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Zo Linguistics

1. Cing
Sm Cing Neem Lun in a sang naupang te cingciang tawh sat a, Cingpikot a sang naupang nu le pa te in "hi  bang nau cing" ci in zum ah khia uh hi. Sm Cing Neem Lun zum panin ki sama, a cing dingin Palik(police) te sawl uh hi. Thu a ki dot ciangin "ka nau cinte cing lo lua uh a ka sat hi" ci in dawng kik hi.

2. Ciang
Nu Niang Lian Cing in a tate lawh leh ciang tawh ngasa beng dinga pusuak te a ngaihtuah ciangin a lung himawh a, "tu ciang dong ong tung lo. Bang ci ciang hi ding hiam? Va en dih in" ci in a pasal sawl hi. Ciangpi/Ciangsawn mual ah Pi Ciang Vung in vaimim bawk te a sengah ciang venvan sa in pua a, "khop pian na hia? ciang khut na deih hia?" ci in dong hi. Pi Ciang Vung in a vaimim bawk te ciang sitset a hih manin tang cilciang ah a but khiat ciangin tam mahmaha, a tate ciangkang tawh sat sak sawnsawn lai hi.

3. Khup
Tua laitak in Cing Khup leh Ngam Bawm in Thang Ho leh Lian Do te unau, ciangpi nuai a ki khup a muh uh ciangin, a khup(h)  na ciang hong khia in, "hi cianga na ni un ong bawl, ong ngai kei na lawmlawm ee. Tu  in pai unla, na ni leh na gang khup un, a maute sangin nuamsa zaw un" ci in thupha pia in paikhia sak hi.

4. Tom
Nu Hau Tom in sing tom dingin kuankhia a, a singtom te tom tan tiltel a hih manin, a inveng tangval pa in "tom tan na cia, U Tom" a cih leh, "ka tom na ken lua a, a lakna haksa sa in ka tom tan hi" ci in na dawng hi. Tua leh inn a tun teh a pasal na kitom a, "bang hiam aw, nang ki tomtom zong, kei lah tom, ka singtom lah tom sa lua a na heh a suak hiam?" a cih leh "na sing tom ding ong gen lo na hih cianga ka lung ong tom vat hi. Na tom hang bel hi tuan kei" ci in dawng kik hi.

5. Lim
Tangval khat limlang ah va ki en aa thatang hoih sa pian a hih manin "limci si'ng ee" ki ci hi. A nu in "Bawi, bang a hia a limci? na lim(image) bek ka mu a" a cih leh "huan a i ankam cinte hi ee" ci in dawng vat hi. Tua leh tangval pa zong a lawmnu kiang laikhak gelh a "Ngaihno aw, na nahlim nuai ah sambang zal nuam na sing ee...ka tawi kawlciang mui bangin zangin, muilim in a om leh na saulim liap nuaiah thutvum kong khawl ni ding hai bang ngaklah ing." Tua laitak a nu in "Bawi aw, lim ta keileh ankuan um khawm dihni" ci in sam vat hi. "Nu aw, na an huan ka neek main limtuak tak ei ka cih hi ven...ka nek ma a ka upmawh zah sang na lim zaw" ci a, a nu in "a lim limlim hi ee..na kam ah.." ci in kamsiam na paih phei hi. "Tua a hih leh Bawi aw, limsing kang va tom khawm dih ni" ci in a tapa zawn leuleu hi.
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