@Billonaire Riches Yeah except people taking over you doesn't necessarily have to include genocide. Of course people will die in battles and armed confrontations but once one side is victorious it doesn't need to wipe out the other side. Of course cultural genocide and economic loss happens most of the time when a nation conquers another one. But that's preferable in a way than to be completely wiped out. Only place i can think of right now that has conserved their culture perfectly after being colonized is in New Zealand (Maoris) even though they never gained independence. Then you have places like Mexico who lost most of their culture and language and mixed with the colonizers. Or even places like Ireland and Scotland who got the English language and traditions imposed to them. And places like India who conserved their culture but lost millions and millions in terms of economics.
@Billonaire Riches But only western civilizations will try to cheat and sabotage others, instead of competing with them fair and square. Just look are China and the U.S. America is crying foul in everything China does as China is now starting to lead the world in technology and innovations while the US is trying to bring back coal jobs.
@Billonaire Riches Careful with that shit eating attitude... Might bring something unforseen upon yourselves. Guns and firepower aren't the only methods of overpowering. People just need to be inspired. Careful with that inspirational attitude you have there! Nothing more dangerous and completely devastating than an unseen determined enemy...
John Highwood Sounds like the nonsense conspiracy theories pushed by Nazis and white supremacists like the Christchurch shooter. Do you care about that?
I’m Aboriginal Australian, I wanted to share that there are HUNDREDS of different Australian Aboriginal languages, but only around 20 are only spoken a lot today- there’s not just one language and tribe. There’s hundreds of different ‘countries’ across Australia with different cultures within themselves. I’m from Kamilaroi, which is a large plains tribe in New South Wales. Nice video, thanks!
I’m not Aboriginal but I’ve lived in Australia my whole life and I’m so glad you pointed this out because I know that there are going to people who watch this video and think this is the sole indigenous language in Australia.
I know this. I am white (Scottish/European) I play Yidaki professionally (but not traditional style) I demonstrate the instrument in British schools and speak of its use a a sacred item. I ALWAYS use tribal names for the instrument and its uses, I also speak of the terrible damage purpetrated by my ancestors and how many tribes there used to be ..it's the least I can do. I ALWAYS mention that there were many many different tribes, not just Yolngu from whose words I quote.
@@aseriesoftriangleswecalltr6065 To me cultural appropriation is more like a white American dressing up in pseudo-Native dress as if it was a costume. This man here actually knows the Australian Natives and respectfully introduces their culture to British kids, so they'll be aware of it and think it's important to protect it. Doesn't sound bad to me.
@@laki5717 developed a sustainable lifestyle that could have gone on forever without destroying the planet for a start. I’m not here to pick fights man
RIP To the millions of human beings who've parishes around the world. Stop with the bs. There's no race, no culture, no ethnicity which hasn't suffered.
@PrimaryHades colonisation hasn’t been kind to any ethnic group or culture throughout history, sadly Aboriginals are became victims of this, but that’s superpowers for you I guess, the brits were conquered for many centuries until they eventually rose up to become the biggest and most powerful Empire the world has seen so far, and in their wake left trails of destruction and death, I hope history doesn’t repeat itself but it’s a bit of a stretch to believe it won’t happen again, anyways I hope everyone can get along better moving into the future
You don't know the truth, that's the problem. This is all propaganda. Aboriginal society now is extremely patriarchal, women have less rights than Muslim women. Forced teenage marriages to 40 year old men, murder, rape. Aboriginal men are lazy, habe zero interest in holding a job. 50,000 years being separated from the rest of us really shows. They are human yes, but less evolved.
@King Alfreds Shieldwall It doesn't matter if they built a couple of buildings it's still not there land and never will be. The Europeans belong in their original homland.
King Alfreds Shieldwall, You have said, 'I'm white British/European. My people built the modern world. ' Sweetie that statement alone simply shows your lack of education... Your credibility, if you actually had any to start with, was blown with that one statement of yours...have a nice day.
I feel all native people from all lands look unique. but that may just be because we hardly see any depending where you live. sadly there is so few of them
I really like what that guy said about how if you have an identity it makes you stronger and you are less likely to feel like you need to commit a crime because you already feel like you truly possess something
The BBC didn't even exist when the language was being suppressed so it's an extremely weak argument; "muh British". Whatever country you are from has also committed atrocities culturally and physically
@@bjorlam8201 you missed the key word. BRITISH. it was us british who brought english to australia and now the bbc wants to help save a language that has almost been wiped out by the english language.
Thanks for this. Language is such an important part of who we are. It's so important to how we think and feel. We need to hold on to our heritage to keep our roots intact.
@@phoenixj1299 I am a Bengali Indian and we bengali people really believe in this statement that language is identity. It is only something which European race doesn't believe in
The saddest part is that although there are dozens of endangered languages such as Miriwoong displayed in the video, there are dozens more that have already been lost permanently.
I don't mean any disrespect, but I really don't see any point in trying to, artificially, keep language from changing and evolving. That's simply what happens with language. What is the necessity of keeping THIS specific language around?
@@jesussaves6625 i think whats happening is that theyre struggling to still keep the language alive, its not like they want to stop speaking the language its just becoming irrelevant to modern life and thats why were trying to preserve it
People all african, so called south indians, australians are lived together in leumoria continent. That got sank into sea then the people moved to different parts of world. For example child said tac chi as grandmother. In tamil we called acchi for granny so..
i grew up on Miriwoong country from 18yrs old, Learnt some words and phrases. i left there forty yrsago and never would have thought that language would be dying out, as there was such a strong presence of people speaking that lingo then.
@@bradley604 - thanks, but I don't need a seppo telling me my history. If Europeans had never arrived, it wouldn't be called Australia because Australia is a European invention which has only existed since 1901. It's a Latin word after all. Or did you think illiterate isolated hunter-gatherers were fluent in Latin and continent-naming hahahaha
@@danidejaneiro8378 I never said that dummy but what I said is basically the whites living in Australia are not original inhabitants but they are all Europeans who moved on to Australia in the past.
They are biologically closely related to the southern Indian, and the Easter islander. Artefacts found in the island were those of an ancient word similar found in southern India and Sri lanka too that dates back 50000 years or more.
@@prasoonkumar8131 Yes it was recognized by both Indonesia and Australia actually, they're Buginese Indonesian sailor and Aborigines from northern Australia(Darwin).
2:40 "There is research that says"... followed by not mentioning what research, by whom, when and how it was conducted as some sort of proof for all the statements afterwards.
In my native language; Ohafia of Igbo Langugage, motorbike is named according to the sound it makes, “Ekpepkere”. Many are testifying the same here and that shows how similar the human minds work.
aboutthetruthmedia organization as a Black person in America who’s lived in the uk just stop. Just because you’re world view gets challenged and theBBC isn’t afraid to call out bigotry and hatred when they see it doesn’t mean they are distorting reality...truth is truth.
Hello guys. I am a Tamilian - a ancient race from India. After seeing this video, I feel a lot of words are connected to my language Tamil. I hope some research scholar will find the connect.
Yes Even though I am a Telugu guy, I understand Tamil, and I was genuinely shocked to the language the old guy is speaking. Many of the words sound Tamil. And TBH the old man looks a bit Indian too.
Thank you from outback south australia ... need more of this as many aussies are stuck in big cities and have not been exposed to true Australian culture and spirit. Also our pride for the world to see
There were over 250 languages spoken by Aboriginies before it was colonised, all Aboriginies were nomadic and didn't have civilisation therefore because they were restricted to smaller tribes there was not one official language really that prevailed throughout. I guess this language would have been the most spoken out of all of them though. It's good to keep the languages going though.
She said Gayi gayi means Grandma. Reminds of isiZulu, where Gogo means Grandma. Even that uncle's word for car is similar to another Southern African tribe called the Tswana and they call a car " koloyi ".
@@michaelbutson9235 চুপ কর, বোকাচোদা। India has more written languages and scripts than you have fingers in your hands combined with the toes of your feet.
Studying aboard Australia for over one year, I was incredibly enchanted by the traditional culture. Many people out there are passionate, friendly and loquacious. I'm from China. Nonetheless, I was impressed by many people living in Australia as they have never taken me as strangers. That people truely appreciated all forms of nations in the world is respectable.
Up to 30% of Australia's population are immigrants, the highest of any nation with more than 1 million people. I like to think our diverse history makes us an especially tolerant people. I'm glad you enjoyed my country, and the culture of the traditional custodians of our land.
My great grandmother spoke Scottish Gaelic as her main language. She would have been born in the highlands around 1860-70. You really have to make an effort at a government level I think as I'm an example of a family that will have spoken the same language for thousands of years and it went from my great-grandmother speaking it as her first language to my granddad speaking as his second language to my dad not speaking a word of it. A total loss of culture and language in two generations.
I love when he said everything has language,they were the true ecologist who not even understand the nature but they submerged themselves into the nature
This is awesome! I'm Welsh and sometimes in the history of our language, it has been a problem if someone spoke it (in schools at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, if a child spoke Welsh, they had to wear a 'Welsh not' around their necks all day, as a punishment). Hope this language is revived fully and many thousands of people speak it, to keep it alive!
Aboriginals should remember thei langua, also english dominance should stop so vi need not use their langua in international things, ther should be a constryucted langua for that, so enlish should learn it too and everyone keeps their own langua in their own land.
Really most of the people think that UK has only English as a language... When people here in India hears about UK they don't know that it comprises of Welsh and Scotland.... We mostly think that UK is homogenous in ethnicity....
One side of a multifaceted story. English was itself suppressed and driven underground by French for hundreds of years, in England. That it survived is because it's so adaptable, a mongrel where everyone has a home if they want. English is fluid and friendly, many dialects, accents, pidgins and creoles. But it didn't have an easy start. You were not even a second class citizen in England when the French took over and imposed their ways upon the land and its language. Olde English was beautiful and we lost many words, phrases and sayings in the transition to a Latin base.
@@acetate909 "Forgotten"? I personally believe it is infinitely wise of them to cherish and uphold their heritage, no matter how little of it remains still. Wise people.
@@acetate909 we answered this question at school . Every language has its own character and it's own opinion about the world . Every language is like a living organism that has different opinions and ways of thinking . By losing one language you lose the variety of opinions that express different opinions about our world and society
@@acetate909 They value their wonderful heritage and culture. That will always be infinitely wise, in my humble view. Don't know why that bothers you so much. I simply will not sway from this view. Good day.
@iuvenis animo Completely true. Apparently, King George III wanted to only hold onto the 13 Colonies and leave the rest of the land to the natives. It was the Americans after the revolution that got trigger happy and sucked up as much land as possible. I don't blame them, we the British have done terrible things.
Tapan Sharma yah those ancient tribes of India are very genetically similar to those native to Australia, these people groups were some of the first to leave Africa, it's amazing that some still live on today , yet sadly these indigenous populations are growing smaller. If you're interested the CZcams channel Masaman does great videos on the topic. Peace
Mate i know that tamil is not the only south Indian language malayalam kannada telugu are also south Indian languages, I was talking about your comment saying " as a tamilan I fell they are related to us" tamilans are not the only dravidians out there
@@shhhhh6873 they may have derived from tamil but they are separate languages apart from malayalam none of the other dravidian languages even sound like tamil
I’m from the Aboriginal Village of Kedijjee in Canada. I can’t find anything online on the Kedijen Peoples which is sad so I am here to share. Most of the original Kedijen people were pushed out of Greenland by Europeans and forced deep into the Canadian arctic. I speak a variant of Keeduspauq that is mixed with Dutch and English. Other variants are spoken around the village too, the most different being Chepdusuaq. Words like Mesqauq (Hello) Kemuqutatuk (Goodbye) etc usually are the same within the dialects. However in Chepdusuaq, Mesquaq turns into Mésonnée, Kemuqutatuk to Chason-tontu. So European influence on Kedijen culture in apparent. The original Keedusuaq is long lost, the only trace of it being words the elders have to us such as Otutuq (grandma) Asuaqutas (squirrel) and Kisuaqdeuaqutasuq (Girl)
the racism in the comments is terrifying, good god. just found out about these people today and wanted to learn more about them and their culture, glad to see others also respectful of it and appreciative but jesus the disgusting things some people have to say is just heartbreaking.
Yep, and it's very sad / disgusting that ppl think like that and can't keep their nasty comments to themselves. I don't understand how ppl can act like that. It's hard enough as it is to be an Aboriginal in Australia..then jump online and to see nasty comments from immature racist ppl...like come on just give us a break!🙄....But thanks it's a good feeling knowing that other ppl from other cultures wants to learn more about our culture.😊
Kayla Lee i can’t imagine how awful that must be. i recognize that i’m privileged enough to not be judged for my race and culture in my country, and i can’t fathom how horrible it must be to have people acting stupid about it both online and in the real world. much love to you and hope that people learn to accept and appreciate others for their differences and unique cultures and lives rather than bringing them down for being themselves! 💖🖤💙💚
@@morcoroni Thanks. I don't expect everyone to love us and whatever...they don't have to but I wish they could at least have some respect, but not only to us but to everyone in general that comes from different cultures and have different backgrounds. Thank you so much for your kind words, it means a lot. A lot of people out there judge us based on what they've heard about Aboriginal people or our appearance. Sometimes it get as bad as us not wanting to be Aboriginal...but at the same time we should be and is proud to belong to such an amazing culture. Bless your kind heart, you're such a lovely person. A lot of love goes out to you!💕💕💕
Kayla Lee thank you :,) and i fully agree! racism is racism and hate is hate, and it all stems from people not taking the time to stop and think and consider others or ask questions and learn to respect and understand other people, i hope as the world matured more people learn this
In this video, at 0.09 the word tai chi is actually thai achi or achi which is pure tamil that means grandma Thai means mother achi means mothers mother in tamil
SSS PANDA EXACTLY! it’s not like the British accent doesn’t give them away! Lol I don’t get how people don’t notice that... they go oh no my accent is not “british” it’s Australian... just because they have a couple of slang words and small variation in a handful of vowels... anyways,thank you for pointing this out!
No, wrong. Many Australians have Irish, German, Greek, Italian, Arab, Chinese or Vietnamese ancenstry. Calling all these people British, when not even their accent sounds British, is just pig ignorant.
If it is Australian and American,they are so quick to defend that the Europeans living there are in fact Australians and Americans but if the person is Asian living in Britain,they are so quick to dehumanized them
Exactly like our Irulas and Kurubas and all. I ve been to Uluru to see and understand that world a little. And believe me, some of the aspects of their culture are very similar to Irula, Kuruba, Toda and all, in Tamil Nadu.
I am disgusted by many of the comments on this video. The Australian Aboriginal people are a beautiful people-group - imbued with all of the same dignity and rights you and I take for granted.
I agree. But come to Darwin mate and see that belief be tested everyday. It’s hard to keep faith in them when you see the shit some of them do everyday.
I saw a video recently about classes in Mexico teaching the original Mayan language, and I've heard from people in Ireland that Gaelic started being re-taught in schools a while back. It's nice to see that the world is making such an effort to preserve culture nowadays, instead of trying to homogenize it.
English is going to kill all Indian languages.. unfortunately, Indians ignore this fact and fight among themselves saying Hindi is being imposed.. Telugu is being imposed.. Tamil.. etc...English and christianity is going to hijack tamil language and its culture
They are the same, southern India first migrates to Indonesia when the land is connected due to the Ice age, Those people later Migrate to New Guinea and Australia, while the Indonesian got mixed by Asian people from Vietnam and Austronesian from Taiwan, the Aboriginals and most Papua people leave untouched, so they are technically still the same race as Southern India.
@@fakuri913 no India and Australia we’re connected to kumari kandam a continent so people are same but after ice age continent submerged land split and India joined north land to form Himalayas and Australia moved further east
When that man described "everything that moves is language, has language and cannot be described in words" is the same feeling shared by Tamil community on tamil language.
I think tamil and aboriginal are related I am from northeast India(Manipur) but I used to study in south India(hyderabad) We had teacher and student(who were my friends) from tamil nadu I strongly belive their is relation between tamil and aboriginal
they say it's been spoken for 10's of thousands of years but in reality it would have change a lot in that time.... language is always changing and being lost ... but it's still nice to see the cultural preservation as mankind is now going forward to a fully recorded age
Some languages stay the same, Australian Aboriginals were nomadic but generally the continent is empty and dry desert. Very few outside influences besides neighbouring tribes, Papuans and Indonesians travelled to the Eastern coast but the Miriwoong are from the far West of Australia. Odds are a lot of these words are tens of millenia old.
I have nothing but full respect to the Miriwoong people I love the pride they have that runs in the community. It’s difficult when languages disappear over time because as myself who is an Assyrian from the Middle East our Language is Ancient Assyrian-Neo-Aramaic, our tribe still teach the mother tongue that’s gone on for thousands of years for the next generation as old as it is. I totally agree with the part when its mentioned that being able to speak the Miriwoong language allows you to open a world of opportunities - all in all you never forget where you come from and where you stand as a person, it’s best to embrace who your people are.
I like how you guys are showcasing something that isn't seen today. Another great youtube video on this subject is 'Marie's Dictionary' on Planet Classroom Network. This video is about the only native speaker in the area preserves nearly extinct Indigenous language.
Wijab...jab jab means sound of water/liquid in Japanese...We say like “Jab jab oyoideru” means S are/is (sound of water) swimming....So you can imagine the movement of water/liquid without seeing itself. It’s the art of language.
It's terrifying how quickly ones land can be ethnically cleansed.
@Billonaire Riches
Yeah except people taking over you doesn't necessarily have to include genocide.
Of course people will die in battles and armed confrontations but once one side is victorious it doesn't need to wipe out the other side.
Of course cultural genocide and economic loss happens most of the time when a nation conquers another one. But that's preferable in a way than to be completely wiped out.
Only place i can think of right now that has conserved their culture perfectly after being colonized is in New Zealand (Maoris) even though they never gained independence.
Then you have places like Mexico who lost most of their culture and language and mixed with the colonizers.
Or even places like Ireland and Scotland who got the English language and traditions imposed to them.
And places like India who conserved their culture but lost millions and millions in terms of economics.
@Billonaire Riches But only western civilizations will try to cheat and sabotage others, instead of competing with them fair and square. Just look are China and the U.S. America is crying foul in everything China does as China is now starting to lead the world in technology and innovations while the US is trying to bring back coal jobs.
@Billonaire Riches Careful with that shit eating attitude... Might bring something unforseen upon yourselves. Guns and firepower aren't the only methods of overpowering. People just need to be inspired. Careful with that inspirational attitude you have there! Nothing more dangerous and completely devastating than an unseen determined enemy...
@Billonaire Riches Reading comprehension. Give it another bash. Read what I said slowly.
@Good Average it was legal to hunt them as sport until 1978 you absolute belter
Not only language...but also widped out most of the indigenous people
Yeah European wiped out a lot of indigenous people around the world a take their land's
@@johnhighwood7261 karma m8
@@johnhighwood7261 africans country occupated by british. Now africans take thier right from europeans
John Highwood
Sounds like the nonsense conspiracy theories pushed by Nazis and white supremacists like the Christchurch shooter. Do you care about that?
@@AAA-ft8gs So why are they moving to Western Countries?
I’m Aboriginal Australian, I wanted to share that there are HUNDREDS of different Australian Aboriginal languages, but only around 20 are only spoken a lot today- there’s not just one language and tribe. There’s hundreds of different ‘countries’ across Australia with different cultures within themselves. I’m from Kamilaroi, which is a large plains tribe in New South Wales.
Nice video, thanks!
I’m not Aboriginal but I’ve lived in Australia my whole life and I’m so glad you pointed this out because I know that there are going to people who watch this video and think this is the sole indigenous language in Australia.
@@elenirose4945 yup that’s what I was thinking 😅
I know this. I am white (Scottish/European) I play Yidaki professionally (but not traditional style) I demonstrate the instrument in British schools and speak of its use a a sacred item.
I ALWAYS use tribal names for the instrument and its uses, I also speak of the terrible damage purpetrated by my ancestors and how many tribes there used to be ..it's the least I can do.
I ALWAYS mention that there were many many different tribes, not just Yolngu from whose words I quote.
@@BaddaBigBoom Sounds like cultural appropriation to me.
@@aseriesoftriangleswecalltr6065 To me cultural appropriation is more like a white American dressing up in pseudo-Native dress as if it was a costume. This man here actually knows the Australian Natives and respectfully introduces their culture to British kids, so they'll be aware of it and think it's important to protect it. Doesn't sound bad to me.
As an Aboriginal Australian, it’s nice to see *some* kind comments ❤️💛🖤 thank you
how did your people exist in Australia for 50,000 years and never develop anything?
@@laki5717 developed a sustainable lifestyle that could have gone on forever without destroying the planet for a start. I’m not here to pick fights man
@@laki5717 what about a boomerang??
@@teleportedfunk lmaooo
@@lucymasters4910 thus morning i ask my dad why aboriginals never develop anything. he said ' because of their lifestyle, there is no need to'
Don't say european. Everybody know its you britain
@@truth803 France??????
dutch too
@@truth803 no French, british, scottih, irish, danish, and netherland like in South Africa
Marlène Y why include the Scottish separately from the British?
alot of butthurt redcoats
RIP all the millions of natives who have perished everywhere around the world
Yes the their sufferings are heartbraking
It doesn't surprise me anymore that Homosapiens is the only Human sub-species left on Earth.
@shreyan kanvinde Kya Hal hei? Ha, yeh such hei☹️
RIP To the millions of human beings who've parishes around the world. Stop with the bs. There's no race, no culture, no ethnicity which hasn't suffered.
deez nuts
There's approximately 6,500 languages in the world. The fact that people have learned how to communicate in so many different ways is amazing.
Australia was once home to 250 different languages. It was as linguistically diverse as Europe is, if not more
@@JamesBond-rb1lnaccording to many sources there were 300+ languages in Australia only few dozen are preserved today Europeans destroyed everything 💔
America had more native tribes
Aboriginals look like a lost race of human beings, they are very interesting, extremely strong and adaptable, incredible people. Hugs from Brazil.
@PrimaryHades colonisation hasn’t been kind to any ethnic group or culture throughout history, sadly Aboriginals are became victims of this, but that’s superpowers for you I guess, the brits were conquered for many centuries until they eventually rose up to become the biggest and most powerful Empire the world has seen so far, and in their wake left trails of destruction and death, I hope history doesn’t repeat itself but it’s a bit of a stretch to believe it won’t happen again, anyways I hope everyone can get along better moving into the future
@PrimaryHades ,they haven't been kind to themselves.
Yes they very interesting and their simplicity is awesome. Hugs from India also.
You don't know the truth, that's the problem. This is all propaganda. Aboriginal society now is extremely patriarchal, women have less rights than Muslim women. Forced teenage marriages to 40 year old men, murder, rape. Aboriginal men are lazy, habe zero interest in holding a job.
50,000 years being separated from the rest of us really shows. They are human yes, but less evolved.
The real australians..
king lehar Get ready for the comments.
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@King Alfreds Shieldwall It doesn't matter if they built a couple of buildings it's still not there land and never will be. The Europeans belong in their original homland.
@Phoenix Swooping Well tough luck now you know how the native Australians feel.
King Alfreds Shieldwall, You have said, 'I'm white British/European. My people built the modern world. ' Sweetie that statement alone simply shows your lack of education... Your credibility, if you actually had any to start with, was blown with that one statement of yours...have a nice day.
aboriginals look so different from all the other human races. It's super interesting.
I feel all native people from all lands look unique. but that may just be because we hardly see any depending where you live.
sadly there is so few of them
@@franklinQR they all look like jesus
Aborginal skulls also look quite different from European, Asian and African peoples skulls. Look it up on google, its quite interesting
Was gonna say this probably why they were so treated so bad
@@franklinQR look at your racism oozing out from you like some rotten pus. Disgusting
They look very similar to the indigenous peoples of South India.
DNA may agree.
I really like what that guy said about how if you have an identity it makes you stronger and you are less likely to feel like you need to commit a crime because you already feel like you truly possess something
they speak language up the north west and aboriginal crime is out of control - next theory
The natives in Australia look like an interesting mix of Indians, Africans and Native Americans. Truly magnificent.
They are Austroloids.
yes because its a hot climate.... the skin adapts to be darker to stop sunburn
@Khushi Bidhuri south maybe
I don't see the American in them to be honest. Just the Indian and african.
@Khushi Bidhuri north and south indians are same
Ironic how the BRITISH broadcasting company is now the trying to save the language 😂
The BBC didn't even exist when the language was being suppressed so it's an extremely weak argument; "muh British". Whatever country you are from has also committed atrocities culturally and physically
Bjorlam I’m British u idiot 😂
@@bjorlam8201 you missed the key word. BRITISH. it was us british who brought english to australia and now the bbc wants to help save a language that has almost been wiped out by the english language.
I'm sorry but if the language dies it won't end the world will it.
@@swishyswampy489 well if islam takes over, the world wont end will it? but we don't want islam to take over do we?
Thanks for this. Language is such an important part of who we are. It's so important to how we think and feel. We need to hold on to our heritage to keep our roots intact.
"language is identity",,,man that's such a powerful sentence!
Not really. If that's the case then there are 30 plus identities in India itself.
@@phoenixj1299 I am a Bengali Indian and we bengali people really believe in this statement that language is identity. It is only something which European race doesn't believe in
The saddest part is that although there are dozens of endangered languages such as Miriwoong displayed in the video, there are dozens more that have already been lost permanently.
Good, they’re useless lol
There is around 300 native australian language so it’s gonna be hard to preserve all of them.
I don't mean any disrespect, but I really don't see any point in trying to, artificially, keep language from changing and evolving. That's simply what happens with language. What is the necessity of keeping THIS specific language around?
@@jesussaves6625 i think whats happening is that theyre struggling to still keep the language alive, its not like they want to stop speaking the language its just becoming irrelevant to modern life and thats why were trying to preserve it
as sad as it is that we lost all the languages of cro magnon and neanderthals
I am a Tamil guy. For some reason I feel an unavoidable connection with these people. Love from India 💗
Happy diwali
@Vain V why don’t we share, it’s both of our homes now? What’s done is done, but we’ve made our own culture together, blacks and whites alike
watch this BBC documentary. You have your answers from 41:01 to 52:10 in this!!!! czcams.com/video/W_xTG6VXlIQ/video.html
People all african, so called south indians, australians are lived together in leumoria continent. That got sank into sea then the people moved to different parts of world. For example child said tac chi as grandmother. In tamil we called acchi for granny so..
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I am glad this effort is being made.
i grew up on Miriwoong country from 18yrs old,
Learnt some words and phrases.
i left there forty yrsago and never would have thought that language would be dying out, as there was such a strong presence of people speaking that lingo then.
Real Australians.............💯💯💯
Arunkumar R - not really. Australia as a a country was a white invention. It's a Latin word after all
@@danidejaneiro8378 those are real Australians.
@@bradley604 - not really. Australia as a country was a white invention. It's a Latin word after all.
@@bradley604 - thanks, but I don't need a seppo telling me my history. If Europeans had never arrived, it wouldn't be called Australia because Australia is a European invention which has only existed since 1901. It's a Latin word after all. Or did you think illiterate isolated hunter-gatherers were fluent in Latin and continent-naming hahahaha
@@danidejaneiro8378 I never said that dummy but what I said is basically the whites living in Australia are not original inhabitants but they are all Europeans who moved on to Australia in the past.
Wow indigenous Aussies looks like something mixed between Indian and African.
that guy tho looked like the lorax
@@jimmea6317 lmaoooo 💀
They are biologically closely related to the southern Indian, and the Easter islander. Artefacts found in the island were those of an ancient word similar found in southern India and Sri lanka too that dates back 50000 years or more.
@Jay Jay Who was it then?
They look like people from Eastern Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
Keep on!✊
I am tamil
And their faces are so relatable to us
Omg 😳
Dravidians are the descendants of native Australians.
Gondgwana desendance
Even i too shocked looking at them. They are looking like my relatives. Only thing they are speaking in English.
S,true, they look like my grandparents.
Greetings to natives Australian from natives Indonesian. We've been trading since ancient times even before the Europeans are coming.
Australians traded with Indonesians ? I thought Indonesians traded only with indians
ok PissMenn very cool!
@@prasoonkumar8131 Yes it was recognized by both Indonesia and Australia actually, they're Buginese Indonesian sailor and Aborigines from northern Australia(Darwin).
What did you trade?
Crazystuff nothing
BBC: "European colonisation wiped out many languages here."
THAT'S WHAT A BRITISH COMPANY WOULD SAY
@Vain V That's factually false, so why would you say something so incredibly stupid?
@Vain V 🤡
@Vain V 🤡🤡🤡 I'm trying to decide if you're funny or sad, but we'll stop here. You can go bait reactions from someone else now 🤡🤡🤡
BBC and universities stopped using the word pioneer and replaced it with coloniser.
@@ionidhunedoara1491 pioneering what? Genocide, the practice of destroying cultures and languages, and erasing history?
Shut the fuck up dumbass
2:40 "There is research that says"... followed by not mentioning what research, by whom, when and how it was conducted as some sort of proof for all the statements afterwards.
My thoughts exactly. I mean, the “language gives identity” part makes sense, but that isn’t research 😂
...It's a brief TV interview, not a dissertation.
In my native language; Ohafia of Igbo Langugage, motorbike is named according to the sound it makes, “Ekpepkere”. Many are testifying the same here and that shows how similar the human minds work.
Sometimes BBC comes back to their senses.. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
My girlfriend didn’t come back to her senses after she tried bbc:((
aboutthetruthmedia organization as a Black person in America who’s lived in the uk just stop. Just because you’re world view gets challenged and theBBC isn’t afraid to call out bigotry and hatred when they see it doesn’t mean they are distorting reality...truth is truth.
Bye now I’m going back out because I have a life and friends and I’m not a racist idiot like you
When you result to insults, the argument loses.
So much nope
I think children should be taught Arabic numerals.
Hello guys. I am a Tamilian - a ancient race from India. After seeing this video, I feel a lot of words are connected to my language Tamil. I hope some research scholar will find the connect.
My son looked this up and found there is a CONNECTION...
Unmaidhan nanba
There might already be videos about that on CZcams. I follow a channel called NativLang and it has taught me about how some languages are connected.
For example?
Yes
Even though I am a Telugu guy, I understand Tamil, and I was genuinely shocked to the language the old guy is speaking. Many of the words sound Tamil. And TBH the old man looks a bit Indian too.
They are unique, what a bless.
Thank you from outback south australia ... need more of this as many aussies are stuck in big cities and have not been exposed to true Australian culture and spirit. Also our pride for the world to see
It's heart-warming to see those beautiful children learn their mother language from their beautiful elders. Remember who u are . . .You are greatness
What greatness? Aboriginals have been there for thousands of years and invented nothing.
@@jimmydong8708 ok and
That blonde hair blue eyed white girl isn’t aboriginal, maybe like 2% lol
@@meep3035 aha bro 🤣 my brother is white and both of our parents are black we come in all colours 😆🤦♂️
TheKunsProject lol that girl is not aboriginal lmfao cope more, her dna test would at most say 5%
alternate title: the language australians spoke before being colonised by britain
true !
@karonic ゝ so your argument for defending colonisation is "they did it too so we did it".
one word : childish.
i love this title
There were over 250 languages spoken by Aboriginies before it was colonised, all Aboriginies were nomadic and didn't have civilisation therefore because they were restricted to smaller tribes there was not one official language really that prevailed throughout. I guess this language would have been the most spoken out of all of them though. It's good to keep the languages going though.
@karonic ゝ by common you mean britain and france colonising 2/3rds of the world?
My country of Papua New Guinea has over 800 native languages. We are facing the same problems. I hope they will still be spoken in 50 years.
She said Gayi gayi means Grandma. Reminds of isiZulu, where Gogo means Grandma. Even that uncle's word for car is similar to another Southern African tribe called the Tswana and they call a car " koloyi ".
3:05 Language means identity, well said. Most people in India don't realise that, end up imposing the majoritarian language on others.
Yet they don't have a written language. ..why
@@michaelbutson9235 চুপ কর, বোকাচোদা। India has more written languages and scripts than you have fingers in your hands combined with the toes of your feet.
@@Mrityormokshiya thankyou for that info but we must have our lines crossed some were becuse we were talking about Australia abarigerails. .
jaihind NatrajN yes i hate hindi ill never speak it
Everyone has right to speak and preserve there language .
Studying aboard Australia for over one year, I was incredibly enchanted by the traditional culture. Many people out there are passionate, friendly and loquacious. I'm from China. Nonetheless, I was impressed by many people living in Australia as they have never taken me as strangers. That people truely appreciated all forms of nations in the world is respectable.
What were you studying? Australian? What is Australian?
@@betelgezaa I'm an overseas student from China.
@@vincentlui1456 then you study English .....Australian language is the language of aboriginals !
Up to 30% of Australia's population are immigrants, the highest of any nation with more than 1 million people. I like to think our diverse history makes us an especially tolerant people. I'm glad you enjoyed my country, and the culture of the traditional custodians of our land.
@@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor since when Australians are tolerant ? What about atrocities against aboriginals?
My great grandmother spoke Scottish Gaelic as her main language. She would have been born in the highlands around 1860-70. You really have to make an effort at a government level I think as I'm an example of a family that will have spoken the same language for thousands of years and it went from my great-grandmother speaking it as her first language to my granddad speaking as his second language to my dad not speaking a word of it. A total loss of culture and language in two generations.
I love when he said everything has language,they were the true ecologist who not even understand the nature but they submerged themselves into the nature
This is awesome! I'm Welsh and sometimes in the history of our language, it has been a problem if someone spoke it (in schools at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, if a child spoke Welsh, they had to wear a 'Welsh not' around their necks all day, as a punishment). Hope this language is revived fully and many thousands of people speak it, to keep it alive!
Aboriginals should remember thei langua, also english dominance should stop so vi need not use their langua in international things, ther should be a constryucted langua for that, so enlish should learn it too and everyone keeps their own langua in their own land.
Better be glad that people can actually understand this comment then because it isn't in Welsh.
Really most of the people think that UK has only English as a language...
When people here in India hears about UK they don't know that it comprises of Welsh and Scotland....
We mostly think that UK is homogenous in ethnicity....
Need some welsh music on the radio singing in welsh
One side of a multifaceted story. English was itself suppressed and driven underground by French for hundreds of years, in England. That it survived is because it's so adaptable, a mongrel where everyone has a home if they want. English is fluid and friendly, many dialects, accents, pidgins and creoles. But it didn't have an easy start. You were not even a second class citizen in England when the French took over and imposed their ways upon the land and its language.
Olde English was beautiful and we lost many words, phrases and sayings in the transition to a Latin base.
The death of native languages inevitably results in generations of misfits.
No wonder the US has been struggling with itself since decades now. Even the emotional capacity of a person suffers i guess
Because of the pain and hurt that comes with it. The loss of something that was once loved and cherished
what a shit excuse lmao
The article that Olawsky authored on the Master-Apprentice program there is very important for my current doctoral research on Ishigaki Yaeyaman.
The are natives of lemuria
bring back forgotten Languages!
I love your spirit and attitude. Wise. 👍
@@acetate909 They are still speaking their languages and it looks like they aren't ever going to stop. Wise of them.
@@acetate909 "Forgotten"? I personally believe it is infinitely wise of them to cherish and uphold their heritage, no matter how little of it remains still. Wise people.
@@acetate909 we answered this question at school . Every language has its own character and it's own opinion about the world . Every language is like a living organism that has different opinions and ways of thinking . By losing one language you lose the variety of opinions that express different opinions about our world and society
@@acetate909 They value their wonderful heritage and culture. That will always be infinitely wise, in my humble view. Don't know why that bothers you so much. I simply will not sway from this view. Good day.
British invaded US. Cleansed the nstives
British invaded AU. Cleansed the nstive
@iuvenis animo i d not even reply just a dumb commie
Don’t forget Canada 😂
Also, don't forget - because of the British, you can sit at a keyboard on a comfortable chair, instead of sitting on a mud floor eating bugs.
@iuvenis animo Completely true. Apparently, King George III wanted to only hold onto the 13 Colonies and leave the rest of the land to the natives. It was the Americans after the revolution that got trigger happy and sucked up as much land as possible. I don't blame them, we the British have done terrible things.
@@Master13346 umm i dont think the UK invented computers
sounds like the language in the movie The time machine when the main character meets the locals in the far future
That language actually sounds like tamil.
In India we have tribes who have similar facial features like the man in thumbnail in a state called Chattisgarh..
Tapan Sharma yah those ancient tribes of India are very genetically similar to those native to Australia, these people groups were some of the first to leave Africa, it's amazing that some still live on today , yet sadly these indigenous populations are growing smaller. If you're interested the CZcams channel Masaman does great videos on the topic. Peace
@@connlaffan6232 they are Austroloid
Even Tamils look like him.
@@connlaffan6232 Yup. The aborigines are directly related to the first humans to leave Africa.
Rooster
All people directly related, to Africa. Australians are genetically distant to Africa
As a tamilan I feel they are related to us🤔❤️
Is tamil the only south indian lanaguage?
@@eldhosesaji2327 no
Mate i know that tamil is not the only south Indian language malayalam kannada telugu are also south Indian languages, I was talking about your comment saying " as a tamilan I fell they are related to us" tamilans are not the only dravidians out there
@@eldhosesaji2327 n many dravidan languages are derived from tamil.. N tamil is oldest of all other southindian languages
@@shhhhh6873 they may have derived from tamil but they are separate languages apart from malayalam none of the other dravidian languages even sound like tamil
Australian natives are super unique human beings.
I’m from the Aboriginal Village of Kedijjee in Canada. I can’t find anything online on the Kedijen Peoples which is sad so I am here to share. Most of the original Kedijen people were pushed out of Greenland by Europeans and forced deep into the Canadian arctic. I speak a variant of Keeduspauq that is mixed with Dutch and English. Other variants are spoken around the village too, the most different being Chepdusuaq. Words like Mesqauq (Hello) Kemuqutatuk (Goodbye) etc usually are the same within the dialects. However in Chepdusuaq, Mesquaq turns into Mésonnée, Kemuqutatuk to Chason-tontu. So European influence on Kedijen culture in apparent. The original Keedusuaq is long lost, the only trace of it being words the elders have to us such as Otutuq (grandma) Asuaqutas (squirrel) and Kisuaqdeuaqutasuq (Girl)
Aboriginals look incredibly different than all human races.. intresting..
They look people from the Southern Part of India
@@santoshjudedsouza yeah i think it goes back to when australia was connected to india and they've been isolated since.
The phonetics is somewhat similar to Tamil(South Indian Language)
santoshjudedsouza No they don’t, not Kerala more Tamil nadu
I wonder how a mixed aboriginals look, it looks like a nice mix. Exotic
the racism in the comments is terrifying, good god. just found out about these people today and wanted to learn more about them and their culture, glad to see others also respectful of it and appreciative but jesus the disgusting things some people have to say is just heartbreaking.
Yep, and it's very sad / disgusting that ppl think like that and can't keep their nasty comments to themselves. I don't understand how ppl can act like that. It's hard enough as it is to be an Aboriginal in Australia..then jump online and to see nasty comments from immature racist ppl...like come on just give us a break!🙄....But thanks it's a good feeling knowing that other ppl from other cultures wants to learn more about our culture.😊
Kayla Lee i can’t imagine how awful that must be. i recognize that i’m privileged enough to not be judged for my race and culture in my country, and i can’t fathom how horrible it must be to have people acting stupid about it both online and in the real world. much love to you and hope that people learn to accept and appreciate others for their differences and unique cultures and lives rather than bringing them down for being themselves! 💖🖤💙💚
@@morcoroni Thanks. I don't expect everyone to love us and whatever...they don't have to but I wish they could at least have some respect, but not only to us but to everyone in general that comes from different cultures and have different backgrounds.
Thank you so much for your kind words, it means a lot. A lot of people out there judge us based on what they've heard about Aboriginal people or our appearance. Sometimes it get as bad as us not wanting to be Aboriginal...but at the same time we should be and is proud to belong to such an amazing culture. Bless your kind heart, you're such a lovely person. A lot of love goes out to you!💕💕💕
Kayla Lee thank you :,) and i fully agree! racism is racism and hate is hate, and it all stems from people not taking the time to stop and think and consider others or ask questions and learn to respect and understand other people, i hope as the world matured more people learn this
In my language (seSotho) the car name is also named according to the sound and its called "Koloi" almost similar to what the Elder is saying "Gorori".
In this video, at 0.09 the word tai chi is actually thai achi or achi which is pure tamil that means grandma
Thai means mother achi means mothers mother in tamil
so beautiful..
the sound of the language
They are the real Australians the Australians today are British
SSS PANDA EXACTLY! it’s not like the British accent doesn’t give them away! Lol I don’t get how people don’t notice that... they go oh no my accent is not “british” it’s Australian... just because they have a couple of slang words and small variation in a handful of vowels... anyways,thank you for pointing this out!
No, wrong. Many Australians have Irish, German, Greek, Italian, Arab, Chinese or Vietnamese ancenstry. Calling all these people British, when not even their accent sounds British, is just pig ignorant.
If it is Australian and American,they are so quick to defend that the Europeans living there are in fact Australians and Americans but if the person is Asian living in Britain,they are so quick to dehumanized them
Oh I thought nationality did not equal race? Besides, there was no concept of Australia before Europeans arrived.
@@Miquelalalaa Europeans arrived and exploited Australia just like they did to my country india
Very similar to Wales in the language department.
I turned captions on.
First kid said "my favourite word in marijuana is..."
I died for two seconds.
This man is looks like Tamil man
Yes
Actually tamil and the orginal Australian are related
Yes like irula tribes in Tamil Nadu -Kerala border.
Exactly like our Irulas and Kurubas and all. I ve been to Uluru to see and understand that world a little. And believe me, some of the aspects of their culture are very similar to Irula, Kuruba, Toda and all, in Tamil Nadu.
It is believed that Australian aboriginals are our true ancestors.
I am disgusted by many of the comments on this video. The Australian Aboriginal people are a beautiful people-group - imbued with all of the same dignity and rights you and I take for granted.
I agree. But come to Darwin mate and see that belief be tested everyday. It’s hard to keep faith in them when you see the shit some of them do everyday.
@@sebastianlodge7549 that's a very short term view of long term oppression.
@chocobonita they don’t even look the same wtf
@chocobonita Aborigines and Africans look completely different
@chocobonita Oh alright. Sorry, I didnt read the second thing you said in response to someone else.
I saw a video recently about classes in Mexico teaching the original Mayan language, and I've heard from people in Ireland that Gaelic started being re-taught in schools a while back. It's nice to see that the world is making such an effort to preserve culture nowadays, instead of trying to homogenize it.
Whats the background song tho, I was vibin
God bless you all for trying to keep this language and culture alive!
They look alike Tamil people.
English is going to kill all Indian languages.. unfortunately, Indians ignore this fact and fight among themselves saying Hindi is being imposed.. Telugu is being imposed.. Tamil.. etc...English and christianity is going to hijack tamil language and its culture
They are the same, southern India first migrates to Indonesia when the land is connected due to the Ice age, Those people later Migrate to New Guinea and Australia, while the Indonesian got mixed by Asian people from Vietnam and Austronesian from Taiwan, the Aboriginals and most Papua people leave untouched, so they are technically still the same race as Southern India.
@@ravinunna1168
First stop imposing Hindi !
Don’t worry about Tamil ! It will survive !
@@fakuri913 no India and Australia we’re connected to kumari kandam a continent so people are same but after ice age continent submerged land split and India joined north land to form Himalayas and Australia moved further east
@@vinushadoss4124 Lmao no, that's million years ago before human even exist
Mr Olawsky has a very good thought. thank you!
very good
This is a good initiative. Keep strong.
When that man described "everything that moves is language, has language and cannot be described in words" is the same feeling shared by Tamil community on tamil language.
lol
you are right. I felt the same way.
@@TheSmith645 nee ennatha pudingitanu solra.. Tharperumaiku artham therinchitu vada tharkuri..
@@preetamyadav7952 bihari
@@satanshameer690 I am haryanvi
Oh my goodness! These people look exactly like people from my hometown in Tamilnadu. There definitely must be some connection.
I think tamil and aboriginal are related I am from northeast India(Manipur) but I used to study in south India(hyderabad) We had teacher and student(who were my friends) from tamil nadu I strongly belive their is relation between tamil and aboriginal
OMG I'm Assamese! I never thought I would run into another person of NE indian descent here!
I felt a strong connection to Tamil both in the language and in the appearances...
The man looks so much like a South indian
Fun fact dravidians and aboriginals closely related.
Looks so much like a Tamil
Genetically they’re similar to adivasis.
The sounds in their language also kinda sounds like ours(Tamil)
I know many North Indians that look similar to him.
Fantastic getting it into the schools ❤❤
they say it's been spoken for 10's of thousands of years but in reality it would have change a lot in that time.... language is always changing and being lost ... but it's still nice to see the cultural preservation as mankind is now going forward to a fully recorded age
Some languages stay the same, Australian Aboriginals were nomadic but generally the continent is empty and dry desert. Very few outside influences besides neighbouring tribes, Papuans and Indonesians travelled to the Eastern coast but the Miriwoong are from the far West of Australia. Odds are a lot of these words are tens of millenia old.
I'm going to start learning the Miriwoong language, sounds melodic.
People look like Tamil. The language also sounds similar to Tamil. ❤️
Gagayi (Aayi in tamil means grandma) 😀
@@02abishekprasad91 also in balochi
@@BigMoney398 oh really?
@@02abishekprasad91 well its more like mom but we can also call grandmother as aayi
@@BigMoney398 oh nice brahui is connected to tamil tho but it's interesting to see balochi and yeah we can call mom aayi too
How many languages were lost when the Miriwoong-speakers took over other tribes’ lands?
Ok we had war with other tribes but we didn‘t wiped out entire cultures or Languages
Let the miriwoong language live!!!!!!!!!! 🎉❤
0:06 *Gay guy means grandma.* You heard it here first, folks
lol
Hehe
Hey look at my gay guy
XD XD stop
No you!!
anyone know about Kumari kandam ?
When the miriwoong people saw the first car arriving at Australia they were prolly like:
"Haha car fast go vrroooooooonmm"
Somebody missed the 3000 B.C update
And a few more, too.
"European colonisation wiped out ..." - Oh now it's European, and not British? Interesting.
It wasn't just British settlers. For example, plenty of Germans came to Australia.
Marc it was mostly north and Western Europe. I haven’t heard of Greeks or Eastern Europeans besides Russians who colonized
the pioneers of colonisation have always been the British... they are also masters of ethnic cleansing...
@Jay Jay Britain has always been the undisputed champion... pinoneers in those particular fields... others were just wannabes
@Jay Jay can't get more accurate than that
When first car arrived in "OUR COUNTRY".
@Vain V Pakistanis are the real natives of Britain, deal with it
@Vain V When are you going back to Europe where your ancestors came from? The evil that Men do live after them
in tamil nadu state of india u can see this type of aboriginal australoid people
Wow first time I hv ever seen this peoples tht look like people from south India ... incredible
I never expected this from BBC at some time this happens
I have nothing but full respect to the Miriwoong people I love the pride they have that runs in the community. It’s difficult when languages disappear over time because as myself who is an Assyrian from the Middle East our Language is Ancient Assyrian-Neo-Aramaic, our tribe still teach the mother tongue that’s gone on for thousands of years for the next generation as old as it is. I totally agree with the part when its mentioned that being able to speak the Miriwoong language allows you to open a world of opportunities - all in all you never forget where you come from and where you stand as a person, it’s best to embrace who your people are.
Goona.
@@opiumtrail7032 pussio
I like how you guys are showcasing something that isn't seen today. Another great youtube video on this subject is 'Marie's Dictionary' on Planet Classroom Network. This video is about the only native speaker in the area preserves nearly extinct Indigenous language.
Wijab...jab jab means sound of water/liquid in Japanese...We say like “Jab jab oyoideru” means S are/is (sound of water) swimming....So you can imagine the movement of water/liquid without seeing itself. It’s the art of language.
This language is similar to Tamil south Indian language
I am also a tamil guy but I don't find it similar to our language.
Name tamil la irrundaa yellam thiriumm
@@aravindhasamy7357 sathiyama enaku endha vaarthayum tamil vartha mathri therla nenga edha vachi solringa
@@prithiviraj3070 yavarum use panierrupangaa bro
@@aravindhasamy7357 tamil eh varadhu pola ungaluku XD
Africa loves you❤❤❤stay strong
❤️❤️❤️
I’ve always been curious about the aboriginal culture. Thank you so much for posting
0.42 beautiful voice
Lived up that way for a stretch , loved hearing the native tongue of the locals 🤙🦘
Just like we Jharkhandi people (tribal people of Indian state Jharkhand) call a bike - phatphatiya, it’s the sound that bike makes
Wo shabd pure desh me istmaal hota hai bhai..
Ye to hamareRajasthan me bhi bolte hai aur all india me bolte hai
Beautiful 👍