PAITE LAIGELHDAN DIKTAK (The Paite Cultural Heritage)

-Chinzam Tawmbing
Kum 1903 malamin i pu-pate hun laiin Paiteten i pau, i la, tangthu leh adangdang gelhkhiakna ding laimal(alphabet) leh, a tam atawm simna ding nambar(number) i nei nai kei ua; la leh tangthu khawng etlohin ana theih thawh ua, nambar tangin chiangkang kawihtan peuh ana zang uhi.
Kum 1903 in Sapte Missionary a min, David E. Jones leh T. Vialphung pangkhawmin i laimal ding leh i nambar ding, Roman alphabet leh Roman number akipanin Aizawl ah hawnna bawlsak ua; huai tuh i ‘A AW B....Z (a lian leh a neu)’ leh tu-a i nambar zat ahi.
Hiai a tunga mi nih i gente’n i laisim patna dingin Bubul 1903 in ana bawl uhi. Kum 1941 in ‘Paite Kristian Labu’ i nei pan ua; kum 1945 in (L) H. Nengzachin-in ‘Sintung Bu’ a bawl hi. Kum 1951 velin ‘Thukhun Thak leh Sam’ kigawm i nei nawn uhi. Hiai a tunga laibu i gente Paite lai gelhdan diktaka kigelh ngenta ahi uh (a copy na neih leh na sim mah dih).
2. Tulaiin kipilsak i hi uh hia, kisiamsak, Paite lai gelhdan diktak awmnapi zuiloin, i ut dandanin lai i gelh mawk ua, pawi lua hi. Etsakna: a ginkhauhna ding chih bawlin ‘O’ peuh ‘AW’ tanga zang mawk; a ginnemna ding chihh bawla phuahtawm vowel thuahnih (double vowel) peuh zang thepthup, ‘O’ tanga ‘OU’ peuh zang leuleu zel! Hichibanga lai kigelh peuhmah, Paite laigelh dan diktak ahih loh banah i culture hilo ahi chih thei ni. Paite laigelh dan diktaka i gelh theihna dingin hiai a nuaiah tamlo gen leng ka chi hi.
3. (a) Paite Vowel : Paitete’n vowel 6(guk) i nei ua, Englishte sangin vowel khat i nei tamzaw. Vowel laimal, consonant laimal hiam, vowel laimal dang tawh pangkhawm lo a amah maha gingkhethei laimal ahi chih i theihsa ahi.
Vowel a gindan etsakna
a = /a/: aksa; mautam; mau tam
aw = /aw/ bawng; vawk; lawhpi
e = /e/ eknem;
i = /i/ inlawipi; Im im in
o = /ou/ Lo i kho kho uh.
u = /u/ tungtun; unta; lobuk; lobuk
(aw) Consonantte :
Consonant a gindan etsakna
b = /bi/ bi in; bawngbuk
ch = /chaw/ Chimtui; chitchiat
d = /di/ Dingdi pak a hawih.
f = /ef/ faifuk; Falam; fianrial.
g = /eg/ Gawlgek vasa ahi.
ng = /eng/ Thawngneng; ngaltun
h = /eich/ Huiva vahui ahi.
j = /je/: Jerusalem; Jordan.
k = /ke/: kelkum; Ak a khuang.
l = /el/: Langel; lamlian
m = /em/: muisum; Kamkham
n = /en/: Entual; gengen.
p = /pi/: Phaipi; Siamsinpawlpi
r = /ar/: Rokhum; bazar.
s = /es/: Siamsinpawl; ngeisawk.
t = /ti/: Thangthuam; tangtel.
v = /vi/: Vawkvun; tai vialvial.
z = /zet/: zozam; zenzam
(b) Paite Cluster : Paiteten laimal nih khata kigawm laimal khat banga zat i nei ua, Englishten a nei kei uh.
Cluster a gindan etsakna
ch = /chaw/: chingchi; chanchin.
chh = /chhaw/: Chhungi; Thanchhung.
ng = /eng/: Ngulzaching; Ngennung pau.
4. (a) Circumplex (^): Awphawi ginnem chiamtehna dingin i laimal hawnbawlsaktuten (1903) hiai Circumflex (^) hawnna zatpih ua, Paite Kristian Labu (1941) ah leng zat ahi. Hiai chiamtehna Luseite’ a ahi kei a, Sapten leng a zang ua, a zangtute’a ahi mai.
(aw) Awphawi ginnem chiamtehna din chih bawlin, tulai laigelhtu khenkhatten vowel thuahnih (double vowel) peuh a zang mawkmawk ua, hileleng Paite laigelhdan hi ngeilo ahi. Englishten double vowel a zat ua leh amau spelling ahih thawha, khenkhatte a gin a nem tuan zenzen kei hi. Etsakna : keen/ kin; moon/mun etc.
Vowel thuahnih zat Paite laigelhdan hilo phetloin kisim khial zawmah lai hi. Etsakna : Tualaam= Tuala-am chih ngai; Laamthang = La-amthang chih ngai zel; suunna = su-unna chihloh theihloh (vowel laimal amah vuak a gingkhe thei hiven). Awgin nem leh khauh thu-ah laimal behlap leh khekkhek ngailo, i simsim leh a thu puaka a gen kithei mai ahi.
(b) Vowel ‘O’ : ‘O’ gindan ‘OU’ ahi (No. 3 (a) en in). Laimal gindana laigelh ngeilo, a laimal mah kizang ahi. Etsakna: ‘Lo’ chihna ding a O + U = ‘Lou’ chi-a i gelh leh ‘O’ gindana gelh hilel, Paite laigelhdan zui lo, Englishte gelhdan hia, kithei zolo!
(ch) : Khenkhat tagetten lah a ginkhauhna ding chihbawla, ‘AW’ tanga ‘O’ peuh zang thepthup zel! Etssakna : Laibu honlain; Hongpai in; konpe ut, etc. Hiai a etsaknate bang a ‘AW’ tanga ‘O’ na zat intuh hiai banga a ginloh theihloh ahi- Laibu hounla in; Haoung pai in; Koun pe ut etc (‘O’ gindan ‘OU’ hiven awi)!
(d) Paite ‘f’ leh ‘r’ : Paitete hi ‘f’ leh ‘r’ zanglo pawl i hi. Himahleh proper noun leh borrowed language-te ah a kizang. Etsakna : faifuk; Falam; boruak; Rokhun etc (No. 3) aw) en in).
(e) ‘z’ leh ‘J’ : Paite laigelhdan diktak ah ‘z’ tangin ‘j’ kizang ngeilo hi, ‘z’ mah kizang tawntung hi. Etsakna : Zozam (dik); Zojam (diklo). Huaiziakin, Laisiangthou (Bible), Labu (Hymn book), Local News, Magazine leh adangdang ‘o’ tanga ‘ou’ zat, ‘aw’ tanga ‘o’ zar, ‘z’ tanga ‘j’ zat, double vowel zat etc. tengteng Paite laigelhdan hilo vek, diklo vek ahi.
I laimal (a aw b ....z)leh i laigelhdante i culture ahi ua, i it ding, i kepbit ding ahi. I laimal ‘a aw b....z’, English culture ‘a b c....z’ a khek chih zenpeuh (PLS) thil hitheilo ahi- Kahase!
Culture tawh piangkhawm i hihna uah, i culture i pawngkhek theih hilo hi. Etsakna : I pu-pute hunin ‘Pu zu’ a kikhawlh chiang un, ‘zu’ taktak a zang ua,tulai ei Kristianten bawl ‘zu’ tangin singpitui i zang uh. Hiai ah i tawndan(culture) kikhek hiloin a vanzat (material) kikhek ahi zaw. Sapte laigelhtu khatin ‘Culture itlo tuh amah leh amah ki-itlo ahi’ a chi.
Tukum EBCC thupi... “Topa kiangah i kik ding uh...(Hosia 6:1) chih ahih tawh kitawnin, i laigelhdan diktak ah kik nawn ni chih i kichialna hi hen.