C. Mylliemngap,
Madan Laban, Shillong-4.
Ha kaba iadei bad katei ka phang baroh ngi ia tip ba ka ‘ktien Sohra’ ka dei kawei na ki jait ktien (Dialects) jong ka Ri Khasi – Pnar lane jong ngi U Hynniew Trep Hynniew Skum kaba ngi la hap ban shim bad pynlong kam lane pyndonkam salonsar ha ka pule ka thoh (Reading & Writing), ka thoh ka tar bad kumjuh ruh ha ka kren ka khana (Vocal Intercource) ha ki kam ki jam jong ngi kiba ha ka sngi bad khamtam haba ngi ngi ia poi ia kynduh ban ia kren bad ki briew kiba ngim da ia ithuh bha lane ki riew phylla (wat lada dei ki para Khasi Khara ruh) kiba ngi iakynduh harum haneng, hangne hangtai bad khamtam haba ngi lah ban ioh-I peit-thuh ba ki dei kiba lah don ka thoh ka pule lane kiba lah don ka jingshong skul kat ha kano kano ka kyrdan pule.
Teng teng juh iohsngew ba don lane mih ki jingkylli kiba ong balei ba ia ka “Ktien Sohra” (Na pdeng kiwei kiwei pat ki jait ne rukom ktien Khasi Khynriam, Pnar, Bhoi, War bad lyngngam) la pynkylla long haduh ba hap ban ia pule, ban ia kren kam kren jam, ia thoh ia tar bad kumta ter ter da kane ka ‘Ktien’ hapdeng u ba bun balang u paid Khasi khara lane uta u “Hynniew Trep Hynniew Skum” tawiar u “Sohpet- Bneng” – ka kyntien ba iar bad don jingmut naduh mynnor haduh mynta.
Sngew lyng-a ne sngew pisa mynsiem haba iohsngew ba don kiba sngewpher jingmut ne sngewthut ruh ban ong ba ka “Ktien Sohra” ka dei ka “Ktien Pdeng” jong ngi u paid Khasi – Pnar bad sngew pynban kumba la leh lyndet ne niew bein ia ki wei pat ki ktien Khasi kiba ki briew jong ngi ki ia kren ha la ki shnong bad ki thain jong ki. Halor kane ka bynta nga lah ban ong Em kam long ne kam dei kumta hynrei ka long pynban kaba sngewtynnad shibun ban ioh-I bad iohsngew ba ki para doh para snam jong ngi ki ia kren ia khana hala ki jong ki rukom ktien bad sur kren ha la ki dong/ki shnong bad wat hangne ha Sor Shillong khleh khawlang bun jait bynriew. Nga ngeit phin ia mynjur bad kubur lang ia kane.
Ban yn ym shim eh ia ka por ngan wan beit sha ka phang ban ong ne ban kylli balei ba ka “Ktien Sohra” ka kylla long ka “Ktien Pdeng” ha pdeng u paid khun Khasi Khara ha ka thoh ka pule bad jingtrei kam trei jam , ym tang kiba dei ha ki kam pyrthei hynrei hynrei wat ha baroh ki bynta kiba dei ha ki jingmane Blei lane ki kam Balang ne Seng Niam bap her bap her kiba don ha baroh ki bynta ka Ri Khasi-Pnar kat haduh kine ki sngi ki por mynta. Ha kito kia ioh-i jngai bad iar ka jimgmut jing pyrkhat kam long kaba eh ban shem ne ioh ia ka jubab namar imat kum ban shu kren pynkut nia noh ha ka rukom kyntien Khasi ban ong “Ba la thoh shun hi Ki Blei” ba ka wan jia urlong ba u phareng Nongbilat kum u nongwan buhai shong dakhol hima (Imperial Colonist) u la wan poi wan sher dara bad seng maw nongrim ia ka kam synshar khadar jong u nyngkong ehha Sohra (Da kaba kren kyllum ia ka thain shnong baroh kawei) bad wan rah marbud ruh ia ki dak pule Khasi (Roman Script) A,B,K,D ter ter haduh Y bad haduh ba u la seng nongrim ia ka “Ktien Sohra” kum ka ktien Khasi bad lah ban ong hangne kum ka “Local Language” (Dialect) ka ban lah ban ia sngewthuh ktien lang ha ki jing pyniaid kam pyniaid jam kiba iadei bad ka jing synshar khadar etc. ha kane ka Ri jong ngi. Nga ngeit bun napdeng jong ngi ngin ia mynjur bad kubur ba kane ka dei ka daw bah kaba la pynurlong ba ka “Ktien Sohra” (Sohra Dialect) ka la kylla long noh pynban kaba nga lah ban ong “Ka Ktien Pdeng” pule dangle bad trei kam trei jam (Local Official Language) ha kylleng ka Ri Khasi-Pnar naduh kita ki por haduh kine ki por mynta ba ka la nang heh nang san bad nang roi nang iar kumba ngi ioh-i ia ka ba ka long kumne mynta.
Ha kaba iadei bad katei ka bynta nga lah ban kynthoh mir jing mut lane nga sngew iahap ban ong ba yn jin da la jia ba u Phareng un hap sher dara bad buh maw nongrim nyngkong eh ha kiwei pat ki bynta jong ka Ri Khaasi-Pnar jong ngi lehse ka ktien jong kato ka shnong ka thain kan jin da la kylla long kumba long ka “Ktien Sohra” ha ngi mynta. Kum ban shu kdew ai nuksa khyndiat ba lehse ka “Ktien Pnar” kan jin da la don pli ha ka jaka ka “Ktien Sohra”. Kumta ruh kan jin da la kylla long kumjuh ia ka ktien Maram bad Khyriem (Khatsaw-phra) lada ki shnong kum ka Nongstoin, Mairang lane Nongkhlaw kin long pli ha ka jaka ka jong ka Sohra.
Sngew dei ban ngeit ruh ba yn jin da leit jia ba u Phareng kum u nongwan buhai shnong bad dakhol hima (Imperial Colonist) un leit poi sher dara/seng maw nongrim nyngkong eh ha kano ma kawei pat ka Dong/ka thain lane ka it ka hima jong ka Ri Khasi-Pnar jong ngi bad ym ha Sohra, ka ktien kren jong kata ka thain lane ka it ka hima (Local Dialect) kan jin da la kylla long mih pli ban long ka “Ktien pdeng” jong ngi u paid Khasi Khara ha ka jaka ka ktien Sohra.
Te haba ka long kumtei kumba la kdew haneng sngew dei ban kyntu ia baroh u para doh para snam paid khasi-Pnar ban gin ym don ne buh jingmut sngew pher ne thut jingmut bad sngew khohnioh halor ka jing long jingman jong ka ktien Sohra ba kan long ne ban gin ia shim lang kum ka ‘ktien pdeng’ shi myndar ka Ri U Hynniew trep Hynniew Skum namr kumba ka long hapdeng jong ngi mynta ka ‘Ktien Sohra’ ka la long doh long snam ha kaba iadei naduh ki kam pyrthei haduh ki kam niam bad la I jwat ban pyn kylla thymmai pat da kum wei pat bad khamtam lada ngi ia thrang shisha ban ioh ia ka jing ithuh noh ia ka kum kawei na ki major language katkum kata ka khyrnit 8th Schedule. Halor kane nga kyntu bad wer lang ia baroh ban gin ym pynsniew dur ia kane ka ktien da kaba shu pynkhleh ruma bad kiwei pat ki sur/ rukom kren jong kiwei pat ki kyntien ne snap kren (Sentence) khasi kum ban shu kdew nuksa kumne harum:-
(i) Ha ka jaka ban ong “ka iing/ka jain/ ka kper etc. la jong” kaba dei ka ktien ba beit ha ka ktien Sohra, la pyn-i saitmet noh namar ba kiba bun mynta ki ong pynban “ka iing /ka jain/ ka kper etc.” lade ne jong lade.
(ii) Ha ka jaka ban ong “nga thied ia kane ka jain/ka sopti/ka dawai etc. na ka bynta ‘ialade’ hynrei la kren pyn bakla noh da kaba ong ‘ia la jong’.
Halor kitei ki phang nong muna ba pyn-i haneng nga hap ban kren shai ban gam dei u stad ktien Phareng (English) hynrei kay I jing hikai ba nga ioh khyndiat khynsoit bad ha la I bor barit ha la ka jong ka jing sngewthuh kyllum (general common sentence/general idea) nga sngewthuh ia ka jingmut bai a pher jong kin ear tylli ki kyntien phareng (English) – Ka “Own” bad ka “Self”. Kum ban shu kdew khyndiat hangne kan da la I long thamula lada ia ka sentence – “This is our own house” yn kren pyn bakla noh da kaba ong “This is ourselves house” lane “ Lane our ownselves house”. Ha kawei pat ka bynta ia ka sentence kaba ong “ I bought this cloth for myself” yn ong pynban “ I bought this cloth for my own”.
Haba nga ia pashat jingmut kumtei haneng ngam mut pat ban ong ba yn ym lah ban bsut ia ki kyntien (words) jong kiwei kiwei pat ki ktien Khasi-Pnar (words of other Khasi-Pnar dialects) ha ki snap ktien (sentence) jong ka ‘Ktien Sohra’ ha kaba iadei bad ka thoh ka pule (institutional learning) bad ka thoh ka tar (correspondences/notings/scriptures). Ha kaba iadei bad kane ka bynta ngan pynkynmaw hangne ba u Myllung ba khraw jong ngi, U Babu Soso tham u la bsut ia kawei ka kyntien (words) kaba dei ka kyntien thain Nongkremkaba spel “Kow” kaba ha ka ktien Sohra ka mut “Kiew” ha ki ar lain jong kawei na ki dkhot poitri ‘Duitara Ksiar’ ha ka lynnong jong “Ka Biria U Bieit” kiba ong kumne:-
“Ynda u kow u bym ju kow Baroh kin peit sah dheng”.
Hangtei ngi ioh-i ia ka jingstad jong U Babu Soso tham kumno ban ai ia ka jing shoh jingmut (impression) bad ka jingmet (impact) jong ka sur sawa ka kyntien “Kow” ha ka sur ktien Nongkrem kaba ia hap bha bad ka jingmut (idea) kaba don ha kitei ki ar lain katba lada yn buh da ka kyntien “Kiew” jong ka ktien Sohra ka sur kynnoh kan kham long jem (Soft sounded pronunciation) bad kam da pynsngew met ia ka dkhot jong kitei ki lain haba ngi pule.
Te ha ka juh ka rukom lehse ka long ha ka jingstad bad shemphang jong u khun jong U, U Babu Primrose Gatphoh u ba la bsut ia ka kyntien “Jhia” (kaba dei ka ktien PNAR) ha ka Prose jing iathuh khana shaphang Ka Tungrymbai jong ka ksew ha khanatang jong ka “Iew Luri Lura”. Kumba nga la pyn-i ha shuwa, U Babu Primrose ban pyn sngew bang bha ia kata ka tungrymbai jong ka ksew u la thoh kumne lada ngam bakla:-
“Ka ksew ruh ka leit kit sha iew ia ka jing die jong ka ka tungrymbai kaba ka la shet ‘jhia’ bha’’ kaba mut ka la shet sat bha.
Ka kyntien Pnar “jhia” hangne ka da kham pynsngew bang bhai a kata ka tungrymbai bad lehse yn kham sngew duna ka jing bang jong ka lada la buh da ka ktien khynriam ‘la shet sat bha’.
Te hangne ngan sangeh noh shuwa bad nga ieh ha ka jingstad jong phi ki nong pule lada phi ia i-bit i-biang lane phi sngew ia hap ban ia shut jabieng lem, ia kynthoh bad ia thir ia thain lem na ka bynta ka jing nangsan nangiar ka ktien Khasi kat haduh ban ngin da lah ban ioh ia kata kaba ngi ia angnud kaba dei bad ka jing ithuh ia ka. Sngewbha ia synrop lem bad ia map ruh ioh don ka tam ka duna, ka lait ka let bad kiwei kiwei de ki jingbym biang jong nga haba nga thoh bad pyn mih ia kane.
Nga pynkut da ka jing pyrta:
“Im Slem Ri U Hynniew Trep hynniew Skum
Ktien Khasi To Nang Iar Ban Nang Phuh Phum”
Phi don ban ong eiei?