I MIN BANG HIAM? Rev. Khoi Lam Thang

 I min bang? ~ Rev. Khoi Lam Thang (2015)

Tuma kum 30 lai in eimi University sangnaupangte in Taangpau (Common language) neih ding vai na buaipih mahmah ngei uh hi. Kum zalom 21 sung ei minam citawmte’ phutkhak thu lian khat in:​​ Hihna kantelna​​ (In search of Identity) ahi hi. Kei kua ka hiam, ka ngeina bang hiam, ka kampau bang hiam, ka mun ka gam koilai hiam, ka min taktak bang a hiam … cih thute kithupi ngaihsut semsem hi. Tua hi a, eimite a dingin ‘Ka min bang hiam?’ cih thu ngaihsut dingin kong lui nuam hi.​​

David Bradlay kici kampau kansut siampa in​​ Tibetto Burma namte minhaute hi a, min thu-ah buai mahmah uh hi​​ hong ci hi. Hong cih mah bangin min i hau a, i deihdeuh om in, i deihloh zong om hi. Min kivawhdan nam tuamtuam om a, (1) Ethnonyms: Nammin kitap (2) Glossonyms: Kampau kitap (3) Allonyms: Nam khat min tuamtuam (4) Allograms: Min khat laimal gawmzia tuamtuam (5) Autonyms: Tualsuak min (6) Exonyms: Minamte’ hong sapna min (7) Loconyms: Om mna mun le mual kitap (8) Paleonyms: Min kikhelte (9) Neonyms: Nam tuamtuam kigawm min cih te ahi hi. I minam min ‘Zo’ maw, ‘Chin’ maw, ‘Tedim’ maw, ‘Ciimnuai’ maw? Khangthakte in thukhualtak a ngaihsuthuai thu ahi hi. Ei Tedim kampaute in i min vai tawh kisai in a nuai a thu 4 siksan in gatang kaih ding kisam ka sa hi.​​

(1) Ngeina kikhiatlah a himah ding ahi diam? 

2) Tualsuak min kikhia-lah hi. 

3) Min khiatna huang kikim lo hi. 

4) Ngimna khatciat tawh min kivawh hi.

(1) Ngeina kikhia-lah

Mihingte in a pianzia, i ngeina kikhia-lah hi. ‘Ngeina’ thuneihna – cultural authority’ in minamte hong henkhawm hi. Ngeina i kiplet sawm manin ‘picinna, bulkipna, kipumkhatna’ a pian theih mah bangin, khat veivei ‘kol-awkna, kivingvialna, kisongsawlawina’ piang thei hi.​​

I ngeina ah: min phuahzia midangte tawh kibanglo hi. Min tap kinei ciuhteuh a, a gualgual in pai diamdiam hi. Kikantan theilo hi. Kihazat theih, ki-tuh theih hi lo hi. Minmal kim in khiatna nei a, ut peuhpeuh kiphuak theilo hi. Sa kap lo pi​​ Kap​​ min kiphuak ngeilo hi. I min pen i hihna hi a, khansung tangthute ciaptehna ahi hi. I minpi thupi mahmah ahih manin minpi tawh sam mengmeng lo hihang. Minno kinei kim a, tua min tawh kisam hi hang.​​

A hih hangin, i sanggam dangte (Falam, Hakha, Mizo) in tua bang ngeina nei lo uh hi. Kawlpi a, Pi Vom Lian Kapi kiang ah, “Pi aw, na min kua kitap hiam?” ka cih leh, “Ka suah ni zan, khuapihte gamvak hong tuahpha uh a, vom a lian mahmah khat man uh ahih manin, ka min Vomliankapi hong phuak uh hi” hong ci hi.​​

Tua hi a, minphuahdan le thupisakzia kibang lo ihih manin minam min thu ah zong i thu ngaihsutzia kilamdang toto hi. I sanggam dangte in phattuam nading, kipumkhat na ding ahih nak leh min khat peuhpeuh pom thei uh hi. Eimite pen tua ci lo hi hang. Ei minlo pi tawh kisap ding ngaihsun ban lo hi hang. Khangthakte in min thu ah​​ ngeina’ thungeihna​​ bang ciang kiplethuai ding hiam? Ngeina mah thupi i cihcih laitak midangte muhna ah “Mittaw sialkhau let” kibang thei ding hi.

(2) Tualsuak min mah kikhia-lah

‘Zo’ pen i tualsuak min hi a, ‘Chin’ pen mite hong sapna ahi hi. I pianpih min palngulh in mite hong sapna min innteeksak ding i hiam? Zomi pipi bang hangin mindang tawh kilo sese ding i hiam? cih thu gamsung gampua ah ging ziauziau thei hi.​​

Hih bang thu pen leitung mun khempeuh ah om kawikawi hi. Pawl khatte in mite sapna min deih nawnlo in a mau min tawh khalkik uh a, (Calcutta pen Kolkata, Madras pen Chennai, Burma pen Myanmar, Rangoon pen Yangon) Pawl khatte in khel sese lo uh hi (Kayin- Pakangiaw, Kachin- Jinghpaw, Bangkok- Khrungthep,​​ Greece – Ellinki, Japan – Nihon, South Korea – Hankook, China – Zhonghua).

‘Zo’ min pen Zo Dynasty pan i neih tualsuak min hi cih sawm leeng ‘Chin’ zong Chin dynasty pan ki pan hi a ci om leuleu hi. Sengam ‘Zo’ le ‘Chin’ kumpi namte a hi ngei dingin i dinmun niamlua ahih manin san zawh ding haksa hi. Tua ahih manin Sen gam a om Zo le Chin kumpi lian namte hi kha lo zaw ding hi hang. Kammal kinai bek hi ding hi.​​

I tualsuak min ‘Zo’ pen tualsuak min ahihna genkul nawnlo hi. ‘Chin’ cih kammal i ngah dan a kigen tuamtuam om hi​​ (oli,fcsif;? tcsif;csif;). ‘Chin’ cih kammal pen Kawlte in ei kammal mah tawh hong sapna hi ding hi. Khang lam (Kanpetlet) le zanggam (Asho) i sanggamte in amau le amau ‘Khiang’ kici uh hi.

Tua Khiang kammal pen Kawlte in a awsuah mantak in lo thei lo uh a, Khin (Chin) hong ci uh hi. Tuabang awmal kikhelzia (phonological shift) pen Kawl le Zo kikal ah tampi om hi. Ei mite in ‘-ang’ a cihna kammalte Kawlte in ‘-in’ ci uh hi. Gentehna in: Yaw kam in (xrmef;-Thamang) pen Kawl kam in (xrif;-Thamin) ahi hi. Hih thu uphuai pen a, matlap om pen hi.​​

Mikang kumpi hong khan ciangin Kawlte hong sap bang in​​ Chin​​ hong ci uh hi. 1894 kum in “Chin-Hills regulation Act” na bawl uh hi. Tua​​ Chin​​ kammal kem toto in, Galpi khatna lai in​​ Chin​​ min tawh Mikang kumpi-inn sung a lut khin minamte ihi hi. First​​ Chin, Second​​ Chin, Third​​ Chin, Fourth​​ Chin​​ min tawh Kawlgam suahtakna a kip na dingin luang le ban tawh a lei minamte ihi hi.

‘Chin’ pen ‘Zo’ zah in a innteek loh hangin huatsah le gimneihzah dingin min sia min ginalo hi tuanlo hi. ‘ZO’ min mah khum a sa zungzung minamte i hih kawm in, ‘Chin’ min a huatsah vilvel ding minam i hi sam diam?

(3) Min khiatna huang kikim lo

Min thu i gen ciangin a huamkhak huang kikim den lo hi. ‘Zo’ huang liatna kiciangtan lo a, ‘Chin’ huang liatna kikim lo hi. ‘Tedim’ cih min nangawn nampi lungsim tawh i kep kul ding hi. A kikimlo huangte anuai a bangin en dih ni.

“-ချင်းအမျိုးသားနေ့” pen “Zo minam ni” hi a, “ဇိုအမျိုးသားနေ့” cih ding hi tuan lo hi.​​

“-Chin Association for Christian Communication – CACC” in Khalkha gimnamteng huam,

“-Chin Association for Rural Development – CARD” in ​​ CACC sangin toizaw,

“Zomi Christian Literature Society – ZCLS” in Zo le Sihzang nangawn huamzolo,

“Zomi Baptist Convention – ZBC” in Tedim gam Tonzang gam huam nawn lo,

“Zomi Baptist Convention of Myanmar – ZBCM” in Ngawn gam khengsuk zolo,

“Falam Chin Christian Literature Society” in Falam Kampau tuiphum pawlpi teng bek​​ huam,

“Chin Literature Forum – CLF” in Falam Kampau tuiphum pawlpi lo teng huam,

“Chin Baptist Assocation -CBA” Kawlpi in Khalkha te kipawlna hi a,

“Chin Baptist Assocation -CBA” Lamka in Tedim mite bek huam hi.

Ei lam pan in Zomi le Chin a gamhuam zah kikim dingin i ngaihsut laitak in, i lawmte in Chin pen a huamkim pen dingin koih uh a, tua Chin nuai ah, Laimi, Zomi, Cho, Khumi cihte kigualkimsak uh hi.​​

I minam bup sangin a toi zaw deuh ei mau bangkua sung thu tawm en leng:​​

Cope topa hun lai (1919-1938) in “Tedim Kam Thu Kizakna Lai” na kihawm a, Mikang kam in “Chin Hills News” na ci hi. Tedim le Chin kikim sak ngei cihna ahi hi. Lai Siangtho thuciamthak na kitei a, ‘Kamhau Dialect’ na ci leuleu hi. Tua ahih manin sangmang hun lai a kipan minkip a nei lo ihi hi. Ahi zongin Mikang hun lai a Tedim Sub-Division huam sung kam phen kullo teng Tedim mi, Tedim pau i kici hi. Tu laitak a Tedim gamkhen (towpship) sung thu bek a gennuam i hi kei hi.​​

Eimite in ‘Zomi’ i cih ciangin kua teng huam hiam? Tedim mi i cih ciangin kua teng huam hiam? I zatna mun le hun tawh kizui in a huamzah kibanglo hi.​​ Kei Zomi hiing, Tedim mi hi keng​​ i ci thei ngeikeiding a, tua mah bangin​​ Kei Tedim mi hiing, Zomi hi keng​​ zong i ci thei ngei kei ding hi. Khang thakte in Zo le Tedim zatsiam in i innteek sak semsem ding kisam hi. I minam sungah​​ tui le nga​​ bangsak ding hi hang.

(4) Bang ngimna nei

Min thu i gen ciangin bang ngimna (Intension) tawh gen cih thupi mahmah hi. Leitung thu, gam ki-ukna thu, minam thu a kipan thu bulphuh khat peuh siksan in min a kipulak ahi hi. Leitung thu le van tung thu kituamkhen thei lo a, a vekpi in ki-awh diimdiam hi. Ki khianiang nitniat hi.

Biakna (Tuiphum pawlpi) kipawlna sungah Zomi le Chin thu khauh pai mahmah ngei hi. Biakna sungah zong minam thu hong lut ziauziau zel a, a min Zomi Baptist Convention na ngawn kiplo zah dingin ling litlit ngei hi. Tua bang thute ngimna omlo pi in piang lo hi.​​

Net​​ (Internet) sungah thu tuamtuam kikum, kitawng, kiko ngeingai in i om thei zel hi. (Minam dangte tua ci khollo uh hi). Tuma kum 3 pawl in khatvei​​ Tonzang le Tedim teng tuamdin mai lel leng​​ cih khawng Email ah ka mu ngei a, tangtoi vai, kawcik vai, tapkual vai ka sa hi. Tua bang a pulakkhia mite in zong ngimna mah nei ding hi.

Thai gam-ah Linguitics ka kah lai ka Thesis min “A phonological reconstruction of Proto-Chin” a hi hi. Pu Vum Son in “Banghang in ‘Chin’ ci na hiam?” hong ci pah lian hi. Dawng kik man lo in a mah’n hong nusia khin hi. Eimi gam ki-ukna lam a bulngaihsutte lakah, a tamzaw in ‘Zo’ mah ci vinven pian tek uh hi.​​

‘Chin’ i gimneih manin midangte in mual hong khupsan khak ding, ‘Zo’ mah i cih cinten manin ‘Zo’ huang sungah i awkcip khak ding ngaihsut huai ka sa hi. Hih min nih bek hi lo in, i theihloh kal in ‘Tedim’ zong hong lutlut ta hi. Mai lam ah ‘Ciimnuai’ khawng ‘Tonzang’ khawng zong hong lut thei lai ding hi. Bang ngimna tawh hiam cih ngaihsut ding kisam hi.

Thukhupna

Hih a tunga thulu liteng a banban in ngaihsun kawm in, i min dinmun lungngai dih ni. Bang hun ciangin​​ Kei Tedim kampau​​ kici i hiam? Bang hun ciangin​​ Kei Zomi​​ kici se a, bang hun ciangin ကျွန်တော် ချင်းလူမျိုးပါ kici i hiam? Hihte ei bawltawm hilo hi. “Tedim Kam Thu Kizakna Lai” pen “The Chin Hills News” na kici ngei a,​​ “Zolai​​ Simbu” ci napi “T = Tedim Pau eima pau” i ci hi. နိုင်ငံသား စိစစ်ရေး ကပ်ပြား tunga လူမျိုး a cihna mun ah ချင်း ka ​​ ci a, ka Passport tunga Nationality (လူမျိုး) a cihna mun ah MYANMAR ka ci hi. တီးတိန် min tawh နိုင်ငံသား စိစစ်ရေး ကပ်ပြား ka ngah ngeikei ding a, CHIN mintawh Passport ka ngah ngei kei ding hi.​​

Sakhi-te in a tatnang uh kuam kua a khual bangin Zomi Khangnote zong minampi lungsim nei in, tatnang kuam kua a khual siam khangthakte hong hi ta hen. 

Rev. Khoi Lam Sakhi-te in a tatnang uh kuam kua a khual bangin Zomi Khangnote zong minampi lungsim nei in, tatnang kuam kua a khual siam khangthakte hong hi ta hen. 

Rev. Khoi Lam Thang 

Note :- Chin State buppi in kithutuakna tawh min khat bek zang ding cih ahih kei leh eilamteng hihdan in ih kicihcih hang Chin State laihawl a omteng lungtang amanzo nailo salel ing lai gelh pen in!!!