My mother tongue (PAITE)

my mother tongue "paite"

Paite is originally from Sino-Tibetan, the language spoken by a small group of people which also is in the process of developing. Paite literally is from a group of tribe known as Zomi, people often refer the Zomi's as (kuki) but the paite remained calmed and preferred to be known as Zomi

The paite spoken people are very Diverse now as the world is developing but the majority are in churachandpur district, in Northeast in India.

We are able to stay together and save until now because of  our Forefathers that have fought against our enemies to Protect our land. As it be the German, the Japanese we have lost a lot of great mighty warriors and Martyrs in those battles but they are the reason we are proud of who we are.That have left a lot of scars in our memory which will never be forgotten.

We have a traditional Attire called Paite Puandum consisting of the colour Black, green, yellow and red. Carrying a meaningful story to it. Our great 

grandparents would wear it by itself by wrapping it around their body showing their identity and treat it as 

a treasure for it is a traditional shawl which a very meaningful purpose. For other time they would wear other cloth or shawl that are hand woven by themselves to cover them.

Hunting and farming was the main source of product and survival. So Hunting big animals are a verry festive time for everyone and where the whole village would come and eat together. 

There are a lot more to be introduce about our tribe but I don't think words would be ever enought to express it all.

Paite is a verry unique language that are not popular or largely known yet.

there are a lot of language that are similar or have a relationship with but is beutiful in their own respective ways.

My mother tongue known as Paite Alphabet are not that different from English just the pronounciation and uses are different so if you know English it's easy to learn.

The words or alphabets is called Lai mal means books inscription. 

These is the alphabet of Paite with their sound or pronounciation inside the braket.

Like other language there are lyric words, old ganged or dated words. Which are much more beautiful and sweet .

Paite language are direct and on point.Most people make some mistake while reading .

I'll take my name as example ' Mawi' in the above letters we can see that AW is pronounced o so It is pronounced Moi not MA WI .  

These are some few words I can share about my language which I am proud of being in and being a part of . Hope to share more about it.