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Tanchangya

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Introduction/About

This Wikibook project on Tanchangya language which was started on August 1, 2011. It is an ongoing project that evolves as users contribute to the content and layout of the pages.

The goal of this project is to create an online textbook that will enable people for self-Taught Tanchangya Language Book. We will attempt to encompass all aspects of the Tanchangya language, including pronunciation, reading, writing, and grammar.

Current work

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In the first five years, this wikibook went through several rewrites. Seeing all too few contributors keen on picking up the torch where past editors left off, the book had amassed several layers of rewritten material that did little to provide a clear path through the material. Waking to that reality after considerable discussion, we came up with the categorisation scheme now present on the main page. The Tanchangya/Contents page does not conform with that scheme as it is more an inventory for editors looking for existing material to work with (be it merging, re-factoring, deleting, or rewriting), rather than an index for learners.

Since December, 2011, a good deal of merges and rewrites has been done. As a result we've managed to delete over a hundred pages of unnecessary or duplicate material, navbars, printable versions, and templates. See Removal Suggestions for deletion proposals and discussions. For pages to be merged, see the Books to be merged category for a list of pages in this book that have been suggested be merged and Category:Tanchangya todo for pages with specific work to be done.

There hasn't been much discussion lately on the actual content since active editors Swift) have been working on somewhat separate aspects of this book. We have a section on pages on structure, lesson plans and syllabus. How much to teach and Levels might also be of interest for those so inclined. For development of a consistent curriculum see User:Tanchangya/Tanchangya Curriculum.

Finally; every contributor seems to have a different take on the purpose of this book. In your work, remember that learners have vastly different learning styles and diverse approaches to lesson plans will benefit readers and contributors alike. Until we have fully functioning learning paths, the categorisation scheme on the front page will make the existing material accessible to readers while allowing users to contribute without having to conform to a predefined form.

That said; pick your path and be bold.


Contributor's Guide

This page aims to help potential contributors better understand the principles behind the current work and give ideas for how best to add new material.

Structure to follow

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This book has been restructured so many times but there is an effort under way to merge some of the duplicate material.

A syllabus and lesson plan was created for the so-called "Practical Lessons". This may be useful for future contributors, but never turned out any lessons.

User:Tongchangya sorted.

Lessons

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There are many ways to organise a lesson, this is one:

  1. Dialogue (by posters, conversations, or whatever.)
  2. Discussion of Vocabulary in Dialogue
    • Discuss various uses of vocabulary if necessary (e.g., politeness)
    • Optional links to dialogues for previously learned vocabulary
  3. Grammar
    • Discuss grammar points, giving more examples if necessary.
    • Link to previous grammar points (maybe by categories)
  4. Optional Quick Review
  5. Optional link to Wikiversity for practice work.

Reading material

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  1. Text (poster, conversation, literary text or anything fitting the level)
  2. Vocabulary
    • List new vocabulary.
    • Discuss various uses of vocabulary where appropriate (e.g., politeness)
  3. Grammar
    • Discuss grammar points, giving more examples if necessary.
    • Link to previous grammar points (maybe by categories)
  4. Optional Quick Review
  5. Optional link to Wikiversity for practice work.

Style guide

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Romanisation

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Learning the Tanchangya language will give the student useful insight into the Tanchangya heritage that the simple (and limited) romanisations cannot offer.


Conversations

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For conversations with Tanchangya and English side by side, use {{Tanchangya conversation}}.

Patterns and examples

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Sentence patterns and examples can be highlighted using the {{Tanchangya pattern}} and {{ Tanchangya example}} templates.

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Linking to related modules makes it easier for readers to refer to past lessons (e.g. to brush up on topics), vocabulary lists (e.g. when practicing new sentence patterns) or other useful content (such as the Verb conjugation table). The {{ Tanchangya related}} template can be used to consistently style these links.

Vocabulary pages

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Please place vocabulary lists on subpages of Tanchangya/Vocabulary and use {{ Tanchangya vocabulary entry}} to structure them. The {{Tanchangya related|vocabulary}} can be used to conveniently link to the list from lesson pages.

Stroke order

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There is a project on the Wikimedia Commons to upload images and animations of the stroke order for characters. There are directions on how to contribute. It's easy with the use of some free programs. Please contribute so that we'll have a standardized reference for our Wikibook users.

See also

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Introduction

Tanchangya Language is an Indo-Aryan language Family, part of the Southeastern Bengali–Assamese branch of Eastern Indo-Aryan languages group. Tanchangya is spoken by Tanchangya people in Bangladesh, India, and Myanmar. It is closely related to Chakma, Bengali, Chittagonian, Assamese, Sylheti, Bishnupriya Manipuri and Rohingya language. There are approximately 150,000 people who speak the Tanchangya language.


Tanchangya Alphabets


Tanchangya Number

Zero to Ten (Sonyotun duri Daw-oit)

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  • ၀ (Sonyo)-0
  • ၁ (Ek)-1
  • ၂ (Dui)-2
  • ၃ (Tin)-3
  • ၄ (Cai)-4
  • ၅ (Pa'ait)-5
  • ၆ (Soi)-6
  • ၇ (Sat)-7
  • ၈ (Aittyo)-8
  • ၉ (Naw)-9
  • ၁၀ (Do-oit)-10


Festival

Tanchangya people traditionally bound with culture in the mood of entertainment. IN fact, they enjoy particularly in a certain days. Those days are remarked as the day of festival in Tanchangya culture. There many festival but the most festival are as follow:


Cuisine

Tanchangya Cuisine

In these days we could find American cuisine, French, Italian, Japanese, Burmese, Indian, Thai, Vietnamese and thousands more cuisines around the world. They have their own way of cuisine in terms of ingredients and amount of adding in the curry. Similarly, Tanchangya cuisine also unique, they cook with some common simple ingredients. There are many ways of cuisine in Tanchangya. However, here are some cuisines we could commonly find in the kitchen.

Suma dukya

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It is one of the most delicious Tanchangya cuisine found in the Tanchangya kitchen. This type of cooking can be any kind of vegetable or meat and even fish. It is cooked with bamboo by heating in the fire. This type of cooking is tastier and properly cooked. While meat is cook, the meat becomes properly cooked and becomes delicious. But the most common of this type of cooking is proportionally added chilly with fish paste, salt and coriander. But all the ingredient spices are not added in every kind of this type of cooking. For example in the case of fish, ginger of coriander should be added to drive out the bad smell of fish and to make it delicious. Thus, depending on curry the ingredients are added according to the cuisine of Tanchangya.

Pogoin guya

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This type of cuisine is commonly cooked such as banana, pumpkin, beet, yam and so forth. This is more like boiling with water. One can find a big difference between steaming and boiling after eating of the same item. It is heat with the water vapour unlike boiling directly dipping in the water. This is indeed delicious cuisine.

Gabitjya

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This cuisine is similar kind of cooking with other curry. But the difference is only the additional grinding rice powder is added in the curry. Due to this ingredient the curry soup becomes thick and the curry also becomes properly cook. Commonly this cuisine is cooked some vegetable such as bamboo shoot, and a kind of ingredient spicy. This cuisine is very delicious due to rice grinding powder and proper cooking. This curry is normally cooked in the winter season.

Hawla guya

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This cuisine type is like fry. This can be with oil or without oil. Although it is cooked with certain amount of water but it is cooked until all soup dry. It is delicious too with little more amount of salt. It is cooked normally the bitter gourd and so on.

Sikkya

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It is a kind of cooking system in Tanchangya kitchen called grill in English. . It is cooked directly heat under high temperature. In fact, before heating, ingredient of turmeric, salt, and even chilly is added in the curry. Fish, meat, and some green vegetable of egg-plant, are usually cooked under this category of cooking. This cooking is tasty since it cooks only with its available water amount of the curry. Usuna It is just boiling of the curry. It is particularly boiled the green vegetable. Sometime by adding proper amount of salt in the curry with little amount of water, it becomes good tasty soap. This is commonly found in the Tangchangya kitchen. By boiling green vegetable and chili paste, they enjoy their lunch meal. Although, in any meal this curry is found, particullary we can find in the lunch meal. They eat sometime only with boil green vegetable and chili paste.

Jul guya

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This type of curry is cooked almost all kinds of curry with the addition of fish paste, chili, salt, and other spicy ingredients. This is tasty indeed, by leaving some amount of water in the curry. This type of cooking is whether meat, fish or vegetable.


Dress

For weaving different types of cloths, alam is one the most important piece of cloth in Tanchangya culture. Since, in this small cloth most of the astonishing charts are woven, which is more like mathematical formula for doing all kinds of mathematics. During the weaving process, the small “alam kani” cloth should be nearby to look in time of weaving for various charts.

Pi-nuin

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It is a piece of cloth wears by Tanchangya woman to cover lower part of the body. It is loincloth. This has various kinds of chart woven according to the chart concerned in Tanchangya culture and dress. The colour may be different but the charts are not astray away from the cultural dress.

Hari

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It is also worn by Tanchangya woman to cover in the upper part of the body above the shirt. It is used around the neck and keeps for using during paying homage to the Buddha. This is indeed most gorgeous for its wonderful chart weaving.

Khaw-bawng

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It is turban mostly wears by woman. Only very important ceremony man wears it. It is woven with some other colour strip and large parts are in white colour.

Sha-lum

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It is blouse for woman with long hand. It is mostly wears by woman and made of with traditional weaving process.

Pha-dui

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it is waist-band uses by woman. Although they wear according to the way of wearing by folding, they tied more tightly with the waist-band on the loincloth.

Bawt-duri

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This is loincloth for man. This cloth is very long but circle around to cover the lower part of the body. It is more like legend that we could hear our ancestor wear bawt-duri. Nowadays, Tanchangya man wears only for souvenir and other documentary purpose. Other than that they are not use to. This loincloth is made of both indigenous and modern factory cloth.

Khut-shalum

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This is suit for man. It is rather thick and convenient in the winter season. It is sewed manually and design according to one choice.

Conclusion

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Actually we can say without hesitation that the traditional dresses in Tanchangya are mostly found in the woman. In case of Tanchangya man, they are not more use to wear only in the exceptional case of man who lives in the remote villages.


Nouns

In English grammar there generally counted into five kinds of Noun(Nang jatiyo sobdo), however in Tanchangya Language all are not applicable only part of them applied in Tanchangya Grammar. Common Noun, proper noun, Abstract Noun, abstract noun are cohere with Tanchangya language, nevertheless Collective noun has not use into single word even though it is used into the combination of many words.

Common Noun

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  • Raca(King)
  • Rani(Queen)
  • Bhante(Monk)
  • Sadhuma(Nun/Eight precept observer nun)
  • Montri(Minister)
  • Mela(Female)
  • Morot(Male)
  • Pwa(Son)
  • Ji(Daughter)

Proper Noun

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  • Sonachan
  • Golabi
  • Agrobongsho bhante
  • Tilokpuri
  • Toin Gang
  • New-Jognasuri
  • Farua
  • Fulsowa

Abstract Noun

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  • Gabu(Youth)
  • Buwa(Old)
  • Gom (Good)
  • Gyan(Wisdom)
  • Gum(Sleep)
  • Moron(Death)
  • Mukti(Freedom)
  • Awsuk(Sickness)
  • Asi(Laughter)
  • Laana(Movement)
  • Ma mi sana(fight)
  • Cu(Theft)

Collective Noun

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  • Guru pal(herd of cow)
  • Ful sowa(bunch of flower)
  • Tenga sowa(Coiin garland)

Material Noun

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  • Sil(Stone)
  • Pani(Water)
  • Gait(Wood)
  • Sona(Gold)
  • Ruwa(Silver)
  • Khabo(Cloth)
  • Marbol(Marble)
  • Ana(Mirror)


Pronouns

Pronoun (Sorbonam)

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  • First Person Singular (Mui) Plural (Ami)
  • Eg. Mui Goawt jangnor (I am going to home) Ami Goawt Jeeir (We are going to home)
  • Second Person Singular (Tui) Plural (Tumi)
  • Eg. Tui Goawt jawtene? (Are you are going to home?) Tumi Goawt Jawtene? (Are you going to home?)
  • Third Person Singular (Te) Plural (Tha)
  • Eg. Te Goawt jar (He is going to home) Tha Goawt Jaron (They are going to home)


Cases

Case

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  • Case (bibhawtti) Singular (ekbawsawn) Plural(bahubawsawn)


Nominative Case

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  • Nominative- (nangawtbibhawtti) (base form)
  • Eg. The boy goes to school.
  • Pawa ba Iskulawt jai. The word Pawa ba is the nominative case.


Accusative Case

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  • Accusative Base form
  • Eg. The boy goes to school.
  • Pawa ba Iskulawt jai. The word "iskul" is the accusative case.


Instrumental Case

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  • Instrumental (karawn-bibhawtti) singular-Loi Plural-Darai


  • Eg. The boy goes to school by bus.
  • Pawa ba Iskulawt jai bus gari loi. The word "loi" of the word "bus gari loi"is the instrumental case.



Dative Case

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  • Dative(sawmprawdan-bibhawtti) singular-Paagi Plural-Te
  • Eg. The boy sells vegetable for school fees.
  • Pawa ba Saksawbji/Larapara besete iskulaw te nga pagi. The word "pagi" of the word "iskulaw te-nga pagi"is the dative case.


Ablative Case

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  • Ablative (Awprawdan-bibhawtti) singular-Tun Plural-Tun


  • Eg. The boy goes in the vilage to get rid of from his parent scold.
  • Pawa ba aramawt gi ye re Ma bab pani galdenatun sai bat pagi. The word "tun" of the word "galdenatun"is the ablative case.


Genitive Case

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  • Genitive (girawtti bibhawtti) singular-Awr/ya (1st person) Ar, the rest Plural-Ar, the rest


  • Eg. The boy is the son of rich man.
  • Pawa ulaw re Majawnya pawa. The word "ya" of the word "Majawnya"is the genitive case.


Locative Case

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  • Locative (jagabibhawtti) singular-Awt Plural-e


  • Eg. The boy lives in Yangon.
  • Pawa Rengunawt/Yangunawt tai re. The word "awt" of the word "Rengunawt"is the locative case.


Vocative Case

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  • Vocative singular-O/ oi Plural-O
  • Eg. Hello, what is your name?
  • Oi taw na ngan ki nang? The word "oi" is the vocative case.


Past Tense

Tanchangya Language also like pali by adding the termination to the root, it form into verb. Eg.Hi to eat

First person

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  1. Singular-(Hi)Iyawawng; Mui bhat hiyawng(I have eaten rice)
  2. Plural (Hi)Iyi; Ami bhat hiyi(We have eaten rice)

Second person

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  1. Singular (Hi)Iyawit;Tui bhat hiyawtene? (Have you eaten rice)
  2. Plural(Hi)Iyaw; Tumi bhat hiyawrene? (Have you eaten rice?)

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  1. Singular-(Hi)iye; Te bhat hiiye (He has eaten rice)
  2. Plural (Hi)iyawnde, (Hi)iyawnd; Tha bhat hiyawnd(They have eaten rice)


First Person

Singular

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  • I-Mui
  • Eg. I am paying homage to the Lord Buddha.
  • Mui Bawgawban Buddhye Bawndawna gaw ngawr/gaw ngawte.


Plural

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  • We-Ami
  • Eg.We are listening Dhamma talk.
  • Ami Dhawrmaw khawra sunite.


Second Person

Singular

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  • You-Tui
  • Eg. You pay homage to the Lord Buddha.
  • Tui Bawgawban Buddhye bawndawna gawr.

Plural

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  • You-Tumi
  • Eg. You listen Dhamma talk.
  • Tumi Dhawrmaw khawra su naw.


Third Person

Singular

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  • He-Te
  • Eg. He is paying homage to the Lord Buddha.
  • Te Bawgawban Buddhye bawndawna gawyete.
  • Rabi is paying homage to the Lord Buddha.
  • Rawbi Bawgawban Buddhye bawndawna gawyete.

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  • They-Tha
  • Eg.They are listening Dhamma talk.
  • Tha Dhawrmaw khawra sunawt tawnde.
  • Tanchangya people are listening Dhamma talk.
  • Tanchangyani dhawrmaw khawra sunawt tawnde


Vocabulary/Academic Subjects

  • Accounting - Gawnanabidya/isyapbidya/isyapbidya
  • Anthropology - Manusyawbidya
  • Astronomy - Bahai Dhawrmaw
  • Abrahamic - Abrahamaw Dhawrmaw
  • Bahai`s Faith - Bahai Bishyashi Dhawrmaw
  • Biology - Jibawbidya
  • Buddhism - Buddhaw Dhawrmaw
  • Chemistry - Rawsayawnbidya
  • Christian - Christaw Dhawrmaw/Jisuchristaw Dhawrmaw
  • Economic - Bepshabidya
  • English - Ingraji
  • Geography - Bhugawl
  • Hinduism - Hindu Dhawrmaw
  • History - Itihas/ Puran gawtana
  • Jainism - Jain Dhawrmaw
  • Judaism - Jew Dhawrma
  • Language - Bhasa
  • Law - Nitibidya/Niyawmbidya
  • Literature - Sahityo
  • Philosophy - Dawrshawnbidya
  • Psychology - Mawnawbidya
  • Science - Bigyan
  • Sikhism - Sikh Dhawrmaw
  • Sociology - Sawmashbidya
  • Taoism - Tao Dhawrmaw/
  • Technology - Prawjukti


Vocabulary/Animals

Mammals

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  • Cow -Guru


Herbivorous

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  • Goat - Chagawl
  • Sheep - Berachagawl
  • Deer - Uoin


Omnivorous

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  • Dog - Kugu
  • Man - manuoit


Insect

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  • Grasshopper - Churama-fiung
  • Mosquito - Mawsa


Vocabulary/Banking

  1. Account-Ekount
  2. Bank-Te-nga tubaire gaw/Benk
  3. Deposit-Tubana
  4. Interest-Suit/Suci tenga
  5. Personal Account-Nijaw ekount
  6. Saving Account-Tubaire-ekount


Vocabulary/Body parts

English Tanchangya
Hair Cul
Body hair Gya-kech/ket
Nail Nawkh
Teeth Dat
Skin Cam
Muscle Eya
Vein Rawkh/Nari
Bone Aa
Murrow Mawgoit
Heart Chit
Spleen Peliey
Stomach Pet
Eye Cuk
Waist Pah
Knee Aruh
Back Kangal
Hand Aht
Finger Anggul
Foot Te-ngawpit
Mouth Mu
Temple Kawbal
Arm Bha
Tongue Jil
Body Gya


Vocabulary/Colors

  • Blue -Agasyaw-rawng
  • Black -Kala-rawng
  • Brown -kaloitshya-rawng
  • Green -El-rawng
  • Orange -Kawmawla-rawng
  • Red -Ranga-rawng
  • White -Dub-rawng
  • Yellow -reshawm-rawng


Vocabulary/Computing

Computer

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  • Computer -Gawnana kawl/Kawmpyuter
  • Laptop -Laptop/Sigun Kawmpyuter
  • Screen -Kawmpyuter/Tibi Pawda
  • Keyboard -Kibout

Internet

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  • Browse -Tawgana
  • Online -Netwa-gawt nitto tana
  • Email -Kawla-citi


Vocabulary/Clothes and accessories

Traditional Dress

  1. Belt-Padui/Paawdui
  2. Blouse-Belaoit
  3. Earring-Kanpul
  4. Glasses-Cukshama
  5. Hat/cap-Tukya
  6. Jacket-Jaket/
  7. Necklace-Neklet


Vocabulary/Countries of the World

Continent

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  • Continent-Mawhadesh
  • Asia- Esia Mawhadesh
  • Europe-Iurop-Mawhadesh
  • Africa-Afrika Mawhadesh
  • Australia- Awstrelia Mawhadesh
  • Nortrh America-Uttawr Amerika mawhadesh
  • South America-Deakshin Amerika mawhadesh
  • Antarctica-Antartika Mahadesh

Africa

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  • Algeria-Aljeriya
  • Egypt-Ijipt
  • Ghana-Ghana
  • Libya-Lebiya
  • South Africa-Dawkhin Afrika


Asia

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East Asia

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  • China- Chin desh/Caina
  • Hong Kong- Hawn kawng
  • Japan-Japan
  • Macau-Macao
  • Mongolia-Mawgawlia
  • North Korea- Uttawr Korea
  • South- Korea- Dawkhin Korea
  • Taiwan-Taiewan


Southeast Asia

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  • South East Asia- Dawkhin purbaw Esia
  • Brunei-Brunei
  • Cambodia-Kembodia
  • East Timor-Purbaw-Timur
  • Indonesia-Indonesia
  • Laos-Laos
  • Malaysia-Maleysia
  • Myanmar-Burma
  • Philippines-Philifine
  • Singapore-Sinhawpur/ Singapur/Sinhaw Sawhawr
  • Thailand-Thailan
  • Vietnam-Vietnam


South Asia

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  • South Asia-Dawkhin Esia
  • Bangladesh-Bangladesh/Bawngaw desh/Purba Hindusthan
  • Bhutan-Bhutan
  • India-Bharawt/Hindusthan
  • Maldives- Maldiv
  • Nepal- Nepal
  • Pakistan-Pakistan/Paschim Hindusthan
  • Srilanka- Siri lanwka

Middle East

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Central Asia

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  • Afghanistan-Afghanistan
  • Kirjistan-Kajikistan
  • Tajikistan-Tajikista
  • Turkmenistan-Turkmenistan
  • Uzbekistan-Usbekistan


Europe

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  • Iceland-Aiceland
  • Ireland-Airland
  • Albania-Albenia
  • Andorra-Andora
  • Italy-Itali
  • Austria-Awstria
  • Netherlands-Nederland
  • Greece-Gris
  • Switzerland-Swijarlan
  • Sweden-Swiden
  • Spain-Spein
  • Denmark-Denmak
  • Germany-Jarmany
  • Turkey-Turki
  • Norway-Nawrwei
  • Hungary-Hungri
  • Finland-Finlan
  • France-Franc
  • Bulgaria-Bulgeria
  • Belgium-Beljiam
  • Poland-Polan
  • Portugal-Purtugawl
  • Luxembourg-Lukjembag
  • Romania-Rawmania
  • Russia-Rasiya


The United Kingdom

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  • The United Kingdom-Juktaw rastraw
  • England-Inglan/Bilat desh/Ingresh desh
  • Scotland-Skawutlan
  • Wales-Wels
  • Northern Ireland-Uttawr Airlan


North America

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  • Canada-Kenada
  • The United States of America-Juktaw Amerika
  • Mexico-Meksiko
  • Panama-Panama
  • Cuba-Kiuba
  • Jamaica-Jamika
  • Dominica-Dominika
  • Haiti-Haiti

South America

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  • Argentina-Arjentina
  • Bolivia-Bolibia
  • Brazil-Brajil
  • Chile-Chili
  • Colombia-Kawlawmbia
  • Ecuador-Ikwedawr
  • French Ghuyer-Frnac Gwena

Pacific Nations

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  • Australia-Awstrelia
  • New Zealand-Niu jialan


Vocabulary/Direction

Cardinal point

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  • North: uttawr
  • East: purbaw
  • South:dawkkhin
  • West: puchim, pawchim
  • Northeast: uttawr-purbaw
  • Northwest: uttawr-pawchim
  • Southeast: dakkhin-purbaw
  • Southwest: dawkkhin-pawchim
  • Up : uwe
  • Bellow: niche
  • Left: bang, bagwa
  • Right: dain, dainywa
  • Straight: uchu


Vocabulary/Family and people

  • Lisu-Great Great grand father
  • Pisu-Great grand father
  • Bua-Da/Achu- Grand Father
  • Bua-Bei/Nu- Grand Mother
  • Ma-Mother
  • Ba/Bo/- Father
  • Bei- Elder/older sister
  • Boin- Younger-sister
  • Da-Elder/older brother
  • Bai-Younger brother
  • Hukhu-Uncle
  • Hui-Aunt
  • Jiru-Father elder/older brother/ Great uncle
  • Jerei-Father elder/older brother's wife/ Great Aunt
  • Mosya- Uncle (Husband of one's mother sister)
  • Moi-One's mother' sister/cousin sister
  • Pisya- Husband of father's sister
  • Pi-Father sister/ cousin sister
  • Mamu- Uncle
  • Mammi-Aunty
  • Nek- Husband
  • Purobo- Daughter-in-law
  • Jamei- Son-in-law
  • Muk-Wife
  • Pawa-Son
  • Jhi- Daughter
  • Naring-Grand child/son/daughter
  • Puring-Great grand child/son/ daughter
  • Suring-Great great grand child/son/ daughter
  • Uring- Great Great great grand child/son/ daughter


Vocabulary/Food and Drink

Food

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  • Food-Haidyo/Hairiya jinish
  • Meat-Eya
  • Rice (cooked)-Bhat
  • Rice (uncooked-Sol

Fruit

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  • Apple- Apel
  • Banana-Kawla
  • Grape- Angur
  • Guava-Guchung gula
  • Water-melon-Tawrmoit/Mawlphawl
  • Plum-Boigula

Vegetable

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  • Brinjal-Begoin
  • Carrot-Mula
  • Redish-Mula
  • Cabbage-Banda Kawfi
  • Cauliflower-Phul Kafi
  • Tomato-Hawraw begoin

Spices & Condiments

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  • Garlic-Roin
  • Onion-Peyait
  • Cardamon-Jira
  • Peeper-Gul Moroit
  • Salt-Nun

Drink

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  • Green Tea-Rawng Sha
  • Tea-Sha
  • Coffee-Koffi
  • Milk- Dut
  • Juice-Sawrbat/Roit
  • Orange-Juice-Kawmawla roit


Alcoholic beverages

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  • Mawt-Wine
  • Rum-Rawm


Vocabulary/Health

  • Illness-Ruk
  • Sickness-Awsuk
  • Condition-Awbawsta
  • Headache-Marapia/ Marapagana
  • Toothache-Dat pya
  • Stomachache-Petpya
  • Runny nose-Sebai dawana
  • Cough-Kasana
  • Fever-Jaw
  • Dizzy-Mara gurana
  • Cold-Tanda/ Seba jaw
  • Influenza-Seba jaw
  • Medicine-dabu
  • Injection-Injeksaw


Vocabulary/Numbers

Cardinal Numbers

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  • One - Ek
  • Two - Di
  • Three - Tin
  • Four - Cai
  • Five - Fait
  • Six - Soi
  • Seven - Sat
  • Eight - Aityo
  • Nine - Naw
  • Ten - Dawit
  • Eleven - Egaraw/Ek-ubaw-doit
  • Twelve - Baraw/Di-ubaw-doit
  • Thirteen - Teraw/Tin-ubaw-doit
  • Fourteen - Suoitdyaw/Cai-ubaw-doit
  • Fifteen - Fawnndawraw/Fait-ubaw-doit
  • Sixteen - Sulaw/Soi-ubaw-doit
  • Seventeen - Sattaraw/Sat-ubaw-doit
  • Eightteen - Atdaraw/At-ubaw-doit
  • Nineteen - Uneis/Naw-ubaw-doit/Ek-kawm-kuri
  • Twenty - Kuri
  • Twenty-one - Egoit/Ek-ubaw-kuri
  • Twenty-five - Baich/Tin-ubaw-kuri
  • Twenty-nine - Untiris/Ek-kawm-tiris
  • Thirty - Tiris/Tin-doit
  • Forty - Cawlis/Cai-doit
  • Fifty - Fonchaiet/Fait-doit
  • Sixty - Hait/SaiytSoi-ubaw-doit
  • Seventy - Suttur/Sat-ubaw-dot
  • Eighty - Asi/Aityo-doit
  • Ninety - Nawboi/Naw-doit
  • Hundred - Saw/Ek-saw
  • Thousand - Ajar/Ek-ajar
  • 100 Thousands - Lak/Eklak/Eksaw-ajar (100,000)
  • 10 Million - Nijawr (10,000,000)
  • Billion - Doit-kutti (1,000,000,000)
  • Trillion - Doit-ajar-kutti (1,000,000,000,000)


Ordinal Numbers

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  • First - Ek-nawmbawr
  • Second - Di-nawmbawr
  • Third - Tin-nawmbawr
  • Fourth - Cai-nawmbawr
  • Fivth - Fait-nawmbawr
  • Sixth - Soi-nawmbawr
  • Seventh - Sat-nawmbawr
  • Eighth - Aityo-nawmbawr
  • Ninth - Naw-nawmbawr
  • Tenth - Dawit-nawmbawr


Vocabulary/Time

  • Second - Sekend
  • Minute - Minit
  • Hour - Ghawnta
  • Today - Asya
  • Morning - Binya
  • Evening - Bilya
  • AM - Binya
  • PM - Bilya
  • Tomorrow -Gele-Kalya
  • 1:00 - Ek-ta
  • 2:00 -Di-ta
  • 3:00 -Tin-ta
  • 4:00 -Cai-ta
  • 5:00 -Fait-ta
  • 6:00 -Soi-ta
  • 7:00 -Sat-ta
  • 8:00 -Aityo-ta
  • 9:00 -Naw-ta
  • 10:00 -Doit-ta
  • 11:00 -Egaraw=ta
  • 12:00 -Baraw-ta


Vocabulary/Weather and seasons

Seasons

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  • Climate-Ap kha wa abawsta
  • Season-Ritu/Kal
  • Rainy Season-Basyakal
  • Summer-Hawnya
  • Winter-Jakal
  • Dry season-Suguna kal/sawmawi


Weather

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  • Weather-Ap kha wa
  • Sun-Bel
  • Sunny-Roit din
  • Cloud-Meg
  • Cloudy-Migilya
  • Rain-jhahaw
  • Cyclone-bawrBawyar jari gui (Spide) baire
  • Typhoon-bawr Bawyar Gul gui pak khai re (Purbaw prawsantaw mawha sagawrawt baire)
  • Hurricane-bawr Bawyar Gul gui pak khai re ( Pawsim Atlantik mawha sagawrawt baire)
  • Fog-Khawa
  • Snow-Barawp
  • Temperature-Tanda Gawrawm Abawsta
  • Hot-gawrawm
  • Warm-Um
  • Cold-Tanda/Juaw
  • Cool- Itukt tanda/Juaw