Zolai pen i pau le hamte Cope topa (Sangmangpa) in, Roman Alphabet zang in, lai tawh ih ciapteh theina dingin hong bawl sak ‘Lai’ ahi hi. Lai theilo khat nangawn in, laipai a sim theih
na ding, a baih theithei in laimal gawm tawh hong bawlsak ahi hi. Zopau theilo, Zomi a hilo mi namdang khatin zong a sim theih ding ‘Phonological and grammatical structure of the language’ danin hoihtak hong bawlsak kha man nawn’lo hi.
Zolai pen eipau / ei lai tawh kigelh ahih manin, ei Zomite ading laitan tampi sin kullo in, Tan 4
(Primary) ciang mah kisin ciat ahi hi. Tua val zong sin ding zuun ding a om nawnlo mah kisa pah lel hi. Kithupi ngaihsut kha lo himai hi. Tua hangin ZCLS peuh laisinna sangpi, tampi a nei khollote peuh tawh Committee kibawl in, vaipuak kipia ziau lel hi.
1972 kum pawl a kiphuan ‘Zolai Simbu Bawl/ puah’ committee te zong lai thei degree ngah
pawlkhat om himah ta leh Zolai tan 4 ciang mah sin dingin ngaihsun uh a, committee sungah a’ kihel Zolai hilh siate, Middle School siate ciang bek mah na pii-ding / thupisak uh hi. Tu’n University dongah sin theih dingin i zuun ding kisam hi.
Ataktak ah Zolai zuun ding cih pen literature, phonetics, linguistics, Etymology, English etc.. a thei khawmte banah French, German, Latin, Greek, Hebrew khawng tawh a thei khawmte hi leh hoih zaw lai hi. English Grammar / Tada, Kawllai cihte zong theih kul lai hi. Ei uk man’ aa, laimal gawm (Spelling) khawng ‘Ch’, ‘ou’, Consonant ‘h’ peuh behlap tawm mawkmawk tawh, mi-namdang khat ading in simhak, theihhak mahmah kha ding hi.
Ei Zopau pen a tawm penpen ‘Aw thum’ (Three tunes) a om theih banah, ‘Aw-tawng /tom leh ‘Awsau’ kinei lai hi. Zolai ‘Pu’ kicih gawp pong tawh kipuah theilo ding ahi hi. Tua banah ei Zolai gelh dan pen Zopau theilo minam dang khatin a awsuah / awkaih maan leh dik takin a simtheih na ding omlo hi.
Vietnam lai pen Vietnampau ka theihloh hangin a awsuah maan in ka sim thei hi. Bang hang hiam cih leh Vietnam lai in, awsang, awniam, awtawng, awsau, etc… cih te lahna lim (Phonetic notation/ Symbol/ Sign) nei uh hi. Nelson Tonu in zong a Zolai sinna ah tua limte zangh hi. Please see the attachment. Tiddim Chin A Descriptive of Two Texts (October 1962, London) sungah Euge’nie J. A. Henderson (Professor of Phonetic, University of London) in ‘Sentence Intonation’ hi bang in na ciamteh hi. Please see the attachment. A Texts te in Dahpa Thu leh Khua Lei (Khua Lei Ui Kai) tangthu ahi hi.
Tua hi a, Zolai i zuun ciangin i mai a, a’ zuun sate’ zuun zia “How to spell, Pronounce and Learn Tiddim-Chin Words” by: Vul Za Thang and J. Gin Za Twang; published by Baptist Board of Publications in Rangoon in 1953, Zolai Gelhzia maan Bu (1), by: Taang Zomi (Taang Pau Cin Thang), Sia Hau Go cihte’ zuunna te zong ii sim/zat ngeingei kul ding hi.
Gtn: Hih laigual ee, a cihnopna ih thei hia? Suang sang sang sang Suang suang sang sang! Tawm khat puah leng Zomi te’n kisim thei pah hi. Suangsang sang sang’ Suangsuang sang sang! (“Suangsang” = a name of a village) (“sang” =school) (“sang” = a word use by comparation of two things) (“Suangsuang” = name of a place; a masa “suang” = mikang pau aa rock cihna dan asim ding hi.
A nihna “suang” awsuah pen “anbel suang, Salu suang, Diallap suang” ect.. cih danin sim ding hi. “Sang” = mikang te’n “high” a cihna danin sim ding hi. “Sang” = hoih sa’ ing a cihna danin sim ding hi. Awsang, Awniam, Awlai lah theih nading gitsuk, gitphei, gittoh cihte thuah leng mi-namdang khatin zong, a khiatna a theiloh hang amaan in sim thei pah ding hi. Kei computer tawh tua sign te zang thei lo.
Thupulak: Pu Khupkhan Thang Taithul
Norman, USA. June 15, 2022.
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