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Zolai leh Zolai Simbu

Tg. Kaptawng

Miami, Florida, USA

Thupatna:

Zomite in ‘lai’ i neih zawh kum 100 sung bang pha ta hi. I teen’na mun le mual zuiin, Zopau le Zolai a thei nawn lo tampi tak om khin hi. Zaanggam teeng Zomite in Zopau a pau theih teei uh hangin, khangno tampi takin ‘la-kam’ le ‘paunak’-te thei nawn lo uh-a, Zolai a gelh thei lo zongh tampi tak om ta hi. I pau le i laite pau thei, gelh thei, sim thei bek ciang hi lo- in, bangci bang in hong piang khia hiam cih zongh i theih ding, le i tu i tate i hilh ding kisam hi. A diakdiak-in nampi lian lakah a teeng gamdang tung Zomite in Zopau kitam zaak nawn lo-in, Zolai tawh lai sim ding om lo hi. Tua ahih man-in i pau le i lai bangci dan-in hong piang hiam cih thei ciat le’ng ‘pau’ itna, le ‘lai’ itna i neih theih ciat nadingin, i pau le i lai bangci bangin hong piangkhia hiam cih i theih ciat ding deih huai masa hi.

I. ZOLAI PIAN’NA

A. Zo Tuallai

Tedim gam Lailui khua Pu Pau Cin Hau in Zogam ah a piang masa peenpeen (lai) "Lai-pian" or "Pau Cin Hau’ lai", kum 1896-98 sungin na bawl hi. Sen (Chinese)-te’ lai tawh kibang pian-in laimal khat teh kammal khat ta a suak laimal 1050 tawh Zo Tuallai na bawl hi. Tua lai pen tan 6 ciang sin dingin kibawl

hi. Kum 1913 ciangin Pau Cin Hau’ lai tawh Mualtung thu hilhna ki khen hi. Tu ni ciang dongin Pu Pau Cin Hau ii bawl ‘Tual-lai’ or ‘Lai-pian’ pen Laipian Pawlpi (Biakna) mite in zangh lai uh-a, a dang Zomite in zatpih nawn lo uh hi.

B. Zo Manglai

Zo Manglai i cih ciangin tu hun-a a ki zangh Roman Script (a, b, c, …) cihna ahi hi. 1894 kum in Mikang mi Surgeon Major A. E. G. Newland (Indian Medical Service-a a seem) in Haka lai na bawlsak masa hi. Tua khit Rev. A. E. Carson te nupa Haka hong tun’ ciangin a kibawlsa Haka lai puahsak hi. 1908 kum-in Rev. J. H. Cope-te nupa Haka hong tung masa-in, 1910 kum-in Tedim-ah kituah uh-a, a kibawlsa Zolai gelh dante kan- in, Zomite zattaang theih dingin Roman Script tawh Zolai hong bawlsak-a tu ni dong kizangh hi. Roman Script tawh hong bawlsak man-in, Zomite in a tuam-in siktawh lai khetna, computer cih te bawl kul nawn lo-in, email i gelh ciangin zongh i Zolai teekteek tawh kikhak thei i hih man-in hih zah a zat nuam ding Zolai hong bawlsak Cope Topa tungah a lungdam huai lam i phawk seemseem hi.

C. Zopau/lai Taang-kam (common dialect)

1910 kum Cope Topa Tedim hong tun’ ciangin Tedim gam sungah (tu lai Tedim,


Tonzang, Cikha township) hong zin kawikawi-a, pau namneu tuamtuam a om lam hong thei hi; bang kamtawh lai gelh le’ng tangzai-in kizangh kim thei peen ding hiam cih hong kan hi. 1919 kum-in Tedim Vuandok zumah kampau zattaang ding tawh kisai kikupna nei uh hi. Cope Topa Khamtung hong tun’ ma 1891 kum-in Captain Rundall in Siyin lai bawlsak khin ahih manin, Siyin lai/kam zat ding zongh kikum uh hi. Hih kikupna Pu Ngul Langh’ ciaptehna-ah:

Hih thu kikupna sungah Sihzang kam zang ding a kicih ciangin, Hiangzang khua hausa Pu Zam Khaw Thang (Thahdo kam zang), Hangken hausa Pu Kam Pum (Thahdo kam zang), Phaitu khua hausa Mantuang nam Pu Khan Thawng (Zo kam zang), Salzang khua hausa Pu Zaang Khaw Lian ( Zo kam zang), Tuimui khua hausa Guite nam Pu Mang Za Thang (Paite kam zang) le Haiciin khua hausa Pu Tual Pum (Paite kam zang)-te in Sihzang kam tel kei ungh ci-in nial uh hi. A tel lo takpi mah uh hiam ci-in Sihzang kam tawh kihopih-a tel zo lo takpi uh hi. Tua thu kikupna sungah Tedim kam i cih a zangh diak khua a hi: Tedim, Ngennung, Haupi, Gawngmual, Leilum, Lezang, Tongsial, Lamzang, Lailui, Mangken, Kahgen, Taaklam, Tonzang, Tungtuang, Anlangh, Gamlai, Khuaimual le Seitual khua pan-a taangmi a pai hausa le upate a pau khat beek om vet lo-in, Sihzang pau zat ding lah nial lo, Tedim pau zat ding thu zong kamkupna neihpih tuan lo uh hi. Hih hunin Zogam kiukna pen Magwe khutnuai-ah om hi.

Hih bang teng hangin Tedim kam tawh Zolai simbu bawl ding thu khensatna hong om hi. Tedim pau pen taangkam/pau (common dialect) ding thukimna bek hi lo zaw-in, Tedim pau pen namneu te’ pau teng kigawm khawm a hihna tawh taangkam-a zat ding cihna hi zaw hi.

1980 kum-a kibawl Zomi magazineah Tg. Askeppee in a nuai-a bangin na gelh hi.

"Nidang lai-in Ciimnuai piang mite’ kampau nam guk a hi: Teizang kam, Saizang kam, Thahdo kam, Vaiphei kam, Guite kam le Zo kam paute na teeng khawm uh hi. Amaute in dawi biakna tual khat bek zangh uh hi. Hih bangh teen’ khopna panin pau nam tuam khat piangkhia-a, tua pen Tedim kam (Koine Tedim) kici tu lai-a Zolai Simbu kigelh pen ahi hi. Tedim pau ah pau namkim kigawm peen ahih man-in Tedim gambup (tu lai Tedim, Tonzang, Cikha gamte) ah taang kam hong suak hi." (Sihzang kam zongh…-- author)

Hih Tedim kam-pau Zomite pen tu lai Saizang khua gei-a Ciimnuai-ah teeng masa uh hi cih pen nialna ding omlo hi. I pu i pate Ciimnuai-ah a teen’ lai-un pau khat bek hi-a, hong kikhen-in mun tuamtuam-ah hong teen’ ciangin pau tuamtuam hong piang ahi hi. Ciimnuai-a a teen’ khop lai-un a pau zat uh (original dialect) pen Saizang pau hi kha ding hi. Bang hang hiam cih leh Saizang khua


tawh kinaai, tanglai Zo lapite-ah Saizang kam kihelna tam mahmah hi. Tua ban-ah tu hun-a Tedim khua tual-a teeng khangham lamte’ Tedim pau zat pen Saizang pau tawh kibangh khin phial hi.

II. ZOLAI SIMBU

1921 kum-in Burne Mangpa (Lt. Col. I. E. Burne, Deputy Commissioner and Battalion Commander) makai-in Falam khua ah sang vai kikupna thupi mahmah khat nei uh hi. Sang khempeuh-ah Zolai tawh laisin thei ding cih thu hi-a, hih thu a zaak ciangin Cope Topa zongh lungdam mahmah hi. Hih hun-in Zogam-ah tanli sang guk bang bek om pan-a Kawl lai tawh pilna sin uh hi. 1922 kum ciangin Maymyo khua-ah sang vai mah kikum kik uh-a, Laizo kam tawh pilna sin ding gelna a neih uh ciangin Cope Topa lungkim lo-in, Tedim kam le Laizo kam tawh laisin ding le Cope Topa’ bawl laigelh zia zuih ding kumpi tungah ngetna nei hi. 1924 kum May kha-in Burne Haka hong pai-in Cope Topa tawh kimu uh-a, Zogam ah Laizo kam le Tedim kam tawh laisin ding le laisim bu bawl ding, thukimna nei uh hi. 1925 kum-in Mikang kumpi vaihawmna tawh Zogam sang khempeuh kumpi khut sung tungin, Zolai tawh tanli ciang ki sin hi. Kumpite in Zogam-ah sang-uk mangpa a seem dingin Cope Topa sawl uh ahih manin tu ni dongin "Sangmangpa" kici hi. Zogam Sangmang te lak-ah Haka, Laizo, Teizang, Sihzang, Saizang le Tedim kam a pau thei pen Cope Topa bek ahi hi.

A. Cope Topa’ Bawl Zolai Simbute

Cope topa in Thuciam Thak Zolai tawh hong teisak ban-ah, thu kizakna tuamtuam le laisimna-a zat ding laibu tampi hong bawlsak hi. Tedim kam tawh Zolai simbu bawl ding khensatna a om khit ciangin Cope Topa in a nuaia sanglai simbute hong bawlsak hi.

1. Nate thubu bu 4, tan 1-4 2. Cidamna thubu bu 3, tan 2-4 3. Ganan bu bu 4, tan 1-4 4. Zolai simbu bu 4, tan 1-4

Cope Topa in lai simbu nam 15 hong bawlsak-a, 1924 June kha sanghon’-a kipan-in Zogam-ah zangh-in, kum 28 sung kheelna, puahna om lo-in kizangh suak hi. 1953 June kha sanghon’-a kipan-in Zolai simbu teng simloh a dang teng kizangh nawn loin, Kawllai tawh lai kisin hi. Zogam sang khempeuh-ah Zolai subject khat bek-in kisin ta hi.1924 pan 1971 dong, kum 47 sung puahphatna om lo-in Cope Topa’ bawl Zolai simbu kizangh hi. 1964 le 1976 kikaal kum 12 sung Zolai simbu bawl ding tavuan la om lo ahih manin Tan 2 pan Tan 4 dong Zolai simbu zat ding kinei lo hi.

B. Zolai Simbu Puahphatna

1970 December ciangin Tan-Lang Zolai simbu puahphatna kinei hi. 1975 kumin a nih veina Zolai Tan-Lang bu kipuahpha hi.1976 kum ciangin Tan Khat pan Tan Li dong puahphatna kinei-a, Cope Topa’ bawlna sung-ate, tu hun tawh a kituak nawn lo teng puahpha-in, a kisamte kibehlap hi. Cidamna lam, nate thu, thu tuamtuam le tangthu hoih nono (Mu Nei Thang Dal,


Cing Khup le Ngam Bawm, cihte) kiguan’ beh hi. Tu laitak-a a kizangh Zolai simbu pen Tedim Myone Council Zum nimit 10/7/1986, Zumlai No. 02/32 Tahtah-1 tawh a kipuah Zolai Simbu Kawmite-te in a sunga thute a gelh uh ahi hi.

C. Zolai Simbu Khetna (Publishing)

A tunga i gensa bangin Zokam, Zolai, Lai simbu hong pian’khiat nading, a baih hi lo hi. Lai simbu hong pian’khiat khit ciangin zongh laibu bawlna ding tha le ngal, sum le paai baih lo leeuleeu hi. Hih ih Zolai simbu pen Kumpi in hong vaihawmpih hi lo-in, ei le ei in i vaihawm ahi hi. Tavuan la nuam om kei leh Zolai simbu a ki nei nawn lo ding hi ziau mawk hi. A seem a bawlte zongh sum tawh kicial hi lo-a, deihsakna tawh sup thuak-a nasepna ahi hi. A beisa kum bangzah sung hiam Zogam sangte-ah kumpi in Zolai sinsak nawn lo cih thu kiza hi. Kidah mahmah-in a thu a kikankan teh, a kisinsak nawn lo hi loin, Zolai simbu bawlna ding sum om loin, kibawl zo nawn lo-a, laibu a om loh teh sin ding a om lo hi, cih thu Zolai simbu vai-sai-te in gen uh hi. Hih thu a kitheih ciangin Zogam-ah Zolai a kisinna ding deihsakna lianpi tawh Zomi Baptist Church, Florida, USA pawlpi in Tan Lang pan in Tan Li dong (bu tul 20 val) Zolai simbu khetna ding a bei teng vaihawmsak dingin khentatna nei uh hi. Tua bang hong vaihawm khiat uh ih minam aadingin nasep thupi le nasep hoih mahmah khat hi dingin ka um-a, angtan’ huai-in, lungdam huai mahmah hi.

Thu khupna le Thuumna:

Zogam it, minam veii a kuamah peuh in, a omsa i pau, i laite keem-in zuun-in, ma i pan’ khop ding deih huai mahmah hi. Kampau in minam keemcing-a, lai in kampau, ngeina le tangthu te keemcing ahih mah bangin, sang-ah Zolai kisin nawn kei-in, biakna labu, Lai Siagntho-te ei’ lai tawh hong om kei mawk leh i pau le i lai hong bei mawk ding hi. Ei gamdang om Zomite in nuatah ci-in i pau i lai mangngilh kei ni. I pau le i lai mangngilh le’ng i minam zongh a mangngilh, a bei hong suak ding hi. Tu laitakin minam neu i hih hangin hun hong paipai dinga, nikhat ni teh i suan i khakte hong tam-in minam lian i suak ding hi. Minam lian khat in pau le lai nei lo cih om thei lo hi. Sangmang J. H. Cope Topa in minam khat a i din’ theih nadingin pau le lai hong guan khin zo hi. Ei a pau nei, a lai nei-te in thupi sa kei mawk le’ng dah huai-in hai huai lua ding hi. Namdang te lak-ah i om zongin inn sungah Zopau mah zangh-in, i tu i tate Zolai mah sinsak tanghtangh ciat ni. Mailam-ah hih Zolai simbu sung-a hel ding thu hoih nono gelh-in, Zonote i sinsak zawh nading, sang kah zo lote zongh sum le paai tawh i pan’pih zawh ciat nadingin tha saan-in hanciam ciat ni. (ZCLS Silver Jubille laibu sung siksan-in k’ong gelh ahi hi)

[Hih lai, 19 JUL 05 TUE ni-in kingah hi.]

Vahui Magazine 2006 panin kong copy ahihi. Lungdam

Thawn Tuang
 
 
 

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