Harshen Zo

Zo (wanda kuma aka fi sani da Zou kuma aka fi sani da Zokam) yaren Kuki-Chin-Mizo ne na yankin Arewa ^[1]wanda ya samo asali daga yammacin Burma kuma ana magana da shi a Mizoram da Manipur a arewa maso gabashin Indiya.

A wani lokaci ana amfani da sunan Zou a matsayin kalmar fakewa da harsunan duk mutanen Mizo (Zo people) wato Kukish da Chin, musamman mutanen Zomi.

An yi amfani da kalmar 'Zo' a cikin littattafai da yawa don nuna kalmar 'Zo', saboda sauƙi na amfani da sauti.

Zo da kansu suna amfani da kalmomi daban-daban Zo, Zou, da Jo don nufin kabilarsu.^[2]

Fassarar sauti

Za'a iya kafa saitin wayoyi na zou 23 na baƙon baki a kan ƙaramin nau'i-nau'i masu zuwa ko kalmomi masu taruwa. Bayan waɗannan Wayoyin Waya guda 23, baƙaƙe 1 lambar wayar da aka aro (watau /r/), wadda ake samun ta a cikin kalmomin rance kawai, a lokuta da ba kasafai ba (misali /r/ a /rəŋ/ "launi"). Tare da waɗannan baƙaƙe, Zou yana da wasula guda 7: i, e, a, ɔ, o, u, ə.^[3]

Manazarta

[1] ttps://books.google.com/books?id=hnYShQ7TryMC&pg=PA55

[2] ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue

[3] ttp://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf

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