Tedim ( Burmese : တီးတိန်မြို့ ; MLCTS : ti: tin mrui. , pronounced [títeɪ̀ɰ̃ mjo̰] , ( Zo : Tedim Khuapi , pronounced [ˈtɛdiːm ˈxɔp.piː] ; is a town and the administrative seat of Tedim Township in Chin State , Myanmar . It is the second largest town in Chin State, after Hakha (the capital city of Chin State). The town's four major boroughs ( veng ) are: Sakollam, Myoma, Lawibual and Leilum.
6-450: The name "Tedim" was derived from a pool in the hills that used to twinkle in the sunlight. Therefore it was called te-dim (twinkling, shiny) in the local Tedim language (which is also called "Tedim pau"). As the Zomi lacked a formal writing system in the past, the story of Tedim mostly depends on oral tradition . Establishment of Tedim is ascribed to Gui Mang II, a powerful prince from
12-428: A logographic and later simplified alphabetic script for writing materials in Zomi. The phonology of Zomi can be described as (C)V(V)(C)T order, where C represents a consonant, V represents a vowel, T represents a tone, and parentheses enclose optional constituents of a syllable. This Sino-Tibetan languages -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Myanmar -related article
18-964: The District Officer . The ranges of Hills of Thangmual include Kennedy's Peak, Lunglenkawl, the Rih Bual , the Hausapi, the Gullu Mual, the Zangmualli, the Tuikangpi, the Suangsuang, and the Lentangmual. There are dams, caves, peaks, and other attractions, including Lennupa Mual, the Twin Fairy Hill and other historic sites. Tedim language The Tedim language is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken mostly in
24-630: The southern Indo-Burmese border . It is the native language of the Tedim tribe of the Zomi people, and a form of standardized dialect merging from the Sukte and Kamhau dialects. It is a subject-object verb language, and negation follows the verb. It is mutually intelligible with the Paite language . Zomi was the primary language spoken by Pau Cin Hau , a religious leader who lived from 1859 to 1948. He also devised
30-520: The then ruling Guite family in the region (c. 1600). However, due to the untimely death of Gui Lun (the fifth generation from Gui Mang II), Tedim was deserted for two generations. By the time of Pum Go, Tedim was reestablished as the political base of the Guite family. At the time of Mang Suum II, son of Pum Go, the allied force of the Pawihangs began their advance in the region and attacked Tedim. Tedim
36-580: Was again deserted by many, though some local residents survived under the leadership of Mang Gin from the Hatlangh family. In 1840, in order to secure peace, the remaining citizens invited the leadership of Kam Hau of Mualbem, of the emerging Sukte family, since they had good military and political ties with the Zahau family of the Pawis. When British rule began in 1824, Tedim was chosen as the local residence for
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