Arran MacDonald
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Brit Speaks Aboriginal Australian Language / Warlpiri karna wangkami
NOTE: This video does NOT contain the names, voices or images of Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander people who have passed away.
Just a short video to practice speaking Warlpiri, a language spoken by around 3,000 people in Australia's Northern Territory.
This video is an informal tribute to Kenneth Hale (1934-2001), the legendary linguist and polyglot, who passed away 20 years ago today. Hale did much to advance the work of documenting and revitalising endangered languages around the world (including Warlpiri, which he even learnt to fluency), as well as giving us a better understanding of their structure. Click here to learn more about his story:
news.mit.edu/2001/obithale-1017
For any of you who'd like to learn more about Warlpiri (or even learn it), check out these:
vimeo.com/pawmedia
brdu.weebly.com/original-lessons-1-14.html
www.pawmedia.com.au/
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The Sky Train: Tibet by Rail (plus Speaking Tibetan)
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A montage of my journey from Xi'an, Central China to Lhasa, Tibet in 2019 on the highest altitude train in the world. I try speaking some Tibetan at 9:12; if you're a native speaker (or advanced learner), your advice/corrections would be most gratefully received.
Kintail: Mountains, Glaciers, Tourism, Problems and Solutions (High School Geography Project 2014)
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Mandarin and Vietnamese: 20 Similar Words
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TO NATIVE MANDARIN AND (ESPECIALLY) VIETNAMESE SPEAKERS: Please pardon my pronunciation. Any tips/corrections would be greatly appreciated, thank you! 请原谅我的汉语发音;如果有错误,请告诉我,谢谢! Cách phát âm tiếng Việt của tôi không tốt, xin lỗi! Chinese and Vietnamese belong to two unrelated language families (one Sino-Tibetan, the other Austroasiatic). However, over two millennia of cultural interaction has lef...
Speaking Scottish Gaelic / A' Bruidhinn Gàidhlig
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Speaking Scottish Gaelic / A' Bruidhinn Gàidhlig
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Speaking Arabic / طالب اسكتلندا يتكلم اللغة العربية
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Speaking French / Gars écossais parle français
Speaking Chinese / 蘇格蘭人說漢語
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Speaking Chinese / 蘇格蘭人說漢語
Tianjin Scholars 2018-19, Weekend to Hongya Valley (Chinglish)
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Twelve Scottish gap-year students from Tianjin take a weekend out to see the longest glass bridge in the world, Hongya Valley, Hebei Province. 十二个住在天津的苏格兰奖学金生去看看世界上最长的玻璃桥(河北省,红崖谷)。

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @PumpkinMozie
    @PumpkinMozie 3 дні тому

    I’ve never heard of this language before. Even though he’s still learning it still sounds beautiful.

  • @manon9437
    @manon9437 27 днів тому

    👏

  • @FierDetreFrancais1
    @FierDetreFrancais1 2 місяці тому

    Bravo 👏😊🇫🇷

  • @malorybertie8046
    @malorybertie8046 4 місяці тому

    your Mandarin is excellent ,I thought the speaker is a Chinese from China .

  • @WarlpiriMan
    @WarlpiriMan 4 місяці тому

    Yakarrayi!

  • @notmyrealname01
    @notmyrealname01 5 місяців тому

    Your pronunciation is impeccable! Glè mhath! I enjoy reading Gaelic, unfortunately there's not many speakers where I live. The Celtic languages must live on

  • @j.obrien4990
    @j.obrien4990 7 місяців тому

    I've been learning Irish so listening to this was super fun. I didn't get every word but there sure is a lot of similarity.

  • @sallylauper8222
    @sallylauper8222 7 місяців тому

    English Vietnamese Chinese Pinyin 1. China Trung Quốc 中國 Zhōngguó 2. country Quốc gia 國家 guójiā 3. mountain Núi 山 shān 4. lake hồ 胡 hú 5. island hòn đảo 海島 hǎidǎo 6. family gia đình 家庭 jiātíng 7. dictionary từ điển 詞典 cídiǎn 8. black tea trà đen 紅茶 hóngchá 9. traffic vận tải 交通 jiāotōng 10. south Phía nam 南 nán 11. use sử dụng 使用 shǐyòng 12. prepare Chuẩn bị 準備 zhǔnbèi 13. modern hiện đại 現代 xiàndài 14. traditional Truyền thống 傳統 chuántǒng 15. culture văn hoá 文化 wénhuà 16. history lịch sử 歷史 lìshǐ 17. police an ninh công cộng 公安 gōng'ān 18. problem câu hỏi 問題 wèntí 19. place địa điểm 地方 dìfāng 20. thanks tri ân 感恩 gǎn'ēn From “Mandarin and Vietnamese: 20 Similar Words” on the Arran MacDonald channel I hope this list is helpful for some people.

  • @draoi99
    @draoi99 7 місяців тому

    Go mbá seacht fearr sinn ag an am seo arís.

  • @vernaparfitt9321
    @vernaparfitt9321 7 місяців тому

    You must have black fulla in you The home land always calls you back in ❤ keep up the Moorditj Work Ngoon 💕

  • @user-ov8bs9cg7k
    @user-ov8bs9cg7k 8 місяців тому

    Tiếng việt gần với tiếng trung cổ hơn ( có quảng đông và phúc kiến ) Quan thoại là ngôn ngữ cực bắc Trung Quốc không thể đại diện cho tiếng Hán cổ được

    • @lyphattai9808
      @lyphattai9808 5 місяців тому

      Có một số từ tiếng phổ thông nghe giống tiếng việt hơn tiếng quảng

  • @user-lu2ul2bc7p
    @user-lu2ul2bc7p 9 місяців тому

    Hello Arran

  • @owenbiljabu5256
    @owenbiljabu5256 9 місяців тому

    That's mind blowing 😮 we got white people here in Australia but can't speak our language they only good for running Aboriginal people down solut you will these colours ❤️🖤💛✊🏾

  • @malcolmmacnab698
    @malcolmmacnab698 10 місяців тому

    Glè mhath airson luchd-ionnsachaidh. Thathas feum ann airson tòrr coimheachd Gàidhlig ionnsachadh. Tha cuid mhòr de shassainaich a tha a' fuireach sa Ghaidhealtachd gun facal sam bith na Gàidhlig. Ionnsaich no falbh! 'S e m'abairt fhèinn.

  • @janetmiller2980
    @janetmiller2980 10 місяців тому

    Thank you. That was an interesting video. I'm learning Mandarin and Vietnamese as a practitioner of Qi Gong meditation, to get some insight on the society where it originated and communicate with a particular teacher.

  • @chelseapenguin6465
    @chelseapenguin6465 11 місяців тому

    How did you decide to learn Warlpiri specifically? :)

  • @BlueMoon-0506
    @BlueMoon-0506 Рік тому

    Hi Aaran I ended up here after coming across Kenneth Hales name as an American Linguist who learnt the Warlpiri language and was accepted by the tribe. The Wiki post said he had twin sons that he taught Warlpiri to, and one of the sons spoke at his funeral in Warlpiri. I have family Warlpiri connection at Lajamanu and Yuendumu but I don’t speak the language having been raised in my early years by my Gardia father. My mob are Jaru & Ngardi. So anyway my question is did you end up visiting Australia and how was your trip to Yuendumu/Alice and your meet up with the people? Thanks for taking the time to learn our language and culture. Ps, Sorry, I apologise I didn’t see that you had written about Kenneth Hale before I wrote this message but assumed there was a connection since the search led me to you.)

  • @lucascores
    @lucascores Рік тому

    As a native Shanghainese speaker, I was astounded to find out "hanh ly" sounds exactly the same as the Shanghainese word for "suitcase"

  • @lucascores
    @lucascores Рік тому

    Wow great work

  • @mikaeldangelis3062
    @mikaeldangelis3062 Рік тому

    this man pronounces Vietnamese words but still sounds like Chinese imo

  • @garthhunt7238
    @garthhunt7238 Рік тому

    Keep up the good work!!

  • @ghostland8646
    @ghostland8646 Рік тому

    actually a lot of these word here is closer to Cantonese pronunciation

  • @bensmith8815
    @bensmith8815 Рік тому

    Where is your accent from it's very interesting, I can't quite place it.

  • @thebestcountryintheworld6661

    As a Warlpiri men I like the way you pronouncing it well done on you.. pitjirdi nyaini karnpa wangka-mi Warlpiri-ji

  • @thebestcountryintheworld6661

    Nguju nyaini karnpa wangka-mi Warlpiri-ji purlka pinyi kana-ngu nyuntu ju yuwayi

  • @CairnsG
    @CairnsG Рік тому

    I understood all of that!

  • @kassimreidangus6813
    @kassimreidangus6813 Рік тому

    That was Really good

  • @didequen3339
    @didequen3339 2 роки тому

    With current Russia/Ukraine situation. I an opposing such thing okay. Just stay where we are. That is good for both :)

  • @D3ci
    @D3ci 2 роки тому

    Ameireaganach an seo, tha mi mu leth Albannach/Èireannach agus tha mi ag ionnsachadh bruidhinn air Duolingo. Is e aon de na h-aon adhbharan a tha an cànan seo fhathast ann air sgàth daoine air an eadar-lìn mar thusa!

  • @mikenicholas9017
    @mikenicholas9017 2 роки тому

    Nice to see a linguist getting into Australian languages. I noticed that you study many languages. Is there any evidence in language evolution which may support westward migration of some language, out of Australia, prior to British arrival? Or even from the ice age Sundah Peninsula and Sahul land mass? Westward travel across the Wallace line is relatively easy and Sundah was probably very heavily populated. It's submerging would have driven migration north and west I would think.

  • @missa5014
    @missa5014 2 роки тому

    Wow Arran.. I’m in awe of you and your devotion to learning dialect! thats unreal and so amazing to see.. Coming from a young Indigenous woman living here in northern nsw(Gomeroi/Gamilaraay tribe) I am connecting back to my country and learning the language myself, and it is super hard and takes alot of work, time and dedication! You should be very proud with your efforts, by learning language you open up doorways that allow deeper connections to First Nations and the lands beneath you.. super amazing to see, if ever we cross paths I’ll be sure to come say Yaama maliyaa (hello friend/mate) in Gamilaraay)

  • @nunganunga9855
    @nunganunga9855 2 роки тому

    Wow I never seen a white man speak that good on my language 🙂 I'm from nyirripi

  • @ussrwrestling
    @ussrwrestling 2 роки тому

    Native speakers 57,000 fluent L1 and L2 speakers in Scotland[1] (2011) 87,000 people in Scotland reported having some Gaelic language ability in 2011;[1] 1,300 fluent in Nova Scotia[2] In the 2011 census of Scotland, 57,375 people (1.1% of the Scottish population aged over 3 years old) reported being able to speak Gaelic, 1,275 fewer than in 2001. The highest percentages of Gaelic speakers were in the Outer Hebrides. Nevertheless, there are revival efforts, and the number of speakers of the language under age 20 did not decrease between the 2001 and 2011 censuses.[8] Outside Scotland, a dialect known as Canadian Gaelic has been spoken in eastern Canada since the 18th century. In the 2016 national census, nearly 4,000 Canadian residents claimed knowledge of Scottish Gaelic, with a particular concentration in Nova Scotia.[9][10] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic

  • @ussrwrestling
    @ussrwrestling 2 роки тому

    Шотландский(кельтский) язык - полумертвый язык - сейчас говорят только на островах к северу от Шотландии. Впрочем, если Шотландия отделится от Соединенного Королевства - явно будут приниматься усилия по возрождению языка. ))))

  • @cakesboo6554
    @cakesboo6554 2 роки тому

    Where did u find how to learn it?

  • @maryjames2786
    @maryjames2786 2 роки тому

    "Yakarra, Pirjirdi ka wangka, manu jungani, yapa piya" 💯% 👍🤜🤛👏...

  • @sharonburns9016
    @sharonburns9016 2 роки тому

    How impressive brought a smile to my face, I’m a Walpiri speaker as well my family expanding all over the west tanami, if you ever plan to visit I work for a company that’s does some volunteer work in Yuendumu 🙂 Also check out the Walpiri dictionary IAD press picture dictionary google will point you in the right direction.

  • @jeffondrement160
    @jeffondrement160 2 роки тому

    Sounds like Indonesian

    • @gtc239
      @gtc239 Рік тому

      As an Indonesian, it doesn't sound like Indonesian.

    • @thebestcountryintheworld6661
      @thebestcountryintheworld6661 Рік тому

      As a Warlpiri men I've heard that at school I had Indonesia teacher she said you sound just like me when you dragging the R

  • @imnotgaybut7673
    @imnotgaybut7673 2 роки тому

    wow I'm shocked

  • @natashawatkins2126
    @natashawatkins2126 2 роки тому

    Deadly!! Well you have friends now in Australia lol

  • @caitlinharvey8605
    @caitlinharvey8605 2 роки тому

    I’m living and working in Willowra. We actually sing that story at playgroup 😊

    • @arranmacdonald1442
      @arranmacdonald1442 2 роки тому

      Amazing! Wasn't confident enough to sing it here... the playgroup kids probably have nicer voices than me!

  • @marcellusenalanga8943
    @marcellusenalanga8943 2 роки тому

    Wow you speak better Warlpiri than I do. And that's my grandmother's language...

  • @riccomartin3436
    @riccomartin3436 2 роки тому

    Too deadly bro that's very good warlpiri I'm from willowra one of the four warlpiri communities in our warlpiri tribe 👍🏾💯💪🏾

  • @freddiejwilliams6574
    @freddiejwilliams6574 2 роки тому

    Amazing brother I'm a full blood Aboriginal man from central Australia northwest of Alice Springs warlpiri community call yuendumu

    • @arranmacdonald1442
      @arranmacdonald1442 2 роки тому

      Awesome, thanks! Always grateful to get feedback from the people who the language belongs to I'm actually staying near Yuendumu June and July this year (if all goes to plan)

  • @jinain
    @jinain 2 роки тому

    In ancient times, there was a kingdom of Nanyue. The Vietnamese split up from there. And the remaining people in South China assimilated with the Han people. Vietnamese and Chinese is Brother

  • @laorlinski3037
    @laorlinski3037 2 роки тому

    Nach eil ainm sasanach agaibh?, tha an ainm agaibh glè albanach

  • @laorlinski3037
    @laorlinski3037 2 роки тому

    Tha thu nas fhearr na mise air bruidhinn Gàidhlig.

  • @jupurru
    @jupurru 2 роки тому

    I’m watching from Yuendumu I like your Warlpiri

  • @m.g.4060
    @m.g.4060 2 роки тому

    i'm not a single bit scottish, but i think the language sounds pretty cool and i wanna understand julie fowlis when she sings, so i started learning gaelic a little while ago. just a few weeks. mango and duolingo are my saviors

  • @bigjo2163
    @bigjo2163 2 роки тому

    God damn, I have mad respect for you brother. My language for my people just north of the warlpiri people called Jingilu Mudburra. I can definitely hear similarities in your words. It’s amazing to see someone over seas studying one of the most ancient languages still around. May I ask how are you learning?

    • @arranmacdonald1442
      @arranmacdonald1442 2 роки тому

      Thanks very much! I'm learning mostly just with UA-cam/vimeo content -- heard the best way to learn a language is just to binge watch TV -- plus Yuendumu school have some online textbooks. There are also some academic papers about Warlpiri out there which have been useful, though a bit harder to glean from