Mizo is Exclusive. Not Inclusive
February 4th, 2008 12:45 pm | whatever | dstag01 | 159 views|
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There is a general feeling that the generic term ‘Mizo’ is not inclusive enough to include all the Zohnahthlak people. But rather it is too exclusive for (and to) the Duhlian speaking group. We identify a Mizo with Duhlian language and doesn’t (probably and really) accept someone, using a different language, as a Mizo though he/she may belong to the Zohnahthlak.
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February 4th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Mizo people speak several languages including English, Hindi, Duhlian, Hmar, etc.
February 4th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Vladimir: i phuh chhuak fuh hle mai a. A dik chiah a ni…kan tawng hman in Mizo min nih tir lova, eng hnam nge eg: Lusei, Hmar, Lai etc kan nih avang zawk a Mizo kan ni si a.
February 4th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
I almost forget one more lingo used by Mizo people, that is Zolish.
February 5th, 2008 at 12:01 am
I still prefer “Lusei tawng” than “Mizo tawng”. A Paite/Lai/Hmar may say ” I am Mizo but I can’t speak Lusei”. It soulds good. It’s really awkward for other Mizo tribes than Lusei to say “I am Mizo, but I can’t speak Mizo”….huiha
February 5th, 2008 at 2:10 am
ZerO: kha daih kha asin…han ngaihtuah chian hi chuan lu te hi a hai mup thei tak tak asin.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:40 am
Me prefer to say “Mizo tawng” than any other like ‘duhlian or hmar or etc etc.’ because Mizo tawng is not only Duhlian/Lusei language it is mix with other zohnahthlak languages and it is for all Zohnahthlak.
Mizo tih chuan zohnahthlak pumpui kan huamtir tho si chuan “Mizo tawng” ka tih chuan chu chuan zohnahthlak zawng zawng (mizo) ta/ tawng a ni tih a lantir a. Lusei tawng ka tih chuan lusei ho ta chauh a ni anga, lusei ni ve lo tan hman tul lem lo/emaw ngaihpawimawh loh emaw a ni zawk ang. Common language te kan mamawh tih kan hre kur bawk si a.
February 5th, 2008 at 10:07 am
Technically chuan Lusei tawng a ni ngat mai. Mahse Mizo tawng tih hi a sualna ka hre hauh lo mai. Tuna kan Mizo tawng pawh hi Lusei tawng original ang ngau ngau kha chu a nih ka ring tawh lo. Hmar, Paite, Lai, Mara atang te in tam tak chu kan seng lut tawh ang. English leh Hindi, Bengali atang te a tam tak kan seng lut tawh ang hian.
“Varandah light kha off teh”.
“Mistiri ara leh randa a hriam”
“Choka-a Fridge chungah Telephone a awm”
“Bathroom tap a leak”
“Heater coil a short”
February 5th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Mizo is both inclusive never exclusive its real and will be real
February 5th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
*varandah light kha off teh = Bathlar mei khawnvar kha ti mit teh.
* Mistiri ara leh randa a hriam = mitiri thing-zaina leh thingnawhna a hriam.
*Choka-a fridge chungah telephone a awm = tap hnaih a vur bawm chungah biakhlatna a awm.
*Bathroom ah tap a leak = Bualin a tuidawt a hnam/put.
* Heater coil a short = ailum thirhrual a chhia.
Hetiang hi Mizo tawng ni awm tak a ni. :d
February 5th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Its not the usage that I am concerned but the attitude. I agree with Burbura. We should be able to accept every dialect spoken by the zohnahthlak as a part of the Mizo language. Lets not try to enforce the idea that a Mizo should necessarily be identified with the Lusei dialect. We say Mizo is inclusive, but….kanidari Says:
Technically chuan Lusei tawng a ni ngat mai. Mahse Mizo tawng tih hi a sualna ka hre hauh lo mai. Hei, Lusei tawng chu Mizo tawng ani kan tih a, and if we expect every damn being who can call themselves a Mizo to speak Lusei tawng then are not we trying to be exclusive and not inclusive. I saw it first hand, in shillong. For instance, omeone said like this to a friend of min, “You are so low, you don’t even know Mizo tawng (ie Lusei tawng)”. That person may be saying it in a light vein, but I think it sums up the idea. Think of this: There are many non-Lusei speaking zohnahthlak in Mizoram, wat is our attitude towards them when they speak their own dialect. I don’t think they are welcome into the mainstream. Wat an irony! On one hand we call them a zohnahthlak and on the otherhand we don’t welcome them.
February 5th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
Ka thil tawn pakhat ka’n sawi ve ang e. Tuna ka hna ka training lai hian thingpui dawrah, a hmel en mai pawha Mizo/Zohnahthlak tih hriat reng mai pakhat hi ka hmu a. Mizo/Lusei tawngin, “Mizo i ni em?” ka’n ti ngawt pek a. Ani chuan, Mizo/Lusei tawng pai miah lo hian, “Ni lo, Paite ka nia,” a ti khauh a. “Paite pawh Mizo tho alawm” ka ti a, trainig ho kan ni bawk a(kan batch erawh a hrang) kan inkawmngeih zui ta phian a.
Ka han sawi tum tak chu Zohnahthlak Lussei ni lo tam tak hi a chang hian Mizo an inti a, a changin Mizo an inti lo zawk a ni lo maw?…ka ti ve mai mai. No hard feelings.