(A Paper presented by L.Ruoivel Pangamte at the
Seminar organized by the HSA, DM College Unit, Imphal, at the Hmar Community
Hall, Lamphel, Imphal on the topic – ‘Future of Hmar Language’ on the 28th. of
March, 2016 at 10:30)
Vawisuna thupui ei chaih ding chu, ‘Nakie Tienga
Hmar Ṭawng Ngirhmun Ding’ ti a nih a. ‘Nakie’ ti thumal hin, ‘tû’ hun le
‘liemtah’ hunhai a ko suok leiin, ‘liemtah’ huna inthawka á¹an a á¹Ã»l ding niin
a’n lang. ‘Liemtah’ chun, ‘tû’ hun hi a hring suok a; ‘tû’ hun hin, ‘nakie’ hun
a hring suok vê pei ding a ni leiin, liemtah-a Hmar á¹awng ngirhmuna á¹anin, tû
hunah lût ei t’a; chu chun, ‘nakie’ tienga Hmar á¹awng ngirhmun ding chu a hung
inlang beisei a nih.
‘Hmar Ṭawng’ Chu Ie’m A Nih A?
Hmar á¹awng chungchà ng buoipui ei ni leiin, ‘Hmar á¹awng’
ei ti hi ie’m a nih a? tiin hei á¹an phawt ei tih.
‘Ṭawng’ hih mihriemin Pathien thilpêk a dawng po po
lai a, a thilpêk dawng ropuitak a nih ti a ni hlak. Thilsiem dang po povin an
nei ve lo, mihriem chauhin a nei thei thil a nih. ‘Ṭawng’ hin ‘mihriem khawvêl’
le ‘ramsa khawvel’ a á¹he hran hlawk a. Chuong ang pei chun, ‘á¹awng’ hin, ‘hnam
khat’ le ‘hnam dang’ a mi á¹he hran hlak bawk. ‘Ṭawng’ hih ‘hnam’ a nih a;
‘hnam’ khawm hih, ‘á¹awng’ a nih. Ka á¹awng hin ka ‘identity’ a mi suklangpèk
hlak a. ‘Hmar ka nih’ inti ieng ang lang khawm, Hmar á¹awng ka hmusit a, Hmar á¹awng
ka hmang thiem nuom nâw tlat chun, ka Hmar nina chu, Khawbung pahnama pieng ka
nina le Khawbung pahnama Pangamte ka nina ringawt hin mi humpêk zo ngai naw
nih.
Israel hnamin ama puola ram a hei nei khan, khawvel
rambung hran hrana um Israelnauhai chun an ram thar chu an hung pan sup sup a.
Kum za tamtak, hnam dang khuo-le-tuia lo khawsa le hnam dang á¹awng lo hmang tah
an nih a. Hebrai á¹awng hre mumal khawm an um ta meuh nawh. Amiruokchu,
Israel-mi indik tak an ni theina ding chun, Hebrai á¹awng an inchùk a á¹Ã»l tlat
si leiin, cham le cham lovin Hebrai á¹awng an inchùk a. Hebrai á¹awng hmang chu,
Israel-mi an nizie sukchiengpêktu a ni tlat a nih.
Awleh, Hmar á¹awngah hei lût pei tah inla. ‘Hmar á¹awng’
hih iengtik hun chiea inthawka hung um á¹an am a nih a? ti hi, hriet phâk ruol a
ni ta nawh a. Ṭawng suitu á¹henkhat chun, Tibeto-Burman Group of Languages lai,
Hmar á¹awng hi an zèl sah a. Hi Group-a Hmar á¹awng an zèlsa nasan chu, hi
Group-a an zèlsa á¹awnghai le Hmar á¹awng hin fe dà n á¹henkhat khatah inangna an
nei lei a nih. A iengpo khawm chu lo ni sien, ‘Ṭawng’ hi, Pathien thilpêk laia
a ropuitak a nih ti hi, inphat ngaina a um naw hrim hrim a. Chuleichun, Hmar á¹awng
khawm hi, amaa hung á¹o dawk el ni lovin, Pathien thilpek a nih. Hmarnau haiin ‘á¹awng’
tamtak um laia ei dittak ei thlang a ni ngawt nawh. Ei ditnaw leia ei hnawl el
thei khawm a ni bawk nawh. Ei á¹awng dinga Pathienin A mi pèk a ni leiin, lungawi
tak, lawm tak le indiktaka ei hmang hi, Pathien dit dà n ni dingin a’n lang.
Iengti kawngzawnga thlir khawmin, ‘Ṭawng’ hih
Pathien thilpêk a nih ti hi chuh sèl ruollova chieng a nih a. Hmar hnam mi
Siemtu hin, ei inbiektuona ding, Ama ei inpà kna ding le ei chawimawina dingin,
‘á¹awng’ A mi pèk a. Chû á¹awng chu vawisun chen hin Hmarnau hai hin ei la hmang
zawm zing a nih. Babêl in insà ng bà wlnuomna lungril khan Pathien pawih a tâwk
leiin, an bà wl zawm thei ta nawna ding a, an inbiekpawtheina á¹awng kha Pathienin
A sukdanglampèk a nih a. Hi hi, khawvela á¹awng hran hranhai hung suok á¹anna á¹obul
nia hril a nih. Mi tamtakin pawm thei naw hai sien khawm, kei chu ka pawm thiem
zâwng tak a nih. ‘Babel Theory’ nèka ‘theory’ pawmum (convincing) lem, ‘Theory’
dang umin ka hriet thei ve nawh.Ṭawng sukdanglam theitu chu, Ṭawng Petu a ni
sih a. Ṭhenkhat chun ‘á¹awng’ hi, amaa hung pieng suok el nihin an hril a. Kei
chun chu ka ring ve thei nawh. A san chu, á¹awng hi amaa pieng suok thei ni sien
chu, tlà wmtieng pan lovin, pungtieng a pán pei lem ding a ni sih a !
Ka hril tum tak chu Hmar á¹awng hi Pathienin
Hmarnauhai ei inbiekpawna ding le Ama ei inpà ka ei chawimawina ding a, A mi pèk
a nih ti hi a nih.
Chun, iengtik huna inthawka ‘Hmar’ inti á¹an am ei
nih a? ti khawm hi, hrietchieng a la ni naw zing a. Mizoram hluo hmasatu chu ei
pi le puhai kha an nih a. Hmar tieng pana fehai po kha ‘Hmarhai’ (northerners)
tia ko ( hmingpek) nia ngai pawl an um a. Pawm a’n takna chu, Hmar tienga fe po
po kha, ‘Hmar’ ei inti vawng nâw tlat hi a nih. Chu nawa khawm, ‘Hmar’ ti hi,
mi’n an mi kona ni lovin, eini le eini ei inkona a ni lem a nih. Mi chun,
‘Khawthlang’ dâm, ‘Kuki’ dâm an mi tih a. Ei lo nuom ngai dèr nawh a; tûchen
khawm hin ei la nuom chuong nâw zing a nih. ‘Hmar’ an mi ti ruok chun, ei nuom
naw thei nawh a; ei nuom naw phal bawk nawh. A san chu ei nina a ni tlat lei a
nih.
Chuong ang chun ‘Hmar’ ei nih a; ei á¹awng khawm
‘Hmar Ṭawng’ a ni bawk a nih.
Hmar Ṭawngin Khaw Êng A Hung Hmu Ṭan:
Hmar á¹awng hi khawvela á¹awng danghai ang bawkin chi
hnia á¹he thei a nih a. Chi khat chu a á¹awnga á¹awng (Spoken) a nih a. A chi
hnina chu a zieka ziek (written) a nih.
Zieka Hmar á¹awng a um á¹anna chu kum 100 vêl chauh a
la nih a. Chu chu Kristien ei ni hnung tina a nih. February 05, 1910 khan Isu
Krista chanchiná¹ha hril dingin Watkin Roberts Roberts chu Hmar khawpui
Senvawnah a hung invà k lùt a. Aizawla a kir nà wka inthawka thla 3 hnungah
Chanchiná¹ha Palai sin thaw dingin mi pathum Vanzika, Thangchhingpuia le Savawma
hai Senvawnah a hung tir a. Hieng mi pathumhai hin Senvawnah sikul an hung
hawng a, Lusei Alphabet (A AW B )hmangin ringtharhai chu ziek le tiem an hung
inchuktir a. Lusei Alphabet-a ziek le tiem an inchùk titâk lovah Bible le hlabu
chenin – Lusei á¹awnga ziek vawng an hmangpui leiin, Hmarnau haiin Pathien Thu
an dawng á¹anna le Pathien Inpà kna Hla an sak á¹anna chu Lusei á¹awng vawng a nih.
(Thiemnaw inchangtir talaw ding khawm an ni chuong nawh. Pumpel kawng – Hmar á¹awng
ziekna hmangruo la um – tlat lo pu chuh..) Chun, Hmar á¹awng le Lusei á¹awng hi, á¹awng
inhnai èm êm el an nih a; Noun lem chu, zaa sawmriet lai hiel hi a’n ang a nih.
Hi lei hin Lusei á¹awng hi Hmarnauhai tuolzà wlah a mikhuol nâw hle a. Chu chu
Hmarnauhai hamá¹hatna khawm a lo ni ta pei a nih.
Sap Missionary J H Lorrain le F.W. Savidge haiin
Lusei á¹awng ziekna dinga Alphabet an lo siem chu, Hmar á¹awng ziekna ding khawma
a lo á¹ha tâwk hle leiin, a hranpaa Hmar Alphabet siem a lo á¹Ã¹l nawh a. Lusei
Alphabet (tuta Mizo Alphabet ) hi, Hmar Alphabet a lo ni ve el tah a nih. Hi
hi, tlà wmthlâka là k ding a ni nawh a, inthlahrungna ding khawm a um chuong bawk
nawh. Sâp ei ti English hai khawm hin, Latin Alphabet an hmang ve tho a nih. An
inthlahrung nawh a, tlawmthlâka khawm an lâk bawk nawh.
1910 kuma Hmarnauhai khawtuol zawla chanchiná¹ha khaw
èng hung tlung chu, Hmar á¹awngin ziek theina khaw èng a hmu á¹an vena a ni
leiin, Hmar á¹awng chu á¹awng chauh ni ta lovin, ziek khawma ziek thei a lo ni ve
tah a. Lushai Alphabet chu sukdanglam um dèr lovin Hmar á¹awng ziekna’n ei lo
hmang veh a. Vawisun chen hin ei la hmang zawm pei a nih.
Leihnuoi Planet-a, zieka Hmar á¹awng inlang hmasatak
chu G A Grierson-in Linguistic Survey of India, Volumn III -a ‘Naupa Tlanhmang
chanchin’ a lo inchuon hi niin a’n lang a. Hmar á¹awng a mik a mak hre lovin, a
ria inthawka a ziek dawk a nih ti chu a chieng hle. Pu Buanga (J H Lorrain) le
Sap Upa (F W Savidge) haiin Lusei á¹awng an hriet phèl phuol hnunga Lusei á¹awng
an ziek le chuh, inanglo tak a nih. Amiruokchu, Hmar á¹awng hretu ta ding chun,
‘Hmar á¹awng chu a ni hi tie…!’ ti thei ding chu a nih.
Ei Pathien hi a á¹ha a nih. Watkin Roberts Roberts-in
chanchiná¹ha palai dinga Senvawn khuoa mi 3 a tir hai chun, Lusei á¹awng chauva
Pathien Thu hril a, Lusei á¹awng chauva Pathien mi’n chawimawitir an tum laiin,
1917 khan Pathienin Hmar á¹awng hi, Chanchiná¹ha puongsuokna le Ama inpà kna hla
sakna hmangruoa hmang ve a nuom leiin, Hmar á¹awnga Chanchiná¹ha Marka Bu Mal
inlet nuomna, Rev. F J Sandy lungrilah a’n neitir ta tlat el a. Chuongchun,
Puhai Thanga le Thangkhup á¹hangpuinain Hmar á¹awngin Chanchiná¹ha Marka chu inlet
zo a nih a. 1920 khan Bible Society of India hmalà knain Chanchiná¹ha Marka Bu
Mal chu Hmar á¹awnga sut dawk a lo nih. Chu chu, Hmar á¹awnga lekhabu sut
hmasatak nia hriet a ni nghe nghe. (Hi le unzawm hin Rev. F.J.Sandy chunga le
ama hmangruoa hmangtu Pa Pathien chunga ei lawmna hi, Hmarnauha’n ieng angin ei
suklang tah aw..? ti hi ka ngaituona sawihnîng rawp hlaktu a nih. Rev. Sandy
hin a phu ang chawimawina, Hmarnau hai hin ei la pèk naw nihin a’n lang a. A
thlarau hin mi ngaidam mawlh raw seh…!
Hmar á¹awngin harsatna a paltlanghai hi ngaituo chun,
lungril a na vawng vawng hlak. Hmar á¹awnga hlaphuok dà m khapin a lo um a; Hmar á¹awnga
ziek hrim hrim chu Aizawla Press haiin an sut nuom ngai nawh ti dâm hrilrik a
ni hlak. Chuong po po chunga chun Pathien thiltum chu mihriemin a sukdanglam zo
ngai nawh ti hi, a chieng nâwk si a nih. Hlaphuok theina thilpèk dawngtu
Hmarnauhai lai iemanizat an hung suok a. Chuong, Hmar á¹awnga phuok hlahai chun
ei kawl le kienga hnam danghai chen khawm hung chawkharin, 1923 khan Hmar
Kristien hlabu chu Pastor H.K.Dohnunin a sutman tumin a mi lo sutpèk a. 1928
khan copy 500 namkai a ni nà wk a. Hla number khawm 100 deuthaw a lo ni hman
tah. 1937 khan copy 2000 zet sut a hung á¹ul nà wk a. Hi huna lem hin chu hla
number khawm 200 a lo tling hman tah. Japan râl zo hlim 1945 khan copy 4000
dang sut nâwk a hung nih a. Hla number khawm 308 hiel a lo ni tah. Hi thil hin
Hmar á¹awng chun nasa tak le hrât takin ram a lâk a nih ti a sukchieng hle.
Pathienin Hmar Ṭawng A Mi Humpèk:
A chanchiná¹ha puongzarna dinga Hmar á¹awng mi
hmangpêk nuomtu Lalpa Pathien chu ka’n pâk rawp hlak. Hmar á¹awng hi mi
sukhrâtpèk A nuom leiin, dotu le sukbuoi tumtu um khawm A mi phalpèk a.
Chuonghai hnebà n thei ding chun, remhrietna le hrà tna thahrui A mi pèk hlak
bawk. Dotu le dâltu an tam po leh, ‘á¹awng hi a hung á¹al dawk el hlak’ ti hih ka
hril nuom chu a nih. Pathienin Hmar á¹awng hi, A chanchiná¹ha puongzarna ding le
Ama inpà kna hla sakna dingin, dawmsang A tum tlat niin ka hriet hlak. 1945 khan
Bu Hmasa a hung suok a. Chu chu Dr. H S Thanglung le H L Sela hai pahniin an
buotsai a nih. Hi lekhabu ei neia inthawk hin inchuklaihai chun Hmar á¹awngin
lekha an hung inchùk á¹an thei tah a. Lawm a um takzet el.
September 25, 1945 khan Dr. Thanglung inrawina
hnuoiah (Lungthulienah) Hmar Literature Society indin a nih a. HLS chun hma
hung la peiin, Hmar á¹awng chu Manipur Sawrkar hnuoia Tribal á¹awng inchukthei
dinghai laia pakhata iná¹hangtir dingin, Sawrkar a nawr char char a. Chuong lai
chun Manipur-a Tribal-hai chu, Naga annawleh Kuki tia ko ei la ni vawng a.
October 29, 1956 ni a, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India-in Order No.
316-A a hung suksuok hnung ruok chun, Manipura Tribal hnam 29 hai chu, ei hnam
hming senga Sawrkar hriet hnam ei hung ni tah a. Manipur Sawrkar Order No.
E.FP/25-4/153 dated 31st. July, 1957, R. Luikham DI (TR)-in a’n suoa chun, Hmar
á¹awng chu Primary School chena inchûk thei ding, Tribal Dialect pasarihai laia
pakhat a ni thu chiengtaka suklang a hung ni tah. Chutaka inthawk chun, Hmar á¹awng,
Primary School chena ei lo inchùk ta chu, Sawrkar hrietpui a hung ni tah a nih.
Chu hunlai chun Hmar á¹awnga ziek lekhabu 40 vêl chauh ei la nei nia hriet a
nih.
Hmar á¹awng damkhawsuokna dinga hmangruo pawimaw tak
chu, inchûkna school-a subject pakhata a á¹hang hi a nih a. Chu chu hrezingin
1960 kum khan Hmar á¹awng chu Matriculation Course-a MIL pakhata iná¹hangsatir
dingin Gauhati University-ah Hmar Literature Society chun a zu nawr a.
Amiruokchu, MIL-a á¹awng pakhat zuk thunlût chu thil awlsam tak a lo ni nawh a.
(Chulai huna chun MIL chu, ‘Major Indian Language’ ti hlak a nih. Tulai ruok
hin chu, ‘Modern Indian Language’ ti a ni tah).
Hmar á¹awng chun hmâ a hung sà wn á¹het á¹het pei a.
1968 khan Manipur Sawrkarin Tribal Dialect 5 – Hmar, Paite, Thadou, Tangkhul le
Mizo á¹awnghai chu Manipur State-a Major Tribal Dialect-in a hung puong a. Chu
le inzawm chun, Hmar Literature Society chu sukhrâtin a hung um zuol sauh a.
1976 khan chu Hmar á¹awnga ziek lekhabu khawm 200 vêl zet ei lo nei tling tah.
Chuonga hmâ sâwn pei chun, 1998 khan Manipur
Secondary Board hnuoiah Hmar á¹awng chu MIL Paper pakhata iná¹hangtir a hung ni
tah a. Kum 2000-a inthawkin Higher Secondary Level-ah Hmar MIL Paper chu hung
lût tung peiin, Kum 2003-a inthawk lem khan chu, Degree Level-a chen khawm,
Hmar á¹awng chu, MIL Paper-a hlulût a hung ni ta pei a nih.
Hieng ang ngirhmun a chuongkai thei ding dâltu hi,
Hmar á¹awng hin a tawng nasa khawp el a. A á¹hatlemna um chuong dèr lova, Hmar á¹awng
ziek dan style dang zawng a, insuklà r tumtu le Hmar Literature Society sukbuoi
nuom lei hrim hrim a, hmalatu dà m an lo hung um a. Chu chu, eini le eini
sungkuo sùngah a nih. Chun, Manipur Tribal laia Degree Level-a MIL Paper nei
hmasatak ei ni ding ngaingam lova, mi lo dang tumtu khawm an bo chuong nawh.
Chuong po po paltlang chun, Hmar á¹awng hin tuta ei
ngirhmun hi a lo chuongkai a nih a. Manipur Simthlang a, Chatuon Hringna
Chanchiná¹ha puongsuoknaa Pathienin A hmang Hmar á¹awng hi, A Siemtu le A mi Petu
Pathien hin, mi humhimpèkin mi huolhimpèk naw ni sien chu, hieng chen chen hi
Hmar á¹awng hin a tlung phà k ka ring nawh
Hmar Ṭawng Herthliek Tumin Simthlipui A Hrâng:
Chuonga hlim le lungdam taka ei um lai chun, Hmar
Literature Society sukbuoi tum, mithiem inti á¹henkhat an hung suok a. Chuonghai
chun, inchûklaihai thiemnawna tak chu remchânga lain, Hmar á¹awng humhal tumna
nei dèr lovin, á¹awng sukpher le sukbuorchuor an hung tum a. Style thar
siemsuoktu, á¹andawktu ni inchuin, ei á¹awng le intu êm èm, ‘Ṭ’ bà nin ‘TR’ an
hung vawr lar a. Hmar A AW B inchûk ve lohai rilremzâwng takin, ‘Aw’ le ‘O’
hmangna, um á¹ha rawng rawng, ‘Aw’ tawi dingin ‘O’ an hung hmang a. Inchûklaihai
nasa takin an hung sukbuoi tah a nih. Kohran Pâwl khata thunei thei le, nuom
nuoma sum le pai keidawk theitu dà m, nu le pa inzalo le mani ngaidan chauh
ngaidan á¹haa ngai pâwl, a um ang ang, zû a ni khawm a, khiet pep pep thei, an
pahai Pastor-na khawm ienga ngailo le hnam suká¹he khawm pawiti lohai an ni
leiin, Hmar á¹awng humhal tuma á¹hang latuhai pang chu inhâng tak a nih.
Sum le zû hmathe a, hnam inpumkhatna sukse tum an ni
leiin, Hmar hnam sunga pâwl á¹henkhat lem chu an inhmin hman hiel nghe nghe niin
a’n lang. Bu vawikhat fâk a, mani upat nina zawr nuom tà wk hlak ei lo um nà wk
hlak bawk si leh! Hmar á¹awngin hieng lawma pawngsuol a tuok nasat el hi, Hnam
hmangaituhai lunglai ril chu a natin a na vawng vawng hlak a nih.
Amiruokchu, Pathienin A chanchiná¹ha puongsuoknaa a
hmang hmasak Hmar á¹awng chu, humin a venghim pei a. Hnam tinin an hnam
‘Identity’ humhim tuma á¹hang an là k nasatzie hung hre tharin, lampui indiknawa
kalchawi mêkhai khawm, an hung kir nâwk mèk tah nia hriet a nih.
Hmar á¹awnga hin ‘Aw’ le ‘O’ a um a. A hmangna hran
vê vè a nih. ‘Aw’ hmangna dinga hin ‘O’ hi hmang thei a ni hrim hrim nawh.
Chuong ang bawk chun, ‘O’ hmangna dinga hin ‘Aw’ hi hmang thei a ni bawk nawh.
Nuomna naa hmang thei vê vè ni sien chu, a pahni hnia nei hi ngai naw nih.
Chun, ‘Ṭ’ hi, Hmar le Mizovin hnam danghai nei lo,
ei nei a nih a. A tlukpui ding a um naw lei a, Lorrain le Savidge haiin, ei á¹awng
ziekna ding lieu lieuva an lo siem dawk a nih. A hei á¹hat dà n hi, mihriem á¹awngbau
hin hrilsuok zo ruol a ni nawh. Hnam dangin a lam khawm an lam á¹hat thei lo,
Pathienin danglam taka A mi pèk bìk ei ni lei hin, kei chu, ‘Ṭ’ hi, ‘TR’ mei
meia thlà k ding chun ka phal naw hrim hrim a nih. ‘TR’ hin ‘Ṭ’ kâwl khawm hi a
hrût fuk phâk si nawh a.
Chuong ang bawk chun, Lushai Alphabet siemtu Pu
Buanga le Pu Sapupa hai khawmin, a tir chun ‘Aw’ le ‘O’ hi hmang pawlh thei
dingin an lo ring a. A khawhnung hnunga an zuk ená¹hat nà wk chun, ni thei mâ
main an hriet nà wk ta nawh a. Chuleichun, a hran lieu lieuva hmang dingin an lo
sukthlùk nà wk tah a nih.
Nakie Tienga Hmar Ṭawng Ngirhmun Ding:
‘Liemtah’ le ‘tu’ huna Hmar á¹awng ngirhmun chu, sei
tâwktakin ei hril tah niin ka hriet a. A bul tienga ka hril ta ang khan, Hmar á¹awng
hin hun harsa tak tak a lo fe thleng ta leiin, ka hmu dà n le ka hriet dà n chun,
hieng ang hun harsa a tawng nà wk hi, Pathienin A phal ka ring ta nawh.
Amiruokchu, ‘TR’ le ‘Aw’ le ‘O’ ni lo, ‘Tl’ le ‘Thl’
hmangna dà m, ‘U’ le ‘Uo’ hmangna dam, ‘I’ le ‘Ie’ hmangna dam hi, ei harsatna
lien tak a hung ni tah leiin, ei inchùk thiem tum hrà m hrâm ka nuom a nih. Chu
chu a ni naw chun, Pathienin A mi pèk, ‘á¹awng’ mawi êm èm el hi, a mawi ding
angin hmang mawi zo naw pal rawi ei tih ti hi, inlaum ka ti bèk bèk el a nih.
A nuhnung dinga ka la zuk hril nuom chu, ei á¹awng hi
á¹awng mawi le danglam a nih a. Pu Hrilrokhum Ṭhiek lem chun Hmar á¹awng hi ‘á¹awng
dang po po hung suokna (Prototypes of languages) a ni hiel am a nih aw?’ ti
à wnin a ziek hiel a. Hnam dangin an ti thiem lohai khawm, Hmar á¹awng hmangtuhai
chun ei ti thiem vawng a nih. Hieng ang á¹awng á¹ha le danglam fà l bìk Pathienin
A mi pèk hi, hlutsaka ei tuommawi naw chun, Pathien lungsenna hi tawngbaw pal
ei tih ti hi, kei chu ka’n lau a nih. Chun, hnam inpumkhatna sukse zâwnga hma
latu chu, Pathienin A suksiet hlak a. Euripides-in, “Those God wants to
destroy, He makes them mad first” a ti angin, ‘Pathienin A suksiet tumhai chu A
sukvèt hmasa phawt hlak’ ti hi chieng ei tiu. Mi’n an á¹awng le an hnam thilhai
hlutsak a, humhal tuma theitâwp an suo lai a, ei ‘á¹awng’ á¹ha rawng rawng,
sukpher le sukchingpen tuma hma latuhai hin, Pathien kut tuor ngei an tih ti
hi, ringhla a um naw a nih. Pathienin A suksiet tum lei a, A sukvèt hmasak
pà wlah á¹hang pal rawi ei tih.
Hmar á¹awng hi Pathien A Naupa Lal Isu Chanchiná¹ha
puongzarna hmangruoa A lo hmang a ni leiin, dotu le sukse tumtu tam ieng ang hai
sien khawm, chuonghai po po laka chun A mi lo humpèk ta hlak a. Chuleichun,
hmâtieng peia khawm, A mi hum zuipêk pei ka beisei tlat a nih.
Hmar á¹awng hi ei á¹awng a nih a. Hnam dangin an tiem
thiem thei dinga ziek a pawimaw nawh. Hnam khatin a tiem thei kha hnam dangin
lo tiem thiem naw sien, ziek danglam pei a á¹Ã»l hlak ding a ni sih a. Ei á¹awng
hi lelo talaw rawi a tih. Hmar á¹awng a ni leiin, ei á¹awng tiem thiem nuom chun,
ei ziek ang angin an inchûk el ding a nih. Ei á¹awng hi eini’n ei hmang mawi naw
chun, tu dang khawmin mi hmang mawipèk chuong naw ni hai. Ei hnam, ei ram le ei
á¹awng mawina chu, nang le kei’a innghat a nih. I á¹awng mawi tak humhal dingin,
hnamin a ko che…
Lekhabu rà wn tlangpuihai:
1. Hmar Hla Suina L.Keivom (1980)
2. History of the Hmars in North East India
Hrilrokhum Ṭhiek ( 2013)
3. History of Hmar Literature S.N.Ngurte le Dr.
Rosiem
Pudaite. (2015)
4. A Critical Review of Hmar Literature
(Unpublished) Lalruoivel Pangamte (1987)
L.Ruoivel Pangamte
Rengkai, Churachandpur
Manipur.
March 23, 2016
(One day seminar DM college a, Pu Ruoivel paper
present)