Pau Cin Hau is the founder and the name of a religion followed by some
Tedim
Tedim (, , ( Zo: ''Tedim Khawpi'', pronounced ; is a town in and the administrative seat of Tedim Township, Chin State, in the north-western part of Burma. It is the second largest town in Chin State. The town's four major boroughs (''vengte'') ...
,
Hakha in Chin state and Kale in Sagaing division in the north-western part of
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
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Pau Cin Hau was born in the Tedim (Tiddim) in 1859; and lived until 1948. He started a religious movement based on the worship of a god known as "
Pasian".
He also invented a
script
Script may refer to:
Writing systems
* Script, a distinctive writing system, based on a repertoire of specific elements or symbols, or that repertoire
* Script (styles of handwriting)
** Script typeface, a typeface with characteristics of ha ...
known as "Tual lai" ('local script') or "Zotuallai",
now called
"Zotuallai". There is logographic script based alphabet.
Pau Cin Hau's religion is also known as "Laipian" ('script religion'), and Pau Cin Hau is also known as "Laipianpa" ('script religion creator').
See also
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Pau Cin Hau script
The Pau Cin Hau scripts, known as Pau Cin Hau lai ('Pau Cin Hau script'), or Zo tual lai ('Zo indigenous script') in Zomi, are two scripts, a logographic script and an alphabetic script created by Pau Cin Hau, a Zomi religious leader from Chi ...
References
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External links
ScriptSource page on the Pau Cin Hau alphabet
Burmese religious leaders
Founders of new religious movements
1859 births
1948 deaths
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