlkhiat hi.
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1965 kumin Prof. Henderson in 1954 kum aa Zogam
ah a paina pan a theihna bangin "Tiddim Chin” kici
laibu, laimai 172 a pha Oxford University Press ah
khensak aa, London Oriental Series Volume 15 ci-in
kiciamteh hi.
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1965 kumin, Ono Toro a cih Zomilo namdang khat
in, "The Reconstruction of Proto Kuki Chin: Initial
consonants" a cih khat bawl ngei-in kithei hi.
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1967 kumin Bible Society of Burma in Thuciamthak
leh Late kigawm a khetciangin a tuamna sung lamah
The New Tastement & Psalms in Tiddim Chin ci-in
gelh hi. (Kam Hau dialect, Tiddim tua pan Tedim cih
bangin hong kithei phadiak aa Zomite in Zomi hihna
pulaak zawh semsem ciangin, Zomi, Zopau, Zolai
ahih zawk lam damdamin hong kitheih pih toto hi.)
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1969 kumin Manipur gam ah Tiddim Chin Cultural
Club kiphuan aa, India kumpi in Cultural Hall leh
Printing Press pia ahi hi. (Lai nasepna dingin
tampitak hong lem to pah hi.)
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1969 kumin India gam a om Zomite zat dingin
Christian Literature Centre, Guwahati in Tedim
Labu ci-in bu 1,000 khenkhia uhhi. U Maung U,
Executive Secretary, Burma Baptist Board of
Publication, Rangoon, thukimna tawh a kikhen hi
aa, a sungah ? India gam aa om Tiddim Chin te
ading cih thu tuang hi. Hih kum mahin Tedim Labu
Tonic Solfa tawh kibawl a masapen Kawlgamah
kikhen hi.
(Zomi cih min tawh leitang om vetloin Tedim
cih min tawh leitang na om hi. Tua ahih
manin, galpi nihna WW2 lai in, Tiddim cih
pen mitangin muh ding om aa Zomi cih
sangin Tedim cih kilim theihzawhi. WW2 vai
Indo Burma thu kigen simin Tiddim road cih
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pen helloh a phamawh den khat ahi hi. Tua
ahih manin, WW2 khit zawh leh, India leh
Myanmar in suahtakna ngah zawh pen Zomi
cih
sangin,
Tedim
cih
pen
hong
kitheihpihzawahi hi.)
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1970 April kha, Manipur gamah Sia Nok Swan Lian
in khasim thukizakna Tangko khen aa, Burma gam
(Myanmar) pua-ah Zolai tawh thukizakna a kikhen
masa hi pah ahi hi.
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1972 kum, United Bible Societies in New York pan a
khet uh ”A Book of a Thousand Tongues” kici laibupi
laimai 226 sungah nidanglai aa pau a kici theizel I
Zopau pen "Tedim Political Subdivision” sungah
tangkam (lingua- franca) ahi hi. India gam Manipur
gamah zongh Tedim minamte om uhhi ci-in na
kiciamteh hi. (Chin min tawh leitang a om manin
Chin in hong kitheih khak mah bangin, nidangin,
Tedim min tawh leitang a om tungtawn aa Zomite
pen, Tedim mi in kithei hi.)
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1972 kum mahin, Zogam ah, Pu Pum Za mang in
ukpi a sep ciang, Gamngai upa Pu Pau Cin Lian leh
Tonzang sang siapi Sia. Sein te ii panpihna tawh,
Kam Hau thukhunte laibu in bawlkhia uhhi. A hun
zui-in, Pu Hau Cin Khup in, hih thukhunte
puah/behlap hi. Thukhun sungah, khenpi 25 leh
khenneu 1453 om hi. Zolai bek thamloin, Kawllai
(Burmese) in zongh kibawlkhia ahi hi.
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1974 kumin Myanmar mahah 1969 kum aa labu pen
bu 4000 kikhenkik hi.
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1974 kum mahin, Sia. Kam Khaw Thang in
Laisiangtho Thuciamlui hong zo hi. Khetkhiat
nading pen Myanmar ah laidal hoihlo ahih manin
india ah kipuak hi. Sia. Khup Za Go in vaipuak la-aa,
Rev. G.K.Nang in zongh huh hi.
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1974 kum mahin, ZBC labu kici Khalkha (Haka),
Falam te tawh akibang aa solfa bulhin kikhen masa
hi.
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1975 kumin Siapi Vul Za Thang leh Sia Gin Za
Thawng in 1953 kum pek pan Zolai lam nasepzia
tuamtuam nei thei uhhi. "How to spell, pronounce
and learn Tiddim Chin words " ci-in, Chin – English
dictionary (Tiddim Chin) cih min tawh tongdot
bawlkhia uhhi. Hih tongdotbu pen, phonetics tawh a
kithuah masapen Zomite’ tongdotbu hi pah ahi hi.
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1975 kumin, India Manipur gam Lamka khua ah
”Tedim Chin Vernacular Golden Jubilee” kici pawipi
khat nasia takin kibawl hi. Mr. Holkhomang Haokip
(Haukip), Minister of State (Education), Govt. of
Manipur, Chief pen zinmangpi ahi hi. Tua pawipi
pen, 1925 kumin Zogam ah New Education Policy a
kizatciangin Kawllai teng kiphiat aa Zolai tawh lai
kisim pat kum pan, tua zawh kum sawmnga cinna
pawipi ahi hi. Hih pawipi tungtangin, Golden Jubilee
Souvenir kikhen aa, Zolai khantohna ding a hahkat
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phadiak Rev. J. H Cope, Sia J. Gin Za Tawng leh
Rev. Kam Khaw Thang te pahtawina puanlaisan khat
tek kipia ahi hi.
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1976 May 19 ni-in Rev. C. Arangaden,Associate
General Secretary (Translations), Bible Society of
India, Bangalore in Manipur gam Zomite lakah
Zopau pen tangkam (lingua franca) damdamin a
hong hih ding a upmawhna thu a gen hi. (Hih hun
aa, Tedim khua leh Tedim lampi/road hangin, ei
Zomite pen Tedimmi, I Zopau pen, Tedimpau in
hong kitheihpih mahmah aa, tua tungtawnin, Zomi
sungah zongh Tedimmi, Tedimpau cih vivein zatna
mun tampitak ah om toto hi.)
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1976 kum, Chin Baptist Association, Manipur in
Zolai tawh thukizakna ”Lungdamna Aw” kici pen,
Kawlgam, Vaigam (Myanmar/burma, India) mun
tuamtuamah kihawm kawikawi ahi hi.
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1977 kum ciangin, Laisiangtho bup puahphatna kinei
zoin, Laisiangtho kibawlkhia thakte ki-ngah hi.
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1977 kum, leitungbup Laisiangtho nasep kipawlna;
”United Bible Societies (UBS)” in a khet uh Tedim
laisiangtho bu 3500 kikhen aa, thuciamthak teng a
tuamin bu 3500 mah kikhen hi. (Tedim laisiangtho,
Tedim labu, Tedim pau, Tedim mi cih bang vivein
galpi 2 na khit aa kipan lim pai toh mahmah hi. Tua
ma pekin, Zomi, Zolam, Zo ngeina, Zothau, Zogam,
Zopuan, Zovak, Zoak, aksa- Zohuan, Zopau/Zokam,
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cbd... te a om sitset khin ahi hi. Namdangte in
Zogam hong bat zawh, a mau hong muh, hong
theihna bang tek un hong sapna uh tawh, Zomi I
hihna kimelh khial mang theizel hi. Gtn. Chin,
Tedim
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1979 kumin, David B. Solni a cih, Zomilo namdang
khat in, "Proto Tibeto Burma in Tiddim and Lushai"
cih khat bawl ngei-in kithei hi.
-
1979 kum aa kipan Tahan Tuiphum Pawlpi in
khasim thukizakna ”Awging” kici khenin hawmkhia
uhhi.
-
1979 kumin, India gamah 1969 kum aa labu kibawl
pen bu 8,000 kikhenkhiakik ahi hi.
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1980 kumin, lailam kipawlna Zomi Christian
Literature Society - ZCLS hong piangkhia hi.
Nipisang laisimbu, labute leh Laisiangtho khetkhiat
cihte nasepin nei pah hi.
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1981 kum aa kipanin Tonzang Township Baptist
Association in ”TTBA Tangko” kici kha nih simin
thukizakna Zolai tawh hawmkhia uhhi.
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1982 October 12 ni-in 1932 kum aa kikhen
Laisiangtho Thuciamthak a kiteipha leh Thucialui
teng a kigawm aa neih zawh kum sawmnga cin,
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pawipi Tedim Baptist Association - TBA makaihna
tawh Tedim khuapi, Zogam ah kibawl hi.
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1982 October 2, 30 leh 1 November 1982 in, Paite
Literature Society (PLS) leh Paite Tribe Council
(PTC, nidang aa PNC) baan ah, Khangno kipawlna;
Young Paite Association (YPA), Siamsin pawlpi
(SSPP) te tawh "I lai, I pau I zat kei aa leh, mi sila
kisuak thei hi" cih thulu tawh lailam kamkupna
lianpi nei thei uhhi.
Ni thum sung kikupna sungah, thu leh la tampi tak
kisung thei-in, ngaihsutna tampi kibehlap aa, tua
sung pan phasa/hoihsa-in kipsakna/thukimna nga
(5) (Five Resolutions) nei thei uhhi. Tua nga te' sung
pan khat pen, Zomi kicite (India lam beklo,
Burma/Myanmar lamte) tawh, lai malgawm zatzia,
lai gelhzia cihte kibatsak ding thupi-in mapan khop
ding hi cih kihel hi.
Paite Tribe Council (PTC) Constitution aa Paite pau
a cihte uh pen: Bukpi, Dapzal, Khotak, Lamzang,
Losau, Ngennung, Teizang, Tedim, Tuichiap, Val ,
cbd... ahi hi.
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1983 kum ciangin, Laisiangtho Thuciamthak kingahkik leuleu hi.
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1983 mahin, Bible Society of India in Laisiangtho
Thuciamlui leh Thuciamthak kigawm bu 10,000
thakhatin khenkhia aa, kum 4 sungin khawnggai
khin hi.
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1986 January ni 1 ni-in, Siyin Region Baptist
Association - SRBA taangin, Executive Secretary
Rev. Max Vai Pum in United Bible Society
Consultant ahi, Dr. Basil A.Rebera, Ph.D. leh Dr.
David J. Clark te tungah Sizang awsuah in
Laisiangtho bawl ding phalna ngen aa, ki-ngah ahi
hi.
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1983 October 15 in, YPA hall ah zingsang dak 10 in
lailam kikupna nei thei uhhi. Tua kikuupna
tungtawn panin, khentatna 3 om hi. Tua sung panin
khat pen, PNC headquater leh pawlpi tuamtuam
makaite kikhopna, Joint Meeting Thupuakna
Resolution No.2, dated Lamka 1st November 1982
zui-in, Manipur leh Mizoram aa om, Zomi kici,
Simte, Paite kici kikalte ah Common Alphabet ii
neihkhop ding lunggulhna om hi. Hih vai ah PLS
mah in palai sep dingin vaipuak la uhhi.
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1984 March 27 IST 6:30am /bST 7:30am in,
Liankhovung ii inn, Moreh ah India lam pan Paite
Literature Society (PLS), Burma/Myanmar lam pan
Zomi Christian Language Society (ZCLS) te in,
kimuhna nei thei uhhi. Hih hunin, tape ngiat tawh
awkhumna la uhhi ci-in, kiciamteh hi.
Kikupnate ah;
1. NIV lailetna thu etna,
2. Women of the New Testament thu,
3. Zolai gelhzia bu kikhupna leh
4. Thu tuamtuam kikupkhawmna – mailam ding
ngimkholhna leh adangdang cih bangin, nei uhhi.
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Hih atung aa teng pen, Moreh Resolution ci-in min
kivawh hi.
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1985 kumin India, Assam gam Guwahati khuapi
panin “Zo Aw” kici kha thum hal magazine kikhen
aa, 1987 dong kizomin kihawmkhia hi. India khuapi
khat pan aa Zolai magazine a kikhenmasa penpen hi
pah kha ding ahi hi.
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1986 March kha in Myanmar, Kalaymyo siksanin
Zomi Baptist Association in kha thum ciang khatvei
thukizakna “Pengkul” cih Zolai tawh hawmkhia
uhhi.
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1986 kumin 1969 kum aa labu (atung ah kigelh pen)
bu 10,000 kikhenkik hi.
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1986 kum mahin, Dr. Vum Son in “Zo History” kici
English lai in bawlkhia hi.
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1987 kum, India, Pune khuapi panin Zomi
sangnaupangte hanciamna tawh “Zomi – Chin
Sangnaupang Magazine” kici khenkhia hi.
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1987 kum mahin, India, Shillong panin
sangnaupangte leh galkapte hanciamna tawh
“Zolengthe magazine” kikhen khia hi. Hih bangin
laibu leh laihawm kibawl ngeingai phadiak hun hong
suakin, India, Myanmar gam nih ah, biakna leh leh
kipawlna tuamtuam pan hanciam tekin, adang tampi
zongh kibawl ahi hi.
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1987 kum mahin, India, Lamka pan Chin Students
Association makaihna tawh “Zoheisa” kikhen khia
hi. Zoheisa pen hanciam takin kizom toto hi.
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1988 kumin Zogam ah American Baptist Missionary
a sem nunungpen pa Rev. Robert G Johnson in
laimai 1320 a pha laibu khat bawl hi. Tua laibu
sungah Zogam ah missionary te leh pawlpi makaite
in a beisa hun aa lailam a sepna tangthute a kicing
takin kikhum hi.
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1988 kumin, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc.
(USA) in leitungbup aa kampau 6170 a kiciaptehna
laibupi “Ethnologic” kici khat khenkhia uhhi.
Myanmar sung aa om pau nam tuamtuamte thu a
kigenna laimai 439 sungah: United Bibles Societies
in 1984 kum aa Tedim kampau (Zopau) a zangh mi
1,00,000 pha ding hi cih thu leh Tedim pau (Zopau)
Tedim subdivision ah tangkam (lingua franca) ahi
hi, cih thu kigelh hi. Tua laibu sung mahah India
gam kam pau thu a kigenna laimai 466 sungah:
United Bible Societies in Tedim minam mihing
(Zomi) 1,00,000 pha ding hi, cih thu kigelhin, Tedim
pau (Zopau) pen tangkam (lingua franca) ahi hi cih
thu mah kigelh behkik ahi hi.
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1989 kumin, Peri Bhaskararao a cih, Zomilo
namdang khat in, "The process of Chimming in
Tiddim Chin" cih khat bawl ngei-in kithei hi.
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1990 kum panin, pawlpi pen ngaihsut ngeiloh zahin
hong khang hi. Tua panin, a baih aa ki-ngah labute
pen, a tuamtek in kikhenin lai gelhziate/lai
malgawmziate phenglen/deihbangin kigelh gawpta
hi. A baih aa kihawm thei laihawmte kibawlin, lai
malgawm kibang nawnlo tampi hong om semsem hi.
Hunte hong sawt tohtoh khit, pawlpi hatte in
Laisiangtho hong khen uh aa, tua panin, tampi tak
khuituah (guawmtuah)kik ding hong haksa semsem
ta hi. Tua pawlte laibu zat cih danin pai pian aa, zat
pih ding leh zat pihloh ding cih bangin hong paiciang
kikaaknate hong khang semsem hi.
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1993 April in, Yangon khuapi pan Momno laihawm
kipan khia hi. Tg. Vungh Za Pau in endikpi semin,
Tg. Pau Khat Suan, Tg. Go Sawm Khup, Tg. Gin
Khan Khai leh Tg. Thawng Cin Khai cihte tawh ma
hong pang khawm uhhi.
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1993 kum ciangin, Zolai simbu neih zawh kum 80
cing ahi hi. Khuado ciangin, “Zolai simbu kum 80
cinna 1913-1993 Souvenir, ZCLS” cih laibu khat
India pan kiteikhia ahi hi.
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1993 October 9 ni-in, Tedim Chin cultural Club leh
Zomi Christian Literature Society hanciamna tawh
Zomi Kumthak (Khuado-kumkhen)leh Zolai kum 80
cinna pawipi kibawl hi.
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1994 May 4 ni-in, Prof. C. Thang Za Tuan te' inn ah,
Rev. Dr. Kham Khan Khai (Sia Khaipi) ii ngaihsutna
tungtawnin, Zolai nasepna ding kimuhkhopna khat
om ahi hi. Tualai ah, inntekpa tawh Col. Kam Pum,
Rev. Thawng Za Mung, Rev. Thang Za Suan, Rev.
Jacom Kham Khan Mung, Prof. Nang Suan Kham,
Richard En Suan Gin, Pa Vung Lian Mang leh Pa Cin
Sian Mung cihte kihel thei ahi hi. Zolai masuan
pawlpanin, Zolai masawn pawl, ZOLUS ci-in tua
kimuhna tungtawn pan hong piangkhia ahi hi.
Kumsinin magazine te bawl aa, Zolai zuunna
tuamtuam leh pawi tuamtuamte a hunzui-in bawl
ahi hi.
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1994 October 2(Sunday) in, Zingsol laihawm kipan
hi. Tua hunin logo pen khut tawh kisuai tawm ngiat
hi. Laihawmte pen siktawlai tawh kikhenin, carbon
paper tawh ki copy hi. Hawm khatciang pek 2
(2Ks/Myanmar sum) in ki-ngahsak hi. kipatkhiat
zawh ding, kamkupna pen Suai-Pyi-Aye Hotel ah nei
uhhi. Hih hunin pen, Mandalay khua sung aa om
Zomite thu kizakna ciang ahi hi.
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1995 kumin, Zomi Baptist Convention of Myanmar –
ZBCM in ZBCM laitai cih thu kizakna khat lai-in
hawmkhia uh ahi hi.
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1996 kum ciangin, ZBCM ii laihawm pen Zomi
Khristian Aw – ZOMKA ci-in laih uhhi.
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1996 kumin, Peri bhaskararao a cih, Zomilo
namdang khat in, “Computerized Lexical Database
of Tiddim Chin and Lushai” cih khat bawl ngei-in
kithei hi. (1989 kumin Zopau pen tampitak mah na
kankhia hi. Hih hunin, Tiddim cih vive tawh hong
kilim theihzaw ahi hi.)
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1996/7 kumin, Zomi Christian Literature Society –
ZCLS ah secretly sem Rev. Khoi Lam Thang ii
hanciamna tawh Cope topa ii laihawm lui khempeuh
kankik aa nuamtak a kisimkik thei dingin laibu aa
hoih tak bawl phakik hi.
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1996-1998 kikal University te kikhakin, Zolai tawh
nasepna tampi takte zop suak ding haksatna hong
om hi. Gtn. Zingsol, Momno
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1998 kumin, weera Ostapirat a cih, Zomilo namdang
khat in, “Tiddim Chin tones in historical
perspective” cih khat bawl ngei-in kithei hi.
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1999 kum ciangin, Zomi Christian Literature Society
- ZCLS ii puahphat ZBC labu kihawm pha hi.
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1999 April 18 in, Zomi Christian Literature Society
(ZCLS) in Kalay myo (Kawlpi Tuiphum pawlpi
biakinnpi) ah Zolai tawh laibu tam bawl pen cih min
in Rev. Job Nang Khua Thawng (Job Thawngno)
pahtawina pia uhhi. Hih pen, Zolai simbu kum 85
cin pawi tawh kituak ahi hi. Hih hun in, laibu a bawl
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zah pen bu 20 pha hi. Octorber 17, 2013 ciang, Rev.
Job Nang Khua Thawng (Job Thawngno) ii lai
nasepna kum 25 cing aa bu 100 val bawl khia khin zo
in, copies tul val kihawmkhia hi.
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1999 April 24 in, Zomi Momno kum 6 cin kikhop leh
laisiamte pahtawina om ahi hi. Tualai ah Col. Kam
Pum zongh kihel thei hi.
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2000 November ni 5 ni-in, Yangon Siyin Baptist
Church - YSBC Biakinnpi ah Sizang awsuah
Laisiangtho Thuciamthak apna kinei hi.
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2000 April 13 in, yahoo tungtawnin, emailgroup
hong piang, Zonet akici
[email protected]
pen, mipi adingin groupmails tampi tak a om lak
pan, zat tangzai masapen khat hong suak hi.
Tua akihong masak kha (akihon tung) in Zolai tawh
kikhen aa kikhah pen 4 vei omin, a kik ciang, 17 vei
om aa, a November kha ciang 115 vei om hi. Tuate
khitciang, khasim in, 300 pan 700, 800 kikal zah vei
ta bang, Zolai pen huih lak ah leitung mun
tuamtuam pan, kikhahkhia ziahziah hi. (khat veivei
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kha khat sung bekbekin, 900 vei zongh a val hun om
thei lai hi.)
Khat vei kikhah pen, a thuk (a dawng)kik 4 leh 5 om
thei in, thulu pawlkhat te, 10 val bang om thei lai
ahih manin, 500 vei kikhah cihna sung pan, a thuk
(a dawng) kik te’ khahkhiat kisimlo hilai ahi hi.
Hih Zonet kihon ma-in, a dang zongh pawlkhat na
om khinin, mipi taangpi ii theihpihna tawm leh
ahang tuamtuam tawh a zomsuak taktak mel omlo
cih bang hong suak hi.
Hih Zonet kihon khit in, a dang zongh tampi hong
om toto-in, mipi taangpi ii theihpih leh noptuam
pih, tampi tak hong om ta hi.
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2002 July kha in Kalaymyo, Myanmar pan Sia.
Thang Sian Kham leh minam vei pawlkhatte’
hanciamna tawh “Zo Aw” ci-in thukzakna
kiphuankhia hi.
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2003 February ni 14 ni-in Myanmar Bible Society ah
Sizang awsuah Laisiangtho Thuciamlui pen Sya Pyi
Sone tungah computer disc in ki-aap thei hi.
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2006 February ciangin, Myanmar gam uk lamte leh
thu tuamtuam hang tawh “Zo Aw” laihawm nasepna
kidin khawl hi.
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2006 October 21 ciangin, a kikhawlsak “Zo Aw”
nasemte’ sung pan Sia. Thang Sian Kham in,
“Tongsan” cih tawh kalsim thukizakna tawhlai
nasepna kuhkal takin zomkik hi.
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2007 kumin, Tg. Tual Khan Khai (Thomas Khaipi)
hanciam na tawh internet laimai (website)
www.zodictionary.com kipan thei ahi hi. Internet
tungtawn panin, English pan Zolai kammal
khiatnate baih takin ki-en (kilet) thei ding aa kibawl
ahi hi. 2013 kum ciang, hih internet online
Zodictionary sungah Zolai kammal 32487 kiguang zo
hi.
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2007
September
in, Tg. Khen
Solomon,
Cinpu (Will
Computer
Center) leh
alawm agual
uh
ahuh
pawlkhat teng ii hanciamna tawh Electronic data
interchange (EDI) in computer sungah Zolai aa
Laisiangtho buppi guang zo uhhi. Hih hunin, app
tawh hilo aa a Laisiangtho mahmahin (EXE),
December kha ciangin a ki-ngah thei ding aa hong
bawlkhia uh ahi hi. WillSOL Tedim Laisiangtho
1.0.1.3 hi in, Judson Burmese Bible leh KJV cihte
zongh kigawmkhawm ahi hi.
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2008 kumin, Dr. Langh Khai in, “ZoTimes/Zomi
Times” cih tawh lai nasepna kipan ahi hi.
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2008 July-October ciang, Zingsol laihawm te’
hanciamna tawh Journal Size (Avom leh akang mel)
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tawh laimai 4 pha-in Myanmar gambup ah
hawmkhia hi.
(Journal size in Zolai tawh Myanmar gam sungah a
kihawmkhia masapen hong suak hi.)
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2008 Oct 31 – Nov 2 ni sungin, Tedim khuapi,
Myoma veng aa Bethel Assembly of God –BAG
biakinnpi ah Cope topa’ Zogam tun zawh kum 98
cinna pawipi nopcitakin kibawl aa “Pasian aw, Na’
nasepna adingin hong siahsuahin” cih Joel. 2:16-17
kibulphuh hi.
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2009 February ciangin, Tg. Khen Solomon leh Cinpu
(Will Computer Center) te in mobile phone Symbian
OS te ah Zolai tawh Laisiangtho sim theih dingin app
ki-ngahsak uhhi.
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2009 March ciangin, tua Zingsol Journal pen colour
tawh kihawmkhia zo hi.
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2009 June ciang, Zingsol in English Issue (laimai 16,
Legal Half) in Siamsin sungah hawmkhia hi.
(Myanmar gam sung Zomi Siamsin Kipawlna ah
English tawh laihawm a masapen hipah ahi hi.) Ahi
zongin, zopsuak ding haksatna tuamtuam tawh hong
haksa ahi hi.
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2010 April 2 ni-in, Zolai Masawn Pawl (Zomi
Literature Uplift Society - ZOLUS) in ZOLUS Award
piakna pawipi khat bawl ahi hi.
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2010 October 9 ni-in, Cope topa Zogam hong tun
zawh kum za cinna "Cope Centennial Jubliee - CCJ"
pawipi USA, Oklahoma gamke Tulsa khuapi ah Zomi
Innkuan USA makaihna tawh nopci takin kibawl hi.
2010 November 20-28 in, Zolai hong bawlsak leh
Gupkhiatna thu hong puak Cope Topa kici, Rev.Dr.
Joseph Herbert Cope Tedim khaupi Zogam ah hong
tun zawh, kum za cinna pawlpi nopci takin kibawl hi.
(CCJC kici-in, Zomite tuntunna gam tek ah a
kibawlzo zahzahin kibawl ngeingai tek hi. US gam
sung bekbek ah zongh, a mun a phual zui in,
kipawlna tuamtuamte in bawl ngeingai uhhi.)
Hih sung pan Tulsa aa Zomi Innkuan USA te ii
makaihna tawh kibawlna ah Cope Topa tanute kihel
thei uhhi. Tua bek thamloin, Tulsa newspaper ah hih
pawi lianpi bawlna thu kisuaksak ahi hi.
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2010 November 25-28 in, Cope Centennial Jubilee
Celebration (CCJC) pawipi ah a masapen, Zomi
Electronic Dictionary (ZED) apna leh zuakkhiatna
kinei thei hi. Zat tangzang setvan tongdot hi-in,
English, Burmese leh Zolai cihte ii akhiatnate
letkhiatna ahi hi.
-
2011 January kha panin, Momno laihawm pen A3
size tawh a khong mahin kihawmkhia hi. Dal li,
laimai giat pha-in, khakhat khatvei kihawm khia hi.
-
2011 March 18 ni-in Zokam Laisiangtho (Zokam
International Version - ZIV) ci-in, smart phone te ah
YouVersion app base in, Zokam cih tawh Zolai in ki-
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ngahsak thei hi. Mobile pan ahilo, internet ngiat pan
zongh a kisim thei dingin, YOUVERSION
(Laisiangtho bup) leh BIBL.is a cihna ah ki-ngah thei
ahi hi. Hih sung aa Zolaite pen Dr.H.Gin En Cin ii
gelh ahi hi.
-
2011 June 2 ni-in, Zotuallai tawh computer ah lai
kikhen thei ta hi. Pu Nang Khan Ngin leh Pi Dim
Khawm Cing, Muallum khuami ii tapa Sia. Gin Suan
Lian in bawlkhia aa pahtawina laipi Laipian phungpi
pan kipia hi.
Nuamtakin
Zotuallaitawh
computer ah
lai a kikhet
theih
khitciangin,
Zomite lakam
cih thulu
tawh Sia Ngul Suan Lian M.Sc (Maths) in laibuno
khat Zotuallai zangh in hong bawlkhia pah hi. Tua
laibute pen a (65) veina Laipian Laisang kikhopna
Phai khua panin kihawmkhia ahi hi. Tua
bekthamloin, Laipian Pasian thubu bu 500 zongh
Laipian phungpi pan kikhenkhia pah ahi hi.
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2012 February-March kha ciangin, Myanmar
(Kawlgam) bup journal dang tuamtuamte mah tawh
akibangin, Momno pen journal size full colour tawh
hong kibawl khia hi.
-
2012 April kha ciang, Yangon ah Zo ngeina Sialsawm
pawi in, Rev. Dr. Go Cin Zam (Go Chin Zam) in
Momno journal apna hoih takin neihsak thei hi.
-
2012 April 11 in, India lam Zomi Council (ZC) pan
aa, kikipsak Zomi Language & Literature Society
(ZOLLS) cih lailam kipawlna hong piangkhia hi.
Zomi Reunification Organization (ZRO) ii makaihna
tawh ZRO phualpi Muvanlai Camp aa kinei,
"Muvanlai Consultative Meeting- 2011" tungtawn
pan, thukimna tawh khentatna ahi hi.
-
2012 August khapat lamin, Zomi Electronic
Dictionary (ZED), a 2 veina ki-ngahkik leuleu hi. Hih
ciangin, nam nihin kibawl hi. Zomi Model ci-in,
Myanmar sum Ks 50,000 man in, US$ 80 tawh kingahsak hi. Anam dang khat pen e520 Model ci-in,
Ks 75,000 man aa US$ 100 man in ki-ngah thei hi.
Leitung mun tuamtuam ah ki-ngahsak kawikawi zo
hi.
-
2012 October 17 ni-in, ei leh ei, Computer pan Zolai I
kisin theih na ding, Tg. Cin Suan Kap- Kappu (Zomi
Siansin Kipawlna lungtangpi lui) ii hanciamna tawh
Zolai sinna Computer Software (ZCS) kibawlkhia-in,
Zolai sinna Computer Software masapen hipah hi.
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2012 November kha in, Internet pan van zuakna
khat Zomite in kinei hi. Hih sumbuk pen
www.sumbuk.org ahi hi. Carey Pum Khan Tuang –
Suante ii nasepna ahi hi. Zomite’ laibu tuamtuam,
lakhui tuamtuamte leh Zo ngeina van, niikten
puansilhte ki-ngah thei ahi hi. Laibu zuakzia
kikhelna khat hong suak ahi hi.
(note: online ah kiptakin nasep suak ding pen haksa
mahmah ahih manin, hih laibu nasim hun ciang, a
link pen ki-ngah laithei, ki-ngah nawnlo thei ahhi.)
Note: a zuak ding leh a lei ding a 2 in haksa ahih
manin, kha 10 khitciangin, khawlkik ahi hi.
-
2012 November 3 ni-in, “India gam Manipur State,
Imphal khuapi aa teng Pi Mawi Thang Kim - GBA in
Gangte awsuah lai malgawm tawh Laisiangtho
buppi, a khutin gelhkhia zo hi” cih internet laimaite
pan kitangko hi.
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2012 November 6 ni-in, Australia gam, Melbourne
khuapi aa Victorian School of Languages (VSL)
sangpi ah Zolai kisin thei ta hi. Hih sang ah pau nam
40 val (tua lakah Zolai/Zopau zongh kihelin) kisin aa
sangkah naupang 13,000 val kumsim in om den hi.
Sang naupang sung pan, Zolai sinnuamte in sin kha
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uh ahi hi. Hih sang pen 1935 kum aa kipan hi-in,
gam kumpi panpih sang khat ahi hi.
-
2012 November 7 ni-in, Zomi Association USA
(ZAUS) ii Education Department makai Tg. Lum L.
Thang ii hanciamna tawh United States gam Oregon
State, Portland High School te ah, Zolai pen second
language khatin kisang hi.
-
2012 November 17 ni ciangin Centennial High
School ah sang naupangte credit ngah theih na
dingin sitna kibawl hi.
-
2013 January 15 ni-in, Tg.
Tual Khan Khai (Thomas
Khaipi) in leitung khantohna
tawh kituakin, Android kici,
Mobile phone platform nam
khat pan Zodict min pia-in
English-Zolai dictionary app
khat, amawkna in ngah theih
nading, hong bawlkhia hi.
Amah pen, Applied Science
University,
Hamburg,
Germany pan Computer
science sinin, Software Engineer khat ahi hi.
Hih akibawl zawh, nipi 2 sung in, ala/azangh (a
download) pen 3600 val om ahi hi.
Hih bangin app akibawlkhiat ma, internet ah,
internet laimai (website) www.zodictionary.com pen
2007 kumin kipan ahi hi. Internet tungtawn panin,
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English pan Zolai kammal khiatnate baih takin kien
thei ding aa kibawl ahi hi.
2013 kum ciang, hih internet online zodictionary
sungah Zolai kammal 32487 kiguang zo ahi hi.
(Falam, Khalkha/Hakha te ading zongh bawlsak ahi
hi.)
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2013 February kha, Zomi
Nampi Ni madeuh in, Tg.
Khen Solomon leh Cinpu
(Will Computer Center) te
in mobile phone iOS
(iPhone) te ah Zolai tawh
Laisiangtho
sim
theih
dingin app ki-ngahsak
uhhi.
Mobile
phone
(iPhone) bek thamloin,
iPad, iPod te ah zongh kingah ahi hi. Laisiangtho
Zolai in Tedim awsuah,
Sizang awsuah, Paite awsuah, Falam pau, Hakha
pau, Mizo pau cihte leh a dang tampitakin a ki-ngah
thei ding aa kikoih khawm ahi hi. Internet laimai
www.laisiangtho.com ah Zolai in a kibawlsa Tedim
Laisiangtho, Myanmar Bible Judson, Det Norsk
Bibelselskap (Danish lai), King James Version cihte
leh Young’s Literal Translation cihte ki-ngah thei ahi
hi.
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2013 May 26 ni-in, Kalaymyo Emmanuel Baptist
Church (Biakinn) leh Emmanuel Theological
Seminary (Laisiangtho sanginn) ah Christ thu hong
puak leh Zolai hong bawlsak Cope Topa phawkna aa
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Laisiangtho bu,
kihawmkhia hi.
bu
tulsawm
a
mawkna-in
-
2013 May 31 ni-in, Tedim
Bible
cih
min
tawh
Laisiangtho (app) pen Zolai in
leitung
khantohna
tawh
kituak aa smart mobile phone
(Android OS) te ah amawknain ngah theih ding aa Tg. Cing
Sian Dal in Yangon khupia,
Myanmar
panin
hong
bawlkhia hi.
-
2013 July 24 ni aa kipan, Zomi National Congress –
ZNC pan Myanmar kumpi hangin a min kilaih, Zomi
Congress for Democracy –ZCD in khasim laihawm
kipan aa “Voice of Zomi” kici hi.
-
2013 July kha ciangin, Febraury 2006 kum aa a
hang tuamtuam tawh a din khawl, “Zo Aw” pen
Yangon bulphuhin kipan kik ahi hi.
2013 July 5 ni-in, Tulsa Oklahoma, USA ah Zo
ngeina puante kisilh zihziahin, Zomi Innkuan USA
(ZIUSA) ii makaihna tawh Zolai kum 100 cin pawipi
nopcitak aa kibawl thei hi. Tulsa khua aa om, Full
Gospel Aseembly (FGA) biakinnpi kizangh ahi hi.
(ZIUSA in 2013 kum pen, Zolai kum ci ngiatin thulu
pia uhhi.)
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2013 August 31 ni-in, Thailand gam, Maela Camp
kicihna mun khat aa om Zomi Christian Fellowship
Church (ZCFC - biakinnpi) ah Zomi Association
Thailand – ZAT ii makaihna tawh Zolai kum 100
cinna pawipi kibawl ahi hi. Hih pawipi ah namdang
tampite in zongh hong uap uhin, Sia Khun Oh
(General Secretary of National Democratic Front NDF) zongh thugen hun kipia hi. Kawlpau in zongh,
Zolai leh Zomi tangthu theihhuaite a tomkimcing
takin genciannate kinei thei aa thupi mahmah ahi hi.
-
2013 October 17-18 hun sungin, Pinlong Tuiphum
Pawlpi, KZBA, Kalaymyo, Myanmar ah, Zomi
Association for Christian communication – ZACC ii
hanciamna tawh “Zolai Revival” cih khawmpi bawl
dingin pawi committee tetung kiza ahi hi. (Hih
pawipi kibawlma, programme kitheihkhitin, hih
laibu kibawlkhia ahi hi.)
17th Oct
Rev. Cin Do Piang (Asst Secretary, ZACC) in
hun ukin,
“Zolai thupipen hi” cih tawh thutawh kinialna
(debate) neih ding,
Rev. Job Nang Khaw Thawng (Church Pastor,
Tahan Baptist Church) in hunzat ding cihte
18th Oct
Rev. Go Mun Thang (President, ZACC)
Rev. dr. Gin Khan Khual (GS, ZBCM)
cihbangin gelna om aa nitaksim in lasakna
pawipi tawh kop ding cih ahi hi. Zolai ii
manphatna leh lai ii thupinate bulphuh
mahmah ding cih ahi hi.
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2013 October 30- November 3 hun sungin, Tahan
Tuiphum Pawlpi, Kalaymyo, Myanmar ah Zomi
Christian Literature – ZCLS ii hanciamna tawh Zolai
kum 100 cin lungdam kohna bawl ding thu pawi
vaihawmte tung pan kiza ahi hi. (Hih pawipi
kibawlma, programme kitheihkhitin, hih laibu
kibawlkhia ahi hi.)
Prof.Rev. S.Pau Khan En in hih pawipi ading
thubulphuh
“Puahkawm,
Zunkawmin
Mainawt khawm ni (Jer. 1:10; 29:11)” tawh
kizui-in thugenna nei ding hi.
Rev.Khoi Lam Thang in “Zolai hong
piankhiatna leh a khantohzia”,
Rev.Dr. JM.Ngul Khan Pau in “A kikhenthang
Zomite’ dinmun leh mailam”,
Dr. Hau Za Cin in “Tuhun nate (Science)” leh
“Khantohzia leh khangno”
cihte hi-in, lutman pen Ks.3,000 nget dingin
kivaihawm ahi hi. Mi phazah ding pen 400 ciin kiciangtan ahi hi.
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Zolai Khanggui
Zolai hong piankhiatna leh a khantohzia
(Subtitles version)
Zomite in lai mansuahin, neikik veve
Zomite’ I Lai Neih Masakna pen, khangluite genna
kamlengsawnte ah “Zomite in nidang hun sawtpi lai pekin,
lai kinei ngei khin hi” ci-in gen uhhi. Tua lai pen savun
tungah a kigelh hi aa, Go Cin in tua savunlai nisa-ah a pho
leh ui-in na neksak hi. Tua aa kipan, Zomite in lai a kinei
nawnlo hi ci-in gen uhhi.
Lai kigelhna savun (Savunlai), uiin a neksak khit, lai I neih
nawnloh aa kipan 1900 ciang
dong,
suangpeek
tung
leh
singpeek tung cihte ah limsuai
tawm aa, lai bangin na zangh uh
ahi hi. Hih limsuaih lai pen,
mualsuang gelhna-in na zangh
phadeuh uh ahi hi.
Gtn.
Sabenna,
samanna,
sagawhna, laamsaai na cih dan a
tuamtuamte ciaptehna leh lakna Mualsuang tung aa lim kisuai
dingin na limzat phadiak uhhi.
(Hih hun in, lai at kicilo, lai gelh zongh kicilo aa, laisuai kici
hi cihbang danin a thei kha kiom hi.)
Computer, phone cihte pen Zomite in nidang aa nei
ngailo ahih manin, Zopau ah “Computer, Phone” cih
namdang pau kizangh hi. Ahi zongin, “Lai” cih pen,
Zomite in nidang aa nei ngai khin ahih manin,
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Zopau ah “Lai” cih ding pen “Computer, Phone”
cihdan aa namdangte’ pau kawm/zatpih kullo ahi hi.
Laipianpa’ suahna leh ten'na
1895 kum Tunnkha (December kha) in, Tedim khuapi ah
Pu Khan Lian leh Pi Cing Zam te' sungpan Pu Pau Cin Hau
hong suakkhia hi. Unau giat pha-in, Pu Pau Cin Hau pen, a
li na hi aa, Rev. Hau Go ii pano ahi hi. Pu ii khan sungin,
Tedim khuapi ah teeng uhin, British te in, gam hong keek
uh ciang, Lailui khua ah, na tai uhhi. Tua khitciangin,
Mualbeem khua ah na kituah uhhi.
Laipianpa’ neulai thu tawm
Aneu aa kipanin, kum 15 a phaak
dong, kum zawnin, khanglui ngeina,
biak theih khempeuh bia-in, kithoih
aa a om hang' in phatuam zo tuanlo
ahi hi. Tua ciangin, a lungkia aa
kisih bawl dingin, thau khat tawh
khuanawl lam pai khia hi.
Khuanawl a tun ciang, sakhi khat
mu dihdih aa, a kap leh kha pahin, a
Laipian Pa, Pu. Pau Cin Hau
mah leh a mah a kithat nading
thautang om nawnlo hi. Tuatakteh, kisih bawl nawnloin
sakhi luang khat tawh inn lam ciahkik ahi hi.
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Laipianpa’ mangmuhna thu
Tuakhit (kisihbawl sawm khit) lam aa kipan, mangmuzelzel
in, Pasian (Laipian) in "van leh lei abawl, kei mah, Pasian
hong bia inla, damna hong ngenin, damna kong pia ding
hi." cihi. Acih mahbangin, a nget leh dam takpi hi. Tuabek
thamloin, cina midangte' ading zongh, a ngetsakte tampi in
damna ngah kha uhhi.
Laipian biakna hong kipatzia
Tuahun laitakin, Tedim khuapi ah, Pi Nuam Dim akici
kamsang khat a om hi. Pasian (Laipian) in, a ma tungah,
"Ka thu a zeekkhia dingin, Pau Cin Hau, ka teel hi." ci-in
gen hi. Tua panin, Pau Cin Hau biakna (Laipian biakna)
hong kipan ahi hi. Hih biakna pen, Khamtungbupah
manlang tak aa, hun tomno sungin hong kizeel pah hi.
Zomi sungah Pasian a tamh/tap masa
Pu Pau Cin Hau in, a tapa, a upa pen, Pasian tamh/tap
sakin, Tg. Sian Khaw Cin ci aa na phuak hi. (Zomite' sungah
Pasian a tamh/tap masapen hipah kha ding hi.)
Zotuallai hong piankhiatna
1899 kumin, Pasian (Laipian) in, Pu Pau Cin Hau tung,
kum nih sung mang na musak aa thu leh lai na hilh hi. 1902
kum ciangin, sim theih dingin, lai tawh hong bawlkhia hi.
Lai hong mukhia, hong bawlkhia ahih manin, Laipianna pa,
Laipianpa Pau Cin Hau ci-in kithei ahi hi.
(2002 kum ciang, Zotuallai, kum 100 cing ahi hi. Zolai
pen 2013 ciang kum 100 cing ahi hi.)
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Zolai hong bawlsak Cope Topa tangthu tawm
1882 kum Theino
sihkha (November
kha)
21
ni-in,
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, USA
ah suak hi. 1899
kum
ciang
tui
kiphum hi. 1904
kum
ciang,
Cope topa te nupa
Rochester
Theological Seminary pan B.D. (Bachelor of Divinity)
ngahin, tua kum Phalkha (July kha) in, Ordination kipia hi.
1908 kum Nokha (September kha) ni 3 ni ciang, Elizabeth
Coldwel Smith tawh pumkhat suak uhhi. Tapa 3: Joseph
Howard Cope, Harry Cope leh Appleton Danforth Cope te
nei uhhi.
Zogam ah Kawllai hong tunna
Zogam ah sangmangte na hong sep uh ciang, lailo tawh
mabaan zom theilo uhhi. Tua ahih manin, Kawllai hilh ding
aa, Kayin (Karen) gam pan, khuasak ah 1904 kumin, Sia
Shwe San hong koih/hong puak uhhi. Tuazawh kum khat
sungin, Kawllai asim theita kiom hi.
Pu Hau Cin Khup in Tedim khuapi aa zumh ah, akah ciang,
tua Kawllai sim theite mu in, thupisa mahmah ahi hi. Tua
panin, Vuandokpa kiangah, Tonzang khuapi ah Kawllai hilh
ding, sia, na ngen pah hi. Vuandokpa in zongh, "A sanginn
ding leh sia inn ding na lam inla, na man ciang, a hilh (sia)
ding hong vaihawm ning" ci-in dawngkik hi. Acih bangin, a
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zawh khitciang, genkik pah hi. Tua ciangin, Vuandokpa in,
Rev.Cope kuppihin, Sia Po Ko Tonzang khuapi ah paisak
hi.
Rev. Dr. Joseph Herbert Cope, Zogam hong tunna
1908 kum Tunnkha (December kha) 21 ni-in, Khalkhatung
hi. Sangmang Carson sih tawh kituak ahih manin,
mundang pai pahlo aa Khalkha ah kum 2 sung na om hi.
1910 kum Theino sihkha (November kha), ni 1 ni ciangin
Tedim khuapi ah hong tung ahi hi.
Zogam ah sang om masapen
Hih pen, 1905 kum ahi hi. Hih hunin, Khuasak khua leh
Tonzang khuapi ah, kivaihawm hi-in, Khamtung gam
(Zogam) bupah, Sang (Sanginn) om masapen hi ding hi.
Sanghon tuungin, sangnaupang 40 bang pha aa, kumbei
lam ciang 70 kiim phato hi.
A masapen Zolai simbu
1913 kumin, Cope topa in, Zolai sinbu hong bawlsak thei hi.
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Zomite’ Labu (Laibu) masate
Tedim
labu
pen, laibu in a
kibawl nihna
ahi hi. A kibawl
masapenin,
1913 kum aa
kibawl
"Lai
Shim Bu (Chin
Primer in the
Tiddim
Dialect) " hi aa 1913 kumin American Baptist Mission Press,
Rangoon pan kibawlkhia ahi hi.
Laibu nihna pen labu ahi hi. Tedim labu pen 1914 kum
ciang hi-in laimai 29 pha hi. Laibu mai aa zon-olna cih
zongh omlo hi. Laibu min pen "La Bu" kici ziau hi.
A thumna laibu pen labu mah hi-in, "Tedim La Bu" kici hi.
Lai malgawmte tampi kipuah hi. Gtn. bu masa ah
Shiangtho cih pen, bu nihna ciang Siangtho kici hi. Pashian
cih malgawm pen Pasian kicito ta hi.
A lina laibu pen Sia S.T.Hau Go in a lunggulhna panin
1946-48 sungin kibawl aa, Sia S.T.Hau Go mahin sem pah
hi. July 23, 1948 in zo aa, Baptist Board of Publications,
Rangoon pan 1949 in khenkhia hi. La dawng 295 om ahi hi.
Bu 1 na leh 2 na ah Jesu cih lai malgawm pen Zeisu ci-in bu
3 na pan kilaih hi.
A nga veina laibu pen Baptist Board of Publications,
Rangoon pan 1959 kumin kibawl ahi hi. La dawng 295 pha
aa laimai 328 ahi hi. Zon-olna omlo hi. Laisiangtho
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kidawng zongh kihel hi. Bu tul 4 kikhen khia-in a tuamna
tungah "Tedim La Bu (Tiddim Hymn Book)" kici hi. Tua
Pasian phatna labu sung aa banglianin sawtveipi kizangh
suaksuak ahi hi. Tua laibu mah 1959 ciangin kibawlkhia
phakik ahi hi.
Tua zomah 1963 ciangin Baptist Board of Publications,
Rangoon pan Rev. Dr. Kam Khaw Thang in tua laibu pen
behlapna tawh hong bawlkhia hi. La dawng 20 behlapin la
dawng 315 pha hi. Laisiangtho kidawng zongh om aa, Zonolna zongh omta-in, laimai 366 pha ahi hi. Tua labu
tungah, Sia Kam Khaw Thang min leh puahphatna thute
kisuaksaklo ahih manin, a beisa aa laibu a kihawmkik
(reprint) mah asasa tampi kiom hi.
A zomah Tedim La Bu (Nambat 6) cih tawh Baptist Board
of Publications, Rangoon thukimna pan 1963 kum ciangin,
Manipur gam, India aa Chin Baptist Association ngetna
bangmahin, CBCNEI tangin Christian Literature Centre,
Guwahati pan bu tulkhat bawl ding kikhensat hi. Tua
laitakin, Guwahati ah, Rev. Khup Za Go M.A. a kah laitak
hi-in, vaipuak kipia pah ahi hi. Hih laibu tungah nambat 7
kituangsak hi. CBA upate in, vaipuakla mitkhamman ci-in
sumpia uh aa a laihuanna ding sum kisap tawh kisilian ahih
manin, lungdamna lianpi tawh a sang hi.
Tuakhitciangin, Tedim Baptist Association - TBA thukimna
tawh Tiddim Baptist Christian Endeavour Union - TBCEU
in Tonic Solfa tawh a kibulh Tedim labu hong bawlkhia
uhhi. May 14, 1969 in kizo siang hi. Ahi zongin, 1974
(kicianlo ??) in tua laibu kikhenkhia zo pan ahi hi. Hih
laibu thugenna ciang a ngavei kibawlna kici ahi hi. (A
kipuahpha leh a kiphuahphalo, a kibehlap leh a kibehlaplo
tungtawnin, laibu bawlte ii nambat sim dan kibanglo
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hikha ding hi.) Labu 7 vei a kibawlna cih theih zongh ahi hi.
Banghanghiam cihleh 1963 kum aa kikhen labu tungah a 6
veina cih kisuaksak khinzo ahi hi. Thukhat ah, Tonic Solfa
Edition ci-in ciamteh ding hilehang, a khat veina hi pah lai
ding ahi hi. Hih labu sungah la dawng 469 pha in, tam
mahmah ta ahi hi. Laisangtho kidawng leh zon-olnate
zongh kiguangin a gawm aa laimai 453 pha hi. Demi size hiin, laimai khat sungah la dawng 2 a om tampi om ahi hi. Bu
tul 4 kikhen khia ahi hi. Hih labu pen Zomi Baptist
Convention - ZBC buppi ah, Falam, Hakha te' labute tawh
la nambat kituak dingin kibawl hi aa "ZBC labu" ci-in kigen
theizel hi. Ahizngin, a labu tuam ah "Tedim La Bu" kici hi.
1974 kum aa kibawl labu pen 1977 kum ciang, Tedim
Baptist Association - TBA thukimna tawh Sia J. Zel Khaw
Suan in solfa kihello aa hong bawl khia hi. Thu masapen
Rev. Cin Kam, Secretary, Tedim Baptist Association in gelh
aa laimai 544 pha hi.
1974 kum aa kibawl labu pen mah, ipsung aa puah
ziauhziauh theih dingin, a neuno aa bu tul 8 kikhen pha hi.
1984 kum ciangin, tua labu mah a lian aa bu tul 10
kikhenkik hi. 1986 kum ciang, bu tul 2 kikhenin 1991 kum
ciang bu tul 3 kikhen ahi hi. Pawlpi hong tamin, tha
kihatciangin, lamal deih dan tuamtekin kikhenkhia
ngeingai aa labu tampi hong om hi.
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Zotuallai hong mial
1909
kum
ciang,
Kumpi
in
Tedim
khuapi leh Lennakot
(Manipur, India lam)
ah Kumpi sang tan 4
ciang (Primary sang)
hong hoong hi.
Hih hun aa kipan,
Zogam ah Kawllai
vive kisin toto hi. Tua
ahih manin, lai thei
akicih leh Kawllai Mualbeem khua aa Kawllai tawh kigelh mualsuang
theite hi aa, mualsuang khawng zongh Kawllai bekbek tawh
a gelh uh tampi na om hi.
Zotuallai a kipuahphatna
Tua lai' pen, Zotuallai I ci aa, a masa in, lailim
(Logopraphic Script) tawh kisim ahi hi. Laimal 1053 pha in,
bu guk kisuah hi. 1931 kum ciang, hong puahpha hi. Laimal
(Alphabetic Script) tawh kisim in, hong ki-ngah to aa laimal
57 hong pha hi. Tua mal 57 sung pan, 37 te, Lailung
(Vonsonants leh Vowels) hi-in, adang mal 20 te,
Dawngtawi (Tone marks) ahi hi. Tua panin, midangte na
hilh sawn kawikawi hi.
Zotuallai a kizatna
I Zotuallai hong om tung in (Sangmang te'n hong bawlsak
ma) Pu Pau Cin Hau lai bek lian kizangh ahi hi. Pu Pau Cin
Hau omna kuam teng bek hiloin, Manipur leh Lusheigam
(Mizoram), Zosuan te' ten'na dong ah kizeel man hi. 1917
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kum Piantit (France) ah Zomi pawlkhat te' pailai in, hih I
Zotuallai mah zangh in, innlamte tawh kizopna, thu
kizaaknate na nei uhhi. Lungkimlohna, lungdamna leh a
tuamtuam gelhnate ah I pu I pate in, na lim zat man
mahmah uhhi.
Siktawlai tawh Zotuallai a ki-ngah na
Hih I Zotuallai pen, Pu Thang Cin Kham (Tonzang), Pu Cin
Kho Gin (Ngennung), Pu Pau Za Dong (Lailui) leh Pu Sian
Kho Cin (Mualbeem) te in na phuahpha uhhi.
Rev.W.Sherrat (British and Foreign Bible Society in Burma
Argent) in, I Zotuallai pen, siktawlai tawh a kikhet theih na
ding in, ngaihsutna hoih hong pia hi. Tua ngaihsut piakna
pen, hoih kisa tek in, atung aa I Zotuallai a na zuun siapi
teng, siktawlai tawh I Zotuallai a ngah na ding in, Tongoo
khua ah na pai uhhi.
Zotuallai tawh Laisiangtho (Christian Holy Bible)
1931 kumin, British and Foreign Bible Society (kipawlna)
pan, I Zotuallai tawh, Mualtung thuhilhna (Mathew
Laisiangtho alian 5 na sung) na khenkhia uh aa, dal 500
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pha hi. Census of India 1931 Volume XI Part (I) laimai 194
leh 195 na sungte ah "Pau Cin Hau lai" ci-in, kikhum aa, na
kiciamte
Zogam, Tedim khuapi khawk sungah Cope topa'
kithuahpih masak pente
1910 kumin, Cope topa, Khalkha ah kum 2 a om khit,
Tedim lam a tun ciang, Zomi sung pan, Sizang
awsuah/awkaih a zangh, Pu Pau Suan leh Pu Thuam Hang
te Thu-um-mi (Christian) na suak khin uh ahih man in, a
mau mah tawh kithuah pah hi.
Zolai pen Sizang awsuah/awkaih tawh kibawl masa
1910 kumin, Cope topa Khalkha ah kum 2 a om khit, Tedim
lam a tun ciang, a piangthak sa Pu Pau Suan leh Pu Thuam
Hang te tawh kithuah masa in, a mau zat Sizang
awsuah/awkaih mah na zat pih aa, tua awsuah/awkaihte
zui in, Zolai hong bawlsak hi.
Zomite’ zattaanglai ding khentatna
Zogam leilu lam adingin, lai hong bawlsak sawm ciang, a
tangzai thei pen ding hong ngaihsun hi. Tua ahih manin,
1919 kumin, Tedim vuandok zumh ah, Tedim khawk hausa
upa lian teng, kaaikhawm hi. Cope topa in, "Hat Lian Bu"
(Jack The Giant Killer) akici Zolai (Sizang awsuah/awkaih)
tawh a gelh khat, sim suk hi. Dal 20 ding bang a pha
tangthu khat ahi hi. Tua ciangin, Zomi sung pan,
awsuah/awkaih dang a zanghte in, a tel uh om mah ta-seleh, a tel zawhloh uh tamzaw ahih man in, a nuai aa bang in
kikup kikna nei uhhi.
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(Note: Thu kigen te, a kammal zat dan lianlian un, kilalo
aa, a tel nop thei penpen ding in, laigual kibawlkik hi.
Agen dan lian uh, ciaptehna zongh omlo hikha ding hi.)
Tuimui khua hausa Pu Mang Za Thang in: "Paite
awsuah/awkaih in bawl le hang, kithei kimlo ding hi.
Tedim khuapi sung aa kizangh, awsuah/awkaih leh
kammalte tawh bawl lehang kitel kim pen ding hi" ci-in a
gen ciangin, Haiciin hausapa Pu Tual Pu in "Tua Tuimui
hausapa gen pen, dik hi" ci-in thukim pah hi.
Hiangzang khua hausa Pu Zam Khaw Thawng in: "Ko
Thahdo awsuah/awkaih in om leh zongh kithei kimlo ding
hi. Tedim khuapi aa kizangh dan in bawl ni" ci-in gen aa,
Hangken hausa Pu Kam Pum in "Tua Hiangzang hausapa
gen pen, ka thukim pih hi" ci pah hi.
Salzang khua hausa Pu Zang Khaw Lian in: "Ko Zote
awsuah/awkaih hileh kitel kimlo ding in, Tedim khua aa
kizangh kammalte leh awsuah/awkaihte mah hileh
tangzai pen ding hi" ci-in a gen ciangin, Mantuang beh
Phaitu hausapa Pu Khan Thawng in "Salzang hausapa gen
pen dik hi" ci-in thukum pih hi.
Atung aa bang in, hausa lian 6 te ii genna uh, hausa upa
adang teng in zongh thukim, lungkim pah uhhi. Tua bang
in, makai tuamtuam leh mipi te' lthukim, lungkimna a om
khitciangin, Cope topa in, kipsak in, Tedim awsuah/awkaih
tungtawn in Zolai hong bawlsak hi.
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Zomite’ laibu masapen
Labu masapen 1914 kumin kibawl aa, Doxology hih bangin
kitei hi.
Thu pha khem piu hawng pia To Pa, Le tung mi hing a min
phat ta, Van tung mi zong in To Pa Pi, Jesu, Kha Shiang
Tho min phat hi.
Mate Lai Thiang Tho, Tiddim Kam, 1916. A lian 4:1-3. “A tu
ciangin a doi mang pa je et ding in a Kha Shiang Tho in
Jesu gam lak a a pai pi hi. Ni sawm li le’ zan sawm li an
ngawla a nungciangin a gil hawng kiel hi. A je et pa in
hawng nai a, Nang ma in Pashian ta pa n’ hi le’ hi shuang te
kho mun n’ shuawksak in a ci hi.”
Zawhang Lai Siangtho, Tedim Kam, 1923. A lian 3:22. “Tu a
nungciang-in Zheishu in a nungzhui-te tawh Zhuda gam-ah
pai uh leh tua san tak-ah amaute tawh a om khawm a tui
shung-ah a phum uhhi. 3:28. Keimah in, Khazhih kah hih
kei hi, Khazhih mai-ah hong paisak pa kah hi, ken ka ci hi.”
Hih bangin kammalte kilaih toto ahi hi.
A masapen Zolai tawh thukizaakna
1919 kum Kaukha (October kha) in, Cope topa in, "Tedim
Thukikzaakna lai" hong phuankhia-in, lailem (editor)
zongh hong semkawm pah ahi hi. Dam Khup leh Thuam
Hang pen sumkem a hi uhhi. Hawmkhatciangin, (pense)
piaa 50 - hamu man ahi hi. Tua laihawm pen Madra, India
ah kikhen ahi hi.
Tua laihawmna sungah, “Tedim lai a thei kitampen ahih
man in, Tedim lai kigelh ahi hi” ci-in kigelh hi.
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(laimal leh laigual te puahphat): Tedim
awsuah/awkaih, a thei kitam pen ahih man in,
“Zolai Tedim awsuah/awkaih zui in kigelh ahi hi."
ci-in, kigelh hi.
1919 pan 1930 dong pan Christian Literature Society's
Press, Madras ah khenin, Tedim lam ah kizuak ahi hi. 1930
pan 1938 dong pen Diocesan Press, Madras pan kikhen ahi
hi.(Tedim Thukizakna lai, January 1930, Tedim, Bu X
Nambat 1, laimai 2 sung pan kitei)
Zogam ah Kawllai sinna sanginn tam semsem
Biakna sang, mun thum: Khuasak, Tedim leh Tonzang ah
kihong hi.
1920 kum ciang, Biakna sang kibehlapin, Theizang,
Limkhai khua leh Dolluang khua cihte ah ahi hi. Sang om
khempeuh pen, Kawllai vive bulphuhna ahi hi. 1923 kum
ciang, Khuasak khua ah biakna sang tan 6 ciang kihong hi.
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Cope topa in Zolai hangin, pahtawina ngah
Kumpi sawlna tawh Tedim, Falam, Khalkha pau zui-in, Lai
simbu tuamtuam hong bawl aa a vekpi kigawm bu 35 pha
hi. 1923 kum Theino sihkha (November kha) ciang, kumpi
in "Kaisar I Hind - KIH" cih pahtawina pia-in, Ngun Medal
ngah ahi hi. (Kaisar cih pen German pau hi-in, Ukpi acihna
ahi hi. Hindi leh Urdu pau tawh a khiatna in "India gam
ukpi" cihna ahi hi. Hih pen, England kumpi ukna India gam
sung aa, na thupi semte pahtawina-in a kipia ahi hi.)
1935 kum Tangkha (June kha) ni 10 ni-in, Colgate
University in, Honorary Degree Doctor of Divinity (D.D)
pia hi.
1923 kumin, Cope topa ii gelh Lungdamna Laisiangtho
hong gelhkhiatsak hi.
Zawhang Laisiangtho 3:22,28
"22: Tu a nungciangin, Zheishu in a nungzhui te
tawh, Zhuda gam ah pai uh leh tua san tak ah, a mau
te tawh a omkhawm a tui shung ah a phum uhhi. 28:
Keimah in, Khazhih kah hih kei hi, Khazhih mai ah
hong paisak pa kah hi, ken ka cihi."
Kawllai vive in hong deepna pan, Zolai kisin kik
1925 kum ciangin, Zolai mah hong kilim sinkik ahi hi.
Cope topa in leitung pumpi a nusiatna
Chin state in kithei Zogam simlam Mindat, Kanpalet cihte'
ading, lai a bawl hun laitakin, hong nusia hi. 1938 kum
Tangkha (June kha) 11 ni, zingsan dak 5:00 hun aa gilsan
leh khuasik natna tawh, Khalkha khuapi pan hong nusia ahi
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hi. (Gilsan natna hi takpi ding hiam aci zongh kiom hi.)
Khalkha a tun tung aa nuntakna a bei, Rev.A.E.Carson ii
kivuina hanah a zingciang kivui hi.
Zogam ah, kum 25, kha 7 leh ni 9,419 sung a hunte hong
pia ahi hi.
Zogam ah sanginn (School)
Zogam ah Rev. C.U. Strait in 1928 kumin Khalkha (Hakha)
ah Laisiangtho sang masapen phuan aa, mi 13 kah hi. 1941
a ciah ciangin kizom nawnlo hi. Rev. R. G. Johnson in
Japan gal khit hong paikik ciang, 1948 kumin Laisangtho
sang hongkik hi. F.O. Nelson in 1947 kumin Tedim ah
Laisiangtho sang hong aa, mi 21 kah ahi hi. 1953 kum aa
kipanin Falam ah kituah aa, tua panin “Zomi Theological
College” kici hong piang ahi hi.
1924 kum ciang, Tanbul sang (Primary school)
khempeuhah Zolai tawh sinsak ding, thukimna om hi.
(Hih kum panin, Kawllai ii
hong deepna pan Zolai hoih
tak aa lim sinkik ding, kingaihsunin, thupi kisa tek
hi.)
1939 kum, Tonzang khua,
Zogam ah Roman Catholic
Zogam pan US ah a kipua kik, Nelson
Mission kipan dingin, ukpi
tonu ii singkuang,
Pu Pum Za Mang’ thukimna
tawh Roman Catholic in sang hong hi.
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Laipianpa in leitung pumpi a nusiatna
1948 kum Tunnkha (December kha) 28 ni-in, Mualbem
khua ah, Laipianpa Pu Pau Cin Hau in hih leitung
nuntaakna nusia hi.
Phonetics tawh kithuah Zolai tongdotbu masapen
1953 kumin, Siapi Vul Za Thang leh Sia Gin Za Thawng in
Zopau awsuah tungtawnin lai gelhzia tuamtuam nasepna
nei thei uhhi. Tua a nasepnate uh, 1975 kum ciangin, "How
to spell, pronounce and learn Tiddim Chin Words" ci-in,
Chin-English Dictionary (Tiddim Chin) cih min tawh
tongdot kibawlkhia hi. Hih tongdotbu pen, Zolai tawh
kigelh tongdot khempeuh lak pan awkaih Phonetics tawh
kithuah masapen hipah ahi hi.
Zomite' tangthu English lai-in a kigelh masapen
October 2, 1954 in, Tedim ah Eugenie Jane Andrina
Henderson (wife of George Meier) nipi li sung taam thei hi.
Amah pen, professor of phonetics, School of Oriental and
African Studies, University of London hi-in, Tedim a om
theih sung, Zopau kan bawl hi. Siapi Vul Za Thang leh Rev.
Sukte T. Hau Go tawh na kithuah uhhi. Pu Hau Za Lian
tung panin zongh Zopau Teizang awsuah/awkaih na dong
thei hi. Siapi Vul Za Thang ii gelh "Dahpa thu" (A Dahpa
Story) leh Rev. Sukte T. Hau Go ii gelh "Khua Lei" (The
Chin Story of the Origin of the Great Bear) cih lai nih
bulphuh-in, Tiddim Chin A Descriptive Analysis of Two
Texts akici laibu khat 1965 kum-in bawlkhia hi.
Kam Hau thukhun bu
1972 kum mahin, Zogam ah, Pu Pum Za mang in ukpi a sep
ciang, Gamngai upa Pu Pau Cin Lian leh Tonzang sang siapi
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Sia. Sein te ii panpihna tawh, Kam Hau thukhunte laibu in
bawlkhia uhhi. A hun zui-in, Pu Hau Cin Khup in, hih
thukhunte puah/behlap hi. Thukhun sungah, khenpi 25 leh
khenneu 1453 om hi. Zolai bek thamloin, Kawllai
(Burmese) in zongh kibawlkhia ahi hi.
Zolai tawh Laisiangtho buppi kibawl
1977 kum ciangin, Laisiangtho buppi (Thuciamlui leh
Thuciamthak) a vekpi-in, Zolai tawh kibawl zo ahi hi.
Zomi Christian Literature Society – ZCLS
1980 kumin Zomi Baptist Convention –ZBC, Trienial
kikhoppi Kalaymyo, Myanmar ah kibawl ahi hi. Tua hun
laitak-in Rev. Paul Thuam Thang pen Tamu velly Baptist
Association ah General Secretary a sep laitak hi aa, Falam
laisiangtho sangah thu vaihawm khatin zong kihel kawm
ahi hi. Siapa in Zopau kamphen kullo (Tedim awsuah)
kampaute kithukhualna ding a deihluat manin mipi zintun
nitak-in Seihkanta Pa Gin Khaw Thang’ in ah thu kikupna
(Meeting) neih ding vaihawmin mipil, pawlpi sia tampitak
kihel thei ahi hi.
Tua kamkupna tungtawn panin thu khentatna bangmah om
manlo aa,Khalkha (Hakha) khua ZBC minister's Conference
hun sungah kimu-in vaihawm khawm ding cih tawh
holimna tawlnga uhhi.
Khalkha (Hakha) tun ciangin,
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ZBC Trienial Kawlpi (Kalaymyo) pan kivaikhakna om
bangin ZBC minister's Conference Hakha khua ah April 24,
1980 ni nai 6;30 pm hun ciang U Liancii ii innah mipil,
pawlpi sia tampitak kihelin kikhopna om ahi hi. Kipawlna
kipat ding leh thukhun suih dingte kivaihawm hi.
August 9-10 1980 sungin Leipi Baptist Church Kalaymyo ah
kikum khawm uh aa, Constitution geel baanah nipi sang
thusin ding laibu 23 leh adang bu 12 tei ding leh
panmunlen ding geel kholin vaihawm uhhi.
Tedim khuapi, Zogam pan ZCLS hong piang khia,
Khamtung gam saklam sia kipawlna (KSTSK) kikhoppi Oct.
24-26, 1980 sung teng ZCLS kipatna ding meeting kisam
ahi hi. Tua tungin KSTSK pen ZTSK (Zomi thuhilhsia
kipawlna) ci-in kilaih hi. Consitution leh by-law kipsak uh
aa, Hakha a Tedim Literature Society - TCLS kici pen Zomi
Cristian Literature Society tawh kilaih ahi hi. Laibu bawl
dingte kipsak uh aa, panmun len ding zongh kiteel pah uh
ahi hi. Hih kipawlna in, a hunzui-in laibute leh a kisam a
tuamtuamte bawl aa, thugenna pawite leh concert
tuamtuamte zongh vaihawmzel uh ahi hi.
Paite Literature Society – PLS
October 2,30 leh November 1, 1982 in, Paite Literature
Society (PLS) leh Paite Tribe Council (PTC, nidang aa PNC)
baanah, Khangno kipawlna; Young Paite Association (YPA),
Siamsin pawlpi (SSPP) te tawh "I lai, I pau I zat kei aa leh,
mi’ sila kisuak thei hi" cih thulu tawh lailam kamkupna
lianpi nei thei uhhi.
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Ni thum sung kikupna sungah, thu leh la tampi tak kisung
thei-in, ngaihsutna tampi kibehlap aa, tua sung pan
phasa/hoihsa-in kipsakna/thukimna (Resolution) nga nei
thei uhhi. Tua nga te' sung pan khat pen, Zomi kicite (India
lam beklo, Burma/Myanmar lamte) tawh, lai malgawm
zatzia, lai gelhzia cihte kibatsak ding thupi-in mapan khop
ding hi cih kihel hi.
Paite Tribe Council (PTC) Constitution aa Paite pau a cihte:
Bukpi, Dapzal, Khotak, Lamzang, Losau, Ngennung,
Teizang, Tedim, Tuichiap, Val , cbd... ahi hi.
October 15, 1983 in, YPA hall ah zingsang dak 10 in lailam
kikupna nei thei uhhi. Tua kikupna tungtawn panin,
khentatna 3 om ahi hi. Tua khentatna thum sung pan khat
pen, PNC headquater leh pawlpi tuamtuam makaite
kikhopna, Joint Meeting Thupuakna Resolution No.2,
dated Lamka 1st November 1982 zui-in, Manipur leh
Mizoram aa om, Zomi kici, Simte, Paite kici kikalte ah
Common Alphabet ii neih khop ding lunggulhna om ahi hi.
Hih vai ah PLS mah in palai sep dingin vaipuak la uhhi.
Moreh Resolution
March 27, 1984 IST 6:30am /bST 7:30am in Lian kho Vung
ii inn, Moreh ah India lam pan Paite Literature Society
(PLS), Burma/Myanmar lam pan Zomi Christian Language
Society (ZCLS) te in, kimuhna nei thei uhhi. Hih hunin,
tape ngiat tawh awkhumna (ciaptehna) la uhhi ci-in,
kiciamteh hi.
Kikupnate ah; 1. NIV lailetna thu etna, 2. Women of the
New Testament thu, 3. Zolai gelhzia bu kikupna leh 4. Thu
tuamtuam kikupkhawmna – mailam ding ngimkholhna leh
adangdang cih bangin, nei uhhi.
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Hih atung aa teng pen, Moreh Resolution ci-in min kivawh
ahi hi.
Zolai Tedim awsuah tawh kigelh Laisiangtho
Myanmar sung Chin Hills (Chin state) pan Laisiangtho pen
Sizang awsuah Zolai tawh kitei masapen ahi hi.
(Laisiangtho bup pen Tedim awsuah Zolai tawh ahi hi.)
India, Myanmar leh Bangladesh sung aa kiim leh paam
teng lak pan hileh, a kitei 3 na ahi hi. Meitei lai-in pen Dr.
Grierson in teisak hi. Mizo (tuahunin Lushei/lusei) lai tawh
1898 kumin kitei 2 na hi. A zomah, 1912 kumin Lakher
(Mara) lai tawh kiteikhia ahi hi.
1915 kumin, Lungdamna Thu Matthai (Mate/Matthew) bu
British & Foreign Bible Society (BFBS) in Rangoon
(Yangon) ah khen hi. Rev. J. H. Cope in 1910 aa Tedim a
tun ciangin, lai nasepna kipan pah ahi hi. July 7, 1913
ciangin, Matthai a tei pen zo ahi hi. November 5, 1913
ciangin, BFBS in khet ding thukimpih ahi hi. 1915 kum
ciang kikhenkhiazo/ki-ngah theita ahi hi. Hihbangdan
mahin, tawmtawmta aa Mark, Luke, Johan cihte zongh a
kikhen toto hi aa bangkum lianin khen cih bel kithei cianlo
ahi hi.
November 22, 1928 kum ciang, Thuciamthak bu khempeuh
bawlkhiat theih lian dingin BFBS zum ah kipuak zo ahi hi.
January 2, 1931 kum ciang hoih tak a thakin etphatna
(sitphatna) kizo hi. 1932 kum ciangin, Chin Hilss, Myanmar
sung pan Tedim awsuah Zolai tawh Laisiangtho
Thuciamthak bu ki-ngah ahi hi. Hih laiteina ah, Tedim
khua aa teng Sia. Vial Nang in lim huh mahmah hi ci-in
kiciamteh hi.
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1931 kum ciangin BFBS te mahin Mualtung Thuhilhna teng
Zotuallai tawh khen uhhi. Hih vai ah, Cope tonu leh
Tonzang khua pan Pu Thang Cin Kham in naakpitakin huh
mahmah hi ci-in kiciamteh ahi hi.
1932 kumin, Chin Hills ah a masapen Thuciamthak bu
BFBS te mah in khen uhhi. Rev. Cope in Matthai bu a zawh
ciangin laibu dangte teito pah ngekngek ahi hi.
March 1932 kumin, Tedim khua ah Lasiangthu bu ngahna
khawmpi kibawl aa kilawp mahmah ciatin mi tampi kipha
hi.
Thuciamthak bu a nih vei khetna pen Japan gal lai-in
kikhen aa (a kum lian kicianlo) Sia. Vial Nang leh Sia. Hau
Go in tawmtawm puahpha danin kithei hi. Tua a nih veina
pen bu tul kikhenkhia ahi hi.
1948 kumin Thuciamthak bu mah a thum veina kikhenkik
hi. Japan galpi hangin, van tampi leh laibute mangthang
khin a ahi hi. Tua laitakin, Madras Christian College ah a
kah, Sia. Hau Go in Kawlgam (Myanmar/burma) pek pan
aa a puak Laisiangtho pen ki-ngah thei lai aa, tua laibu
tungtawnin, a thum veina kikhen khiakik ahi hi. Etphatna
(Sitphatna) pen, Sia Hau Go in sem ci-in kiciamteh hi.
1951 kumin, Thuciamthak bu mah kikhenkik hi.
1964 kum ciangin, Thuciamlui aa Late (Psalms) kikhen ahi
hi. 1932 kum pek panin, Thuciamthak bu om khin hinapi aa
Thuciamlui bu pen kinei hak mahmah suak ahi hi. Rev.
Cope topa in Thuciamthak bu a zawh ciangin, thuciamlui
bu tei suak pah aa Piancialna leh Paikhiatna zo man ahi hi.
Ahi zongin, a laibu in kikhenkhia manlo aa laidal in a omsa
teng zongh koilam tungmang cih kimuzo nawnlo ahi hi.
Tuazawh ciang, Sia. Hau Go USA ah Laisiangtho sangkah
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ding aa a pai in, sangkhak sung Thuciamlui bu tei ding
hanciamna om hi. Ahizngin, sangkah kawmin zozolo ahi hi.
USA pan Zogam ah a ciahkik ciangin zopsawm aa Zomi
Baptist Convenstion - ZBC tawh Falam, Khalkha, Tedim
teng gawm aa, tua kipawlna ah General Secretary - GS sem
ahih manin, tua a Laisiangtho tei zom suakzo nawnlo hi.
1960 kum pawl ciangin, Tedim Baptist Association - TBA in
Rev. Kam Khaw Thang laitei dingih seh uhhi. Tuapanin,
Laisiangtho Thuciamlui bu teikhiat ding hoih tak hong
kipan thei ahi hi.
1967 kum ciangin, Laisiangtho bup, Thuciamlui leh
Thuciamthak kigawm Myanmar lasiangtho khen pawlpi in
hong khenkhia hi. 1963 kumin, Myanmar ah
Lungdamnathu hong puak Rev. Judson a tun zawh kum
150 cinna pawipi Yangon ah kibawlhi. Tua huhau tengtawh
Lasiangtho bawl ding kilawp tek ahi hi. CBA pawlpi tawh
kizom CBCNEI makai GS, Rev. Edward Singh ii hanciamna
tawh Guwahati pan pawisim mi pawlkhat mah kipai suk ahi
hi. Tualakah, Sia. Lian Za Go, (Director of CBA) zongh
kihel hi. Tuabangin kimuh khop theihna a omna tungtawn
pan, Thuciamthak leh Late pen Kawlgam panin India
Laisiangtho khen pawlpi tungah kikhak to hi. Tuapanin,
India gamah zongh lei theih dingin kivaihawm hi.
June 12, 1977 ciangin, Tedim Baptist Association - TBA ii
vaihawmna tawh Rev. Kam Khaw thang leh committee ii
tei', Thuciamlui leh Thuciamthak teng, United Bible
Societies vaihawmna tawh Bibile Society of India in
khenkhia aa a masapen Zolai, Tedim awsuah Laisiangtho
bu, India lamah ki-ngah thei ahi hi. Laisiangtho buppi bu
3,500 kibawl aa Thuciamthak pen bu 3,500 mah
kikhenkhia ahi hi.
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1979 kumin Laisiangtho bup bu tul 2 kikhen khiakik ahi hi.
1980 kum ciangin, Thuciamthak teng bu tul 2 mah
kikhenkhia hi. 1983 kum ciangin, Rev. Cope topa ii tei,
Thuciamthak pen Rev. Kam Khaw Thang in tei pha aa,
Thuciamlui kiteisa tawh gawmin bu tul 10 kikhenkhia ahi
hi. 1983 kum mahin, Pulpit Bible ci-in, lai malgol tawh
kikhen bu 300 kibawl hi. Hihbang hunte khitciangin, bu
tampi mah kikhen toto in, lai malgawmte leh lai gualhziate
zongh khat leh khat a kibanglo bu tampi hong kibawlkhia
hi.
Zolai Sizang awsuah tawh kigelh Laisiangtho
1986 January ni 1 ni-in, Siyin Region Baptist Association SRBA taangin, Executive Secretary Rev. Max Vai Pum in
United Bible Society Consultant ahi, Dr. Basil A.Rebera,
Ph.D. leh Dr. David J. Clark te tungah Sizang awsuah in
Laisangtho bawl ding phalna ngen aa, ki-ngah ahi hi.
2000 November ni 5 ni-in, Yangon Siyin Baptist Church YSBC Biakinnpi ah Sizang awsuah Laisiangtho
Thuciamthak apna kinei hi.
2003 February ni 14 ni-in Myanmar Bible Society ah Sizang
awsuah Laisiangtho Thuciamlui pen Sya Pyi Sone tungah
computer disc in ki-aap thei hi.
95
Momno News Journal
(Zolai tawh news journal kibawl masa nihna)
April 1993 in, Yangon khuapi pan
Momno laihawm kipan khia ahi
hi. Tg. Vungh Za Pau in endikpi
semin, Tg. Pau Khat Suan, Tg. Go
Sawm Khup, Tg. Gin Khan Khai
leh Tg. Thawng Cin Khai cihte
tawh mapang khawm uh ahi hi.
Momno Journal
1996
in,
Momno
khaktanna thuak aa
khawl kha uhhi.
laihawm
tawmvei
1997 ciang, Tg. Kham Min Thang, Tg. Thoman On Sian
Mung, Tg. Hero Hau Lian Mung, Tg. Thang Sian Dal leh Tg.
Thang Lian Pau te in, haksatna tampi kawmkal pan, hong
dingkik uh aa Momno laihawm kizom zokik uhhi.
1998 kum ciangin, momno kum 5 cin pawi, Pa Vung Lian
Thang te inn ah kibawl hi.
(Momno pen, 1993 pan 2010 ciang, a khongin kihawm ahi
hi. Khakhat khatvei hi-in, biakna pawlpi tuamtuamte ah
kihawm ahi hi. Dal khat, laimai nih pha hi. Ahang
tuamtuam tawh, makai/ panmun len kikhel kawikawi aa,
Zomi Siamsin Kipawlna in lenzel, sangkhak ciang mimal in
lenzel cih bang ahi hi.)
January 2011 panin, A3 size tawh a khong mah aa
kihawmkhia hi. Dal li, laimai giat pha hi. Khakhat khatvei
kihawm khia ahi hi.
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February-March 2012 ciangin, Myanmar (Kawlgam) bup
journal dang tuamtuamte mah tawh a kibangin, full colour
tawh hong kibawl khia hi. kipatkhiatna dingin, Journal
sungah advertisement ding zong uh aa kyats (Myanmar
sum) Then 4 (40,000 Ks) ngah uhhi. A kisam lai teng pen
sum leitawi aa kipatkhiat ahi hi. Hih pen Zolai tawh journal
kibawl a masapen Zingsol ii zom, a nihna ahi hi. Laidal in
hawmna pan Journal ah hong kilaih toh hunin, Lia Niang
Theih Kim (2012 Zomi Siamsin Kipawlna pawllutang) in
endikpi sem aa Tg. Pau Sian Siam, Lia Cing Lim Lun, Lia
Cing Ngaih Lian, Tg. Kap Thawng Kiim, Tg. Pau Kiim
Tuang leh Tg. Joseph Sian Lian Khai (University sangpi kah
kawm vive in mapang ahi uhhi.) cihte leh Myanmar bup
mun tuamtuam ah laihawm tanu (mimal tawh ahi zong,
kipawlna omsate tungtawn ahi zong) kiom kawikawi thei
hi.
Khakhat khatveita kihawmkhia ahi hi. Hawmkhatciang tul
ta bawlkhia hi. Journal 700-900 dong ta kihawmkhia zo hi.
Hih hunin, 200ks in kizuak aa Hawmkhat ai ding sum bei
zah pen 300,000 kiimta ahi hi. A kizuak khia sung pan,
sum ngahkik a tampen 60%ciang khawng bek ahi hi.
April 2012, Yangon ah Zo ngeina Sialsawm pawi-in, Rev.
Dr. Go Cin Zam (Go Chin Zam) in Momno apna hoih takin
neihsak thei ahi hi.
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Zingsol News Journal
(Zolai tawh news journal masapen)
October 2 1994 (Sunday)
in, Zingsol laihawm kipan
hi. Tua hunin logo pen
khut tawh kisuai tawm
ngiat ahi hi. Siktawlai tawh
kikhenin, carbon paper
tawh ki copy hi. Hawm
khatciang pek 2 (2Ks) in
ki-ngahsak hi. kipatkhiat
zawh ding, kamkupna pen
Suai-Pyi-Aye Hotel ah nei
Zingsol journal hawmkhat aa tuamna laimai
uhhi. Hih hunin pen,
Mandalay khua sung aa om Zomite thu kizakna ahi hi.
Edikpi pen Sia Mang Tung Thang ahi hi.
1996 kumin, Zingsol Magazine kibawl zo hi.
1996-1998 kikal University te kikhakin, nasep zop suak
ding haksatna hong om ahi hi.
1998-2006 kikal A4 dal tawh kha nih ciang khatveita
kihawm hi.
2006 pan, khasimin kihawm aa A3 size te kizangh ahi hi.
(Hih ciangin, internet tungtawnin zongh a khong in
kihawmkhia hi.)
February 2007 pan B4 size (Magazine size) tawh laimai 12
pha-in khasim kihawmkhia ahi hi.
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July-October 2008 ciang, Journal Size (Avom leh akang
mel) tawh laimai 4 pha in Myanmar bup ah kihawmkhia hi.
Journal size in Zolai tawh Myanmar sungah a kihawmkhia
masapen hong suak hi.
March 2009 ciangin, tua Journal pen colour tawh
kihawmkhia zo ahi hi.
June 2009 ciang, English Issue (laimai 16, Legal Half) in
Siamsin sungah kihawm hi. (Myanmar sung Zomi Siamsin
Kipawlna ah English tawh laihawm a masapen hipah ahi
hi.) Ahi zongin, haksatna tuamtuam hangin zopsuak ding
hong haksa hi.
January-July 2010 ciang Sunday simin legal size tawh dal 1
ta kihawm hi.
April 2011 in Zingsol sepcial Double Issue (Magazine)
laimai 56 pha kihawmkhia hi.
August-November 2011 in, Journal size (coloured cover)
laimai 4 in khasim kihawmkhia hi.
2012 ciang, Mandalay khua sung aa om Zomi upa 5 te
tungah, 130,000Ks leitawi uhhi. Tua sum teng tawh laimai
20, a pha colour tawh laimai 8 pha, journal hong hawmkhia
uhhi.
2012 sung in, 4 vei a hawm khitciang, sum leh paai
haksatna hangin, khawlkik hi.
February 2013 pan ding kikin kihawmkhia zokik hi.
Hih hun sung tengin, panmunlen vaipuak la pen kikhel toto
aa, Journal hun ciang, Dr. Tg. Sian Nun Siam in endikpi
semin Tg. Pau Sian Muan, Tg. Peter En Lam Suum, Dr. Tg.
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Nang Khan Lian, Tg. Kham Geel Cin Tung, Lia Niang Sian
Ciang, Lia thang Sian Cing, Tg. Thang Sian Sing, Tg. Nang
Kim Sang cihte in hanciamna tawh sem uhhi. Tuabaan ah,
laihawmna, bawlkhiatna cih bang a kisam tuamtuamte ah
mapang pen adang tampi omin, a mun a mual zui-in,
mimal aa, kipawlna in panpihna tuamtuam kinei hi. Zingsol
leh Momno pen na sepna tuamtuamte ah kipanpih tuakin,
kalsuan uh ahi hi.
Zomi ahilo namdang Zolai/Zopau nasemte
1904: George A. Grierson: "Linguist Survery of India",
1925: L.B.naylor: "A practical handbook of Chin Languages
(Siyin dialect)",
1965: Eugene J.A. Henderson: Tiddim Chin: A descriptive
analysis of Two texts",
1965: Ono Toro: "The Reconstruction of Proto Kuki Chin:
Initial Consonants",
1979: David B. Solni: "Proto Tibeto Burma in Tiddim and
Lushai",
1989: Peri Bhaskararao: "The process of Chimming in
Tiddim Chin",
1996: Peri Bhaskararao: "Computerized lexical database of
Tiddim Chin and Lushai"
1998: Weera Ostapirat: "Tiddim Chin tones in historical
perspective" leh
1954 October 2 in, Tedim khuapi, Zogam ah Eugenie Jane
Andrina Henderson (Wife of George Meier) pen nipi li sung
taam hi. A mah pen, School of Oriental and African Studies,
University of London ah Professor of Phonetics hi-in,
Tedim a om khak sung Zopau na lim kan mahmah hi. Siapi
vul Za Thang leh Rev. T. Hau Go (Sukte) tawh na kithuah
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uhhi. Pu Hau Za Lian tung panin zongh Zopau Teizang
awsuah/awkaih na dong man ahi hi. Siapi Vul Za Thang ii
gelh "Dahpa thu (A Dahpa Story)" leh Rev. T. Hau Go
(Sukte) ii gelh "Khua Lei (The Chin story of the origin of the
Great Bear)" cih laibu nih bulphuh-in, "Tiddim Chin a
Descriptive Analysis of Two Texts" a kici laibu khat 1965
kumin na bawlkhiat hi.
Cope topa laihawmsate kepcingna
1919-1938 kum kikalin “TEDIM THUKIZAKNA LAI” cih
laihawm pen Rev. Dr. Joseph Herber Cope - Cope topa in
India gam, Madras ah khenin Tedim pan khasim a
hawmkhia den ahi hi. Pasian hehpihna tawh kimtakin hih
laihawmte pen om lai ahih manin lungdam huai mahmah
ahi hi.
Revd. Khoi Lam Thang in Zomi Christian Literature Society
–ZCLS ah 1996-1999 sung Secretary a seplai-in lai-uuk,
laikin pawlkhat tawh gawmtuah aa laimai 1000 val pha ahi
hi. Tua teng khempeuh pen computer tawh hoih takin
kipuahkik ahi hi. Malneu sakzaw deuh leh column zongh a
etlawm ding, a kitang sitset ding in kigualkik aa laimai
hong tawmzaw deuh pahin laimai tul pan 792 hong pha suk
ahi hi. Lai-ukk leh laisiam pawlkhatte (Sia. Khoi Lam
Thang, Rev. Job Nang Khaw Thang, cbd…) te in laibu in
bawlkhia uh aa laibupi thum kisuah ahi hi. Magazine size
(10”x7”) hi aa bu khatciang Ks. 15,000 tawh kizuak khia ahi
hi.
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Zomi Literature Uplift Society –ZOLUS
1994 May 4 ni-in, Prof. C. Thang Za Tuan te' inn ah, Rev.
Dr. Kham Khan Khai
(Sia
Khaipi)
ii
ngaihsutna
tungtawnin,
Zolai
nasepna
ding
kimuhkhopna khat
om ahi hi. Tualai ah,
inntekpa tawh Col.
Kam Pum, Rev.
Thawng Za Mung,
Rev. Thang Za Suan, Rev. Jacom Kham Khan Mung, Prof.
Nang Suan Kham, Richard En Suan Gin, Pa Vung Lian
Mang leh Pa Cin Sian Mung cihte kihel thei ahi hi. Zolai
masuan pawlpanin, Zolai masawn pawl, ZOLUS ci-in tua
kimuhna tungtawn pan hong piangkhia ahi hi. Kumsinin
magazines/journals te bawl aa, Zolai zuunna tuamtuam leh
pawi tuamtuamte a hunzui-in bawl ahi hi.
2010 April 2 ni-in, Zolai Masawn Pawl (Zomi Literature
Uplift Society - ZOLUS) in ZOLUS Award piakna pawipi
khat bawl ahi hi. AZBC biakinnpi, Yangon, Myanmar ah hi
aa 11 am pan 1 pm kikal ahi hi. Tulsa, USA panin Zolus
founder Rev. Dr. Kham Khan Khai leh Oxford, UK panin
Rev. Dr. Gin Khan Khual (thapiatna/hanthotnna nei) kihel
thei hi.
Pahtawina tuamtuam a piakna sung uh pan, lai lam
pahtawina pen,
1. Rev. Dr. Kam Khawn Thang in pahtawina ngah aa, "Lai
nasep cih pen, laina a sem hiloin, mihingte lungsim khuak
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ngaihsutnate a bawlpha a puah nasepna ahi hi." ci-in gen
hi.
2. Rev. Paul Thuam Thang - Late leh
3. Col. H. Kam Pum (Rtd.) - Late (hong nusia khin ahih
hang' kipahtawi lai veve aa, a angkawi in lungdamna
thugen hi.) cihte in a ngah uhhi.
Zolai manphatna media tungtawn pan kilangh khia
13th April AD 2000 hun lai-in, Zonet kici internet tungtawn
pan email group khat ahi,
[email protected] kihong
(kibawl) hi. Hih hunma-in pawkhat leh hih hun khitin
tampitak, leitung aa minthang IT company tuamtuamte’
tungtawnin, online group kihong zihziah ahi hi. Mipi ii zat
pen leh theih pih, noptuam pih email group tampi a om lak
pan, Zonet pen a masa cih theih hong suak hi.
Zomi Media tampitak hangin, Zolai tawh
- Leitungbup mun tuam tek pan, deidanna omloin, online
ah Zomite Zolai ngiat mah tawh kizom dimdiam thei hi.
- Kizopnate ah, Zolai mah kilim zat pen pahin, Zolai kepna
nam khat zongh hipah ahi hi.
- Zolai ngiat tawh a hunsimin, dotna dawnna tuamtuam,
thu kizaakna leh adang tampitakte kinei den hi.
- Zolai kinlo (thupi salo) pawlkhatte in, Zolai kinlawh leh
Zolai ii manphatnate theih lawh (muh lawh) uhhi.
- Zolai simhun tampi a nisim, a kaalsimin a kinei den hong
suaksak hi.
- Zolai siamlo tampi in, siam lawh uhhi.
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- Zolai pen, kigelh munzaw, kisim munzaw hong suakin,
kikupna thu tuamtuamte lak ah Zolai thu mahmah zongh
tamveipi kikup, holimna om theizelzel ahi hi.
- Zolai malgawmzia tuamtuam, zatzia, san' zia, hoihsak
dan, deih dan cihte tampi hong om khia-in, khat leh khat in
kitheihpih pah tek hi.
- Zolai tawh thuthak zaaksakna tuamtuam, Zomi media
tampite in, hong nei-in, Zolai ii manphatna hong khang
semsem ahi hi.
India leh Myanmar sung Zolai nasepna ah min
kibang
1985 kumin India, Assam gam Guwahati khuapi panin “Zo
Aw” kici kha thum hal magazine kibawl aa, 1987 dong
kizomin kihawmkhia hi. India khuapi khat pan aa Zolai
magazine a kikhenmasa penpen hi pah kha ding ahi hi.
Myanmar Young Crusaders –MYC ii makaihna tawh Kalay
khua ah 12 May 2002 in, MYC zumkhen khat hong uhhi.
Nasepna tuamtuam kinei aa tuate a tangzai semsemna
dingin, Zolai mahmah tawh thu kizakna neih ding
kilunggulh hi. July 2002 ciangin, MYC-Kalay ah Director
sem Sia Khampeek (Pu Thang Sian Kham) leh lai lam uuk,
gam leh minam it Kalay khua sung pan mi 40 kiim dingin
Maranatha Building ah kamkupna nei thei uh ahi hi.
Tua kamkkupna sungah, Zo Awging, Zomi Awging, Laizom,
Zomi Thupuak, cbd...
laihawm nasepna min ding
ngaihsutna tek kigen khia hi. A tamzaw ii thukimna tawh
”Zo Aw” kikipsak ahi hi. Rev. Khup Za Go in ”Zo Aw” min
104
tawh India, Lamka lam ah lai nasep na nei aa, lai nasem
khat leh khat kizahtakna-in, min kibang zat ding zaksakna
leh ngetna thu kipuak ahi hi.
Rev. Khup Za Go omna , New Delhi ah lai kikhak pah aa,
siapa in zongh lungdam kipak takin dawngkik bek thamlo
aa, ama genkikna ah " Kawlgam a om Zomite in hih bangin
minam sungah tangzai mahmah dingin Zo Aw Laihawm
nong patkhiat theih manun lungdam mahmah ing. Tua
banah Zo Aw pen kei hawmkhiat lam zongh kitheikim
khalo ding himah leh hihbang aa nong zasak/nong nget
tangtang manun kipak mahmah ing. Zo Aw pen India
lamah kei patkhiat ahih zenzen hangin, Kawlgam lamah
Zo Aw mah tawh na hawmkhiat theih sese manun, hih pen
I minam bup ading Pasian hong deihsak khat hi kha
ngelngel ding hi " ci-in a ma muhna leh lamdang asakna
zongh lai sungah gelhkhia ahi hi. Thukhat ah Rev. Khup Za
Go kiang pan phalna le thukimpihna om kei phial mah leh
zongh, Zo Aw- Committee thukimna omsa bangin
kihawmkhia veve ding ahi hi. Maranatha Building, MYCKalay Brach Zumpi Address in kikoih in kihawmkhia pah
ziahziah hi.
Zo Aw laihawmna ah nipisim editorial gelh dingin, laigelh
siam zawdeuh Pastor mi 6 kiseh ahi hi. Tua tengin nipikhat
khatveita editorial hi-in, Zo Aw zumah puak uhhi. Tua
Editorial Board tengin, Rev.Dr. Khen Za Sian, Rev. Suan
Khen Mung (ZCLS), Rev. Go Khan Dal ( Phualpi Baptist
Pastor), Rev. Tuan Suan Thang ( Phualpi AG Pastor), Sia
Langh Khan Khai ( ZTCS), Sia Khampeek cihte ahi uhhi.
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Lai nasepna hangin dongtuak om
Galkap kumpi SB2 /MI te in Zo Aw lai nasepna pen, thu
tuamtuam hang tawh man uhhi. Kumpite in Zo Aw kalsim
laihawm khempeuh pen Kawllai tawh manmanin na letkhia
pahpah uh aa, kumpi zumpi ah file tawh limtak na koih
ngiat uhhi. Tuate khempeuh lakkikin Zo Aw nasepna
khaktan uh ahi hi. Tuapanin, Zo Aw Committee tangin Pa
Ngul Do Tuang leh Pa Hang Lian Khup te in ulian zumpi
Kha-Wah-Tah ah kamhumna Ks.200000 pia uhhi. A matna
uh a paulap/a hangte-in (1) Zo Aw cih pen ZOMI cih limlim
ZRO/A te khawng tawh kizom ding upmawhna neihtuak,
(2) Nipisim Kalay khua vanman leh sumkhekna suahsakte
deihlo (3) Committee or Mihon kipawlna limlim deihlo (4)
Kumpi pan registration omlo leh (5) India, Manipur lam a
Zomipihte' thute suahsak deihlo cih teng bulphuh uh ahi hi.
Febraury 2006 sungin Zo Aw dinkhawl kha aa, kumkhat ai
tatman a piasate tung sum kipiakik ahi hi.
Ahi zongin, 2013 July kha ciang “Zo Aw” min mah
tawh Yangon bulphuhin kipan kik ahi hi. Hanciamna
tawh tanu semte pen, Pu Khen Za Sian, Pu Suan
Lian Mang, Pu Khup Lam Cin, Pu Do Khan Tuang,
Pu Hau Mun Khai, Pu Kham Khen Thang, Pu Hau
Siam, Pu Pum Za Dal, Pu Kappu, Pu Neng Cin Lian,
Pu Thawng Mang leh Pu Thang Za Khual te ahi
uhhi. Khua tuam, mun tuam tekah a hawmsawm
ding zongh kiseh kawikawi ahi hi.
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Zolai Online Tongdot (Dictionary)
2007 kumin, Tg. Tual Khan Khai (Thomas Khaipi)
hanciamna
tawh
internet
laimai
(website)
www.zodictionary.com kipan thei ahi hi. Internet laimai ah
English pan Zolai kammal khiatnate baih takin kien thei
ding aa kibawl ahi hi. 2013 kum ciang, hih internet online
zodictionary sungah Zolai kammal 32487 kiguang zo ahi hi.
Paite Literature Society - PLS, 2008
October 14, 2008 in, Paite Literature Society (PLS) ii zumpi
ah kamkupna (meeting) nei thei uhhi. November 29, 2008
in a 2 veina kamkupna nei-in, panmun kiseh thei uhhi.
March 27, 1984 IST 6:30am /bST 7:30am in Lian kho Vung
ii inn, Moreh ah India lam pan Paite Literature Society
(PLS), Burma/Myanmar lam pan Zomi Christian Language
Society (ZCLS) te in, kimuhna nei thei uhhi. Hih hunin,
tape ngiat tawh awkhumna (ciaptehna) la uhhi ci-in,
kiciamteh ahi hi.
107
Cope Centennial Jubliee Celebration (CCJC) – Tedim
November 25-28, 2010
in, Cope Centennial
Jubilee
Celebration
(CCJC) pawipi nopci
takin, Cope Centennial
Jubilee Hall, Tedim
khuapi, Zogam ah
kibawl ahi hi. Hih a
kibawl theihna dingin, kumpi lam pan phalna pen, Zolai
paulapin kinei hi. Hih pawipi pen, Rev. Dr. Joseph Herber
Cope (J.H. Cope Topa) hong tunzawh kum za cin pawipi ahi
hi. Ahi zongin, pawipi bawl theih nading, phalna pen tua
pawipi ii thu tawh ki-ngah theilo ding ahih manin, Zolai
paulapin kibawl ahi hi. (Hih pen telkhialh khak hetloh ding
thupi mahmah hi.) 2010 kumin, Cope topa hong tun, kum
100 cing aa, hong tun zawh kum 3 khitciang Zolai hong
bawlsak zo in, 2013 kum ciang Zolai neih zawh kum 100 a
cing ahi hi.
Pawipi
sungah,
Pasian mizat siapi
tampitakin thulu
tuamtuam
tawh
thugenna, thapiak
hanthawtnate nei
thei uhhi. Kampau
kidan pih Thuummi tampitakin
Kachin gam pan zampi hong puakna (2010, Tedim)
lungdampihna laite
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hong khak uh leh hong kihel thei uh ahi hi. Tua sung pan,
behte I cih, sanggah Kachin (Jinphaw,…) te in zongh ngeina
zampi tawh lopna hong neih pih uh ahi hi.
CCJC pawipi muakna-in, CCJC Literature Department
(lailam vaipuakla) te in, Zolai manphatna cih thulu tawh
laigelh kidemna bawl uhhi. Tua kidemna ah
Akhatna - Rev. Job Nang Khaw Thang
anihna - Tg. Michael Hau Thang (Leo, Lailui)
athumna - Rev. Pau Sian Kham (C.T.B.A., Cikha) cihte in,
ngah uhhi.
Pawipi ah akihel thei limlim pen, Myanmar gamsung,
gampua leilu leitaw pan kigawm mi 15,000 - 20,000 kiim
pha dingin kiummawh ahi hi.
Zomi Electronic Dictionary (ZED) – Tongdot
tangzang
November 25-28, 2010 in, Cope Centennial Jubilee
Celebration (CCJC)
pawipi sungin, a
masapen, Zomi
Electronic Dictionary
(ZED) apna leh
zuakkhiatna kinei
thei ahi hi.
ZED appna (2010, Tedim, Cope kum za cin
pawi - cCJ)
Zat tangzang setvan
tongdot hi-in,
English, Burmese leh
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Zolai cihte ii akhiatnate letkhiatna ahi hi.
Hih ZED pen, Zomi Siamsin Kipawlna (ZSK), Zomi
Christian Literature (ZCLS), Zomi Computer and Internet
Association (ZOCIA), Christian Literature Centre (CLC)Yangon, ZangKong Awging Endikpawl leh Sanggam DTP
cih kipawlna tuamtuamte ii vaihawmna pan ki-ngah khia
ahi hi.
Kawlgamah, a masapen SMART Electronic
Dictionary kici abawl, Era Technology Company Ltd., tawh
semkhawmin,
Taiwan
pan
kibawlkhia ahi hi.
CCJC pawipi ah ZED
tongdot
pen
tang/mal 100 lian kingahsak thei uhhi.
Khatciangin,
Myanmar sum Kyats
55,000 (hih hunin
US$ 55 kiim tawh
ZED zuakna (Tedim, 2010, CCJ pawi lai) <3
kikim) man hi.
Cope Centennial Jubliee pawi (CCJ pawi/CCJC) – USA
2010 October 9 ni-in, Cope topa Zogam hong tun zawh kum
za cinna "Cope Centennial Jubliee - CCJ" pawipi USA,
Oklahoma gamkee Tulsa khuapi aa om Marriott Hotel, ah
Zomi Innkuan USA makaihna tawh nopci takin kibawl ahi
hi.
110
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Rev. Cin Khaw Kham in hun-uk sem hi. Honna
(patna) thungen Rev. Zam King Mang hi aa makai
lampan thugenna Rev. Dr. Cin Do Kham (Chin Do
Kham) in nei ahi hi.
-
Rev. Ernest R.
Flores leh Rev.
Khup Khen Pau
te in, kum za
cinna ahih
manin, zaam za
vei tumna nei
thei uhhi.
2010, Tulsa ah Rev.Ernest R. Flores in zaam a tum laitak
-
Dr. C. Thang Za Tuan in Cope topa tangthu leh Zolai
thu gennate nei thei ahi hi.Rev. Thang Cin Khan –
Taithul (Rev. Thangcin Khan Taithul) in Zomite
lakah Cope topa ii nasepna thute genna nei ahi hi.
Rev. Dr. Cin Khaw Khai (Chin Khaw Khai) in
lungdamkoh thungetna nei hi. Rev. Dr. Dam Suan
Mung in Zomi ta dingin a tuam vilvel aa thungetna
nei ahi hi.
Robert Cope
(Cope topa
tupa) ii
thugenna nei
thei aa, a
thugenna
tampi lakpan;
"Ka pu uh pen, ka
thei kha man kei
-
2010 in Tulsa ah Robert Cope (Cope topa tupa)
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uhhi. Banghanghiam cihleh, ko a tute ka pian ma un, a
mah pen Burma lam ah na zin khin hi. Ahi zongin, ka pu a
na mu kha Zomite ii tu leh ta no teng tawh kimu kha ka
hihmanin, ka lungdam hi." ci-in thugen hi.
-
Christine Cope
Dudley (Cope
topa' tunu) in
zongh
kihel
thei-in
Cope
topa in, a tate
lakah khat pen,
in Tulsa ah
a lungsim a neu 2010
Christine Cope Dudley (Cope tunu)
mahmah
laitakin lai a khak khat simkhia hi.
Karen Nelson
Cox (Nelson
tanu) in zongh
nuamsa takin
thugenna nei
aa "Kanu
hitakah, ei
2010 in Tulsa ah Karen Nelson Cox (Nelson tanu)
tawh hong
omkhawm
nuam mahmah hi. Ahi zongin, khualzin gamlaakna
leh cidamna hangin hong kihel zolo suak hi.
Kawlgam (Burma) panin, US (America) ka ciahkik
un ah, ka sanggamnu Lois pen kum 10 pha pan hi."
ci-in gen hi.
"Zeisu'n hong it hi, Zeisu'n hong it hi... Laisiangtho in gen
hi" acih la pen ngah lai-in, hongsa khia aa mipite in
khutbengin awng ziahziah aa kisak pih pah ngeingai ahi hi.
-
112
Lam hilh Aksi (Jubilee Choir) kisa hi. Lamal pen
"Hallelujah, Hallelujah... dawi gam sungah Khazih gam
kiphut ta, naakpi'n nuam un, nuam un Hallelujah, Kum za
cinna muangsuang kiphutzota..." cihbang ahi hi.
-
Rev. Kham Za Nang in sumpi, piakkhiatna apna
thungetna nei hi.
Rev. Ernest R.Flores, Germantown Second Baptist
Church (Sangmang hong khahkhia pawlpi) panin
thugenna hong nei
thei hi.
“a muh ngei nailohna, a pai
ngei nailohna, pau a
theihlohna,
ngeina
a
theihpih khaklohna ah, zi
nei tung, khangno khat” cih
kammal tawh Cope topa thu
a genna pan hi.
2010 in Tulsa ah Rev. Ernest R.Flores
-
Rev. Khup Khen Pau, Cope Memorial Baptist Church
(CMBC) pastor, Tedim, Zogam in zongh thugenna
nei ahi hi.
Zola Pasian la ahoih nono tampitak laisiamte in sa uh,
makaih uh aa, Zo ngeina Zolamte tawh Pasian min
kiphatphat hi. Zopuan kisilh zihziahin, Mikangte in zongh
silh uhhi.
-
-
Pa Vung Lian Mang in pahtawina leh minphatna
tuamtuam piakna nei hi. Tua sungah, Zopuan leh a
tuamtuamte Cope topa leh Tonu Nelson ii suan leh
khakte kipia ahi hi.
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Pu Go Sawm Khup, (pawipi pianna ding aa
vaihawm) in lungdamna thugenna nei hi. Rev. Dr.
Tung Za Pau in khupna thungetna leh
lungdamkohna nei thei ahi hi.
Hih pawipi ah mipi tul val bang, migam milei ahih hangin
kipha zo ahi hi. Tuabek thamloin, English te’ media
tampitakte ah suak kawikawi ahi hi. (Media lian tawh lian
mello tawh kisuaksak ngeingai ahi hi.) Media tampi ii
suaksakna
pan
a
liankhat
ahi,
Tulsa
World
(www.tulsaworld.com) in, Dr. Cin Do Kham (Chin Do
Kham) tawh holimna (interview) nei thei ahi hi.
Zomi Language & Literature Society - ZOLLS
Zomi Reunification Organization (ZRO) ii makaihna tawh
ZRO phualpi Muvanlai Camp aa kinei, "Muvanlai
Consultative Meeting- 2011" tungtawn pan, thukimna leh
khensatna tawh kizui-in, Zomi sungah Pau leh Lai lam
kipawlna, Zomi Language & Literature Society (ZOLLS)
min kiphuankhia ahi hi. India gam aa om Zomi kipawlna
lian khat ahi, Zomi Council in 11th April 2012 in, kipsakna
nei hi.
Executive Committee
•
•
•
•
•
•
Chairman
: Rev. Dr. Luaichinthang
Vice Chairman
: Dr. Neng Ngaih Lian
Secretary
: Mr. S. Dal Sian Pau
Assistant Secretary: Mr. Pauchungnung Vaiphei
Finance Secretary : Rev. Dr. Kam Khan Thang
Treasurer
: Rev. Stephen Chinzathang
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•
•
Information & Publicity: Mr. Seilet Mate leh Mr. Lianzalal.
Members
: Dr. Liankhanlal, Mr. M. Vumhau, Mr.
Thanglianmang, Mr. M. Liansonmang leh Mr. Thathang
Hangshing.
Advisery Board
: Mr. K. Guite, Mr. K.Vungzamawi,
Rev. Dr. T.K. Muana, Dr. Dal Lian Haokip, Dr. R. Sanga leh
Dr. Tualchin Neihsia
Zolai Aksipite pan khat
January 6, 2012 nipini nitakin India gam aa Zomi biakna
makai minthang leh ettehhuai Guite beh Rev. Dr. G.
Khamkam (kum 83) in a tenna New Lamka ah damlohna
hangin hong nusia hi. January 8 in New Lamka Hanmual
ah kivui hi.
Siapa pen Lamka a Grace Bible College Founding Principal
(1981 - 97) ahi hi. 1954 - 57 sung Union Biblical Seminary
(UBS), Yeotmal, India panin G Th. zo a, 1969 in BA banah
1989 in UBS panin BD zokik hi. Kum 1997 in Evangel
Christian University of America in a thesis 'How To Study
Bible' cih a gelhna panin Doctor of Ministry (D Min) kipia
ahi hi.
Sia Khamkam in laibu bu 33 gelh ahi hi.
(Laigelh khatin Lai nasem khat zahtak piakna-in, a mathu
leh a sepsate tawm kigelh ahi hi. A zahtakhuai adang
tampi Zomi sungah kiom lai hi.Lai hong bawlsak Cope
topa ii thu bekbek genloin, tua lai a zun a puan tua lai
tawh nasep mithupi tampitakte zongh I pahtawi siam
ding kisam mahmah ahi hi.)
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Tuate: Bible Tangthu Bu Khatna (1962), Bible Thu Taangpi,
Bible Thuhilh Poimawh Bu Nihna (1967), Bible a Numei
Sawmngate (1969), Bible Tunbtang Thu, Bible Zilna
Kongpi No. 1 (1977), Exodus Laibu Suina Bu Nihna (1981),
Halhna, Hindanhoih Bu 5na (1989), Hebrute (1976), I & II
Peter & Juda Laikhakte Duina (1977), I & II Timothi, Tita
leh Philemon Suina (1975), Intermediate, Laihawlpawl
Zillai Bu , Itna Lamdang (1963), Khristian Hinkhua
Bulphuh leh Kipsakna dia Poimawhte (2003), Khristian
Innkuan (1965), Kilakna - Mangmuhna Suina (1978),
Lungsim Damdawi (1964), Naupang Heutu Panpihtu
(1981), Nehemia Suina (1978), Niteng Hatna (1992 a pan
tuni dong), Niteng Mana (1966), Pai-Hin-Lish (1992), Paite
Pau Sinna (1993), Panpihtu (1976), Panpihtu Nihna (1977),
Philipi leh Kolose te Hilhchianbu (1973), Ruth leh Esther
Suina (1977), Taangthu Lakkhawm (1970), Tangthu Hing
(Thukhunlui Tangthu) (1989), Tangthu Hing Bu Khatna
(1977), Thukhunlui Tangthu (1966), Toupa Jesu
Gentehnate (1969), leh YCAR Kikhopna Pitu (1969) cihte
ahi hi. Hite baanah Paite Bible Translation nasepna ah ama
bung masate ahihhi. Paite Lai siangtho version tuamtuam
kikhente ah a sutpi khat hi den ahi hi.
Zolai Aksipite pan khat
Dr. Gin En Cin in Zolai nasepna ah hanciam lua mahmah
ahih ciangin dotna a kibawl leh “Zomite in I Zolai mah
tawh Pasian’ kammal Laisiangtho simin, Zokam mah
tawh Pasian pahtawina lasa-in, Zokam mah tawh thu I
ngetciangin Pasian tawh kizopna thukpenin, I lungsim
hong bun pen hi. Zolai kasep ciangin Pasian’ na a sem aa
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ki-ngaihsun kahi hi. Zomite minam khat aa I kiciaptehna
ahih manin seploh phamawh hi” ci-in gen hi.
(Laigelh khatin Lai nasem khat zahtak piakna-in, a mathu
leh a sepsate tawm kigelh ahi hi. A zahtakhuai adang
tampi Zomi sungah kiom lai hi.Lai hong bawlsak Cope
topa ii thu bekbek genloin, tua lai a zun a puan tua lai
tawh nasep mithupi tampitakte zongh I pahtawi siam
ding kisam mahmah ahi hi.)
19.5.1935 kumin Tuitum, Zogam, Myanmar aa suak hi aa
BCMin (2005), DD (2006) kumin ngah hi. Press Manager,
1964, Harvest Camp 1969, Reaching the Heathens 1996,
ZCA Coordinator 2006 cihbang danin panmunte na len hi.
2011 kumin ZOLUS kipawlna pan ZOLUS Award kipia hi.
Lai nasepte:
-
-
-
-
Adult Literacy Organise-Upa lai theilote lai hilhna 1972 (Zolai thielo mi tulval lai theita cihna letmat
pia)
1972 kumin, Zolai simbu puah committee member
(Tua aa kipanin Zolai simbu Tedim- Tonzang gam
sanginnte ah kumsimin kicingsak zo den hi.)
1985 kum pan kipanin, Zolai thu, seminar te Moreh,
Tedim, Kalaymyo cihte ah 2009 kum ding bawl
kawikawi ahi hi. “How to spell & write Zokam” cih
bulphuh den ahi hi.
1986 kumin, Tedim Roman Catholic Biakna labu
phuahphatna ah committee ah kihelin rtyme tawh
thuah pahpah aa November 1, 1993 in zo uhhi.
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-
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1983-1994 kum sung tengin, Zomi International
Version –ZIV ci-in ippuak cia ding Lasiangtho
Thuciamthak teng bawlkhia hi.
1994 kumin Falam Catholic labu leh Laica Siar CaUk, ABC Chart leh Tanlang pan tan nih ciang
bawlpih hi.
2000 kumin, Thuciamthak, Late leh Paunak kigawm
–NIV te zongh bawlkhia hi.
2003 kumin Zolai endikte khutlet laibu bawlkhia hi.
ZIV-NIV Laisiasngtho pilna laibu (Late, Paunak,
Thuhilhna, Solomon late) Zolai leh English lai-in et
khop theih ding aa hong bawl khia hi.
Australia aa Kumpi ciapteh sanginn ah Zolai kisin
thei
2012 November 6 ni-in, Australia gam, Melbourne khuapi
aa Victorian School of Languages (VSL) sangpi ah Zolai
kisin thei ta hi. Hih sang ah pau nam 40 val (tua lakah
Zolai/Zopau zongh kihelin) kisin aa sangkah naupang
13,000 val kumsim in om den hi. Sang naupang sung pan,
Zolai sinnuamte in sin kha uh ahi hi. Hih sang pen 1935
kum aa kipan hi-in, gam kumpi panpih sang khat ahi hi.
USA aa High School sanginn ah Zolai kisin thei
2012 November 7 ni-in, Zomi Association USA (ZAUS) ii
Education Department makai Tg. Lum L. Thang ii
hanciamna tawh United States gam Oregon State, Portland
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High School te ah, Zolai pen
second
language
khatin
kisang hi.
2012 November 17 ni ciangin
Centennial High School ah
sang naupangte credit ngah
theih na dingin sitna kibawl
hi. 2009 kum pek panin
Zolai nasep leh a dang
tuamtuamte hanciam toto aa
Zolai sinna bu zongh Sangpi
ah Zolai sin theih ma-in
kiging phitphet sa-in kibawl ahi hi.
Zomi Electronic Dictionary (ZED) a nih veina
kibawlkhia
August khapat lam 2012
in,
Zomi
Electronic
Dictionary (ZED), a 2
veina ki-ngahkik leuleu
hi. Tua sungah, tongdot
bek hiloin, English pau ei
leh ei kisin tawm theihna,
Basic
Calculator
leh
Scientific Calculater, nai
leh adang a kimang ding a
kizang thei tuamtuam pawlkaht kihel beh ahi hi. Hih
ciangin, nam nihin kibawl hi. Zomi Model ci-in, Myanmar
sum Ks 50,000 man aa, US$ 80 tawh ki-ngahsak hi. Anam
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dang khat pen e520 Model ci-in, Ks 75,000 man aa US$
100 manin ki-ngah thei hi. Leitung mun tuamtuamah kingahsak kawikawi zo hi.
A kilamdangna pen, e520 ah, English, Burmese, Zolai bek
thamloin, Chinese leh grammar hilhcianna pawlkhat kihel
ahi hi. Tua baanah, MP3 zongh ki-ngah beh aa, screen
zongh hoih zawin 4GB Memory ahi hi.
Zolai sinna Computer Software masapen
17 October 2012 in, Zolai sinna Computer Software (ZCS)
cih computer pan ei leh ei in, Zolai I kisin theih nading
software khat hong kibawlkhia hi. Hih ZCS a kici ei leh ei in
computer pan Zolai sin theihna, Zomite in a neih hunin,
Myanmar
(Burma)
gambupah
minam
dang
kua
mahin nei
zo nailo uh
ahi hi.
Kawlgam
media
tuamtuamt
e ah zongh
hih Zolai sinna Computer Software hong piangkhiatna thu,
suak kawikawi hi. Thupi leh manpha kisa tekin, media te in,
hih a bawlkhia Zomi, Tg. Chin Suan Kap-Kappu (Zomi
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Siansin Kipawlna lutangpi lui) zongh holimna, dotna
dawnna (interview) tuamtuam bawl pah ziahziah uhhi.
- Zolai kammal zat bulpite pen, Zogam sangmang J.H. Cope
topa ii bawl Roman Alphabet te ahi hi.
- Zolai sinna, zuunna leh puah tohtohna, Zolai sinbute
bulphuhin kibawl ahi hi.
- Zomi Literature Uplift Society (ZOLUS) kipawlna ii
theipihna tawh kibawl khia ahi hi.
- Dawllang (tanlang) pan dawlli na ciang, sin theih dingin
kibawl ahi hi.
- Laihilh siamte ii hilh dan mah bangin, I sim theihloh khat
peuh (i theih nopna khat peuh) ii laigual tungah mek (click)
lehang, a awsuah hong kipaukhia hi.
- BG Production panin, hih ZCS kibawlkhia ahi hi.
- A zatzia dingte zongh melmuh tongsan tawh, leitungbup
aa kizangh, a minthang Youtube leh a dang tuamtuam
panin, hilhciannate kician takin kikhah ahi hi.
Khut tawh Laisiangtho buppi gelhkhia
2012 November 3 ni-in, “India gam Manipur State, Imphal
khuapi aa teng Pi Mawi Thang Kim - GBA in Gangte
awsuah lai malgawm tawh Laisiangtho buppi, a khutin
gelhkhia zo hi” cih internet laimaite pan kitangko hi.
Zolai App Dictionary - Tongdot
15th January 2013 in, Tg. Tual Khan Khai (Thomas Khaipi)
in leitung khantohna tawh kituakin, Android kici, Mobile
phone platform nam khat pan Zodict min pia-in EnglishZolai dictionary app khat, amawkna-in ngah theih nading,
hong bawlkhia ahi hi. Amah pen, Applied Science
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University, Hamburg, Germany pan Computer science
sinin, Softwre Engineer khat ahi hi.
o
o
o
o
Zomi Computer and Internet Association
(ZOCIA) tawh semkhawm aa kibawlkhia ahi
hi.
Zomi Christian Literature Society (ZCLS)
tawh semkhawm aa, Tongdot (English- Tedim
Chin Dictionary) laibu tungtawnin, English
pan Zolai (Tedim awsuah) ngah ding aa,
kibawlkhia ahi hi.
Global Falam Youth Organization (GFYO)
tawh semkhawm aa, Siapi Van Kyi ii bawl
English- Falam Chin dictionary laibu
tungtawnin, English pan Laizo lai (Falam
awsuah) ngah ding aa, kibawlkhia ahi hi.
Dr. Van Bik ii English-Chin dictionary laibu
tungtawnin, English pan Khalkha lai ngah
ding aa, kibawlkhia ahi hi.
Hih a kibawl zawh, nipi 2 sungin, a la/a zangh (a download)
pen 3600 val om ahi hi.
Hih bangin app a kibawlkhiat ma, internet ah, internet
laimai (website) www.zodictionary.com pen 2007 kumin
kipan ahi hi. Internet tungtawn panin, English pan Zolai
kammal khiatnate baih takin kien thei ding aa kibawl ahi
hi.
2013 kum ciang, hih internet online zodictionary sungah
Zolai kammal 32487 kiguang zo ahi hi.
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Online Laisiangtho
2013 February kha, Zomi nampi ni madeuh in, Tg. Khen
Solomon leh Cinpu (Will Computer Center) te in mobile
phone iOS (iPhone) te ah Zolai tawh Laisiangtho sim theih
dingin app ki-ngahsak uhhi. Mobile phone (iPhone) bek
thamloin, iPad, iPod te ah zongh ki-ngah ahi hi. Internet
laimai www.laisiangtho.com ah Zolai in a kibawlsa Tedim
Laisiangtho, Myanmar Bible Judson, Det Norsk
Bibelselskap (Danish lai), King James Version cihte leh
Young’s Literal Translation cihte ki-ngah thei ahi hi.
2007 September in, Tg. Khen Solomon, Cinpu (Will
Computer Center) leh alawm agual uh ahuh pawlkhat teng
ii hanciamna tawh Electronic data interchange (EDI) in
computer sungah Zolai aa Laisiangtho buppi guang zo uhhi.
Hih hunin, app tawh hilo aa a Laisiangtho mahmahin
(EXE), a ki-ngah thei ding aa abawl uh ahi hi. WillSOL
Tedim Laisiangtho 1.0.1.3 hi in, Judson Burmese Bible leh
KJV cihte zongh kigawmkhawm ahi hi.
2009 February ciangin, Tg. Khen Solomon leh Cinpu (Will
Computer Center) te in mobile phone Symbian OS te ah
Zolai tawh Laisiangtho sim theih dingin app ki-ngahsak
uhhi.
Mobile App Laisiangtho
-
2009 February ciangin, Tg. Khen Solomon leh Cinpu
(Will Computer Center) te in mobile phone Symbian
OS te ah Zolai tawh Laisiangtho sim theih dingin app
ki-ngahsak uhhi.
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2011 March 18 ni-in Zokam
Laisiangtho
(Zokam
International Version ZIV) ci-in, smart phone te
ah YouVersion app base in,
Zokam cih tawh Zolai in kingahsak thei hi. Mobile pan
ahilo, internet ngiat pan
zongh a kisim thei dingin,
YOUVERSION
(Laisiangtho
bup)
leh
BIBL.is a cihna ah ki-ngah thei ahi hi. Hih sung aa
Zolaite pen Dr.H.Gin En Cin ii gelh ahi hi.
-
2013 February kha, Zomi nampi ni madeuh in, Tg.
Khen Solomon leh Cinpu (Will Computer Center) te
in mobile phone iOS (iPhone) te ah Zolai tawh
Laisiangtho sim theih dingin app ki-ngahsak uhhi.
Mobile phone (iPhone) bek thamloin, iPad, iPod te
ah zongh ki-ngah ahi hi. Internet laimai
www.laisiangtho.com ah Zolai in a kibawlsa Tedim
Laisiangtho, Myanmar Bible Judson, Det Norsk
Bibelselskap (Danish lai), King James Version cihte
leh Young’s Literal Translation cihte ki-ngah thei ahi
hi.
-
2013 May 31 ni-in, Tedim Bible cih min tawh
Laisiangtho (app) pen Zolai in leitung khantohna
tawh kituak aa smart mobile phone (Android OS) te
ah amawkna-in ngah theih ding aa Tg. Cing Sian Dal
in Yangon khupia, Myanmar panin hong bawlkhia
hi.
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Mobile App Tongdot
2013 January 15 ni-in, Tg. Tual Khan Khai (Thomas Khaipi)
in leitung khantohna tawh kituakin, Android kici, Mobile
phone platform nam khat pan Zodict min pia-in EnglishZolai dictionary app khat, amawkna in ngah theih nading,
hong bawlkhia hi. Amah pen, Applied Science University,
Hamburg, Germany pan Computer science sinin, Software
Engineer khat ahi hi.
Hih akibawl zawh, nipi 2 sung in, ala/azangh (a download)
pen 3600 val om ahi hi.
Hih bangin app akibawlkhiat ma, internet ah, internet
laimai (website) www.zodictionary.com pen 2007 kumin
kipan ahi hi. Internet tungtawn panin, English pan Zolai
kammal khiatnate baih takin kien thei ding aa kibawl ahi
hi.
2013 kum ciang, hih internet online zodictionary sungah
Zolai kammal 32487 kiguang zo ahi hi. (Falam,
Khalkha/Hakha te ading zongh bawlsak ahi hi.)
British Museum Library ah Zolai a kikemte
British Museum Library cih laibusaalpi khat England gam
ah om hi. 1955 kum ma aa laibu kibawlte lahna hi phadiak
ahi hi. Leitung mun tuamtuam pan aa kikhen laibu 1955 ma
aa minte pen "British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books
to 1955 Compact Edtion" kici laibu khatah gawm khawm uh
ahi hi.
Volum 3, laimai 187 na ah,
Chin: Kam Hau Dialect "Mate Lai Thiangtho - Tedim Kam
(The Gospel of Matthew - Tiddim Dialect)" Translated by
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J.H. Cope, Pp.78 BFBS, Rangoon, 1915 ci-in a kiciamteh om
hi. Tuabek thamloin,
Chin: Kam Hau Dialect "Zawhang Lai Shiangtho - Tedim
Kam (The Gospel of John in Chin – Kam Hau Dialect)”
Translated by J.H.Cope, Pp.82, American Baptist Press:
Rangoon, 1923
cihte om sitset ahi hi.
Hih bangzah dongin, gamkhangto minamliante in lai
thupisak uhhi. Kem tinten uhhi. A sim theihloh uh lai nangawn hoih takin manphat bawl uh ahi hi. Hihbangdan
tungtawnin sanggam Naga te in zongh CBCNEI kipawlna
tungtawn pan, a laibu neihte uh, laibu tuamtuam direction
leh ciaptenna laibupi bawlin a hunhunin puahtoto uh ahi
hi.
Zomite in zongh Zolai kum 100 cing hita-in neih zawh huai
mahmah ta ahi hi. Theih dingah tuabang bawlzawh aa leh,
Paite, Hmar, Thano, Vaiphei, Gangte, Simte cihbangdan
(cbd...) te a kinai phadiak teng huamkim zotakin thupit sim
zawh ding kisam ahi hi. Mikangte in Zolai dongin huam uh
aa thupit bawl uh ahi hi.
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Zolai kum 100 cin pawipi kibawl – USA
July 5, 2013 in, Tulsa Oklahoma, USA ah Zomite ngeina
puante kisilh zihziahin, Zolai kum 100 cin pawipi nopcitak
aa Zomi Innkuan USA ii makaihna tawh kibawl thei hi.
USA, Oklahoma gamke, Tulsa khua aa om, Full Gospel
Aseembly (FGA) biakinnpi kizangh ahi hi.
Hihhun
sungah,
Rev. Thawng Cin
Taithul in, Zolai
hong piankhiat zia
gen hi. A zomah
Zomi lasiam, music
siamte in Pasian
minphatna leh gam
leh minam itna late
sa
uhhi.
Tua
zomah, Dr. Cin Do Kham (Chin Do Kham) in thugenna nei
aa omna mun tawh kizui-in English pau in nei ahi hi. A
zomah, Foundering member of ZOLUS, Pa Vungh Lian
Mang in, kum 100 sung Zolai nasepnate genna tomkimcing
takin nei thei hi. A zomah, Zo ngeina lapite leh ngeina
lamte aa kipan, Zolai hong bawlsak, Cope topa tangthu
limlahna zongh kinei thei ahi hi.Dr. Suan Za Dong in
thugenna nei aa, a mah pen, Australia pan zin mangpi-in a
kihel ahi hi.
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Zolai kum 100 cin pawipi kibawl – Thailand
2013 August 31
ni-in,
Thailand
gam,
Maela
Camp
kicihna
mun khat aa om
Zomi Christian
Fellowship
Church (ZCFC Biakinnpi)
ah
Zomi Association
Zolai kum 100 cin pawipi, Thailand, 2013 kum
Thailand – ZAT ii
makaihna tawh
Zolai kum 100 cinna pawipi kibawl ahi hi. Hih pawipi ah
namdang tampite in zongh hong uap uhin, Sia Khun Oh
(General Secretary of National Democratic Front - NDF)
zongh thugen hun kipia hi. Kawlpau in zongh, Zolai leh
Zomi tangthu theihhuaite a tomkimcing takin genciannate
kinei thei aa thupi mahmah ahi hi.
Zolai kum 100 cin pawipi kibawl - Myanmar
2013 October 30- November 3 hun sungin, Tahan Tuiphum
Pawlpi, Kalaymyo, Myanmar ah Zomi Christian Literature
– ZCLS ii hanciamna tawh Zolai kum 100 cin lungdam
kohna bawl ding thu pawi vaihawmte tung pan kiza ahi hi.
(Hih pawipi kibawlma, programme kitheihkhitin, hih
laibu kibawlkhia ahi hi.)
Prof.Rev. S.Pau Khan En in hih pawipi ading
thubulphuh
“Puahkawm,
Zunkawmin
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Mainawt khawm ni (Jer. 1:10; 29:11)” tawh
kizui-in thugenna nei ding hi.
Rev.Khoi Lam Thang in “Zolai hong
piankhiatna leh a khantohzia”,
Rev.Dr. JM.Ngul Khan Pau in “A kikhenthang
Zomite’ dinmun leh mailam”,
Dr. Hau Za Cin in “Tuhun nate (Science)” leh
“Khantohzia leh khangno”
cihte hi-in, lutman pen Ks.3,000 nget dingin kivaihawm ahi
hi. Mi phazah ding pen 400 ci-in kiciangtan ahi hi. Bishop
Felix Lian Khen Thang in zongh thugenpina nei dingin geel
uh ahi hi.
Nitak biakpiakna, phatna lasakna leh ngeina lam
tuamtuamte neih dingin zongh vaihawm uh ahi hi. Hih
tawh kizomin, Literature Joint Seminar Pyidawtha
Tuiphum Pawlpi ah kibawl ding aa Rev. Khoi Lam Thang in
makaih ding cih ahi hi. ZCLS bek thamloin, Zomi Baptist
Literature Board, Mizogam leh Chin Baptist Literature
Board, Manipur te tawh kigawm ding ahi hi.
Zolai nasepnate ah pahtawina piakna zongh om ding aa,
Rev. Dr. Kam Khaw Thang in “Zolai Zuapa” cih min tawh
pahtawina lianpi ngah ding ahi hi.
Zolai nasepziate etphatna
2013 kum ciangin, zattaang ding Zolai neih zawh kum 100 a
cing ahi hi. Hih kum zalom khat sungin, Zolai tawh kigelh
laibu, Zolai tawh kigelh, thu kizakna cihte leh Zolai
khantohna ding nasepna bagnzah om khin ahi hiam? Kum
zakhat hun sung adingin, a lungkimhuai takpi mah hiam?
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Laibu a bawl leh a zuak a haksatna
Zomibup in laisim uuk mah leh zongh, laisim mi phazah
pen tawm lai mahmah ding cih theih ahi hi. Banghanghiam
cihleh, Zomi pen mimal kitawm lai ahihna leh Zolai hong
sim pih theih namdang kitamlo ahihman ahi hi. Hihbang
aa, atawm kawmkal sung pan, laisim uuk/laisim nuam pen,
sehli suah sehkhat (25%) zongh kiphalo kha ding hi.Tua
zah sung panin zongh, a simnop uh laite pen kibanglo lai
ding ahi hi. Tua ahih manin, laibu khat hong kibawl ciang,
laisim uuk/laisim nuam khempeuh in kilei hetlo kha lai
ding hi. Myanmar lam bekah Zolai sim thei Zomi pen, sang
khat (one hundred thousand) kipha ding hi. Tua zah sung
pan sehli suah sehkhat (25%) pen tul 25 a val ding ahi hi.
Ahi zongin, laibu tuamtuamte bek thamlo, 90% sang’ bang
a tamzaw Christian ahihna Zomite lakah Laisiangtho nangawn pen (a tamvei zaw) bawlkhatin bu tulsawm kiim ta
bek kibawl khia zo mawk ahi hi.
Laibu khat bawlkhiat ding pen haksa mahmah hi. Zomi
lakah, laibu zuak ding pen tua laibu bawl sangin
haksazawlai hi. Innhoihlohoih, mawtaw hoih tawh om
khatin zongh, Ks. tul 1/tul 2 man a lei ding uh pen haksa a
sa kitam mahmah lai mawk hi. Laibu bawlte in, suplawhin
hong bawl liang kei ding vua leh, Zolai-in laibu pen tampi
neih ding hong haksa mahmah tawh kibang hi. Zomibup in
lei mah leh zongh a meet atam khollo ding kawmkal ah
atung aa kigelh bang ahih manin, haksa ahi hi.
Tuabang ahih ciangin, laibu pen ahoih (standard/quality)
om aa bawlkhiat zawh ding hong haksa semsem pah lai ahi
hi. Ahoihloh ciangin, Zomite mah in, lai nasemte tha
ngahlohzel thei hi. Zomite in laibu gina neih ding hamsa
mahmah ahi hi. Mihing khat bangin ngaihsun hilehang,
vitamin nei hetlo Zolai ahi hi.
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Lai simh ding leh lei’ ding a haksatna
Mimal khat leh nih ii hanciamna tawh a kibawl om hi. Beh
leh phung ii hanciamna tawh kibawl hong om hi. Biakna
pawlpi, kipawlna tuamtuam ii hanciamna tawh kibawl hong
om hi. Zolai kipawlna ii hanciamna tawh kibawl om hi.
Laibu ahi zong, thu kizakna ahi zong kibawl ciat hi.
Hanciam theih bangbangin, hih theih zahzah tawh sepkhiat
ding pen hoihmahmah leh thupi mahmah hi. Ahi zongin,
laibu kibawlte a tamzaw pen, Zomibup ading tawh kituaklo
ci ding I hiam, Zomibup ading aa kisamlo ci ding I hiam,
tua dan laibu namte tam pian simsim ahi hi. Gtn. Jubilee
laibu, Beh thu, Pawlpi khat ii thu, cbd...
Zomibup ahi zong, laisim ding mi atawm mahmah
kawmkal ah, tua sung pan, tuate bek ii lunglut ding, tuate ii
sim noploh nam cih bangin, kidei suksuk, kikhaih suksuk
lai ahih manin, laibu pen khot ding hong haksa semsem ahi
hi. Hi laibu pen, tua pawlte zat, hih Laisiangtho pen tua
pawlpite zat, hih laibu pen, tua behte gelh cih bangin, khat
leh khat kiciapteh sakna khawng hong om thei hi. Tua in,
laibu khot ding tampi daaikaai (khaktan) aa, laibu pen
suplawhin I bawl kei buang leh a meet cih thadah, a
kizanghkhia zah zongh ngahkik ding hamsa thei hi. Tua hi
leh, a bu 2 na bawlkik ding pen, hong baihlo toto pah ahi hi.
Laisim uuk/laisim nuam ahiphial zongin, atung aa kigen
bang aa Zomi sung na-ngawnah lai kigelh thute in dawl
tuamtuam hong neih pen, laisimte lam panin lunglut huailo
hi. Zolai ahih manin, thapia ni cih bek tawh pen, a
tawntungin hong piang thei den samlo ding ahi hi.
Abeisa Zolai nasepnate
Lai lam nasepna tampitak a om khin zo hi. Om lai leh
zongh hoih semsem ding ahi hi. Ahi zongin, Lai lam
kipawlna pen tampitak hong omloh ding hoihzaw kha ding
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hi. Banghanghiam cihleh, lai malgawm nop zia cihte aa
kipan a tuamtuam ah hong kitukalh khak ding dahhuai hi.
Khat leh nih bek hong om liang ding lah, hoihlo leuleu kha
ding hi. Lai lam kipawlnate' ii nasepna tuamtuamte,
mimalin ahi zong, media lam pan ahi zong, lai lam nasepna
tuamtuamte leh nasepziate tawm etkikna nei-in, mailam ah
bangteng
behlaphuai
aa
bangteng
hanciamtakin
zopsuakhuai, bangteng kikhelhuai cihte en sukni.
Lailam kipawlna
India lam ah - ZOLLS (Zomi Language and Literature
Society), PLS (Paite Literature Society), ZLS (Zou
Literature Society), SLS (Simte Literature Society), VLS
(Vaiphei Literature Society), GLS (Gangte Literature
Society), cbd...
Myanmar lam ah - CLC (Christian Literature Centre), ZCLS
(ZomiChristian Literature Society), ZOLUS (Zomi
Literature Uplift Society), VLM, Ciimnuai khuavak, Dikom,
Association, Section, Thangho leh Liando, cbd... tampi
kiom khin zo ta hi.
Tuabek thamloin, lai nasepna ah, lai lam kipawlnate bek
thamloin, Anlak Hun, Bawmta, Khanlawhna Hun, Kong
Kawcik, Laitai, Laizom, Lengla, Lungdamna Aw,
Lungvak,Nipi Paak, Paknamtui, Pentecostal Tangko, Tahan
Awging, Tangko, Tedim Khuavak, Thupha Puak, Tongsan,
Upna Laigil, Voice of Zomi, Zangkong Awging, Zo Aw,
Zotimes/ZomiTimes, Zokuam Thawn, Zolai Zuunna,
Zolengthe, ZOMKA, Zonu' Tongluan, ZYA weekly news, …
cihbangdan (cbd…) te leh a dang tampitak (khua kipawlna,
biakna kipawlna leh a tuamtuamte) in zongh hanciam tak
aa hih theih bang tekin kisem ciat ahi hi.
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Laidal tawh ahilo, online pan internet tungtawnin,
www.zomidaily.com, www.tongsan.org, www.zogam.com,
www.zogamonline.com cih teng pen Zolai ngiat tawh citak
kuhkal takin a hunsim aa thu zaksakna a nei zo phadiak
dente ahi hi. Hibanglo a dang tampitak zongh kiomin, mipi
sim, mipi et phadiak leh thuthak lathak a puak zo phadiakte
ahih manin hih teng gentehna pia-in hong kigelh ahi hi.
Nasepsate etkikna
Hihbang danin, kipawlna din zawh ding zongh a baih hilo
hi. Hihbang danin, lai nasepna tuamtuam neih zawh ding
zongh a baih hi vetlo hi. Nasepsate a tha-ngah huai leh
hanciam beh huaite pawlkhat en suk ni.
Tha-ngah huai
Zomi sungah laisim, lai-uuk pen kitawm mahmah ahih
hangin, a uuk sunsunte in citak leh kulkal takin deihsakna
tak tawh hong semsem zo uhhi. Lungkiat hun tampi om
ding hi. Kua ma cialloh baanah, kua ma kin pihloh cih hun
zongh om kha thei lai ding ahi hi. Gam leh Minam ading
veina tawh nasepna lianpi khat ahih lam a tel man uhhi kha
ding ahi hi. Haksatna tuamtuamte leh kimindaisakna ahi
zong, kiawlmawhloh, thudonlohnate leh tha kipiaklohnate,
sum leh paai ahi zong, mun khat leh mun khat naseppih
ding kizopna haksatna cihbang dan tampi kawmkal pan
sawtveipi mah sem zo ahihman un zahtak huai thei
mahmah uh ahi hi. Lai nasep pen a haksatlam a sem ngeite
mahin tel pen pah kha ding hi. Tua ahih manin,
hawmthawhhuaina mun tampi mah na om veve pah kha
ding ahi hi.
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Hanciam beh huai laite
Online nasepnate en masa ni. Email group tuamtuam
tampitak om hi. Leitungbup aa kilim zat mahmah Facebook
sungah zongh group tampitak om hi. Website, blog
cihbangdan tampitak om hi. Lungdam huai mahmah hi.
Ahi zongin, 2013 kum ciangciangah group khat leh khat,
blog/website khat leh khat aa lai khahte pen a tamzaw
kibang ahi hi. Copy/ paste vive hi pian mawk ahi hi.
Tuabang dan kihi lai ahih manin, group khat la lehang,
kicing gai khin pianpian lel aa, a dangte kisapna om lualo
tawh hong kibang hi. Website/blog khat sim/en lehang a
dangte et kul nawnlo tawh hong kibang pian mawk hi. Hih
pen, nasepzia maanlo ahihman ahi hi.
1. Zomi sungah Copy Rights zahtakna omlo hi. (source pen
a gelh pawlkhat a om hangin, credit piakna bek hi-in, media
nasepzia taktak hinailo ahi hi.)
2. Lai nasem lamte in, ngaihsutna tam helloin zaksak sawn,
tangko sawn cih ciang vive ahi hi. (Lai nasemte ngaihsutna
leh muhna tawh kopkhawmin gelh hi leh, website/blog khat
leh khat ah gelhziate hong kibanglo ding aa, laisimte in,
website/blog teng a baanbaanin hong sim kul ding hi. Tua
website/blog in bangci gelh aa, a dang khat pen in koici gen
hiam cih pen mipite hong lunglutin, laisim nuam zongh
hong kibehlap kha thei ding ahi hi.)
3. Behlap leh laih theih ngiatloh thu pawlkhat a om veve
mah ahi hi. Ahi zongin, a thu puah theilo cih bek hi aa, lai
malgawmzia pen puah theih ahi hi. Tua ahih manin, copy
suk mengmeng hilo aa, lai malgawmte zongh sitin I lai
malgawmziate a kibat den ding zongh thupi ahi hi.
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Hibangdan aa guipi (official) paizia tawh kisem zo taktak
nailo ahih manin, thu limci tawm ahi hi.
Laibu khot ding hamsa
Laidal lam tawh nasemte en lehang: 2005 masiah bang,
laihawm thu zaksakna nasep pen, dal 1, dal 2 cih ciang tawh
a kizom limliam Ihi hi. 2013 kum ciangin, news jgournal 2
Zolai in hong om thei aa lungdam leh angtang huai
mahmah ahi hi. Magazines te zongh tampipi kumsimin
hong om to zeuhzeuh ta hi. Tampipi cih pen, nidanglai
tawh tehna hi aa, tam taktak nai tuanlo hi. Tua laibu
tuamtuam a kibawlte pen, biakna pawlpi pan, kipawlna
tuamtuam pan leh mimal hanciamna tawmtawm ahi hi. A
tamzaw pen pawlpi, kipawlna tuamtuam ahihmah bangin, a
thute zongh pen pawlpi thu leh kipawlna thu tampen den
pah ahi hi. Tua ahih manin, tua bang laibute pen, tua a
hawm kipawlna (akl) pawlpite tawh a kizom (a kisai) te
lobuang, a tamzawte in lunglut pih huailo tawh hong
kibang ahi hi. Tua in, laibu khot zah ding pan toisak tuam
aa a mi kikhiam suk pah ahi hi. Tua panin laibu nasepna ah
meet ding haksa semsem hipah aa, a bukik bawl ding pen
hong haksa to semsem pah ahi hi.
Tuabang danin, kipawlna thute leh biakna pawlpi thute
gelh ding zongh hoihmah hi. 2013 kum ciangciang, Zolai
tawh kigelh laibu teng, hici bangin ngaihsun pak lehang,
Pasian thu kigelh laibu mah tampen kha ding hi. Upna
upzia kibanglo lak ahih manin, tua Pasian thubu khempeuh
zongh Pasian thu-um khempeuh in lei tuanlo kha lai ding
ahi hi. Pasian thu sung na-ngawn ah zongh, toisak suk lai
tawh hong kibang ahi hi. Laibute pen a tamzaw laimai 200
phak zawh ding haksa mahmah lai ahi hi. Tuabek thamloin,
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bawl khatin bu tul bawlkhiat ding zongh hamsa mahmahin
kigen tek lai ahi hi. 2005 masiah bangah pen, lai bawlte in
sum leh paai haksatna mah hangin, stencil tawh lakhia-in,
gestetner tawh pei khia cih zongh tampi kiom ahi hi.
Computer mah tawh khen aa Offset tawh bawlkhiat zawh
pen sawt nailo ahi hi. Zangkong Awging pen a masapen
hikha ding ahi hi.
Lai nasep a haksatna
Lainasemte pen khasumsang kitam hetlo ding ahi hi.
Hunbitin kipiakkhiat zawh ding pen a baih vetlo nasepna
lianpi khat ahi hi. Banghanghiam cihleh, khasum piak aa a
cial ding mi omlo cih ahi hi. A mau leh a mau lah kivakna
ding leh nasep nopte kikhop zo taktaklo cihbangdan ahi hi.
ZangKong Awging nasepna ah, Full Gospel Assemble - FGA
in khasum pia-in hunbit nasem mi li pha cihloh, lai
nasepna tuamtuamte ah hun awngkal, khasum piakloh,
man hun sung leh a kisapna zui cihbangdan vive ahi hi.
Laibu khat leh khat ah lai malgawmte kibat kim zawh ding
pen haksa mahmah hi. Tuabek thamloin, laibu khat sung
mahmah ah zongh, a malgawmzia kibanglo khawng zongh
om thei lai ahi hi.
Zolai hong deep nuam Zopau tangin Kawlpau hong
zanghsak nuam, Zomite hong valtum nuam ngei, Myanmar
kumpite hangin zongh tampitak haksatna om thei ahi hi.
Lai nasepna hangin, thongkiat lawh zongh kiom hi. Lai
nasepnate ah ahang tuamtuam tawh khaktanna ngah zongh
kiom hi. 2013 kum ciangciangah, laihawm khat, laibu
bawlkhat pen phalna ngahna dingin, "pawlpi sungah
ciangtan sa-in kizuak hi." cih kigelh hamtang hi. Hih zongh
Myanmar lamte ii phulkhak haksatna khat ahi hi. Official in
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bawlkhiat laibu taktak pen tam nai hetlo hi. ISBM code nei
zongh tam nai hetlo hi. Zomite in Zolai tawh Master,
Doctor dongin lai kisin theita hileh, laibusaal ah koih ding
laibu gina laibu thupi bangzah a om khin diam? Tua ahih
manin, leitung thute zongh tampipi gelh ding kisam ahi hi.
Lai a kilunglutna ding
Laibu khat pen, mi khempeuh in thukimpih aa deih gai
ding cih ahi theilo thu khat ahi hi. A deih om ding aa, a
deihlo om ding ahi hi. Tua pen leitung ngeina ahi hi. Mikim
ii lunglut ding lai gelh zawh ding pen, haksa ahi hi. Tua
ahih manin, naupangnote lunglut ding, nungak tangvalte
lunglut ding, leitung khantohna lam a lunglutte sim ding,
tangthu leh ciaptehhuai thupiangte sim theih ding, a
zaknop huai tangthu tuamtuamte aa kipan, lim kisuai
cartoon dongin naupangnote lunglut ding tampipi
bawlkhiat zawh ding kisam mahmah ahi hi. Tuabaan ah, lai
ii thupitna, Zolai ii manphatna cihte genna khawmpi
bawlzel zawh ding, biakinn khat khit khat, khua khat khit
khua khat ah gen kawikawi zawh ding zongh thupi mahmah
ahi hi.
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Laibu zuakna
Zomi sung laibu zuak pen, ankam zasan zuak sangin haksa
kisazawlai mawk hi. Mipi in laisim hong uuk limlim ding
zongh thupi hi. Tuamah bangin, laibu bawl, laigelhte in
zongh, a sim huai, a lei taakin hong bawl pah ding uh zongh
kisam ahi hi. 2013 kum ciangciang pen, maitang zahtakna
in a lei kiom lai hi.
Gam leh Minam
ading nasepna dan
khatin ki-ngaihsun
aa a lei kiom lai hi.
A ma sim ding leh
a ma theih lawh
ding
ngaihsutna
tawh a lei pen
kitam tuak nai
hetlo ahi hi.
Pawi om laitakin zuak, inn vak aa zuak, kikhopna ah zuak
cih danlo, vanzuak bangin sai (shop/stationary) ah tutpih
aa zuak pen Zomi sungah khot ding a haksa mahmah khat
hilai mawk hi. Internet tungtawnin, Zomite khat in, laibu,
la khui, limtang khui cihbangdan a tuamtuamte zuakna
hong nei thei aa zopsuak zawh ding pen haksa mahmah kha
ding ahi hi. Leitungbup ii zat online vanzuakna website pite
tungtawnin zongh, Zolai tawh kigelh laibu, namdang lai
tawh kigelh Zomi thubu tampite kizuak ahi hi.
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Leitung
khantohna
tawh kizui-in, laidal
tawh na kisemsem
nawnlo aa electronic
vive hita ahi hi. Thu
kizaknate ah, laidal
tawh nasepna tawm
semsem aa electronic
tawh nasepna tam
semsem ahi hi. Gtn. ebook, e-dictionary, e-newspaper, e-magazine, cbd... Mikang
pilna nei tampite in a upmawh uh a genna vuah “2050
ciangin, laidal tawh nasepna pen a bei hiphial ta ding hi”
ci-in, gelhkholhna nei uhhi.
Tua hileh laibu kibawlbawlte in man a nei lai ding hiam?
2013 kum ciangciangah, Leitung sang minthangte in lai
nasepna tuamtuamte pen, internet tungtawn pan
(electronic devices) sangin, laibu ngiat pan etkaak aa
laigelh ding, laibawl ding deihzawlai veve uh ahi hi. Mailam
hun ciang bel bang hong ci ding cih thei lianlo phawt Ihi hi.
Bangbang ahi zongin, hihbang aa electornic system tawh lai
nasep neih ding hoih asa gam khangto minam liante in,
laibu in, bu tul then tampi nei khin limlim uh ahih manin,
kicing khin cihna ahih pah samloh hang, lungmuanhuai
mahmah khinta uh ahi hi. Tua ahih manin, Zomite in laidal
mah tawh tampipi I bawl ngekngek zawh ding zongh kisam
lai veve ahi hi.
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Pau leh Lai manthat theihna thu pawlkhat
Pau leh hamte a zangh atam leh atawm
1924 kum aa USA pan a kiphuankhia kipawlna, Linguistic
Society of America - LSA ii ciaptehna tungtawnin, 1996
kum aa leitungah, pau nam 6,703 om hi. Hih pau phazah
lak pan, nam 1000 bang pen Americas leitang tungah om
hi. Africa leitang tungah paunam 2011 om hi. Europe
leitang tungah paunam 225 om hi. Asia leitang tungah
paunam 2165 omin, Pacific (Australia akihel) ah paunam
1329 om ahi hi. Hih thu (ciaptehna) tungah, pau pen nam
5000 val hi aci kiomin, pawlkhat in, aneng atawng aa kisim
gai zolo ahih manin, tua zah sang' zongh tamzaw kha thei
lai ding hi ci-in, kipawlna tuamtuam panin zongh gen tek
uhhi.
Kum zalom (century) kik ciangin tua a omsa pau teng pan
90% bang mangcip thei dingin hih kipawlna, LSA te in
ummawh uhhi. English, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin
Chinese, Russian, Indonesian, Arabic, Swahili leh Hindi
cihte pawl bek mah manglo ding hi ci-in gen ngam uhhi.
Adang teng pen mang thei, manglo thei cihleh a mang baih,
a mang hak cih bek hi ding hi ci uhhi.
Atung aa te tungtawnin ngaihsutna: Zomite gam
omna Asia leitang tungah, leitang dangte aa pau nam om
zah sangin, tamzaw cih kimu thei hi. A zomah, pau manglo
ding aa, a gen ngam uh minamte pen, leitungah mimal
phazah mahmah a tampen teng hong hipah uhhi. Tua ahih
manin, mimal mahmah a tamna hang aa phattuamna
tampitak a piangte sungah, pau leh hamte kipsak tuam cih
phattuamna zongh kihel ahi hi. Banghanghiam cihleh,
mimal tam leh tua pau leh hamte a zangh tam pah ahi hi. A
zangh kitam leh, thu kizaakna cite leh a tuamtuamte ah, tua
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pau leh ham pen zat taak ahi hi. Gtn. La, Limtang, Journal,
Laibu, cbd...
Laibute, Late, Limtangte (Movies), Journal te a sim ding, a
ngai ding, a lei ding om kei leh kibawllo ding hi. A om nangawn, a sim ding a lei ding atam tuan kei aa leh, tampipi
bawl zawh ding, bawlzelzel zawh ding cih pen haksa-in, tua
in, pau leh ham kepcing ding haksatna nam khat hi pah hi.
Namdangte lak aa om pau leh ham
Pau a kizangh nawnlote pen a si ci-in kigen hi. Hih munah
a kizangh nawnlo cih pen nam 2 in kikhen hi. A masapen,
namdang paute in hucip (deepcip) in, tua minamte in
namdang pau bek mah zangh suak uh aa, a mau pau pen
khangkikte hun ciang a si cih ahi hi. A nam dang khat
leuleu ciang pen, nidang lai aa pau (khanglui pau) cih a
tuamin om aa, tuate zangh nawnloin, namdang pau zangh
hi tuanlo, tuhun pau (khangthak pau) cih a zangh om ahi
hi. Greek pau pen, khanglui pau leh khangthak pau
(Ancient Greek to Modern Greek) in kizangh aa, Christian
Laisiangtho sang kah, Greek lai sinte in, a khanglui lai/pau
uh a sin hi phadiak ahi hi. Latin pau pen, khangthak Italian,
Spanish, French, Romanian leh pau dang pawlkhat
kihelh/kigawmin deep ahi hi. Tuabek thamloin, English
pau na-ngawnah, Chaucer (English lai ii pa/Father of
English litereture) kici laigelh leh lapau (poem) gelh siam
pa ii hun aa, a kizangh khanglui English pau kizangh
nawnloin, khangthak English a kizangh ahi hi.
Kumza lom 19 (19th century) hun lai-in, gal kidona leh,
khat leh khat ki-uk kawikawina cih dan pen Europe sungah
tampi om hi. Tua ahih manin, a lianzaw, a thahat zawzaw ii
pau pen hong khangin, tua hun pan, pau nam tampi mang
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hi ci-in kiciamteh hi. Hihbang dan pen, Greenland acih
(Denmark te' thu neihna) gam ah tudongin kilangh, kimu
thei lai hi. 1960s hun sungin, Turkey gamah zongh, mimal
tawm ii zat paute, a bei siang na dingin, thukhun tuamtuam
khauh takin om ngei ahi hi. Gtn. Sangah tua pau bek zangh
ding, tua pau tua laite tawh media na tuamtuamte sem
theilo ding, cbd...
Alaska ah Yupik Eskimo Communities cih tawh Yupik
Eskimo minamte kipawlna omin, tuhun ciang tua
communities sungah zongh English pau mah limzat kulzaw
dinmun ah om uhhi. Scots Gaelic kicite zongh Cape Breton
Island, Nova Scotia ah om uhin 1940s pawl ciang, hih a pau
uh a zangh kiom nawnlo hi. Hihbangdan pen, leitung mun
tuamtuamah, a hunhunin tampitak a om denden ahi hi.
Papua New Guinea kicite pen Australia lam ah om uhin,
paunam 900 kiim pha uhhi. Tulai hih khang sung
mahmahah, a mau teng uh pan puanam 90% bang mang/si
dingin kiummawh hi. Tuamah bangin, Asia, America,
Europe leh Africa ah zongh hih khang sung mahmahin a
mangthang ding aa upmawhhuai tampi om hi ci-in pau leh
lai lam siam mipil kipawlna tuamtuamte in, genkhia uhhi.
North America ah, paunam zatampi om ngei-in, tuhun
ciang paunam om a kiciamteh pen 194 lian om lai hi.
Tualak na-ngawn panin, paunam 33 te pen khangno leh
naupangte in zongh zangh lai-in, paunam 34 te pen
naupangte in zangh nawn phalo aa, khangno lamteciang
bekin zangh lai uhhi. Paunam 73 te pen khangham pian sa
kum 50 kiim pan a tungsiah bekin zangh lai uh ci hi.
Paunam 49 te pen, mi tawmno bekin zangh lai-in, tuate
zongh kum 70 valte hita aa, a khangthakte un zatpih
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nawnlo uh ci hi. A dang 5 teng bel, tulai khangsung
mahmahin a beibei ta aa ki-ngaihsun hi.
Hih atung aa teng pan, a masa aa paunam 33 te tawm,
lungnophuai zawdeuh hi. A naupangte un zangh lai
ahihman ahi hi. Ahi zongin, adang tengin zongh English
hong zangh leh, English pau in a deepsa kawmkalah a deep
ding akiim apaam ah kibehlap behbeh suak ahih manin,
lungnophuai khin taktak tuanlo lai cih theih ahi hi.
Mi’ gam aa om, nam dangte ii kizopna/thu
kizakna/kikawmna/kilawmtaakna
cih
dan
Community te in, ngeina, pau leh lai cihte, hong
khahsuah aa leh, tuate omnana gam aa pau leh ham,
ngeina leh laite in tua minamte luah mang pah
lianlian hi cih pau lam ham lam nasem (researchers)
te in mu khia uhhi.
Hih community in, kizop, kikhual, kidonna cihte leh
gualnopna tuamtuamah hong thanem ciangin, hibang
dante hong piang thei hi phadiak ahi hi. Banghanghiam
cihleh kizoptaaklo, gualnopna leh kidon kikhualna om kei
leh mipi a tamzaw kihel nuamloin, kua mah hong kihelloh
ciang, pau leh ham, ngeina leh lai cihte zatna ding mun
omlo aa kepcing ding haksa semsem cih ahi hi.
Atung aa te tungtawnin ngaihsutna: Pau leh ham pen,
a hun, a thu zui-in kikhelkhel cih kimu thei hi. (Khanglui
pau pan khangthak pau kizangh) Tuamah bangin, a mun, a
mual, a gam zui-in zongh pau leh hamte kikhel toto cih
kimu thei lai hi. Tuabaanah, kiim leh paam pan, toptawm
kammal, zatpih (kawm) kammal tampi kibehlapin
kihelh/kigawm thei lai cih zongh kimu thei beh hi. Hihteng
tungtawn panin, kammal tampi kikhel bek thamloin, pau
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zia, awsuah/awkaih cihte zongh a hun a mun zui-in
kikhelzelzel ding hi cih zongh kimu hi.
Tuabang ahih ciangin, pauzia awsuah cihte hong kikhel aa
leh tuate zui-in, lai malgawm zia zongh hong kikhel kha
thei ding hi cih ahi hi. Tua ahih manin, lai malgawm pen
nam khat bek hiden ding cih bang om theilo kha ding hi.
Lai malgawm zongh, pau leh ham mah bangin, a hun a mun
zui-in hong kikhelkhel kha thei ding nam khat ahi hi.
Banghanghiam cihleh, lai gelhzia pen pau leh ham
tungtawn pan kibawlkhia, ki-ngaihsun ahih man ahi hi. Lai
malgawm (spelling) sangin, lai luanzia/lai gelhzia
(grammar) pen thupizaw ahi hi.
Gtn. British English ah colour, centre, cbd… te pen,
American English ah color, center ci uhhi. Adang tampi tak
omlai-in, tuabaanah, temta (knife) cih dan, “Knight, Know,
cbd…” te pen “k” aw, suak hetloin, puah tuan selo leh lai
malgawmzia pen buai pih lualo uhhi. Ahi zongin, lai
luanzia/lai gualhzia (grammar) pen, kibang gai hi. Englsih
pen, tuhun ciangin, awsuah tuamtuam om hi. Gtn. Singlish
kici Singpore English, Indian English awsuah/awkaih a
tuam, Pidgin English, cbd...
Gam tampitak ah, palik pen English pau zui-in, Police ci uh
aa, a mau awsuah bangbangin gelh uhhi. Gtn. Malaysia ah
police pen polis ci-in gelh uhhi.
Tuabek thamloin, nam lian, mimal tam, pau a kilimzat,
zatloh a phamawh pau dangte kawmkalah a om kha minam
tawm/neute pen, a pau a ham uh kep ding haksa phadiak
cih kimu thei hi. Banghanghiam cihleh, tua pianpih pau
sangin, a kisamzaw leh a tangzaizaw, zatloh a phamawhzaw
paudang om ahihman ahi hi. Minam pau sangin, namdang
pau pen, hong thupizaw cih hong suak hi. Tuabang dan
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munte ah, I pau I hamte hong deep baih mahmah ahi hi.
Tuabang hong hih ciangin, pau leh laite
zongh a
manphatna/a kisapna hong kiam dingin, kepcing ding hong
haksa semsem ding ahi hi. Pau leh ham, lai cihte a zangh
hong tawm semsem hileh, hih pen, khangkik/khangthakte
hun ciangin, tua pau leh ham, lai cihte a zangh ding mi, a
beibei hong suak ding aa dahhuai mahmah ahi hi.
Minam mangthang leh khanggui bei
Minambupin, nam dangte lakah omin (ahih kei leh =akl)
tua minamte ii gam pen kiiim leh paamte in hucip/deepcip
aa pau leh ham ah a deepcipte aa zatpih cihbangdan piang
ahih aa leh, tuate pen, ci mang, minam mangthang cih ding
ahi hi. Tua minam te’ ii ngeina a bei, pau leh ham a si,
minam mangthang kici ding ahi hi.
Tuabangdan hiloin, a minam pihte in, a gam vuah ngeina
leh lai, pau leh hamte zangh lai-in, kemcing zo lai aa,
namdang/gamdang lakah bawngkhat/ pawlkhat a va mang
ahih aa leh, tuate pen, minam mang kiciloin, khanggui
mang, tua bawng ii khanggui bei kici ding ahi hi.
Singta gamah om Zomite in, Zomite kizop
dimdiamna I thupitsak mahmah ding kisam
hi. Zomi nu leh pate kimuzelzelin, Zopau mah
tawh kiho tangtang aa, I ta I naute in, tua I
pau leh I hamte zaza-in, hong zat suak theih
ding uh thupi hi. Zopau, Zolai hilhnate bek
thamloin, a mau lunglut ding uh, a sim nop
huai tuamtuam laibu nonote, a et nop huai
limtang (video) tuamtuamte, asak nop/a
ngaih nop huai a zaak noop lahoih nonote
zongh tampitak kisam mahmah ahi hi.
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Thu leh la tuamtuam Zolai tawh a kim zawh
kei aa leh, namdang lai mah tawh I sim, I sin
kul
ding
aa
Zolai
manphatna/thupitna/kisapna cihte hong
kiam ding hi. Minam khat kepcing nadingin,
pau leh ham kiptakin a om kul hi. Minam
khat hihang ci aa namdang pau tawh kihona
in, kiit ki-ngaihnate hong pengsak thei hi. Tua
pau leh hamte kepcing zawh nadingin, lai leh
media tuamtuamte hong thupi mahmah ahi
hi.
Tuate a sem ding leh khangthakte tung, a khaksawn ding
pen, kipawlna tuamtuamin zongh mawkpuak nei ahi hi.
Minam makaite in zongh mawhpuak nei uhhi. Tua ahih
manin, vaipuak laakna pen, Zolai Zopau kepcingna cih
ciang bek hiloin, Pasian piansak minam khat kepcingna
zongh ahi hi. Pasian bawlsa minam kepcingna hi aa, Pasian
hong piaksa pau leh ham, ngeina leh laite puahna zunna-in,
a bawl, a piangsak, hong pia Pasian ii nate a kem, a ma
nasepna nam khat ahi hi.
Bang thute hangin pau leh lai mangthang thei?
Leitung aa om pau nam tul 6 val lakah, nam 250 pen, awn
tampi (multi millions) aa sim mimal te' ii zat hi-in, a dang a
tamzawte pen, mimal awn khat zongh a pha zolote ii zat
pau leh laite ahi hi.
Mimal tam leh tawm tungah pau leh lai kepcing dan kibang
theilo hi. Ahi zongin, mimal tam leh tawm hangin, pau leh
lai mangthang pah hilozaw aa, khangthak/khangkikte ii zat
nop leh zat noploh tungah tampi ki-ngazaw ahi hi.
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Tua ahihleh, khangthakte in, banghangin zang nuamlo uh?
Britain’s Foundation for Endangered Languages pan a
kigen na ah;
1. A minam pihte thupi simlo,
2. A ngeinate uh en neu,
3. Minam kibang tuaktuak kizopna tawm (Media, laihawm,
kimuh, kikholhna, la, videos, cbd...),
4. Nu leh Pa ginaatloh man,
5. Lai gelhzia (grammar, educated literature neih zawhloh
man),
6. A sim nop huai, laibu a tamloh man,
7. A ngaihnop huai la, a et nop huai limtang (melmuh
tongsan) a tamloh man cihbangdan (cbd...) te leh
8. Tangthu ciaptehna (record) kician a neihloh man hi cihte
phadiak ahi hi.
Adang ahang tampi om lai ding ahi hi.
Tuabek thamloin, sang pawlkhatte ah, English pau zatloh
phamawhin, a minam pau kizangh theilo cih dan gam/sang
tampi om ahi hi. (A mau pau kizangh theilo). Khantohna
ding leh minam pau mang na lawmlawm ding ahih kei naak
aa leh bel, hih pen a hi thei lua leh, a kul na khat zongh
hong hi kawikawizel hi.
Tuamah bangin, a hunzui leh a munzui aa English pau
zatloh a phamawh na mun tampi hong om hi. (Amau
minam pau kizangh theilo/English pau zatloh phamawh)
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Pau siamloh, lai siamlohna in, a minam it zah dingin itsak
zolo thei hi.
Naupang a tamzaw kum 17 a phaak hunin, a ma siam'
penpen pau pen, a khan sungin, mangngilh nawnlo uhhi ciin a mau ii research tungtawn pan pulaak uhhi.
Akiim apaam vuah, nam lianzaw, a pau uh zatpihloh a
phamawh cih dan a tamna minam kawmkal aa omte pen a
pau leh a lai uh mang baihzaw ahi hi.
(Tua ahih manin, Zomi khat Zogam aa a om sangin,
Kawl lak aa om khatin Zopau theilozaw thei hi.
Mikang gam aa khangkhia khatin Zogam aa
khangkhia khat zah aa Zopau, Zolai a theih zawh
ding pen percent (%) tawm mahmah ahi hi. Zopau
hong thei kei leh, Zolai pen, hong siamlozaw
kaankaan lai ding cih hong hi pah hi. A B C tawh
kigelh Zolai asim theih hangin, Zopau a siam kei leh,
a khiatna thei tuanlo ding hiveve hi.)
America lam ah, kithei hanhan takin, English pau vive a
kizat semsemna pen, a deep zo ding, zat pihloh a phamawh,
English pau zanghte om ahih man ahi hi. America leitang
tung aa gam tampite, a mau minam pau sangin, English
pau in a mau phual mahmahah kimangzaw leh zatcingzaw
ahihmahin theihloh hong phamawh hi.
Myanmar ah zongh Kawlpau theihloh phamawh dingin, a
hanciam mahmah uh, a tangtung semsemta cih theih ahi
hi. Ahi zongin, America ah English pau theihloh phamawh
ding, a thupitzahin Myanmar ah Kawlpau pen mualtung
mun tampi ah thupizo nailo hi. Tua ahih manin, America
ah pau leh lai mangthangte a manlang zahin, Myanmar ah
manlanglo cih theih ahi hi.
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Burmese (Kawl) te a dah mahmah khat uh pen, leitung aa
mimal tam mahmahna gam nih (India leh China) kikal ah
om I hih manin, I pau I lai pen lauhuai hi ci uhhi. Tuabek
thamloin, mualtungmi a kici phadiakte pen, gamgi tek ah
omlai ahih manin, Kawlpau sangin, gamveng te’ pau pen a
kilim zat zawk khak ding zongh a dah mahmah uh ahi hi.
Kawlgam gamgi mun tampite ah, Senlai kisuanna tampi om
aa, Kawlpau sang’ a kimanzawkna mun khawng omin kigen
hi. Gamgi ah, Myanmar sum (Kyats) lo a dang zongh
kizangh thei cihte khawng, Myanmar kumpi (Kawl te) a dah
mahmah uh ahi hi.
America ah English pau in, nam khat khit khat a deep
tohtoh danin, Myanmar sung aa namdang citawmte zongh
Burmese (Kawl) pau in hong deep toto kha dingin a
ngaihsun tampi kiom hi. (Muhkholhsa a ciphial zongh
kitam mahmah hi.)
Pau leh lai ah Zomite (Zattangpau)
Myanmar gam lam aa om Zomite pen, Chin state sung pan,
ei lai ei pau tek tawh kiptakin kiom ciat cih theih ahi hi. Kua
ma aa, a kizuihsak nuamzawsang’ kiom tuak hetlo hi. Tua
ahih manin, a kideepzaw sang’ ding zongh kiom tuaklo
phawt ahi hi. India gam lam aa om Mizo gam sung,
Manipur gam sungte ah zongh, pau leh ham kihelh lai-in,
kua in kua deep aa, kuate kuan deep ding hiam cih upmawh
thu a gengen zongh kiom kawikawi hi. Etpakin, 2013 kum
ciangciangah pen, Mizo lai mah tawh, laibu tam pen kha
ding aa, a simnophuai, a theihnophuai thu tam kigelhpen
kha ding ahi hi.
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Pau leh lai pen, a baih theithei, a ol theithei, a
kicimtaklo ding, theih ding a haksalo, a mai-ngap
huai theithei hi leh, sin ding haksa kisaloin, hong
kitheipih baih tuam kha ding ahi hi.
Lam khat pan, lai gina (standard) nei zawzaw, kammal
kicing zawzaw leh media hat zawzawte ii lai leh pau pen zai
semsem ding cih zongh ahi hi. Chin state sung aa te ahi
zong, Mizo leh Manipur gam sung aa te tawh ahi zong,
khangkik ciang kiteng ngei ngai aa, kihelh kigawm kimin,
pau tuampi khat hong piang ding ahih kei buang aa leh,
zattangpau pen khentat ding hong haksa mahmah kha ding
hi. Tua na-ngawn, pau kihelhlo aa, nupa kal a zo zawzawte’
pau khawng tate in hong zui kha thei lai ding hi. Mizo
sungah zattangpau ding kipkhinin, Chin state ah kip nailo
hi.
(Kumpi tung phuzo aa, a mau pau leh lai pen zattangpau
leh lai ci-in ciaptehna a ngah khawng hong om kha phial
zongin, tangpi tangta lak taktakah, zattangpau leh lai
suakzo pah ziau tuanlo kha ding hi.)
Atung aa gen bangin, kigawm aa pau nam khat hong pian
theihna dingin zongh, kizopna tuamtuamte a hoih masak
ding kisam to lai phawt ahi hi. Tua loin, pau leh laite kihelh
thei hetlo ding hi. Hih dan na-ngawn pen, nupa sungah, zi
leh pasal kikal a zo zawzawte ii pau khawng kizanghin, pau
kihelhlo zawsop thei lai veve ahi hi.
Tua ahih manin, pau kihelh ngeingai sa-in om ding haksa
hi. Ei lai, ei pau tek tawh omlo aa kihelh kigawm sa-in om
khop aa leh, a sawtsawtciangin pau mang pawlkhat mah
hong om kul veve ding ahi hi. Media tuamtuam leh lailam a
hatlo zawzawte ii pau leh hamte mahin deepcip thuakin
hong mangthang masazaw kha ding ahi hi. Tua loin
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zattangpau pen, India, Nigeria, Singpore, cbd... te ii zattang
bang aa, namdang pau (English) khat tawmin a kizuizaw
sang’ omlo cih ahih leh thukhat ahi hi. Tulaitakin,
zattangpau hih hi cih Chin state ah a om lianloh hangin,
Burmese (Kawl) pau pen zattangpau bangin kizangh ahi hi.
Hih bang dan ciang pen, I pianpih pau
(akl_ahihkeileh) minam pau sangin tua zattangpau
hong zaizawin theihloh hong phamawh pah ding ahi
hi. Tua panin, pupate in a zat uh, minam pau sangin
tua namdang pau (zattangpau) pen man neizawtawh
hong kibang ding aa, pianpih pau pen kepcing dan
ding hong haksa semsem thei ahi hi. Tua ahih
manin, kamphen kulloh, zattangpau a neikhawmsa
tengin, a tuam vilvelin kilamna, kipumkhatna,
dinkhop theihna cihte kisam mahmah aa
kamphenkulloh pau kithei khawm teng kigawm
khawm aa namdang pau zat kullohin om zawh ding
thupi-in a kul mahmah nalianpi khat ahi hi.
Tua bangin, kamphen kulloh teng bit takin a om zawh kei
aa leh, namdang pan zattangpau a kizangh penpenin,
minam pau pen hong valhtum thei ding ahi hi. Pau a bei aa
leh lai zongh bei ding theihsa ahi hi. Pau leh Lai a bei aa leh
minam cih pen beikuanlam a manawh hita ahi hi.
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Zomite Zolai in hu-in a kepna
India om Zomite, Myanmar aa om Zomite hita leh, Hindi
lai leh Burmese (Kawl) lai tawh Zolai pen kinaih vetlo,
kibang vetlo hi. Hih nih pen, I kiim I paam pan hong deep
thei baih penpen ding nihte ahi hi. Lai leh paute, tampitak a
kimelh, a kihelh kha thei ding lauhuainate pan, Zolai hang
aa kinailo tuamin, siangtho takin kiom thei ahi hi.
Myanmar sungah, Mon minamte’ lai panin, Burmese
(Kawl) lai a piang hi ci-in a ciamteh om hi. Ahi zongin,
Burmese (Kawl) te mimal tamzaw uh ahih manin, tua Mon
minamte lehdeepkik uhhi. Mon lai leh Burmese lai pen
kinai mahmah aa Mon te adingin, Burmese lai sin vet leh
kilamdang nawn kei aci mi tampi om hi. Mon minamte in,
dal zawh zahin dal uh aa hanciam mahmah uhhi. Mailam
ah bangci ding cih bel, genkholh ding ahamsa thukhat ahi
hi. Tua bangin, a lai uh kinai na pan, a mau lai hong siam
hong sin nawn kei uh leh, Burmese pau awsuah zui-in
kigelh lai vive hong thei, hong sin uhhi leh, a pau a ham
mahmah pen Burmese pau mah in, deep behbeh ding ahi
hi. Tua ahih manin, Zolai pen hoih takin phungvuh aa
kipsak semsem ding, khosak tektek ding kisam mahmah,
thupi mahmah ahi hi. Zolai pen, Zomite adingin,
minambup kidalna lumhoih nam khat ahi hi. Kiim
leh paam pan hong dal adang tampi omlai in, khat gen lai
lehang: tua pen, Christian a tamzaw I hihna ahi hi. Buddish
kitam hileh, Kawl ngeina ci ding I hiam, tampi in hong vuk
ding ahi hi. Zia leh tong, omdan khawldan leh kampau
luhekziate tampi, Kawlzia bangin, Kawltat kha ding hihang.
Tu in, Pasian hehpihna tawh siangtho takin kiom aa, hong
kimelh, hong kilaklawhsak ding, ngalulok bang aa, ngasa
pumlang, uiphuk pumlang bangin I om nading pan Zolai
leh Biakna cihte in, hong dal, hong hung cih theih ahi hi.
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English lai khanggui (Timeline version)
Hun lui
BC 600 hun lai pawlin, English te in, a lai uhhita leh, a
kammal uhhita leh Celts a kici khat (Celtic language) limh
zat pih mahmah uhhi. (Hih pen, a laimal a tuampi khat ahi
hi.) Gtn. little dog
BC 55 hun pawl ciangin, nidang lai Romans (Rome) kicite
in Latin pau, Latin lai vive zangh uhin, English (British) te
omna England ah a va pai na uh panin, English te in,
Roman Alphabet kici, A B C te hong zangh uhhi aa a
kammalte tampi tak zongh hong zat pih uhhi. Gtn. camp,
chester
Anglo-Saxon pau kici Anglo-Saxon mite in a zat na uh
panin, English pau hong zangh uhin, English lai zongh
hong zangh uh aa Scots, British Isles, Welsh cihte tawh a
pau uh hong kihelh ngeingai-in, a vekin English pauin
kiciamteh suak hi. Pau zia awsuah awkaih kibanglo,
kammal tampi kibanglo khempeuh pen English Language
ci-in, a vek aa huam in kiciamteh hi. Tua hangin, khiatna
kibang, kammal kibanglo, kammal kibang, khitna kibanglo
cihbangdan pen tampi hong omto hi.
Vikings kici te in AD 800 pawl lam ciangin, tua English pau
leh laite mah hong zatpih uhhi. Amaute pen Denmark leh
Norway pan hi phadiak uhhi. Tuate tawh zongh a pau uh
kihelhin, a vekin English pau mah kici suak hi. Gtn. you,
husband, law, anger
AD 1066 ciang, France gam panin, pau tampi hong
kigawmkik aa tua teng zongh English pau dan mahin, kithei
suaksuak hi. Gtn. catch, wage, reward, for instance
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Hih pau kigawm aa kizanghte pen tuhun ciang, Middle
English ahih kei leh Old English ci-in kiciamteh hi. Hih
awsuah/awkaih zui-in, tua hun aa kizangh lai malgawm
ziate tawh kigelh laibu tampitak tudongin om lai hi. Gtn.
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer ii gelh)
Chaucer pen tudongin, Father of English Literature ci-in, a
mipihte in pahtawi-in phawk den uhhi. Aman pen, English
kammal a kim theithei dingin behlaplapin, kiim leh paam
aa te zongh zatsakin, mipi tungah theisak hi. Hih dan tawh,
English te pen, hauhna tampi a neihna uh pan, kammal hau
cih zongh hong suak uhhi.
Kum zalom 9 (9th century) panin, laidal mahmah tawh
laibu bawl kibawl thei hi mah ta leh, kua man kinloin,
kinelh siah toto aa Thomas Caxton in 1476 kum ciang, hoih
takin, mite in lai a uuk nading un hong satsuah pha
mahmah ahi hi.
Hun thak
1525 kum ciangin, William Tyndale in English lai-in,
Christian Laisiangtho bu, Laisiangtho thak teng hong
letkhia hi. Hih pen, nasepna lianpi leh English pau leh lai
adingin, kal lianpi suanna khat hong suak hi.
1600 kiim pawl ciang, England gam pen dai-in gal leh sa
omlo aa, hih kum zalom 16 (16th century) sung pen, mite
in, lailam hong uuk uhin, laisim nuam, a lai uh hong puah
nuam uhhi. Hihhun sungin, kammal thak tampitak Greek
pan leh Latin pan kawm (la/zatpih) uh in, a mau pau
English mah cici uhhi.
Kum 1564-1616 kikal hun sungin, a masa lam aa Old
English (Middle English) cihte pen, William Shakespeare in
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hong puahto hi. Tuapen, Khangthak English (Modern
English) ci uhhi.
William Shakespeare pen tudongin, Father of Modern
English ci-in, a mipihte in pahtawi-in phawk den uhhi.
Aman pen, English kammal akim theithei dingin behlaplap
aa, kiim leh paam aa te zongh zatsakin, a mah leh a mah in
zongh kammal tampi phuaktawm hi. Hih dan tawh, English
te pen, hauhna tampi a neihna uh pan, kammal hau cih
zongh hong suak thei uhhi. Bangdanin, hihhiam cihleh,
laibu tampi bawl, limlak (theatre) tampi gelhin lak pahpah,
lapau (poem) tampi mah gelh, a zaaknop huai tangthu
tuamtuam leh thupiang tuamtuamte gelhin, a
sawtsawtciang, a ma zat kammalte, mipi in a simsimna pan
un zatpih suak cih ding ahi hi.
Hih bangin, siamna tuamtuam tawh hong gelhna panin
zongh Father of Arts cih zah dongin, minphatna kipia hi.
1840 kumin, Edinburgh University pilsinna sanginnpi ah,
Thomas Carlyle in, Shake Speare pen thupisa mahmah ahih
manin, "India gam leh a hauhna khempeuh pen Shakespear
tawh koi teelzaw ding nahiam?" cih zah dong in, na gen
liang hi.
Hih atung aa teng tungtawnin ngaihsutna:
A lai masa uh pen Celts pan hi-in, ABC zongh hilo lai hi. Ahi
zongin, tudongin, minampi, minamlianin om veve uh aa, a
lai uh tawh angtang mahmah zo uhhi. Roman Alphabet a
zatna uh pan Celts zanghkik se loin, amau lailo, namdang
lai Roman Alphabet pen puahtotozawlai uhhi cih kimu thei
hi. Ahi zongin, hihmun ah, ABC zangh cih hangin, a ngah
khiatna uh Latin awsuah dan bangmahin, gelhlo uh aa, a
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mau awsuah bang danin, malgawm aa gelh uhhi. Sen I cih
Chinese te na ngawn in, Chinlish ci-in, ABC tawh, a pau
awsuah zui in a gelhgelh tampi hong om hi. ABC zatpih in,
lai malgawmzia zatpihlo uhhi. Burgilish ci-in Kawl I cih
Burmese (Burma) te in zongh a pau awsuah zui-in, ABC
mah tawh a gelhgelh zongh kiom hi. ABC, 123 cihte zangh
vetlo gam tampite mahmah ah zongh, mawtaw numbatte,
inn nambatte leh adang tampite gelhna ah ABC, 123 vive
mah zangh toto uh aa, Zomite in a zat zawh pen kum 2013
ciang kum za a cing hita ahi hi.
Zomite in zongh, Roman Alphabet I laak pen puahtoto zoin, Kawl awsuah, English awsuahte zui-in gelh selo aa,
minampi khatin om I hihna tawh kituak aa Zopau awsuah
mah tawh gelh ciatciat ding thupi mahmah ahi hi.
Banghanghiam cihleh Latin te khanlai in, Latin awsuah
bang in Zolai kigelh in, English te hong khan ciang, English
awsuah in kigelh nuam leuleu, Kawlte lak ah Kawl awsuah
in a gelhgelh khawng kiom thei cih bang hi. Gtn. Cin pen I
Zopau awsuah sitset lian hi aa, Chin pen English pau
awsuah hi-in, Kyin pen Kawl pau awsuah ahi hi.
Ahunhunin, leitung ah hong khangkhiate ii awsuah
bangbang in gelh kawikawi ni ci lehang, Kawllak aa omte a
tuam, mikang gam lak aa omte gelhzia a tuam, cih bang hiin, I laimal gawmzia pen tampi tak hong kika semsem ding
hi. Tua ahih manin, Zolai pen Zopau awsuah tungtawnin
gelh setset ding mah thupi hi. Gina in, lai kician neih
vaizaw thamtham ahhi. A citaklo a kikhelkhel, ahi lemlum
tawh kibanglozawding hi. Zolai pen thankik danin, a mun
zui aa kikhel laplap ahih khak hetloh ding thupi hi.
Tuabaan ah, English te alai uh akhangtohna etsak lehang,
laibu tampipi bawl, limlak bawl pen tuhun ciang limtang
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(melmuh tongsan) tepawl cih ding hikha ding hi. Mi tampi
lunglut ding thuthakte leh, a sim nop huai tangthu
tuamtuam cihbangdante tampipi gelhkhia uh cih kimu thei
hi. Tua ahih manin, Zolai khantohna ding leh Zomite
minampi I hih lam aki latkhiat semsem nadingin, Zolai in
laibu atam theithei, Zopau in Zola atam theithei, Zolai in
kilet, Zopau in kilet limtang (melmuh tongsan) te atam
theithei, Zopau mahmah tawh limtang atam theithei kisam
mahmah Ihi hi.Tuabek thamloin, media kici, thuthak
kizaakna tuamtuam, a theih huai thu manpha tuamtuam
(Gtn. Cidamna, leitung khantohzia, cbd...) te leh I pu I pate
zat mualsuang bang mahin, I mualsuang ding, I tangthu, I
khanggui kepcingna ding in laibu manpha tampipi kisam
mahmah Ihi hi.
English te nampi ahihna uh, a kilatkhiatna khat
English te ii thupitna a kimu khia thei tampite lakpan
pawlkhatte en suk lehang, mipite in lai sim uuk uhin laibu
tampipi bawlbawl zo pah uh aa, laisim ding thupi sak, laibu
manphatna thei uhhi. Tua ciangbek hiloin, a laigelhsiamte
uh thupisak thei, pahtawi thei leh phawk den uhhi cih
zongh a mipilte uh ii thugenna tampite pan kimu thei hi.
Hihbangin akhantohna uh pan adang ahang athupi khat
omlai hi. Tua inah, research acih uh, nathakthak, leitungah
a om nailo (ahih kei leh=ahk) leitung ah a kimukhia nailo
cihbangdan muh masak ding hanciam mahmah uhhi. Tua
bangin, a muh khiat (ahk) a bawlkhiat uh ciang, min
vawhin, tua pen, namdangte in zatpih uh aa, a mau pau pen
akhang semsem leh a theihhuai semsem hong suakin, a
manphatnate hong kah ahi hi. Tuamah bangin, namdang
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pau kawm, phuaktawm, helh, cih dan ahih uh tam mahmah
ahih manin, English to English kamletna na ngawn hong
bawl uh ahi hi. English te mahmah in a mau pau a theihloh
uh kammal pen tampi tak mah om hi.
Tuhun khantoh hun ciang bang pen, science kammal,
internet kammal, cidamna lam kammal cihbangdan (cbd...)
in tam lua mahmah cih hong hi lai hi. Tua ahih manin,
kammal kicing nei zolote in, English te kammal mah zatpih
kul to aa, Englsih theih hong kul semsem hong suak ahi hi.
Gtn. Computer, phone (telephone, telegraph, cbd te
khawng zongh English pau taktak hiloin, tuhun ciang
English sinna laibute ah kisin veve ta hi.)
English pau leh lai-in hong khantoh khitciang
Awsuah
United Kingdom (UK), United State of America (USA),
Canada, Australia cih bang dante in, kiptak kho takin hong
om hi. Tua panin, akiim apaam teng hong lawh uhhi. Gtn.
US in, America sung aa teng damdamin hong lawh hi. Tua
baan ah, hih gamlo adang tampi takin, ahang tuamtuam
tawh hong zatpih lai uhhi. Gtn. Singapore, India, Nigeria
Tuabang hong hih ciangin, amau hun aa, Roman lai zangh
aa Latin awsuah zuiloin, English awsuah tawh hong gelh
vet se mah bang un, English lai leh English paute
namdangte in zanghin, a mau awsuah/awkaih tawh hong
pauin, tua awsuah/awkaih tungtawnin, a English lai uh
hong gelhsak hi. Gtn. Singapore te in English pau zangh I
cih hangin, English te pau dan taktak tawh kibanglo aa,
Singlish kici suk hi. Malaysia bangah English pau pawlkhat
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zatpih uhhinapi in, amau awsuah zui in, tua English lai pen
gelh vetse uhhi. Gtn. Police pen Polis ci-in gelh uhhi.
Ahun leh amun zui-in, awsuah khat leh khat kibanglo hi.
Tua akibanglo awsuahte tungtawnin, lai malgawm ziate
zongh hong kibanglo toto hi. Tua ahih manin, lai malgawm
pen khat leh khat ii deihdan zongh kibang gai khin theilo
kha ding hi. Bawng ham na ngawn pen, a ham khat bek
ahih hang, minam khat leh khat ii zaakdan kibanglo hi.
Thau ging khat na ngawn pen, Zomite in “pungh” ci-in,
Kawlte in, “daii” ci uhhi. Tuabang dan ahih lam telsiam kim
tekin, khat leh khat, lai malgawm zia hang, awsuah/awkaih
kibatlohna hang leltak tawh, I kituammuh khakloh ding
thupi hi. Awsuah/awkaih kibatlohna hang bek tawh
namdang I kisak khak hetloh ding thupi mahmah ahi hi.
Lai malgawm
Awsuah/awkaih zui aa, lai hong kigelh ciangin, English nangawn pen, a lianpi-in British English leh American
English cih ding ahi hi. Tuate mah bangin, tuhun ciang,
Singapore English, Australian English awsuah cih bang in
pai toto hi. Tua sungah, lai malgawmte zongh a kibanglo
hong om hi. Gtn. British English ah colour/centre cihte pen
American English ah color/center ci uhhi.
Ahi zongin, a vek in English vive mah kici hi. A malgawmzia
kibang kei mah ta se leh, lai gualhzia (grammar) pen,
kibang sitset ahih manin, a lai uh, a pau uh pen, kisia thei
tuanlo hi. Tua kibanglote hangin, kikhenkham thei tuanlo
uhhi. Tua baanah, bangbangin a kigelh zongin, university pi
te, media tuamtuamte, kipawlna lian tuamtuamte leh
kumpite mahmah in, a kibang zangh khawm thei veve uh
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ahih manin, a mau zat pen, a maan pen hong suak den pah
lel hi.
Media thupitna
Tuhun ciang, limtang muhnop tuamtuamte leh la hoih
nonote, laibu thupi tuamtuam cbd… media te pen America
pan English pau zangh gam a dangte sang’ tam bawl zozaw,
hoihsak zozaw uhhi. Tua ahih manin, American English
pen English awsuah dangte sangin ki-ngai munzaw, kiza
munzaw hi. Tua hang bekbekin zongh, English
awsuah/awkaih tuamtuamte sungah American English
awsuah pen hoih a sazaw, tel baih a sazaw cihbang dan
zongh mi kiom pah hi.
Zolai, Zopau pen Zomite minam lian I hihna hong
kilanghsak ding tampite lak pan nam khat ahi hi. Tua ahih
manin, media tuamtuam (laibu bawlna, la khui tampi,
limtang et theih tampi, thu kizakna tuamtuam, thu manpha
ciaptehna tuamtuam, cbd…) te I hahkat aa Zolai, Zopau
manphatnate I kilatsak ding, a thupit lam a kimuhkhiat
ding kisam mahmah ahi hi.
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United Nations sungpan kipawlna khat
UNESCO
UNESCO (United Nations
Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization) pen,
UN (United Nations) ii
taangmi (agency) nam khatin
kiciamteh, kithei ahi hi. Hih
kipawlna in, minam neute
tungah lunglut phadiak uh aa,
pau leh ham, ngeina tuamtuamte leh tangthute kinpih
mahmah uhhi.
1945 kumin UNESCO kiphuan khia ahi hi. Ngimna leh
ngaihsutna pen, galpi nihna khitciang, kilemna leh
daihnate omin, khat leh khat kizahtak theihna ding cih ahi
hi. Gamvai nasepnate leh sumbawl silbawl nasepnate
bekin, hih kilemna leh daihnate piangsak zolo ding hi ci-in
ngaihsutna nei uh ahi hi. Mihingte ii ngeina, zia leh tongte,
khat leh khatin, kitheihpih aa kizahtak sakin, kilapsang
theihna ding lunggulhna tawh kipan ahi hi. Hih pen,
leitung ii gamh, neihsa, manphatna, a thupitnate kepcingna
nam khat zongh ahi hi ci-in, ngaihsun uhhi.
Nasepzia pen a pawlpawlin, mun tuamtuam ah pai
kawikawi aa, cidamna bawlna, theihhuai thu leh la
tuamtuam hilhna cihte leh ngeina tuamtuamte kan
kawikawina cih bang ahi hi. Hih ngeina (a hununin
nasepsepte) cihna sungah, minam lai, minam pau leh ham
cihte zongh kihel ahi hi. Khua khat khit khua khat ah huhna
pia kawikawi ahi zong, mun khat ah tua khua kiim aa teng
kai khawmin nasem ahi zong, a mun a phual aa om
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kipawlna tuamtuamte tawh khut kilenin sem khawm ahi
zong, tha piak theih nana, panpih theih bangbang tawh sem
khia uh ahi hi.
A diakdaikin, Africa lam bulphuh aa nasem uhhi. Africa
lam ah, nam neu nono tampitak om hi. Tua teng pen mun
khat ah kigawm ngeingai uh aa, kilemna om ding haksa
mahmah ahih manin Africa lam kibulphuh ahi hi. Tua
Africa sung mahmah panin zongh, bulphuh masak dingin a
koihte uh pen,
- numei leh pasal kideidannate a beina ding
- ngeina tuamtuamte mangthangloin, pau leh hamte a
beilohna ding
- theihna, cidamna lam ah khantohna ding
cih bangte hi-in, ngeina tuamtuamte mangthangloin, pau
leh hamte a beilohna ding pen, khangno, khangthakte
sungah bulphuh phadiak uhhi. Cidamna lam pen HIV/aIDS
neite lakah bulphuh phadiak uh ahi hi.
A hunzui-in zongh, leitung mun taumtuam aa thupiangte
vaanin, pulaakna tuamtuamte zongh neizel uh ahi hi. A
beisa dinmunte en aa, tuhun dinmunte tungtawnin, mailam
ah bangteng hong piang thei ding cih bang, kankhiatna
(research) tuamtuamte zongh bawl uhhi. Pau leh ham bei
in, minam mangthang suak kha thei ding, a dahpihte uh,
pulaak theizel uh ahi hi. Pau leh ham bei leh lai cih zongh
abei ding ahi hi. Tua minamte in dinmun kip neilo suak
ding uhhi aa, manthatna in zom ding ahi hi.
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Leitungbup Laibu Ni (World Book Day)
Leitungbup Laibu Ni (akl)
World Book Day (akl) World
Book and Copyright Day (akl)
International Day of the Book
(akl) World Book Days ci-in,
UNESCO te ii vaihawmna tawh
23 April khasimin mun tuamtuamah kibawl kawikawi hi.
Hih World Book Day pen United Kingdom (UK) ah, 23
April taangin March kha, kaal masa, nipi zawh nili ni
(Thursday) ta aa kibawlzaw hi.
Hih World Book Day, a kibawl masak penpen ni leh
kha, kum pen, 23 April 1995 ahi hi. Hih ni pen
World Book Day ni dingin banghang kiciamteh
hiam?
1923 kumin, Spain gam ah laibu ci aa bawlkhia-in a
zuak masa, Miguel de Cervantes ii sihni ahi hi.
World Book Day ci-in, zahtak piakna aa hih ni
kizangh ahi hi.
1995 kum ciangin, UNESCO kipawlna in, World Book and
Copyright Day cih ding khentatna nei uh ahi hi. Hih ni pen,
a lamdang veve lai khat ah, lai lam mah a uuk leh a siam
William Shakespeare ii suahni leh sihni zongh ahi hi. Tualo,
a zahtakhuai mi minthang Inca Garcilaso de la Vega leh
Josep Pla te ii sihni tawh zongh kituak hi. Maurice Druon,
Manuel Mejia Vallejo leh Halldor Laxness te ii suahni tawh
zongh kituak ahi hi. (Aminte uh pen, English min dan hilo
ahih man in, amau ii malgawm bangbang aa a kizui ahi hi.)
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Miguel de Cervantes ii sihni taktak pen 22 April hi-in, a
kivui ni 23 ni pen zat dingin kikipsak hi. Banghanghiam
cihleh, lailam nasem pilna nei tampi takte ii ciaptehhuai ni
tawh kituak ahih man ahi hi. Hihte pen, Gregorian calendar
tungtawnin genna ahi hi. Ahih hangin, England ah Julian
calendar zangh uh ahih manin, a zatni uh kibang theilo ahi
hi. Tuahang aa, United Kingdom gambup in, March kha,
kaal masa, nipi zawh nili ni ta a zangh uh ahi hi.
Kumsimin, gam za val ta bangin, hih ni sim World Book
Day kibawl ngeingai den hi. Akibawl ciangin, naupangnote
tampitak, a gingkhia-in ngaihtak aa laisim khawmsak
ziahziah uhhi. Nop asak theihtheih nading un, vaihawm
uhhi. Hih ni ah World Book Day akibawl ciangin,
khangthak naupangte, lai asim nop nading uh, laisim ding a
lawp nading uh, lai ii manphatna, laibu ii thupitna cihte a
theih tel semsem nading uh cih bang vaihawmna
tuamtuamte kinei ahi hi. Gam pawlkhatte ah, lai nasepna
tuamtuamte pahtawina kipia in, hih ni hong piangkhiatna
thu genna leh, amau lai tawh nasep sate etphatna cihbang
nei thei uhhi.
Vaihawmzia leh sepdan a kibanglo tampi lak pan, a
kibang khatin naupangnote laisim thalawpsak ding,
lai ii manphatna, laibu ii thupitna cihte theihsak
ding ahi hi. Hih ni ciang pen, laibu zuakte in zongh,
laibu tampitak mah 50% bang khiamin, zuak zihziah
uhhi. Hih ni-in, laibu lui lakna pawi, laibu minthang
tuamtuam, laigelh siam, lapau gelh siam (poet) te ii
thu, dotna dawnna, theihzah kidemna pawi khawng
bawl hi. Naupangnote lai tawh kinai-in nop asak
theihtheih ding uh bulphuhin ngaihsun aa kibawl
phadiak ahi hi.
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Lai nasep cih pen, a picing, pilna siamna nei, mi thupi
tampite ii nasep nam khat hi aa, hih ni hong piangkhiatna
zongh tuabang mithupi tampite hang mah ahi hi. Ahi
zongin, hih ni ciang, tuabang mi thupite a bulphuh gam
tawm mahmah aa, naupangnote a bulphuh gam pen
atamzaw thamtham ahi hi.
Hihni pen Kumpi (gam makai, uliante) in thupisimin,
melmuh tongsan (live) in media tuamtuam tungtawn pan a
ki-en thei ding zah dong aa vaihawm pih uhhi. Thu kizakna
(laihawm tuamtuam) nasepna tuamtuamte ah zongh,
ngaihsutna tuamtuam tawh lai kigelhin, thu kigen aa,
laisim ding, lai cih pen thupitsak ding tha kipia mahmah
ciat hi.
Lai ii manphatna leh banghangin laisim huai
Laisim (laisimh) pen a thupitna bang hiam ci-in a ngaihsun
kha (ngei) mi tampi kiom ding ahi hi.
Naungek tung' pan kumtamin tek dong kikal, laisimna pan
hamphatnate, laisim ding a hoihna, a thupitnate a
tomkimcingin en suk ni.
Naungekte in, a nu' naubu sungah a om lai pekun, khua
za thei ta hi. A bilun khua a zak bangbang, a khuak ah na
kisem ahi hi. Tua ahih manin, nau gai laitak pek mah pan,
nute in (akl) mi khat peuhpeuh in a gingkhia-in laisimsim
ding pen thupi mahmah ahi hi. (Ahih theih aa leh, ei sim
nop thu hi masalo aa, naungek adingin, ahoih ahih ding
thupi hi.)
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Pianpih pau, minam pau I cihte pen, Zomi khat Zopau
zatlohna mun ah khangkhia hileh Zomi ahih hangin Zopau
a siam theih ding pen haksa veve ahi hi. Tua ahih manin,
neu tung mah panin, I kiim I paam aa I zaak munte mah a
kithei toto cih kimu thei ahi hi. Hong suah khitciangin
zongh, I pau I ham a tel theih nailoh hangin, a ma zaak
dingin, lai simsim ding thupi mahmah ahi hi. Tua in, tua
naungek pen, laisim nopna lungsim zongh guan ahi hi.
Kammal kicing, kammal kilawm, kammal hoihte zongh
tampi za-in, laigual hoih, laigual paizia maante zongh a
khuak sungah na baang (thaam) veve ahi hi.
Lai hong sim theih mialmial ciangin ei bek in sim
nawnloin, tua naupang tawh sim khopzel ding kisam ahi hi.
Hih in, nute leh tate kikal kizopna zongh hong neisak
semsem ahi hi. Tua khitciangin, laisimh zongh manlang
sakin, a khuak zongh tai tuam ahi hi. Lai thupi, lai manpha
sim leh simlo hi masa loin, a khuak in, lai a simsim ding
pen a kisam ahi hi.
Hong gol toh zawk deuh kum 6, kum 7 gual hong phak
ciangin, naupangte pen thudot hong hat mahmah thei uh
ahi hi. Tuahun laitakin, laisimnopna lungsim pen guat ding
thupi mahmah ahi hi. Theihnopna lungsim, ngaihsutna
tuamtuam neihna, dotna tuamtuam hauhnate hong kipat
laitak ahi hi. Dawnnate pen, ei a thei bangin dawng suk
ziauziaulo aa, a theilo bang kineihin, I theihna ding ci aa, a
mah tawh laibu lem khawmin, dotnate dawn pih ding pen
tate laisim nopna lungsim guatna nam khat ahi hi.
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A mah leh a mah in laisim thei-in laibu zong tawm aa
hong om theih ciang, laibu hoih tawh hoihlo tawh hong sim
nuam phawt lel ding ahi hi. Phal lelin. Zawlthu bu,
Ciamnuih bu leh thu gina, ginalo tuamtuamte hong sim
nuam kha ding hi. Simhsak lel ding ahi hi. A kum tawh
kituakin (akl) a hun, a mun, a thuzaakna tuamtuamte tawh
kizui-in, laibu hoih, laibu manpha tata hong sim nuam toto
lel ding ahi hi. Zawlthu bu bekbek, Ciamnuih thu bekbek
simna-in a hunte hong zangh tawntung samlo ding ahi hi.
TV et sangin, laisim pen I khuak adingin tampi tak hoihzaw
ahi hi. Laisimna in, laisim hong naalsak hi. I lungsim tha
hong dimsak thei hi. I ngaihsutna hong tangzai sakzawhi.
Mipilte tawh a kithuah kha mah hong hisak hi. Kammal
kilawm ding tampi hong ngaihsun kaak theisak hi. Laigelh
hong siamsak hi. Theihna hong kibehlapsak hi, Thu
ciaptehna khuak hong hoihsak semsem ahi hi. Laisim ii
hoihna kan mipilte ii genna ah, zingsang thawh simin,
laimai 2, mai 3 ta bang sim masa lehang, tua nibup pen, I
lungsim siangin, I navak zo hi ci uhhi.
Laibu tampipi a simsimte ii kampau zia leh laisim
ngeilote ii kampau zia pen kilamdang mahmah ahi hi.
Laisimsimte in, tua a kilamdangna pen khentel thei uh aa,
laisim ngeilote in, a kilamdangna mulo uh ahi hi. Laisim
thei napi, laibu hoihnono a sim ngeilote pen, laisim theilo
aa lai a sim ngeilo pahte tawh, laisim ngeilo tuaktuak ahih
man un, a kibang uhhi lel hi.
Laisimna in, ngaihsut siamna hong guan thei hi. Laisimna
in, theihna leh muha hong kibehlapsak ahi hi. Laisimte ii
lungsim zongh dai sakin, lungsim palatna pan zongh tampi
hong keem tuam ahi hi. A gingkhia in sim ding zongh a
hoih ahi hi. I kam in simin, I bil in, khatvei za beh lai a
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hihman ahi hi. Ahi zongin, gol toh semsem ciangin, a
mathu (pawlkhatte kisin kul) in lungsim sungah kisim kha
lel ahi hi. Gol khitciangin pen, a gingkhialo aa sim mah
hoihzaw aa, neulai-in pen, a gingkhia aa sim ding hoihzaw
ahi hi.
Kumtam khangham khitciang dong na-ngawnin,
laisimna in phatuamna hong pia toto lai ahi hi. Kumtamin
tek luata ahih manin, naupang lungsim paai (pua)kik hi cih
pen leitung paizia ngeina khat ahi hi. Ahi zongin, tuabang
dan aa, lungsim naupangvaikik baih leh a naupangvaikik
hak kiom hi. Laisimsimte pen, kumtam semsem leh theihna
hau semsem aa picing semsemzawuhin, naupang lungsim
puakik hak mahmahzawuh ahi hi. Tua bek thamloin, khat
kia om hun tam semsem ahih manin, laibu pen lawm hoih
penpen zongh hong suak ahi hi.
Note: laibu cihna ah laihawm, laidal, hun tawh kizui-in ebook ahi zong, webpages te ahi zong, laisim cih limlim a
thupi ahi hi. Laibu hong pen khat ii hong sim I ngaih ziauh
sangin, ei mahmah in, I sim ngiatngiatna in kilamdangna
hong kilamdangsak zozaw ahi hi.
January 2013 in, Singapore ah Myanmar 88 makai Ko Min
Ko Naing in lailam thugenna a neihna ah, Myanmar ah
thong akiat lai-in, laisim khuan kipia vetlo cihi. (Paunak
khat ah, mihing khat ahih leh laisim hamtang ding hi, ciin, kei bel thong sungah laisim khalo ka hih ciang mihing
bawlin hong kibawllo hi-in teh ci-in ciamnuih tawh gen
kop hi.)
Kum 15 sung bang laisim theilo dingin a kibawlna hun
sungah, inn panin, neek ding van a kipuak ciang, bang van
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teng kihel cih list (sa-yin) in kibawl aa kipia hi. Tua lai
tawmno kigelh pen, sim khak ciang, lungsim sungah
tampitak nuam tuam zo hi ci-in gen hi. "Laisimlo bek
hiloin, lai cih peuhmah mu kha ngei vetloin sawtveipi om
aa, kua mah tawh zongh kiholoin sawtveipi I om ciang,
lungsim maanlo (psycho lut) a kisuak kha thei ding mah hi"
ci-in a thuak khakna tungtawn pan a ngaihsut khakna gen
hi. "Thongkiat pihte ii pum tung aa tattoo lai kigelhte bek
na-ngawn sim khak pen noptuam mahmah hi" ci liang hi.
“A ngeina bang lel khatin, mitawh kizom, kiho, kimu,
kikhawlin, laisim kei zong, lai tuamtuam mu, pau leh
kihonate za I hih manin, lai ii thupitna pen a kiphawkkha
pakpaklo thei bek Ihi hi” ci-in gen hi.
Laibu hoih leh hoihlo
Naupang, naungekte tung lai I sim sak ciangin, lakam
dan, a dung a vai a kituak, kammal kizom, laigual kitah nei
cihte sim ding hoih ahi hi. Amau ii lunglut dingin zongh,
mel (colour) tuamtuam omte zongh kisam veve ahi hi.
Naupangte adingin, a thu kibang kikkik ahihloh ding kisam
hi. Ahi zongin, a laimalte a kithuap kikkik ding pen hoihzaw
ahi hi. Adeihnate, thulu khat leh khat kibangin, a thu
kitukalhlo ahih ding zongh kisam ahi hi. Naupangte
kimawlna ding milim nono, thau leh mawtaw cihbang
tuamtuamte na piak ciangin, tuate lakah, laibu zongh
helhin, koih khawm den hamtangin. Laibu pen mumu
sakin, Laibu tawh kinai sakin, Laibu mai-ngap sakin.
Gol khitciangin ken bang uuk cih, theih ding kisam ahi
hi. Uukna zui-in, khat leh khat ading, laibu ii hoihna,
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manphatnate hong kibang nawnlo ding ahi hi. Uukna cih
zongh pen, kiim leh paam in thu tampi tak sai ahi hi.
Muhna, zaakna tuamtuam tungtawn panin, theinopna
lungsim tawh sim ding laibu (laihawm, lai kigelh limlim)
pawlkhat om ding aa, uukna lungsim tawh simnop
pawlkhat hong om ding ahi hi.
Zawlthu bu, ciamnuih bu cihbangdan ahi zong, tangthu bu,
biakna thubu, leitung khantohna thubu, kiim leh paam
thupiang thugenna lai cih bangdan ahi zongin, mi
minthang, a zahtak huaite tangthu, tuate ii thugen hoih
tuamtuamte cih bangdan ahi zongin nam tampi om ahi hi.
Tuate sungpan, mailam ding ngaihsunte in, tangthu
thei nuam uhhi ci-in, lailam thukan mipil tampi in gen
uhhi. Zawlthu leh ciamnuih cih bang, phuahtawm tangthu
(a lauhuai thu, kilaina thu, cbd..) te pen kum tawm akl a
picing lungsim nei nailote akl a mah leh a mah ii nopsak
ding a ngaihsun pak cih bang dante lakah tam phadiak hi ci
uhhi.
Leitungah laibu khat bek a simte pen, mi lauhuai ahi
uhhi ci-in, kigen hi. Laibu khat bek cihna ah, a ma uuk bek
a simte, a ma theih nop bek a simte, a ma nopsak bek a
simte cihna ahi hi. Laibu bu khat bek cihna hiloin, thu pai,
thu gui khat bek a simte cihna ahi hi. Laibu nam khat bek
asimte, laibu hoihlo a sim khate pen, thu langlekin
ngaihsutna nei thei uh ahi hi. Thute langmuhin, ngaihsut
kaak theilo uh aa, teehpih ding thudang theih neilo uh ahi
hi. Laisimlote ahih leh bel, gen kul nawn vetlo lai ding hi.
Tua ahih manin, laibu khat, lai kigelh khat limlim pen, kua
ii gelh hi aa, bangthu hiam a gennop cih pen I tel ding
kisam ahi hi. A lai bek hiloin, laigelhte zongh teel siam ding
kisam ahi hi. Tuahang mahin, laigelh siam minthang leh
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minthanglo cih bangdanin, laisim mite in a ciamteh uh ahi
hi. Kua kipawlna ii hawm laibu hi aa, tua kipawlnate ii
ngimna leh tupna te-in, bang hiam cih thei hilehang, a sung
aa lai kigelhte pen, sim ma-in seh li suah seh khat bang
ngaihsut kholh theih ahi hi.
Leitung khantohna tawh kizui laibu tuamtuamte (Gtn. IT
laibu, Science laibu, cbd...) Zolai in a om zawh kei aa leh,
namdang lai mah I tu I tate in a sim uh hong kul ding ahi
hi. Tua pen, Zolai ii manphatna khat a kiamsuk pah
ahi hi. Tua panin, Zolai sim ding mi hong kiam tuam ahi hi.
Zolai sim hong kiam leh, Zolai thei hong kiam ding ahi hi.
Tua ahih manin, Zolai tawh thu leh la kim takin, tampi I
gelhkhiat zawh ding kisam mahmah ahi hi. Aneng atawng
dongin, gelh zo lel lehang zongh val hetlo ding ahi hi. Gtn.
vasa thu, singkung lopate’ thu, ek thu dongin...
Laibu hoih simhuai leh simhuailo cih zongh mi
(laisim
uukte,
laibusaal
aa
nasemte,
I
sia
tuamtuamte,cbd...) te tungah dot bawl ding pen hoih veve
ahi hi. Laisimna in, a kigelh laite thu bek hong theisak
hiloin, kammal zat zia cihte leh laigual paizia, laigelhzia
cihte dongin, hong khangtosak ahi hi. I khuak zongh hong
tangtang sakin, ciaptehna tha zongh hong khangsak ahi hi.
Laibu khat hoih ding maw, hoihlo ding cih pen, atung
tuamna tawh khentat pahpah kha kei-in. Laibu pen,a thak a
lui cih en kei-inla, sim ngei khin maw, sim ngei nailo cihte
et zawk ding pen thupi mahmah ahi hi. Tuabek thamloin,
sim kikkik huai maw, sim kikkik huailo cih dongin laibu
hoihna leh manphatnate thei aa thupitsak zawh ding kisam
mahmah ahi hi.
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Zolai leh Zotuallai ngaihsut kaakna
Zolai hangin hamphatna
- Kizopna hong manlangsak hi. IT vante (online laimai
simna, gelhna, email kizopna, cbd...) te ah lai (font)
tuamtuam bawlbawl kul nawnlo pah hi.
- Hun sawtpi pek panin, laibu bawl mengmeng theihna
dingin, lem mahmah hi. (Hih alphabet zanghlo hi lehang,
Zolai-in laibu tampi kinei zo nailo kha ding hi.)
- Letungbup aa kizangh English lai (Roman Alphabet) tawh
hong kinaisak tuam hi.
- Zotuallai sangin, theih ding baih kisazaw aa, laisim thei
mi kibehlap semsem hi. (Cope topa in hih lai a hilh lai-in,
baihkisa lua aa, ni 7 lai kici liang hi.)
- Zolai phungvuh beh theihna dingin, vai tuamtuamte
tampitak ol suah hi. (Vanzat computer te hita leh, laikhetna
set dongin.)
- Roman Aphabet zanghlo gam tampite in zongh, mawtaw
nambat, inn nambat, cbd... te ah Zolai aa kizangh Roman
Aphabet mah zangh (helh) veve uhhi. Gtn. Korea, China,
Japan, cbd...
- Computer ah I zatnop lai (font) ki-ngah thei cih ciang bek
pen a kicing hiloin, leitung pilna pen, Roman Alphabet lo
tawh mat leh zetin zuih ding cih a baih hilo ahi hi. Gtn.
Computer command, programming language, smart phone
ah platform tuamtuam omin, khat bawl tawh mobile
khempeuhah ki-ngah khinlo hi. Kawlte leh namdang
tampite in zongh nungzuih zo tuanlo uhhi.
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- Kawlte in, a mau pau, a mau lai tawh hong deepna ding uh
pan, tampi hong dal, hong hu tuam ahi hi. (Kawllai zat pih
luat kulloin, Zolai kizuun zo ahih man hi.)
- Namneu a hi hetlo English/british, American, Canadian,
Austrilian, cbd... te mahmah in zongh, a mau lai cih
neitawm tuanlo uh (nei tuam mah uh leh zongh tuhun
ciang zatin nei nawnlo uh) aa Roman Alphabet vive mah
Zomite tawh a kibangin zangh ciat uhhi.
Zolai hangin supna
- Minamdang tampitakte in, a mau lai tawh a mau om uhhi.
Minam khatin kiom buangin, minam lai (font) nei napi a
zanghlo kisuak hi.
- Namdang pawlkahtte in, Zolai (Roman Alphabet) pen,
Zolai-in hong sim saklo thei uhhi.
- Zolai (Roman Alphabet) bekbek zat luatna in, Zotuallai
kepcing ding leh phungvuh ding tampitak hong thanemsak
tuam hi.
- Zolai (Roman Alphabet) tawh Zopau awsuah bangbang
lian aa gelh ding hamsa in ut leh maalin kigelh/kimalgawm
ziazua kha tek thei hi.
- Zolai (Roman Alphabet) pen, namdangte a zangh tampi
om ahih manin, Zomite zatciangin, lai malgawmziate
namdang kibanglo a tuamtekin kizuih pih kha mawk hi.
Gtn. English zuite in, "Chin" a cih pen, Zolai ci aa a gelhte
in "Cin" ci uh aa, Kawllai zuite in, "Kyin" ci uhhi.
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Zotuallai hangin hamphatna
- Awsuak bangbangin kigelh lianlian thei hi aci kiom hi.
(Pawlkhatte in, awsuah bang lianlianin English na-ngawn
ah om zolo ahih manin up ding haksa sa uhhi.)
- Awsuah awkaih tuamtuam Zomiteng hong guahtuahkik
thei ding hi ci-in a lam en kiom ahi hi.
- Roman Alphabet sangin, pau leh lai kep ding baihzaw kha
thei, ahangin, namdangte aa tawh kigawm ziazualoin,
kimelh nelh lozawding ahi hi.
- Laimal gawmzia kibang kimtekzawkha ding hihang.
- Minamdangte in, a mau lai tawh a mau a om mah bang
un, minam tawh minam lai tawh kiom sitset suak thei ding
hi.
Zotuallai hangin supna
- Kizopna/thu kizaakna tampi mite nung ah kiom ding hi.
IT vante (online laimai simna, gelhna, email kizopna,
cbd...) te, laihawmna tawh thukizaaknate ah lai (font)
tuamtuam bawlbawl kul den ding ahi hi.
(Computer ah Zotuallai font ki-ngah cih hangin,
platform tuamtuam om hi. Gtn. Mac, Linux,
Windows, cbd... Computer command, programming
language, smart phone cihte ah platform tuamtuam
om in, khat bawl tawh mobile/computer
khempeuhah ki-ngah khinlo hi. Kawlte leh namdang
tampite in zongh nungzuih zo tuanlo uhhi.)
- 2002 kum Zotuallai kum za cin hunin Zotuallai tawh laibu
om sangin, 2013 Zolai kum za cin hunin Zolai tawh laibu
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om zah pen teh theih hilo ding hi. (Laibu hauh ding haksa
mahmah ding cih nopna ahi hi.)
- Leitungbup ii zat manglai kici English lai zongh tua zahin,
kimai ngap pah ziauziau theilo kha ding hi.
- Theih ding pen Zolai sangin hamsa kisazaw ahih manin,
Kawllai in hong deep baih mahmah kha ding hi. A
zenzenin, Mizo or Chin state sung pan pau dang zanghte in
Roman Alphabet na zangh uh leh, baihzaw ahih manin, a
mau pau leh a mau lai va kizuih pih kha thei dingin hong
kideep baih mahmah kha ding hi. (Zotuallai om masazaw
hinapi-in, ni 7 lai kici Zolai theih baihzaw ahih ciangin,
kizui nuam ziau, kimai-ngap pahzawin kisin nuamzawhi.)
- Zolai zuun zahin, olno tak aa Zotuallai zuun taktak ding
pen, a haksatna tamzaw kha ding hi. Ahangin, vanzat
theihding tuamtuamte leh etkaak theih ding tuamtuam pen
tamlo kha ding hi. (Gtn. IT van khempeuhah Zotuallai
genloh, namdang tampitakte in zongh ki-ngahsak zolo
uhhi.)
- English thei khangthakte in Zolai pen English tawh
alphabet kibang ahih hang' Zolai a siamlo kiom lai veve
ahih manin, alphabet kibanglo Zotuallai hi leh, khangkik
khangsawn khangthakte' hun ciang lungkhamhuai mahmah
kha ding hi.
Hih ngaihsutna tuamtuamte pen;
Laigelhpa in, mi tampitak tung leh online group
tuamtuamte tungah dotna leh kanna nei kawikawi masa ahi
hi. Tua sung aa mi tampitakte ii ngaihsutna tuamtuam a
kisungte lak pan, ahi thei thu (logic) a om teng, teelkhia-in
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kigelh ahi hi. Laigelhpa ii ngaihsutna leh saanziate zongh
kihel veve ahi hi. A zangh suaksuak hi lehang cih
ngaihsutna vive tawh kigelh ahi hi.
2013 kum ciangciang, a kibuaipih theizel thu
pawlkhatte
Zomi leh Eimi
Pawlkhatte in ei leh ei Zomi kicilo hihang. Eimi kicizaw
hihang khawng aci kiom hi. Ei cih pen English pau/lai
in ”We= Ei, Our= i/ei” ahi hi. We are Zomi. Eite Zomi Ihi
hi. Ei cih pen, a kibang, a kipawl, a kihuai dingte ii zat khop
kammal ahi hi. Ei pawlte leh a mau pawlte. Eiteng
khawlkhawm a tuam omlo. Tua minam min hilo ahi hi. "Ei
Zomite I khangto mahmah ta hi”
cih pen, Zomilo
namdangte tung kigen theilo hi. "Zomite khangto mahmah
ta hi” cih ahih aa leh, Zomilo namdangte tung kigen thei
bek ahi hi.
Gtn. Kawlte, Vaite tawh ahi zong, kimawl khawm, nasem
khawm na hih leh "ei/i" cih kammalte kizangh thei veve hi.
Zomi maw Tedim mi
Laibu tampi leh kiciaptehna tampite ah Tedim/Tiddim cih
tawh om ahi hi. Ahang tampite lakah pawlkhat pen a nuai
aa te bang ahi hi.
(1) Galpi 2 na lai in, Tedim pen gal lampi khat ahi hi. IndoBurma galpi 2 na thu kigen leh Tiddim road cih pen genloh
a phamawh mun khat ahi hi. Tua tungtawn panin,
Tiddim/Tedim cih vive in hong kiciamteh leh hong kithei
phadiak ahi hi.
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Tedim road cih leitang a na om man ahi hi. Tuamah
bangin, Chin state, Chin hills cih min tawh leitang na
om ahih manin, tua lai aa tualsuak Zomi teng Chin
ci-in hong kithei, hong kiciamteh ahi hi. in ukpi a
sep lai-in, gam, mi ci-in hong kithei, hong
kiciamteh ngei hi. Zomi hihna pulaak ngeilo I
hihmanin, a hun zui-in hong kitheihna leh hong
kiciaptehnate kikhelkhel aa I hihna taktak hong mial
semsemin dahhuai, lungzing huai mahmah ahi hi.
(2) Tawlkhat sung, Zomi Baptist Convention –ZBC sungah,
Falam, Khalkha te tawh kilim gawm mahmah lai-in, Zomi
in a vek aa huam gaihsak nopna om hi. Tua hangin, Zomi
sung pan, Tedim, Falam, Khalkha cih bangin kikhen suk cih
ding ahi hi. Tuabang ngaihsutna hangin, Tedim labu,
Tedim laisiangtho cih bangdanin leh Pawlpi jubliee laibu
tuamtuamte sungah Zomi cih nading munteng, Tedim cih
kammal/laimal vive kilim zat mahmah kha hi. Hih bang
dante in zongh, khangthakte ii lungsim nawngkaisak thei
ding ahih manin, ciantakin I theihtel tek ding, I genkheh
ding, I pulaak ding, I gelh phatphat ding kisam mahmah
ahi hi.
Tua ahih manin, Tedim cih pen hong uang semsem
cih theih ahi hi. Laibu tampi ah Tedim pau, Tedim
kam, Tedim lai, Tedim mi cihna kilim gelh lua
mahmah ta ahih manin, laigelh siam Zomi Zosuan
Zotate leh kipawlna tuamtuamin pilvang takin kidop
siam ding hun mahmah ta ahi hi.
(3) Tedim cih min limlim tawh a leitang na om phawtphawt
khinta ahih manin, koi pan, kua mi cihnate ah, kigenzia
ding pen Tedim mi cih hong lem penpen tawh kibang pak
kha hi.
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(4) Kawlte in hong khen neuneu nuam ahihman un, a nen a
nenin hong toi dot suksuk zongh hikha thei ding hi. Chin ciin hong ciaptehna sung uh pan, a tuamtuamin hong khen
suk uhhi. Tedim cihna sung pan zongh, a neu suk semsem,
I beitum suk madongin hong khen suksuk lai uh tawh
kibang hi. Hong khen khit ciangin, pawlkhat te lungkim
sakin adang pawlkhat te thudonlo hong koih tawh zongh a
kibat hun om theizel mai hi. Hong khin tiltel khit ciang,
hong sutuah uh tawh kibang phial mawk ahi hi. Zomite
pilvangin, Zomi pen neusek suksuklo aa, a neng nono khen
behbehloh ding thupi hi. Kipumkhatna tawh thahat ding
hun ahi hi.
Zogam leh Zomi, Tedim leh Tedim khua mi cih theih
ding thupi hi. Tedim gam hiloin, Tedim khawk bek
ahi hi. Zogam sungah, khawk tuamtuam om aa tua
sung pan Tedim khawk zongh kihel hi.
Gtn. Inn no.S/17, Zato lampi,
Sialdai veng, Tuithang khua,
Tedim khawk, Zogam
Zopau maw Tedim pau
Zolai sinbu sungah,
T - Tedim pau eima
pau kici hi. Hih pen
tangthu,
khang
ciaptehna bu ahihloh
manin za ah za san
dinghilo hi. Zolai
sinna ahih manin,
Zolai hilhna cih ahi
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hi. Tedim pau ci napi in, Z - Zomite hanlungciam khangto
diamdiam ci hi. Zomi lah hi Tedim pau cih tawh lah hong
kibang ahi hi. Zolai sinbu sung aa kigelh bangbang pen a
hitaktak cihna hilo hi. "Pau Hau in thau a nei hi. Ni a sa aa
mi li a si hi." cihte pen "T - Tedim pau eima pau" cih tawh a
kigelhna laibu kibang ahi hi. Tua ahih manin, "T" mun bek
thutak bang aa laak tuam theih hilo hi. Tedim pau hiloin,
Zopau mah ahi hi. Zopau sung pan Tedim awsuah, Teizang
awsuah, Zo awsuah, Zopau Sizang awsuah cihbangdanin a
tuamtuam aa awsuah kidanna tawmtek a om bek ahi hi. I
vekin Zomi,
Zopau zangh, Zolai siam vive Ihi hi.
Ahunhunin, kammal khelnono hong piangbeh cihte pen
mikang te in “slang” a cihte uh zongh na hi kha thei lel hi.
Ciimnuai leh Tedim
Ciimnuai pen Tedim tawh a kibang ahi hi. Ciimnuai pen
hun khat lai-in khua lian khua minthang pen khat ahi hi.
Tua Ciimnuai khua minthan mahbangin tuhun ciang Tedim
pen Ciimnuai sangin hong kitheihpihzaw ahi hi. Ahun
kibanglo bek hi-in, a thupaizia kibang ahi hi.
Ciimnuai lai peuhmah kuamah in ci ngeilo hi.
Tuahun in lai om nailo hiven bang a kici mah dia….
Tua hunin pau leh ham om khin hi. Ahi zongin,
Ciimnuai pau peuhmah kua mahin ci ngeilo hi.
Ciimnuai mi kicizongin minam min khat bangin kingaihsun ngei hilo beh khat phungkhat cih vive in kilim
gen phadiak ahi hi. Ahi zongin, khangthakte hun ciang
Tedim pen uawt bawlin uawng zat val luatna hong om tawh
kibang hi. Hihte pen khua min, leitung min, mun min, gam
minte ahi hi.
Thukhat ah, leitang min om bangbangin hong kithei, hong
kiciamteh ahih manin, I minam min Zomi cih tawh leitang
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min a om ding kisam toto tawh hong kibang semsem ta hi.
Hih Ciimnuai khua kisat hunin, Lailun khua cih sanggam
pawlkhatte in a nasat dan uhin a gen kiom hi. Ciimnuai
khuasatte lam pan Tedim khua kisatin khua dang
tuamtuam a kisat toh bang aa, Lailun khuasatte lam pan
Falam khua cih bang khua dang tuamtuam a na sat uhhi ciin kigen aa zongh uphuai lel hi.
Ciimnuai khuasat lamte Ciimnuai mi kicih danin,
Lailun khuasat lamte Laimi kici uhhi, ci-in a gen
tampi kiom hi. Tedim khuasat hun ciangin Tedim
mi, Falam khua sat hun ciangin Falam mi, Falampau
cihbangih hong pai leuleu mawk hi. Falam sang’
khangsauzaw cihna tawh Laimi pen len suak uhhi.
Tuamah bangin, Tedim sang’ khangsauzaw pen
Ciimnuai mi hi aa tuasangin a sauzaw lai pen Zomi
ahi hi.
Hibang ngaihsutna tungtawnin hi leh, Laimi cih pen
Ciimnuai mi cih ciang tawh kibang kikim cih theih ahi hi.
Ahi zongin, Zomite pen Ciimnuai khua pianma pekin a om
khin thamtham, ngeina tawh itna a nungtasa, minam min a
neite Ihi hi.
Zomi leh Chin
Chin hills pen ei Zosuan I pu I pate in a na zuat uh ahi hi.
Chin hills tunma-in, ngeina tawh itna tawh, minam min
ciantakin a neisa Zomite Ihi hi.
Chin hills kici aa galzo namliante ciaptehna pan tua lai aa a
na om kha Zomite pen a mun, a phual, a leitang min zui-in
hong kithei, hong kisam hong kiciamteh ahi hi. Tua min
luah kha I hihmanin, I tuntunna ah tuatawh hong kilo suak
mawk hi.
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Pawlkhatte in I pu I pate in bawm na pua uh ahih manin,
Kawlte in Chin ci aa Chin gyi (bawm lian) cih bangin hong
sapna uh pan hi aci kiom hi. (Hih pen kei mah laigelhpa
Tg. Lian Than Tuang in, sanzawh ding hamsa kasa hi.)
Banghanghiam cihleh bawmpua pen ei bek hiloin,
minamdang tampi zongh om uh aa a mau te Chin kicilo
uhhi. Amau minam min a na gencian theih man zongh bel
hikha ding hi. Amau minam minloin a kiciamteh Chin lah a
kicituanlo zongh na om veve hi.
Galpi 2 na lai in, Tiddim road pan Tiddim mi, ii
ukna pan mi a kicih mah bangin, Chin hills aa
kiciaptehna pan Chin minam cih hi kha lel ding hi.
Chin in a pai suak aa leh (Zomi cih min tawh official/kumpi
leh leitung ii theih/ciaptehin a om kei aa leh) Zomite pen
hun hong sawt semsem ciang, minam mangthang cih theih
ahi hi. Banghanghiam cihleh, Pyu minamte pen a sigai, lei ii
valhtum cih bang hilo uhhi. Pyu cih minam min tawh a om
nawnlo bek ahi hi. Zomite zongh sigai in beitum ding cih
ahihloh hang, Zomi cih minam min tawh a om nawnlo hi
ding aa, Zomi cih pen minam mangthang min list (sayin)
sungah Pyu te bangmahin a om ding ahi hi. I min pen ei leh
ei I kisapna ding bek hiloin, mite’ hong theih, hong sapna
ding zongh ahi hi.
Zumkong mangkong aa kiciamteh min bek mahtawh
nalianpi sep ding phalna (legal) om ding ahi hi. Tua ahih
manin, Zomi cih min tawh thupaizia bangin ciaptehna omlo
aa ei leh ei bek i kicih suaksuak aa leh, Zomite ii nasep
khempeuh min dangin kiciamteh pahpah ding ahi hi. I
tangthu mangcip suak taktak ding ahi hi.
Mi tampitakte in, nopsak ding, nek khak ding, khantoh
ding, hamphat bek ngaihsun uh ahih manin, lunggim leh
buai liang, thu nawngkai liang aa Zomi hihna gen ding leh
Chin hong kicih nial ding ngaihsunlo uhhi. Tuabang dan mi
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a tamlai manin, tu ciang dong Zomi cih sangin Chin in hong
kitheizaw lai ahi hi.
Khantohna cih pen minam cih tawh a tonkhop kei aa leh, a
nennen-in namdang tuamtekah kithehthangin mangcip
thei ahi hi. Chin tawh leitung in hong theisa cilo aa Zomi
tawh hong kithei nailo ahih manin, ci aa hong kitheihna
ding hanciam ding hizaw ahi hi.
[Kum za cin] Cope topa’ Zogam tun leh Zolai
Cope topa’ Zogam tun kum 100 cin pen 2010 kum ahi hi.
Tedim khuapi ah pawipi bawl theihna ding phalna pen
Myanmar kumpite tung nget kul ahi hi. Tua ciangin, phalna
ngahna dingin, Zolai kum 100 cingta cih paulap tawh
kingen ahi hi. A taktakah Zolai hong bawlsak pa Zogam tun
kum 100 cin pawi ahi hi. 2013 ciangin, Zolai kumza cin
pawi nopci takin mun tuamtuam ah kibawl ahi hi.
Lai lam thuhilhna paunak tuamtuamte
- An neekna in pumpi khangsak aa, laibu manpha simna in
ngaihsutna khangsak hi._jerremy Collier
- Bang laisim na hiam cih hong genin, kua na hiam cih hong
gen ning. Bang lai dante simkikzelzel na hiam cih hong
genin, bang na hiam cih hong gen ning._Francois Mauriac
- I lungsim adingin laisimna tawh an piakzelzel kul
hi._Henry Miller
- Kammal zakhat, laimal malkhat._Kawl paunak (Burmese
proverb)
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- Khat ii laigelh om suakin, khat ii kampau zuau
kibehlap._Netherlands paunak
- Lai omlo nuntakna-in a si hi._Latin paunak
- Laibu a kawm'pa pen mihai hi-in, a piakik pa pen haizaw
lai hi._Arabic paunak
- Laibu haizan masaloin valh suk ding pen cidam huailo
hi.)_Germany paunak
- Laibu hoih nasim ciangin, laimai tawpna na tun teh, lawm
hoih khat a khah suah bangin na ki-ngaihsun kha ngei
hia?_Paul Sweeney
- Laibu hoih, laibu manpha simlo khatin, laisim theilo khat
sangin a theihna tamzaw tuanlo hi._Mark Twain,
attributed.
- Laibu hoihte pen, lam-etna tawh kihongin, hamphatna
tawh kikhup hi._Amos Bronson Alcott
- Laibu I cihin, bangbang hita leh ngaihsutna tampi luanna
zeu hi._Abraham Lincoln
- Laibu in I lungkiatna ding panin tha hong pia aa, I maingalna dingin ngaihsutna hong guan hi._Jeremy Collier
- Laibu in lungsim sihna ding panin hong dal hi._Bovee
- Laibu khat a tuamna tawh hoihding hoihlo ding khentat
theilo hiteh._U.S. paunak
- Laibu khat I sim thak pen, lawm thak bawl hi-in, tua laibu
mah I simkik leh I lawmlui tawh kimu Ihi hi._Sen paunak
(Chinese proverb)
- Laibu kikhupcip pen, khuak kikupcip hi pah hi._Sen
paunak (Chinese proverb)
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- Laibu mei ah a haalte pen hai mahmah uhhi. Laibu a
simlote pen hai penpen uhhi._Joseph Brodsky
- Laibu omlohna inn pen, tawllet (window) omlohna inn
tawh kibang hi._Heinrich Mann
- Laibu omlohna khan (room) pen, kha (soul) a neilo pumpi
tawh kibang bek hi ci hi._ Mascus Tulius Cicero
- Laibu omloin nungta thei keng ci hi._ Thomas Jefferson
- Laibu pawlkhat pen ciap ding, pawlkhat pen valh ding,
pawlkhatte pen haizan dikdek ding ahi hi._Francis Bacon
- Laibu pen mitphial lak theihna ai neu kieukeau tawh
kibang hi._Stephen King
- Laibu pen, a dai hithiat pen, lawmkip penpen, hong
telkhial theilo pen leh ngaihsutna hoih hong pia penpen, a
lungduai thuhilh sia khat ahi hi._Charles W.Eliot
- Laibu pen, huan hoih mahmah khat ipsungah I puak tawh
kibang hi._Sen paunak (Chinese proverb)
- Laibu pen, inndim aa kikoih kham manpha a tawi tawh I
kibang hi._Sen paunak (Chinese proverb)
- Laibu thak khat hong kibawlkhiat aa leh, a luipen sim
masa in._Samuel Rogers
- Laigelh siamte, Lapaugelh siamte leh vok pen a sih
khitciangin, a man neih lam, a kiphatnate kimu pan
hi._Italy paunak
- Laigelhgelhna tawh laigelh kisin mah hoih pen hi._Piantit
paunak (France proverb)
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- Laisim ii hoihna tampi pan khat pen, midang khat ii
ngaihsutna tawh ut hunhunin, a kimawlmawl thei nahi
hi._Dr. SunWolf
- Laisimna pen lungsim khuak ngaihsutna ading, kimawlna
pen pumpi ading._Richard Steele, Tatler, 1710
- Laisimsim khat nial sawm ngei kei-in._Sen paunak
(Chinese proverb)
- Laisimte pen nam 2 in ka khen hi. A laisim a mangngilh
mi leh a ciamteh mi cih ahi hi._William Lyon Phelps
- Maida tawh kibawl moh pen lim hi. Khuaizu tawh meh
lehang limzaw lai hi. Laisim pen lungsim adingin tuate
sangin limzaw lai hi._John Ruskin
- Makaite pen laisimte hi. (Leaders are readers)_Unknown
- Meitang nuai ah, khatkia tu-in, laisim pen, a kimu theilo
thu ngaihsun theite tawh kihona hi aa bangmah tawh teh
theih hilo hi._Kenko Yoshida
- Mipilte a kam uh tamloin, a laigelh uh tam hi._Italy
paunak
- Mipilte in laibu tampipi a sim kawmin, a ma nuntakna
zongh kisim uhhi._Lin Yutang
- Na heh ciangin, na heh laitak A pan Z dong sim
sukin._U.S paunak
- Nasim nop mahmah laibu khat, a om nai kei aa leh, nang
gelh tawm pahin._Toni Morrison
- Ni thum sung laisim loin om khitciang, kampauna ah a
manpha peuhmah omlo._Sen paunak (Chinese proverb)
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- Pasian a neite leh laibu a simsimte pen, lawm neilo kici
theilo hi._Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Pasian pen laibu bawlte tungah lungdam ding hi.
Banghanghiam cihleh laibu pen, a si sate ii ngaihsutna, a
kiza theilo thugenna aw, a kimu theilo khate leh mihingte
kikal gamlapi pan hong kizomsak ahihman hi._W.E.
Channing
- Siate si, laibu nungta suak._Netherlands paunak
- Tanglai mipilte leh tulai mipilte tawh na kimai-ngap
mahmah nop leh, laibu le'ng dimvum liang aa kikoih na sim
hamtang kul hi._Sen paunak (Chinese proverb)
- Thu ciamteh thei mahmah khat ii khuak sangin, a kitel
zongh a kitel nawn mello aa kigelh lai khatin uphuaizaw
hi._Sen paunak (Chinese proverb)
Kammalhoih pawlkhat
.............. itin, ................... itlo
01. Gensiatna tawh itin, thapiakna tawh itlo
02. Thapiakna tawh itin, panpihna tawh itlo
03. Panpihna tawh itin, lam-etna tawh itlo
04. Lam-etna tawh itin, sep nopna tawh itlo
05. Sep nopna tawh itin, sep ngamna tawh itlo
06. Sep ngamna tawh itin, sup ngamna tawh itlo
07. Sup ngamna tawh itin, sih ngamna tawh itlo
08. Sih ngamna tawh it napi-in, thuak ngamna tawh itlo
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09. Ngahbeh (ngahkik) nading tawh itin, patkhiatna tawh
itlo
10. Pat khiatna tawh itin, piak khiatna tawh itlo
11. Min hoih (kiphat) nading tawh itin, dai ngamna tawh
itlo
12. Vaihawm siamna tawh itin, zuih nop huaina tawh itlo
13. Hanthotna tawh itin, sepkhiatna tawh itlo
14. Makaihna tawh itin, khantohna dingin itlo
16. Lampi om ciang itin, lam-et beiciang itlo
17. Mite’ muan ciang itin, mi’ zolloh ciang itlo
18. Ahunzui aa itin, thuman thutak (citakna) tawh itlo
19. Pilna, theihna tawh itin, veina takpi tawh itlo
20. Veina takpi tawh itin, kineihna tawh itlo
No. 20 na ciang, na tun zawh dong, na ngaihsutnate picing
sakin.
Agen: Tg. Lian Than Tuang (LT Tuang)
Thuhoih ciaptehhuai
01. Ka thu theih khat om aa, tua-in bangmah ka theih
hetlohna thu ahi hi.
02. Laigelhte pen mihing' lungsim abawlbawl engineer-te
ahi hi.
03. A hoih pen ding aa hun a zanghte' a dingin hun
valmawk om theilo hi.
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04. Mi khat a dingin pilna in lawmhoih pen hi aa, haina in a
sia huai pen gal ahi hi.
05. Laibu hoih I sim khempeuh pen kum zalom tampi lai aa
mipil tampite tawh kihona nam khat ahi hi.
06. Nuntak haksatna sungah mipilte in noptuamna a
ngahna uh pen, laibu pan ahi hi.
07. Na sih khitteh hong kimangngilh pah ding, na utkei aa
leh, a sim tak ding lai ngelhin. Ahih keileh zongh, a gelh tak
ding nasemin.
08. Laibu pawlkhatte pen haizan dikdek phot ding kisam
hi.
09. Laisimna in mi cingtak khat hong suah aa, holimna in a
baihsa-in hong koih hi. Laigelhna in mi taktak hong
suaksak hi.
10. Laigelh siam na suah nop leh, simsim inla, gelhgelhin.
11. Mipilte in "Banggen leng kilawm ding" cih ngaihsun
khol uh aa, mihaite in a nungciangin bangteng gen kahiam
ci-in ngaih sunkik uhhi.
12. Zawhna khempeuh lak pan ei leh ei kizawhna-in alian
pen zawhna ahi hi.
13. Pilna sinloh sangin mihing khat aa piang dah vet lehang
hoihzaw kha thei ding hi. Banghanghiam cihleh, thu
theihlohna pen kamsiatna zungpi himawk hi.
(Hihmun ah: sanginn bek ah pilna om cih a hihloh pen
phawk kawm huai)
14. Siate in kongkhak hong uh aa, a sungah bel nangmah
ngiat na lut kul hi. Amah leh amah adingin atawm' (a la/a
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ngah/a zong/a nei/a kan/a mu) zo mi pen leitungah mi
thahat penpen ahi hi.
15. Pasian muangin la, na thauvui/thautang zongh thunsain koihin.
16. Thu lianpipi piang I cihte pen I thusim' kholloh hunlem
nonote pan kipan thei hi.
17. Mihingte gamtatna pen a lungsim uhin, a theih nadingin
ahoih pen hilhcianna ahi hi. (Thuak/tuak ciang thei)
18. A thak ngaihsut muhnate pen atamzaw ki-umlo aa,
kilangpan thei lai hi. Tua pen thudang hang hilo aa, mitam
in thei nailo ahihman ahi hi. (tam in hong san zawhloh sim,
lungkiat pahpah ding hi peuhmahlo hi.)
19. Tuitak ciauciau in zongh sawtsawt leh suangtum
nangawn ne zo hi.
20. Tuni aa zawh theih ding na khat peuh pen zingciang
adingin siit (koih) kha kei-in.
21. Khialhpah luan se sangin nihvei dot ding (dot kikkik
ding) hoihzaw hi.
Ciaptehhuai bek hiloin, zuih theihte zuih pah ding zongh
ahi hi.
Ngaihsutna zatui
- Ngaihsun khollopi aa kampau pen, ngimna mel neilo aa
thal mawk lotlot galtai ding pa tawh kibang hi.
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- Zi hoih na muhna dingin, numei hoih zong masa kei-inla,
Pasal hoih hi masa hi. Pasal hoih na ngahna dingin, numei
hoih hi masa-in.
- Kamphatna tawh a lawhcing kha mi om sam aa, ahi
zongin, a tamzaw pen hanciamna tawh lawhcing uhin,
sawtvei khomzaw thei lai uhhi.
- Numei pil in koici it siam aa, bangci ngaihbawl ding cih
thei uhin, a pilzaw laite in, kuateng it aa kuateng ngai ding
cih zongh thei beh uhhi.
- Na nuntakna sungah thupha in mun a ngah theihna
dingin, thusia teng hemkhia masa-in.
- Mite in hong muhloh laitak aa na omzia pen, na hihna
taktak ahi hi.
- Muh kholhna neilote pen mittaw mah hi lel uhhi.
- Dam sawt ding kiut tek aa, ahi zongin, kua mah a tek ding
kiutlo hi.
- A hun zui-in, kum kitam toto aa, a thu zui-in kipicing toto
hi.
- Laisim thei napi, laibu hoih a sim ngeilote pen, laisim
theilo aa lai a sim ngeilote tawh, lai a simlo tuaktuak ahih
man un, akibang hi lel uhhi.
- Paulap haute, hih theih ding hau khollo uhhi.
- A khialhna, mawhsakna gen theih ding a om khollote pen,
sepna lian taktak mel a neih nailoh man hi kha thei hi.
- A mi na muhdah manin, a thu nial kei-in la, a thu na nial
manin, a mi muhdah kha kei-in.
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- Mailam manawhin pai hamtang ding na hih ciang, na
mailam hun ding geel kholhna nei in.
- Na theih peuhpeuh gen pahpah kei-in la, na gen
peuhpeuh thei tel mahmahin.
- Khialh ding lau aa bangmah kipan ngamloin na om pen,
na khialh masak penpen hipah hi.
- Gensiatna lel khawng na zaakdah leh, gensiat tak lai mah
nahi hi.
- Hai lam kitheihna in pilna nam khat hi. Theihloh lam
kitheihna in, theihna nam khat ahi hi.
- Sawm khia limlim phawtin, na lawhcing kei zong, pil tuam
ding hiteh.
- kipiakhiatna dingin, mi thupi hih masak kullo aa, mi thupi
hihna dingin, kipawlkhiat masak kul hi.
- Tampi theihna bek pen pilna hilo aa, theih sunsun
zatsiamna zongh pilna mah ahi hi.
- Hun pen, a khonkhongin, I ngah hi aa, ahi zongin,
manpha hi. Neih theih hilo aa, I zang thei bek hi. Kep theih
hilo aa, I zeek theih bek hi. Khatvei I mansuah pen,
khantawn a mansuah I hi pah hi.
- Thei in, na theih kei leh, a theite gen hoih takin ngai in, a
theite gelh hoih takin sim in.
- Laisim ngeilote pen, innpua pah pialkhia ngeilo, khuadak
ngeilote tawh kibang uhhi.
- Tuzawh kum pawlkhat khitciang, nasep sate na kisik
sangin, na sep khakloh na kisik tamzaw thei ding hi.
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- Limlang pen, mittawte adingin, a manphatna a omloh
mah bangin, laibu zongh, mihaite adingin, a manphatna
omlo hi. by Chanakya
- Lai lam a kinlo, minam/gam pen kiam suk lam a manawh
minam/gam ahi hi. By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a
German writer and politician.
- Theihna bek pen phazolo n I zat khiat kul hi. Utna bek pen
phazoloin, I sepkhiat kul hi.
Limtang (video) en dingin, mi tampitakin a etna
hallpi (cinema) ah pai uhhi. Tua ciangin, a limtang
lak dingte in laklo uh aa, “tuni limtang nong et ding
uh pen, screen tungah lakloin, a tangthu-in lai aa na
sim ciat vo” ci-in laibu khat tek khawm hi ci.
Limtang en ding aa a paite lungkim dingin na um
hiam?
Mi tampitakin tua limtang en nuamin sum nangawn pia ahih hangin, tua limtang ii tangthu pen a
lai in sim ding ci leh, sum pia in en ding cih tahdah,
a mawkna-in zongh a sim nuamlo pen tamzaw kha
lai ding hi.
Laibu bawlte ii haksatpina khatin mipite laisim
nuam a tamloh mahmah ahi hi. ☺
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Lapau
(Lapau pen hih a nuai aa bangte hi-aa, lakam pen lamal
lak aa kihelte ahi hi.)
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Zolai hong guan Cope banzaal hi
Sianmang Zeisu mel I muhna
Ciin a pha bel Cope banzaal hi
Lambang paaklo kuata om diam
Lungtup tuibang tunna hi ae
Zomi Zota'n I ngilh thei diam
Sinlung kikhat lawngkhat ni ae
Hongkai gawmtuah Cope Topa hi
Hong kiit sa Cope Topa hi
Asuut: TP Thawnpu
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2/10. KA TUUNNU
Sim leitung ah ka it ngaih pen
Hong deihsak bel hong it ngai pen
Mimbang pianna sen Tuunnu hi...
Sinlung' thuakna hong theihsiam pen
Lunglauna teng meibang thengsak
Zaitha sanna ka tuunnu hi
Sim leitung ah a ngaihbang pen
Tumbang guai in teek mah zong leh
Pakbang etlawm ka Tuunnu hi
Sim leitung ah ngaih pen khuum pen
Itna tong tawh bawi aw, tawng aw
Ci'n hong sam den ka Tuunnu hi.
Asuut: Thang P. Thawn
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3/10. HONG IT KA ZUA
Theibang sen lai, zua' lim nuam sa'ng
Lungkham theilo kiilbang khangkhia
Lenpih gual tawh tanbang kim na'ng
Siansin thugil anbang hong muam..
Lungmawl vontawi vabang pil na'ng
Siambang sin ding lambang hong pi
Kisam sesum theihloh vanglaa
sak leh khang ah lambang va zong...
Momno vontawi mubang ngaih man
Sinkham lungkham gentheih nat tuak
ka lungngaih ciang Zua aw nang' din
Sian mun mimbang hong thuumsak ing...
Sian in lumbang hong sungh henla
Sinlungnuam in khankum sawt in
Na vondeih in nong itna hai
Ningbang hong leh nuam ing Zua aw...
Asuut: TP Thawnpu
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4/10. ZUAPA ITNA
Zuapa itna'n khentuam neilo
Hoih man genloh tuisik bekin
Mimbang kapian hong theih ciil in
Hong itna lian Mabang pan maw...
Zuapa itna'n zu ham ci lo
Zingni suah sial vai lo kuan in
Gilkial dangtak gimpi tawlpi'n
Kei' di'n tukawl paakbang tawi maw...
Zuapa itna'n pham nat sial lo
Tongsan theihloh singta gam ah
Zing leh nitak, zu ham nuai ah
Kei' di'n sesum lambang zong maw...
Zuapa itna'n gim tawl omlo
lungdeih thaikawi vontawi aa di'n
Nat leh sat thuak haksat tuak in
Cintuiguh kang liang in sem maw...
Zuapa itna'n muanlah omlo
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Thaikawi, von leh limbelh zuapa
Lailung khaubang hual in muang naaBangkua itna
phuhbang kho maw...
Zuapa itna'n lampial pihlo
Sinthu dik tawh nunzia lamlak
Etteh pha bel gamtat in lak
Vontawi nunzia lambang sial maw...
Zuapa itna'n tel zawh baihlo
Nuntak thugui lambang lak ae
Khangcing sem leng tel nuam sem ae
Zuapa mah in thei siam ei maw...
Asuut: TP Thawnpu
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5/10. GAM VANGLA PAN VONTAWI AWNEM
Mubang kong ngaih Tuun leh zua aw
Zo len tangbang na dam nam aw
Von' tongdamno na sang ve aw...
Mataw Tuun aw lungzuang ei maw
Lenna vangla, la si ae maw
Saulim gambang dai si'n cia maw....
Siansiam vondeih na tawi buang aa
Phui guabang dawn, dawnsuang ding aa
Sawlbang hei aw lai ah na sa'ng
Heh veilo aw, Tuun Zua aw ae
Na vondeih in hanlungciam ae
Sian in lumbang sung ding hi ae...
Honuam siam leng singlung tai ding
Hinkum nuam in khankum sawt ding
Dawnbang tuah ding haibang ngak la'ng
Asuut: Thang P. Thawn
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6/10. NISIM NUNZIA
Phalvak buh-al hong khuang ngeungeu
Ansu kihkih, tui tawi keih keih
An hawp lualua bawm pua kheukheu
Vailo zuan in pai suk leihleih
Tungsunni in hong el vengvang
Tukawl tawi in lokho kehkeh
Zu va beng in kutsan vengvang
Ankung khang leh nuam lua tehteh
keel an khop in ciah to kengkeng
Huihkhi hong laang din khawl dingdeng
Vaimim ciim khing sasak lengleng
Kisil sitset uum pah tingteng
Khuamial hanhan kha' taang ciai ciai
It leh ngaih tawh khawl khawm liai liai
Asuut: TP Thawnpu
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7/10. BANGZAH ETLAWM ZOGAM
Galkhua don leng, mim na dikdial
Paak zatam te palhkhia zihziah
Kuivum zem in muikai zilzial
gunkuam lummei kisung mihmiah
Huihkhi damvot honglang hiauhiau
Singkung lopa dum eng silsial
Pengpelep te hong khuang ciauciau
Zokhuva te tuang khawm hiilhial
Zolengthe zongh hong khuang ciaiciai
Biakinn dim in tukhawm diimdiam
Sian min phatna ki-awi ziaiziai
Nop leh dah ciang' khawlkhawm dimdiam
It leh ngaih te khawlnga Zogam
Bangzah in etlawm pianna Zogam
Asuut: TP Thawnpu
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8/10. KIPHATSAK PIH
Mi kimkhat te'n
pilna huahna
beh leh phung te
kiphatsak pih
kei ka hih leh
vaphual limlak
thuman citak
kiphatsak pih
mi kimkhat te'n
US, Dollar
Mangpau Gamdang
kiphat sakpih
Kei ka hih leh
Zogam Zomi
Zolai Zopau
Kiphatsak pih
Asuut: Zogam Paupu
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9/10. VANG NGAIH PEN
Laikhun tung pan khangtheilawh ciang
Lailung geel pat nang mah na hi
Laikhun tung pan maimit singciang
Lailung geel tawp nang mah na hi
Na sakmel lawm melmuh bek zongh
Kei di'n lungdam lungtaina lian
Gual di'n sialbang nalianlo zong
Kei di'n zanghui saibang limlian
Sim leitungah nang bang ka ngaih
Ka ngaih vangvang pian a om diam
Sim leitung ah kei bang hong ngai
Hong ngai vangvang pian a om diam
Lia nang mah bek kei lunggulh pen
Sunsawt lungngaih vang ngaih penpen
Asuut: TP Thawnpu
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10/10. To.... Ka lawm
Kum khua kiveivei mah zongh leh
Heina peuh ah sinlai phawng den
Kasap hun in tong kong kup ciang
Sinlung kong hong, banzaal nong len
Lungdeih sunmang lungtup tun na'ng
Sinlung hianglo nong kop pih den
Sinlung mang in lailung zuan ciang
Lam khat peuh tawh vabang nong leng
Sepkhialh bawlkhialh ka neih hun ciang
Lambang nong lak ka khialhna teng
I lam khop sa itna kip teng
Ciik tak suut khia, suut khia nuam la'ng
Itluat lawm aw na phawk nam aw
kei ading in bangzah na lian
Asuut: TP Thawnpu
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Ngai
Zopau (Khiatna
kibang/kinai –
kammal kibanglo)
Vau
Synonyms
Taw'ng, Phin, Do,
Hehssak, Galbawl,
Dembawl, Sinso sak,
Langpan, El, Elbawl
Antonyms
Pawlbawl, Kilem, Kipawl,
Zawn, Kithutuak,
Kithukim
Synonyms
It, Hoihsa, Deih, Paakta,
Zahtak, Ngaihbangsa
Antonyms
Hua, Siasa (Hoihsalo),
Mudah, Deihlo,
Paaktaklo, Zahtaklo,
Ngailo, Ngaihbangsalo,
Ensan
_____
Citak
Synonyms
Kuhkal, Hanciam, Hahkat
_____
Antonyms
Dik
Zulh, Zulhtat, Thadah
Synonyms
_____
Thudik, Thunem,
Thunuam, Thukhual,
Lungduai, Lungsau,
Picing, Cingh, Gi (Migi)
Antonyms
Gilo (Diklo), Sintom,
Lungtom, Ngongtat,
Lauhuai, Gamhtat
_____
Mehthuk
Synonyms
Methua, Fazan, Piadi,
Bokboon
Antonyms
Mehkha
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Zasan
Tua
Synonyms
Synonyms
Kawlsing, Maza, Malta
Antonyms
Tu, Zia
Cikhum
_____
Mate
Synonyms
Mataw, I zaw, Nacina,
Nacihia
Antonyms
Hih
_____
Den ciang
Synonyms
_____
Zoteh, Zociang, Dan
ciang, An ciang, Denteh,
Dentakteh
Mangpha
Antonyms
Synonyms
Tun, Tulaitak, Tumahmah
Mangfa
_____
Antonyms
Gen
Mangsia
Synonyms
_____
Soi, Ngen, Son
Ciah
Antonyms
Synonyms
Dai, Paulo, Hamlo, Genlo,
Ngenlo, Sonlo, Soilo
Kal, Cia
Antonyms
Pai, Pei
_____
_____
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Mahmah
Zopau
Synonyms
Synonyms
Mamah, Cip, Lua, Lei,
naak
Zoham, Zokam
_____
(Ham suo, Kamtam kei
oo, Pau kei oo)
Mengmeng
_____
Synonyms
Hivak
Memeng, Vaseuh,
Kinawh, Manlang, Saisai,
Kin
Synonyms
Antonyms
Ziakai, Damdam,
Duakduak, Daldal
_____
Hehpihna
Synonyms
Hehsuahna, Hehsuakna
_____
Bang ae
Synonyms
Ai ze, Aici ze, Bangci ae
_____
Hi-inteh, Hivaa, Hitaw,
Himahvak, Himavaa,
Himataw, Himahinteh
Laigelh
Synonyms
Lai-at, laikui, laisuai,
laikhen
(A hunzui-in kammal zat
kikhel aa a mun leh a
thuzui-in kizangh
kawikawi hi.)
Gtn. Computer khen,
laigelh, lai-atpipa, cbd…
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Uiphuk
Synonyms
Ukeng, Ulol
_____
Tu
Synonyms
Khung, To
Antonym
Ding
_____
Siang
Synonyms
Sieng, Thiang
Antonyms
Nin
_____
Adang tampitak om lai ahi
hi. Zomite in zongh
namdangte bangmah aa,
kammal kibanglo khiatna
kibang/khiatna kinai cih a
nei lua Ihi hi.
Tua ahih manin, pau leh
ham, awsuah awkaih
tawm kilamdanna hang
tawh, kituam ngaihsut,
kidang bawl khak ding hi
peuhmahlo ahi hi.
“Zopau khat bek om” cih
thulu, hih laibu sung aa
pen,
pelloin
nasimh
masak ding ka lunggulh
uhhi.
Hih laibu pen, laksim
sangin, abaanbaan aa
dalkhat
khit
dalkhat,
thulu khat khit thulu khat,
sim lehang, thu leh late
kitel theizaw ding ahi hi.
Laibu
ii
deihnate
kilangkhiazaw ding ahi hi.
Lungdam
mahmah
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[Ciamnuih] Cimphawng Zolai sin kawm
(1) US kumpi pa'n ah
"Ko US te khapi tung ah kah masapen"
a cih vial aa leh
Myanmar kumpi pa'n ah
"Ko ni tung ah kah ding"
cikik giap.
US kumpi pa'n ah
"A cih zuazen, ni tung ah hileh a sa lua sam ke"
Myanmar kumpi pa:
"Ko maw, khualmial ciang, ni a satloh laitak aa pai ding"
ci-in dawngkik hi.
Note: Kumpi pa'n (kampau), Kumpi pa in (laipau)
(2) Papi khatin, a tapa kiang, na sam na meet aa leh I
mawtaw hong zanghsak pan ding ci. Tua ciang aa a tapa in,
"pa aw, Moses te, Abraham te leh Topa Zeisu na-ngawn in
zongh a sam uh a sausak lel vevua" a cihkik aa leh, a pa'n
ah, "hi mah ei, a mau zongh mawtaw zangh ngei kei uhin,
nang zongh zangh nawn kei pah oo" cikik ziau hi.
Note: Laigual patna ah laimal golin gelh ding. "Papi", "Tua
ciang" leh min malgawm patnate ah "Moses, Abraham,
Zeisu", tua pan, Pasian ii hihna leh neihna tawh kizom
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limlim zongh a golin gelh hamtang ding. "Topa" Gtn.
"Lawm aw, Pasian in a Mah a ummi te thupha pia hi."
(Lawm, Pasian, Mah), “te” midang/nadang a tam genna ah
“uh” cih in zui ding. A sam uh a sausak lel vevua…
(3) Pasian adingin, ni 1 pen, mihingte adingin kum 300
bang hici. Pasian adingin pek khat pen mihingte ading aa
then 300 bang hici.
Tua ciang aa mikhat in Pasian kiang ah "Pasian aw, na pek
khat bekbek hong pia ziau ve" a cihleh, Pasian in zongh "ni
khat bekbek na ngak pak oo leh" cikik hi. (Kum 300 na
ngakin a cihna)
Note: "in" zatna mun pen, a sem a bawl, a pau, ahih (mi
ahihlohhang’ na khat peuhpeuh/subject) cihte ahih leh "in"
pen a tuamin kigelh aa, tualo ciang "in" pen a mai aa te
tawh kimat hi. Vowel 2 kimat ding ahih aa leh (-) a kikal ah
kizangh hi.
Gtn. Laisiangtho in eite adingin hong gen zo hi.
(4) Kikhopna khat ah, mikhat in hunpi kipat sim, tui hai
khat ta dawn masa den hi. Tua ciang aa a lawmte in "nipini
sim hici den veteh aw" acih vua leh, "sivuan pa'n ah na
ihmut ding sim, tui hai khat ta dawnin hong ci ahih ciang
aa hi ae" cikik hithiat hi.
Note: ong (kampau), hong (laipau)
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(5) Papi khat in a zikiang ah, “i veng aa zukhamkhampa
kiman ci” acih leh, a zi in "ka upmawh mah hi" cikik. A
pasal: "Banghang aa ummawh nahia?" A zi: "zu a khamsim
kitom den mawk hiven". I inn nung aa khualzinpa zongh
hong tung kikta. A zi in "ka upmawh mah hi" kikik leuleu. A
pasal: "Banghangin ummawh nahia?" A zi: "a zi phawk
mahmah ding cih ka theihsa hiven" Khat khit khat, a gen
bangbang, ka upmawh mah hi vive cikik den ahih ciang aa,
a pasal in, "i inn nung aa sakolno van ah leng" a cihleh, a zi
in, "ka upmawh mah hi" ci veve. Tua ciang aa, a pasal in a zi
samin "hiah, en oo, ka upmawh mah hi na cih sakolno pen
van ah leng kei lua ei, lopa ne in buai mahmah ei" ci-in a lu
kieu suk. Tua ciang aa, a zi in "ka upmawh mah hi" ci
leuleu. A pasal: "tua na, bang ahia na upmawh" a cihleh, a
zi in, "khatvei teiteiciang, tua dan aa kalu hong kieu ding
cih ka upmawh mah hi" cikik hi.
Note: "Papi", "ummawh", "upmawh", "pasal", "teitei",
"sakol",
"khualzinpa",
"zukhamkhampa"noun/van/kammal khat word/malgawm khat
(6) Naupang khat awng baba-in thungen, "Topa aw,
mehlim hong pia oo. Topa aw, a pua lam ah tukpeng hong
kimawlsak oo" a ci-in, a u in, "banghang awng baba na hia,
Pasian a bil-ngonglopi" a cihleh, a nau in "Pasian a
bilngongloh hang' I pi a bilngong hiven" cikik hi.
Note: Naupang (word 1, malgawm 1), baba-in (malgawm 1,
"-" zangh; awsuah 2, vowel kizom)
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(7) Mikanggam, ansai khat ah, lawmta nih saitu, khatpa bel
English pau siam, a khatpa bel Zopau bek siam.
Saingakte'n English pau siam phalo pa kiangah dong masa.
Tua pa'n "Yes" leh "No" bek thei.
Anne ding ahilo, nasep zongh cih zongh om thei ahih ciang
aa, "Anne ding aa hong pai maw?" ci aa a dot leh,
"ken yes leh no bek thei, koi ka zangh masazaw tam" ci-in, a
ngaihsut khitciang "No" ci.
Tua ciang aa, a lawm English pau siam pen dong leuleu.
Tua pa'n "yes" ci-in, tua pa bek an kipia, "no" a ci pa'n nek
ding ngahlo.
Tua ciang aa, ka lawmpa'n yes a cihleh ngah ahih ciang ken
zongh yes cita ding ci-in ngaihsun.
Saingakpa'n dong leuleu. "an nelo taktak ding maw" ci-in,
lawm'an "yes" ci suk pah lian dan aive.
Note: "Zopau, English pau". Namdang lai limlim tawh
Zolai I kop ciang, tua namdang lai pen a hibangbangin a
tuam vivel aa gelhin Zolai tawh matlo, gawmlo ding. Gtn.
Zomite, Sente pen Zomite, Chinese te cih ding ahi hi.
(8) Tangval khat in, nungak khat zuizui ahih ciang aa
Nungaknu'n: zudawn maw?
Tangvalpa'n: dawnlo.
Nungaknu: zatep maw?
Tangvalpa: teplo
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Nungaknu: numei lam na pui hia? sum kikhap khawng, a
hilolo na uuk hia?
Tangvalpa: numei zongh nang bek, kikhap khawng
hoihlopi, uuklo.
Nungaknu: tua leh nang a hoihlo khat zongh hihlo dan maw
leh?
Tangvalpa: 1 bek hi.
Nungaknu: tua pen bang?
Tangvalpa: zuaukhem thei bek.
(zudawnlo, zateplo a cihte zongh a khemna vive)
Note: "lo" cih pen, a mai aa lai malgawm tawh kimat den
ding.
(9) Nipini zingsang khat, a nu'n a tapa phongphongin
"thota oo, kikhop pai hun mahmah ta ei, lap kei ni cei" a
cihleh, a tapa in "kei kikhawm nuam nawng keng" cikik hi.
Tua ciang aa a nu'n ah "bangbangin maw?" ci. A tapa'n,
"biakinn ah kei hong kideihlohpi, ken zongh a mau ngai
tuan khang" a cihkik aa leh, a nu'n "nang a pastor penpen
na pai kei taakin" ci'n phong teitei hi.
Note: "kik" cih laimal pen, a mai aa laimal tawh kimat den
ding. “zaw” theizaw/baihzaw, “ciang” tua hun ciang, kong
paiciang. 1, 2, 3 cihte tawh bel matloh dingin hoihzaw hi.
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(10) Tuipeek pen cidamna dingin hoihmahmah hi.
Cidamna ding ahih naak aa leh I sih lawh zongin tuipeek
kisin ding himailo dia :D
Cartoons
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Maan manpha pawlkhat
Rev. J.H. Cope topa' minkuih
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213
214
215
216
217
218
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Sources leh References
Sources (dotte):
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Lia Niang Theih Kim –Kimnu (Momno journal
editor)
Pu Lang Suan Thawn (Zolai Revival thu vaihawm)
Pu Lian Khen Pau (Executive Secretary –ZCLS)
Pu Pau Pian Thang - Paul Thang (BD, ThM, ThD –
Candidate)
Pu Thang Sian Kham –Sia Khampeek (Tongsan pu)
Rev. G.K. Nang via Pu Vung Lian Mang (ZOLUS cofounder)
Rev. Job. Nang Khaw Thawng (Sia. Job Thawngno)
Rev. Zam King Mang (President , Zomi Association
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Tg. Cing Sian Dal (Apps developer)
Tg. Khen Solomon –Lethil (Web, app developer)
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Kipsakna dingin, mailgroups tampite leh facebook
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theihsa/kansa thute tawh a kituak/kibat kipsakin
kigelhkhia ahi hi. Maan tuamtuamte leh thu
pawlkhat pen sources leh references sungah
kiguanglo om ahi hi.
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Hih laibu pan aa summeet ki-ngah
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Tua ahih manin, hih laibu na lei aa
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Zolai pen Zomite adingin kidalna
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Lungdam mahmah
Topa Thupha
Tg. Lian Than Tuang (LT Tuang)