Origin and Rise of the Thai

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  • What is the origin of the Tai-Kadai people and the rise of the Thai nation? A group which has been consistently portrayed in America and the West as the wise, exotic and mystic heart of the Far East.
    Today we will discuss the origins of the Tai-Kadai/Kra-Dai peoples and their modern migration and ethnogenesis as the modern Tai nations we see today. Be sure to let me know your thoughts on the modern Tai peoples and which Tai-Kadai group is of the most interest to you. Shout-out to the 0.5% of my audience with Tai ancestry. Thanks for watching!
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  • @pranjalboruah9527
    @pranjalboruah9527 5 років тому +176

    We Tai Ahom(belongs Tai Kadai family) from assam still trying to preserve our own culture and language.

    • @ANTSEMUT1
      @ANTSEMUT1 3 роки тому +9

      Good luck.

    • @deburgh65
      @deburgh65 3 роки тому +19

      It is great to hear that the Ahom still preserve the legacy of Tai family. Greeting from Thailand.

    • @aarkaybmer6329
      @aarkaybmer6329 3 роки тому +8

      We call you Tekhao.
      Love from Manipur

    • @MrRutbadan
      @MrRutbadan 2 роки тому +8

      welcome Tai Ahom, from Thai,Thailand

    • @yingyongarchongka1126
      @yingyongarchongka1126 Рік тому

      wish you luck

  • @Demographiaanthropology
    @Demographiaanthropology 5 років тому +85

    I like how this channel covers peoples from around the entire world and not just one region

  • @kiddydut
    @kiddydut 5 років тому +105

    As a Thai, I really appreciate this video. Thanks for making this

    • @BPD1586
      @BPD1586 3 роки тому +4

      As a 1/2 Thai, I agree. Not much taught here in the American public school system regarding Thailand...or most of Asia for that part except Japan and China.

    • @ถ.วัวลายตําบลหายยา
      @ถ.วัวลายตําบลหายยา 6 місяців тому

      Bai Yue/Bach viet tribes .Ethnic groups who inhabited the regions of Southern China.InThe local minority speaks a Thai language related to northern Thai, a language spoken in Chiang Mai! When I tried to speak with a lady at a ‘Thai’ restaurant south of the Mekong river, I realised they use words in common with central Thai like ‘mai’ (wood), ‘nam’ (liquid) and ‘phak’ (vegetable), but their words for greetings were totally different from central Thai (‘sawasdee krap’), and so was the their word for rice (‘kao’ in central Thai). The touristic concrete architecture is Thai-inspired, but there are old houses with Thai style too, and there are buddhist monks.
      If the current hypotheses are true, the Thai population of Thailand emanate from the Shan states in Burma which emanate from southern Yunnan.

    • @ถ.วัวลายตําบลหายยา
      @ถ.วัวลายตําบลหายยา 6 місяців тому

      "Bach Viet" is a term that refers to the Vietnamese people or the Vietnamese nation. The term "Bach Viet" (百越) is composed of two Chinese characters: "百" means "hundred" and "越" refers to the Yue people, an ancient ethnic group in southern China. The term "Bach Viet" historically referred to the various ethnic groups inhabiting the region that is now northern Vietnam.

  • @parthamohan5891
    @parthamohan5891 3 роки тому +112

    Lots of love from Tai-Ahom(Assam,North-East of India)...proud to be of Tai Heritage...Tai-Ahoms ruled majority of north-east India for 600 years....uniting the tribes of North-East with brotherhood....defeated mughals 17 times...we Tai-Ahoms have a population of around 15 lakhs in Assam alone🙂🙏🏼

    • @wuwangjingunderground4001
      @wuwangjingunderground4001 3 роки тому +7

      Meiteis of manipur were known as Lai-tais. According to the ancient chant from Lai haroaba.
      Its said tai people from yunnan came to assam travelling through arunachal.
      Meitei people came from upper burma to manipur to find new land and chose the valley.

    • @coolguy9076
      @coolguy9076 3 роки тому

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @wilsons2882
      @wilsons2882 2 роки тому +4

      now a minority

    • @SuperMiley1994
      @SuperMiley1994 2 роки тому +7

      I hope to meet more Tai-Ahom people in real life, I don’t think ive ever met someone who is Tai-Ahom yet. Im from Bangkok and my mom is from the south, my dad from north-east of Thailand. I am definitely a mix of different Tai-kradai groups and ethnicities.

    • @PROGAMING-sg2cp
      @PROGAMING-sg2cp 2 роки тому

      me as Tai ahom i m proud of it

  • @kevindasilvagoncalves468
    @kevindasilvagoncalves468 5 років тому +63

    Mason, please make another video about Brazil ! You know, that one lost a lot of its quality since the strike. Thanks!

    • @ReconPro
      @ReconPro 5 років тому +5

      The Neymar Empire.
      😃

    • @Masaman
      @Masaman  5 років тому +9

      You can still check out the audio-only version on my second channel. I have no idea what map it was in the video that got the entire thing taken down, so I don't wanna risk re-uploading it. Might revisit in the future.

    • @tulparkultigintengrikut8440
      @tulparkultigintengrikut8440 5 років тому +3

      Every brazilians is named "da silva"

    • @thegeneshistorian553
      @thegeneshistorian553 5 років тому

      Is that the new "please come to brasil"?

    • @Dragoncam13
      @Dragoncam13 5 років тому +1

      There's a running joke about the last name Da Sikla being cursed(don't really care for the joke)

  • @mytube9182
    @mytube9182 11 місяців тому +35

    There's one thing that is necessary to be corrected about Thai history. Mon people who was the indigenous of the land didn't declined and only became a minority ethnic. From nowadays DNA observation we found that all people of Thailand's DNAs contain Mon DNA in very large portion especially of people in the central plain. So in fact, most of the Mon in the ancient time were assimilated to speak Thai and the two cultures were merged into one.

    • @hasajada6863
      @hasajada6863 4 місяці тому

      No comments from anybody?😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉

    • @tsurugi5
      @tsurugi5 4 місяці тому +2

      I feel bad for the mon… forgotten especially in these western videos who seem to think it was khmers who used to live in current day Thailand when in fact it was the mon who had a huge influence on thais both genetically and culturally and in language( arguably more than Khmer which is relegated to mainly “ sophisticated” vocabulary”) and not everyday language.

  • @secretalias2264
    @secretalias2264 5 років тому +33

    I'm Thai and was standing around one day in the middle of Bangkok minding my own business when this guy walked up to me and struck up a conversation - I understood absolutely everything he said but all the words where out of order or sounded slightly wrong. I started panicking because I figured I must be having a stroke. Then he explained that he was from a small minority group in Cambodia and that he thought I looked like one of his people so he tried to talk to me. Thailand is a lot more diverse than anyone realizes, funnily enough all the groups that contributed to the melting pot around here started off looking similar anyway.

    • @czthjvv
      @czthjvv 5 років тому +1

      @Da Phetdala Thai language also has Persian, Sanskrit, and Pali influences

    • @Shel230
      @Shel230 3 роки тому +2

      @@czthjvv original inhabitants of thailand are black

    • @buk6199
      @buk6199 Рік тому +5

      ​@@Shel230 they ain't African, I can tell you that.

    • @ถ.วัวลายตําบลหายยา
      @ถ.วัวลายตําบลหายยา 6 місяців тому +1

      Bai Yue/Bach viet tribes .Ethnic groups who inhabited the regions of Southern China.InThe local minority speaks a Thai language related to northern Thai, a language spoken in Chiang Mai! When I tried to speak with a lady at a ‘Thai’ restaurant south of the Mekong river, I realised they use words in common with central Thai like ‘mai’ (wood), ‘nam’ (liquid) and ‘phak’ (vegetable), but their words for greetings were totally different from central Thai (‘sawasdee krap’), and so was the their word for rice (‘kao’ in central Thai). The touristic concrete architecture is Thai-inspired, but there are old houses with Thai style too, and there are buddhist monks.
      If the current hypotheses are true, the Thai population of Thailand emanate from the Shan states in Burma which emanate from southern Yunnan.

    • @ถ.วัวลายตําบลหายยา
      @ถ.วัวลายตําบลหายยา 6 місяців тому +1

      "Bach Viet" is a term that refers to the Vietnamese people or the Vietnamese nation. The term "Bach Viet" (百越) is composed of two Chinese characters: "百" means "hundred" and "越" refers to the Yue people, an ancient ethnic group in southern China. The term "Bach Viet" historically referred to the various ethnic groups inhabiting the region that is now northern Vietnam.

  • @killthecensors58
    @killthecensors58 5 років тому +119

    I have found the Thai people friendly, polite, and cultured. I really enjoyed living in Thailand and went out of my way to learn their language.

    • @goodluckgorsky3413
      @goodluckgorsky3413 5 років тому

      Leonard Carr what

    • @Dragoncam13
      @Dragoncam13 5 років тому +6

      Ladyboys are culture now?

    • @xXxSkyViperxXx
      @xXxSkyViperxXx 5 років тому +2

      55555555555 thai exceptionalism best culture intesifies*

    • @kitsakrai
      @kitsakrai 5 років тому

      Dragoncam13 I know you feel good when you imagine to lady boy.HaHa

    • @ventanu
      @ventanu 5 років тому +6

      @@Dragoncam13 Wow nigga!

  • @AvinashGogoi1989
    @AvinashGogoi1989 3 роки тому +34

    Although I am late to this video but Wow.. You covered the Tai Ahom people of North East Indian State of Assam. Many Thanks from a Tai Ahom.

    • @lov2us
      @lov2us 3 роки тому +6

      Warm wishes and good health to you from Thailand.

    • @AvinashGogoi1989
      @AvinashGogoi1989 3 роки тому +3

      @@lov2us you too, and stay safe!

    • @deburgh65
      @deburgh65 3 роки тому +1

      Great to hear from my fellow Tai family, greeting from Thailand.

    • @proffesserm6008
      @proffesserm6008 3 роки тому +1

      How is life in the assam state of india ? Are you guys respected ?.

    • @AvinashGogoi1989
      @AvinashGogoi1989 3 роки тому

      @@proffesserm6008 Sorry, respected in what sense? I cannot make out your question.

  • @DegenerateSharingan
    @DegenerateSharingan 5 років тому +67

    Please do a video on former Ryukyu kingdom of Okinawa ,Japan.

    • @Dragoncam13
      @Dragoncam13 5 років тому +4

      He wouldn't do just one kingdom,probably multiple

    • @user-hx1nr9ru1p
      @user-hx1nr9ru1p 5 років тому +2

      Weaboo.

    • @DegenerateSharingan
      @DegenerateSharingan 5 років тому +1

      A okay

    • @feliksu1530
      @feliksu1530 5 років тому +4

      @@user-hx1nr9ru1p Theres a difference between being a weeb and being genuinely interested in japanese culture/history.

    • @user-hx1nr9ru1p
      @user-hx1nr9ru1p 5 років тому

      Keep telling yourself that every time you beat off to cartoons. Go outside or something, you degenerate.

  • @DMJKraft
    @DMJKraft 4 роки тому +9

    Excellent, thorough and well-informed history of Thailand. Thank you very much.

  • @ejaaz7260
    @ejaaz7260 5 років тому +28

    My mother is from the Ahom community in Assam who as you mentioned were originally Thai migrants and the language used by the Ahom people even today is called Tai. (Although very few speakers are left).

    • @ejaaz7260
      @ejaaz7260 5 років тому +3

      chonburi11 okay the fact that you know this is impressive and you must be Axomia to know this much about the place. The khamti people are I guess considered a sub group of the general Tai people group. Oh btw they are also present in Arunachal and in Assam as far as I know their population is concentrated towards dhemaji and lakhimpur side.

    • @ejaaz7260
      @ejaaz7260 5 років тому +2

      chonburi11 well not really tbh. It's the same as tai. Not many active speakers are left.
      The Tai Khamti people are there but nowadays they mostly speak Assamese.

    • @larlar1824
      @larlar1824 5 років тому +4

      long ago all tai was the same family as ai lao . till chinese attack . then tai family was broken apart . some tai group run to northern of india . some run to the southern of china and somewhere else .still today many tai population are alot in soutern china . taiwan was the one . but they mix more chinese and speak chinese .

    • @parthamohan5891
      @parthamohan5891 3 роки тому

      Bro...thanks for sharing our history..means a lot🙂🙏🏼❤️
      Deuta tumar islam dhormoiyo neki bro...huda karone beya napaba akou🙂🙏🏼

    • @bittertruth6953
      @bittertruth6953 3 роки тому

      @@larlar1824 Bro Tai origin was chinese too , if chinese attack then its the same people and culture linguistically and genetically Tai is way closer to chinese with a hint of Black people called aborigines.

  • @hydralex2769
    @hydralex2769 3 роки тому +31

    As an American who's lived in Thailand for 16 years, it's interesting that I've never heard of the word "Tai-Kadai" because the majority of people in Thailand refer to themselves as simply "Thai." I love watching videos about where I grew up so thank you so much for giving people an opportunity to learn about a truly fascinating region of the world!

    • @chnbri3388
      @chnbri3388 3 роки тому +3

      Thais are not so into this history

    • @primzilledingyv9299
      @primzilledingyv9299 2 роки тому +4

      Thai is just one group of the Tai Kadai race. Others are Zuang of Guanxi the largest minority of China ,Lao people of Laos and so called Isamn or Thai Lao people. The Dai minority of South China. China is 4 civilizations the Han btw Yellow and Yangste , south of Yangste the Southern Chinese nations and ethnics , The tIbetan Western , The Turkic and Mongolic North west and the Tungusc Northeastern part.

    • @tinapham9780
      @tinapham9780 Рік тому +3

      @@primzilledingyv9299isnt Dai and Tai the same. Dai just Chinese name

    • @buk6199
      @buk6199 Рік тому

      ​@@tinapham9780 yes

    • @วุฒิศักดิ์007
      @วุฒิศักดิ์007 Рік тому

      The names in Chinese 傣 (Dai) and 泰 (Tai) are the same

  • @tyronechillifoot5573
    @tyronechillifoot5573 5 років тому +73

    They did the equivalent of cutting of an arm to avoid colonization

    • @NoirFan01
      @NoirFan01 5 років тому +22

      Siam negotiated away a lot of its non-Thai empire to preserve independence. But, Thai independence served a very important purpose. It was a buffer state between the two major colonial powers of Britain and France. It helped to avoid war between the two nations during the colonial era.

    • @noifurze6397
      @noifurze6397 5 років тому +16

      NoirFan01 and the Thai's did cleverly play one of against the other to keep most of they country

    • @siriyatiansakul8027
      @siriyatiansakul8027 5 років тому +1

      NoirFan01 no. There were many war one was Franco - Siam war.

    • @siriyatiansakul8027
      @siriyatiansakul8027 5 років тому

      Da Phetdala hello 😆

    • @siriyatiansakul8027
      @siriyatiansakul8027 5 років тому

      Peter Grahame we tricked you. Bcos u fool.

  • @rodom303
    @rodom303 5 років тому +116

    Do Vietnam
    The southeast asian video barely covered it

    • @thegeneshistorian553
      @thegeneshistorian553 5 років тому +4

      Indo-china. Its mame tells you a lot about what is it.

    • @Suite_annamite
      @Suite_annamite 5 років тому +9

      @@thegeneshistorian553 You don't know much about the area.
      It's name is *"Vietnam", which is derived from Chinese characters (越南) meaning "beyond the south".*
      "Indochina" was a bullshit term, made up by 19th century geographers, with no meaning other than to designate peninsular Southeast Asia, : *Vietnam evolved from China's south, and doesn't have shit to do with India much less the countries next door.*

    • @thegeneshistorian553
      @thegeneshistorian553 5 років тому +1

      @@Suite_annamite damn, i didnt know this. Thanks for correcting me brother

    • @neozeon2567
      @neozeon2567 5 років тому

      Vietnamese are Sino people

    • @Zhou-hu4di
      @Zhou-hu4di 5 років тому

      @@Suite_annamite in tai language, Vietnam means 'Viet' meaning to drain out or wipe out and 'nam' meaning water.

  • @abdeenn3
    @abdeenn3 5 років тому +9

    Masaman, as a Thai, I would like to say Thank you for your accurate and very detail analysis about us.

  • @vtron9832
    @vtron9832 5 років тому +65

    Do a video on the Papuans and their many languages

    • @thegeneshistorian553
      @thegeneshistorian553 5 років тому +2

      Deal

    • @MrAnperm
      @MrAnperm 5 років тому +4

      I was born in PNG. I second this.

    • @vtron9832
      @vtron9832 5 років тому +1

      MrAnperm beside English, which of the languages do you know?

    • @MrAnperm
      @MrAnperm 5 років тому +3

      Vtron None, I grew up speaking English in Australia . Most speak their tribal tongue plus the national common language, Tok Pisin (which is a Pidgin). English too if they have a high school education.

    • @MrAnperm
      @MrAnperm 5 років тому +3

      Vtron The traditional languages are so numerous and can vary from valley to valley. None really stand out except Motu which is spoken over a larger area by the people on the south coast around Port Moresby.
      My Mother’s people are from the coast of the Sepik region.

  • @烏梨師斂
    @烏梨師斂 5 років тому +61

    Very accurate and well researched video. :)
    As a Thai national that is also ethnically Lao (Lao is also a Tai ethnic group), the topic of Tai tribes have always interested me.

    • @poraggogoi7962
      @poraggogoi7962 5 років тому +12

      Tai ahom from North East India here.

    • @poraggogoi7962
      @poraggogoi7962 5 років тому +12

      @chonburi11 nope. My grandma used to speak a dilect that was a mix of tai and Assamese (the local language). I know a few tai words and letters here and there. But the government has failed to introduce our ancestral languages in the curriculum. The Indian government discriminates us and in general all the people of South East Asian origin, living in northeast India.

    • @TheKalihiMan
      @TheKalihiMan 5 років тому +9

      From what I heard, the Thai government prohibits official education in regional languages. I’ve even heard people refer to the language spoken in Isan as a dialect of Thai, despite the fact that it is a dialect of Lao. What is it like to speak a regional dialect in Thailand? When I visited the country a few years ago, it was pretty surreal to me seeing Malay Muslims in southern Thailand speaking fluent Thai, and I saw signs written in both Thai and the Arabic-based Malay script.

    • @Praew482
      @Praew482 5 років тому +4

      Pure Thai here 🙋🏻‍♀️ no Chinese or anything else mixed in my family lol

    • @nptsmirabilis
      @nptsmirabilis 5 років тому +9

      @Da Phetdala

  • @bazzatheblue
    @bazzatheblue 5 років тому +8

    My wife's an issan Lao Thai,she speaks Lao in her native region as do most of the people there but speaks standard thai when in bkk or other parts of Thailand.Good video.

    • @kittenastrophy5951
      @kittenastrophy5951 5 років тому +1

      Central thai dialect is the correct way to communicate among thais from different regions. Strangely as thai writing can represent the other dialects pronunciation but nobody has ever writing with their own dialect. They just write with central thai words whenever they start to write.

  • @rememberwhen7271
    @rememberwhen7271 11 місяців тому +5

    The Tai ethnic group is diverse and consists of various subgroups. Here are some of the Tai subgroup names in the mentioned countries:
    - India: Ahom, Khamti
    - China: Dai, Zhuang
    - Thailand: Thai, Isan
    - Laos: Lao, Tai Dam
    - Vietnam: Thai Dam, Tay
    - Myanmar: Shan, Tai Khun
    These subgroups may have variations in language, culture, and traditions within the broader Tai ethnic category.

  • @iraqimapper8625
    @iraqimapper8625 5 років тому +222

    Can you do a video about Tibetan people

    • @ReconPro
      @ReconPro 5 років тому +6

      Cool!

    • @gabinator3343
      @gabinator3343 5 років тому +2

      @Elias Frahat do you live in Iraq?

    • @tulparkultigintengrikut8440
      @tulparkultigintengrikut8440 5 років тому +13

      Tibetians are beautiful people with beautiful nomadic culture. In terms of culture they resemble mongolians a lot

    • @iraqimapper8625
      @iraqimapper8625 5 років тому +1

      @@gabinator3343 Yes

    • @gabinator3343
      @gabinator3343 5 років тому +1

      Elias Frahat cool where in Iraq?

  • @5ooshAshk
    @5ooshAshk 5 років тому +31

    Persians had quite the influence on Thai history, look up Bunnag Family.

    • @Santasei
      @Santasei 5 років тому +6

      This is quite true, I am an exemple of this influence being part Persian-Thai and Lao. My dad’s side is mostly of Persian descent and they have been living in Thailand since the end of the 1800 as well as in Laos since early 1900.

    • @secretalias2264
      @secretalias2264 5 років тому +9

      I'm Thai and my family has Persian heritage. We don't really preserve any Persian traditions sadly, those ancestors assimilated with mainstream Thai culture. As far as I know the main influence from this group is some loan words. 'Farang' started off as a word taken from Persian traders for example There's a lot of foreign advisers that were kept around royal courts, this is something Thai kings like to do. So yeah you had people like the Bunnag family but also lots of Indian, European, Chinese etc families advising and interfering in politics cancelling each other out. I would hazard a guess that in recent history the Portuguese left a greater legacy having introduced chilli to us. As a Thai, I feel this is a big deal.

    • @distone2480
      @distone2480 4 роки тому

      Secret Alias good. That’s very good. All apart of our plan

    • @Shel230
      @Shel230 3 роки тому

      @@secretalias2264 can't call ur self Thai if the orignal inhabitants are black

    • @thastayapongsak4422
      @thastayapongsak4422 3 роки тому

      @@Shel230 Persians are white, not black.

  • @lov2us
    @lov2us 3 роки тому +3

    You have done very good research. Fascinating facts and also well presented. :)

  • @nataliaregina3094
    @nataliaregina3094 4 роки тому +2

    Hi ya, appreciate this vid thanks! Nice to have a voice over instead of just music and text as with some others I've seen recently and it's a concise + informative

  • @mangc_hing
    @mangc_hing 3 роки тому +12

    Talk about tai Khamti people
    I'm from a tribe called Khamti in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh
    My language also matches with the tai kradai family

  • @bigbobwalker5527
    @bigbobwalker5527 5 років тому +34

    all I knew about Thailand was that's were siamese cats came from

    • @kittenastrophy5951
      @kittenastrophy5951 5 років тому +6

      and siamese twin Eng-Chang. Don't be confused that we have two-in one " Siamese twin cat"

    • @Uzifuzy_
      @Uzifuzy_ 3 роки тому

      😹

  • @StopFear
    @StopFear 5 років тому +35

    Although this is subjective, I think Thai food is the best in Asia. I like it because it has a lot of elements you may find in Indian food and the other are kind of foods you’d find in the rest of Asia.

    • @riangembeng
      @riangembeng 4 роки тому +4

      StopFear then you haven’t tasted Indonesian food. Lmfao.

    • @thanutv8288
      @thanutv8288 4 роки тому

      @@riangembeng Don't be JEALOUSY!!!

    • @nowyouhaha7011
      @nowyouhaha7011 3 роки тому

      @@riangembeng buu we talking about thai 😁

    • @riangembeng
      @riangembeng 3 роки тому

      @@nowyouhaha7011 I don't care if Thai food is the best, I love Thai food and It's his opinion, but Indonesian food is ranging from India to China as well.

    • @nowyouhaha7011
      @nowyouhaha7011 3 роки тому

      @@riangembeng no one cares and asks

  • @chatchawansukkha9421
    @chatchawansukkha9421 5 років тому +5

    Well done, one of the best Thai videos I’ve seen so far. 👏🙏 keep up the good work 😎

  • @Jartisann
    @Jartisann 5 років тому +24

    Wow.. I am Thai and I am impressed with your research. Nothing so far is incorrect.

    • @kittenastrophy5951
      @kittenastrophy5951 5 років тому +4

      He is wrong. he copied the outdated colonialism or thai patriotism version of history from หลวงพิบูลฯ era. We thai never migrated from China. Study the correct history. Since you can read thai , there're abundant of the correct one to read. คนไทยไม่เคยอพยพมาจากเขาอัลไต ใครเชื่อก็คงเกิดยุคจอมพลแปลก

    • @Jartisann
      @Jartisann 5 років тому +16

      @@kittenastrophy5951 There are multiple tribes/races of people that are mixed into the so called Thai people today. There are the Lua, Khom, Mon, and Tais, and other Austranesian groups. Many groups originate around here in the modern Thai boundaries, but the Tai group surely are from southern China. There are scattered groups of Tai speaking people in Northern Thailand, North Eastern Myanmar, North Eastern india, and Southern China, all of whom share the fair skin and more Chinese-looking features than any other groups mentioned above. Since ancient history (less than 1500 years ago)​, the ruling class of kingdoms in Siam usually had fairer skin since they were desecndants from people who originate up in the north. This was recorded by ancient foreign merchants. All around the world, nobody has fair colored skin in the tropics, so it must have come from other origins. The Tai part of Thai language also shares some striking similarities with Some chinese and Korean language which is very far up north. Anyway, Tai language of the Tais have won major popularity since the Tai tribe also won a lot of war against other groups and found domination over them. But due to political reasons, they intermixed with Khom and Mon and Lua people. Eventually, the mixes over 1000+ years have cocktailed into what you see today and call ourselves Thai. So.. It is correct to say that Thais did not migrate from China but rather was a product of blending. But if you talk about our language which is a Tai group, and a vast number of our blood and culture, , it is without a doubt from a group that have originated elsewhere.. And most certainly up north of Thaland krub.

    • @Jartisann
      @Jartisann 5 років тому +6

      @@kittenastrophy5951 And that information presented in this video about the spread-out of Tai group did not come from Jom Pol Por.., but actually from modern day anthropological studies krub.

    • @rittikraith7050
      @rittikraith7050 5 років тому +4

      kitten as trophy วีดีโอเขาไม่ได้บอกว่าคนไทยมาจากเทือกเขาอัลไต เขาบอกว่ามาจากจีนตอนใต้ หยุ่นหนาน กวางสี คนละที่กัน

    • @kittenastrophy5951
      @kittenastrophy5951 4 роки тому

      @JizzingTiger SquirtingDragon So What? Believe in what you want, it's your own brain.

  • @nanettie
    @nanettie 5 років тому +41

    My friend's grandfather was a government official in Bangkok during WW2. When the Japanese army moved across Thailand, going east to west, the upper class people of Bangkok moved into the jungle east of the city, against the motion of the Japanese, who were driving toward Burma and India. There, the nobility lived in a jungle fort and lived off what they could harvest from the jungle until WW2 ended. Then they moved back to the city and took up their lives. My friend's father told me about this, reminiscing about his childhood in the jungle. When he was old enough for college, he chose the United States because he heard that we eat hamburgers with our hands, and he didn't know how to use Western utensils.

    • @hub6490
      @hub6490 3 роки тому +2

      If he didn't know how to use western utensils that's mean he wasn't noble, we use western utensils since century ago when modernized country.

    • @nanettie
      @nanettie 3 роки тому +1

      @@hub6490 But remember he had to live in the jungle during WW2. I am sure he knew how to use Western utensils, he just didn’t feel comfortable with it. Anyway, that’s the story he told me. I know that his family is noble, because when his brother, who was a general, died, my friend’s father was in the funeral ceremony, and the ceremony showed their status.

  • @Demographiaanthropology
    @Demographiaanthropology 5 років тому +9

    Thanks for covering Southeast Asia, an area which is usually forgotten

  • @thespookyvaginosisnut5984
    @thespookyvaginosisnut5984 5 років тому +78

    I personally like the name Siam better

    • @xXxSkyViperxXx
      @xXxSkyViperxXx 5 років тому +3

      hehehe siyam means nine in filipino so 9/10 hehehe

    • @testotesto4245
      @testotesto4245 5 років тому +9

      In Thai nine is เก้า that homophone with ก้าว that mean move forward
      For Thai 9 is a lucky number

    • @jakepokemonman1227
      @jakepokemonman1227 5 років тому +12

      Do you know how much easier it is to tell someone you are Siamese rather than saying Thai? Every time I tell someone I am half Thai later on I hear them say, "Aren't you Taiwanese?". Deep sigh.

    • @eitoyamato7820
      @eitoyamato7820 5 років тому +4

      Thai is mean freedom

    • @siriyatiansakul8027
      @siriyatiansakul8027 5 років тому +5

      Da Phetdala oh you Khmer now. I thought u lao lol

  • @ReconPro
    @ReconPro 5 років тому +118

    Thai, you doing?
    🤔

  • @myjc2713
    @myjc2713 5 років тому +38

    My late great grandma's side of the family is from one of the Tai-Kadai tribes in southwest China aka Yunnan province. When we traveled to Laos and Thailand, my relatives can understand about 60% of Laotian, 40% of Thai. It's fascinating!

  • @sorryforwhat1301
    @sorryforwhat1301 5 років тому +3

    Nice vids man thanks from Thailand

  • @jhaarbur
    @jhaarbur 5 років тому +6

    Fascinating! Here are my usual suggestions:
    1. Reiterating Zoroastrianism and British Overseas Territories (aka. Inhabited Sub-Antarctic Islands), Maori/Chatham Islands, Australian Aboriginals, Cultures of the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Shetlands, and Orkney's (maybe Faeroe Islands/Iceland as well)
    2. I second the suggestions for Tibet, Vietnam, and Ryukyu Islands!
    3. Predictions on ethnic groups that might evolve from today's current events, especially the refugee crisis
    4. What if North America united into one country?
    5. What the British Isles would look like if the UK dissolved and separated into different countries
    6. ***I would suggest explaining the situation in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, as they are set for the world's next independence referendum in June 2019.***
    7. Jan Myen, Svalbard, and other lesser known inhabited Arctic Islands
    8. Republic of Indian Stream, Republic of Madawaska, Vermont Republic, the Aroostook War
    9. Seven Year's War-Why is it sometimes called World War 0 ?
    10. Pan-Earth ethnicity and a single nation planet in an (obviously) completely speculative scenario
    11. Insular Chile Explained/South EAST Pacific
    12. Who were the Normans?
    13. Scots-Irish (Ulster Scots)
    14. Greek Islands of the Mediterranean
    15. Tonga, Nauru-a deeper look of Oceania
    16. Bir Tawil
    17. Are there any Australian Aboriginal Americans?
    18. Illyrians, Thracians, Dalmatians, etc.
    19. Bermuda
    20. Mauritius, Reunion, Mayotte, Comoros, Seychelles, Maldives, Socotra, + a refresher on the Chagoss Islands
    21. Sri Lanka
    22. Esperanto culture and the real world cultural impact of artificial languages (include Neutral Moressnet [aka. Amekijo])
    23. The Mormon Kingdom on Beaver Island, Michigan
    24. Zulu Empire + Mfacane
    25. What if the Caribbean united into one country (aka. "Indonesia of the East")
    26. Mongolia and Tuva + People's of Eastern Siberia (take a look at the Ainu with that one as well)
    27. Garamante Empire
    28. Micronations of Europe: Andorra, Monaco, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Vatican City (mention the Seborga situation)
    29. Other Micronations: Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Lesotho, Singapore, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome and Principe, etc.
    30. Nepal and Bhutan
    31. Finland and Estonia and their relation to other Uralic groups. Why do they stand out as culturally different in their native regions?
    32. Georgia (country) and Georgia (state) done in one video to help differentiate the two. Not connected-and that's the point!

  • @MelodyFromTheHeart
    @MelodyFromTheHeart Рік тому +4

    Tai Kra Dai (also known as Tai Khün or Tai Khün Daw) is a Tai language spoken by the Tai Kra Dai people in China, Myanmar (Burma), and Thailand. The Tai Kra Dai people primarily reside in the Yunnan province of China, where they form a minority ethnic group. In Myanmar, they can be found in Shan State and in northern Thailand, they are concentrated in the Chiang Mai and Lamphun provinces. Tai Kra Dai is considered a member of the larger Tai-Kadai language family, which also includes other Tai languages such as Thai and Lao.

  • @aaronmarks9366
    @aaronmarks9366 5 років тому +5

    Great video, Mason! As a linguist, I'd be interested to know the origins of the Tai-Kadai language family. I don't specialize in that region, but articles I have seen suggest that Tai-Kadai likely has a close connection to Austronesian. One theory is that they were a branch of Austronesians that back-migrated to the Asian mainland (possibly from Taiwan or the Philippines) and then underwent a lot of linguistic influence from Austro-Asiatic, Hmong-Mien, and finally Sino-Tibetan, leading to the original connection with Austronesian becoming obscured.

  • @AnakWatanKra
    @AnakWatanKra 10 місяців тому +3

    Siamization also occured in many parts of nowadays Thailand, due to Thai victory against military campaign to neighbouring kingdoms.
    Khmer in east, Burmese in the west and Mon and Buddhist Malay in the southern Thailand. Now they all became siam by ethnicity due to strong Siam influence.

  • @kitfisto999
    @kitfisto999 5 років тому +5

    I kinda wished you could have covered the "Luk Khreung" and how it has had an impact on Thai society as a whole. Many Thai actors are of foreign descent.

  • @Santasei
    @Santasei 5 років тому +6

    Would be great if you could complete the Tai-Kradai with the addition of Laos as well. A well forgotten nation that has a majority Tai (not Thai of Thailand) population.

  • @RangKlos
    @RangKlos 5 років тому +8

    I'm originally from BKK but have been living in Chiang Mai (northern Thailand) for a decade. When my friends and I visited Luang Phrabang in Laos they spoke the same dialect which is totally different from what is spoken in Vientiane, the capital city of Laos. In Lampang there are two temples you can find evidence of battles the Lanna fought against the Burmese and the Central Thai (Ayutthaya) situated only 20 km apart, though those wars happened in different centuries. My point is 'country' and 'nationality' are modern concepts. Both do not carry much meaning going back a couple hundred years.

    • @kittenastrophy5951
      @kittenastrophy5951 5 років тому +3

      @Da Phetdala Lanna and Lan Chang were separate kingdom. This is fact, you ignorant inferiority complex. Lanna did the right thing to unite with Bangkok and now deserve the good karma of prosperity.

    • @ຜາລາຍລາວກາຍ
      @ຜາລາຍລາວກາຍ 5 років тому +3

      @@kittenastrophy5951 lanna and lanxang was not separate kingdom .it just has two name . lanna was a same family of luang prabang . this two kingdom has been protect by one king from the start . jao fangoum to xiyah sethathirath . and 12banna tai lue was part of lanxang .

    • @ຜາລາຍລາວກາຍ
      @ຜາລາຍລາວກາຍ 5 років тому +2

      @Da Phetdala siamese was lie to luang prabang too . to get victory over viengchan . even now siamese lie about the truth history too .

    • @FukcVV
      @FukcVV 3 роки тому +7

      @@ຜາລາຍລາວກາຍ Stop spreading communist info. Lanna derived Mon scribes and Speak Kham Muang (Tai Yuon) while Lan Xang derived Khmer Scribes and speak Lao. Both were Tai but had been always 2 separate kingdoms. Lanna was established by Mangrai in 12th century. You probably couldn't understand Lanna writing system and local phases.

    • @ຜາລາຍລາວກາຍ
      @ຜາລາຍລາວກາຍ 3 роки тому +1

      @@FukcVV communist ? i am talking about history here .. anyway what ever you try to denial . but i am not try to begging your lanna to love lao . i just try to be honest to history . tai is lao . we came from one place in yunnan . i can see you try to making up some history here while you being thai and good now . i think your knowledgement kinda short . ไช้ ใหม่ ครรรรรับ พี่ นอ้ง ครรรรับ . เญัน ๆ ไว้ กอน . เญัน ๆ ไว้ กอน 😄 16 จัง วัด ของ อี สาน นะ

  • @hirengogoi5895
    @hirengogoi5895 4 роки тому +5

    In the history of North East, India(Assam)......our ancestors (TAI AHOM king, Chouloung siu-ka-pha) came from Thailand, combodia, Vietnam ,Laos etc....we read in history that at first they used Tai language but now we used Assamese language ....and here other tai group's people (khamti,phake etc )living with us like brotherhood from the ancient time....but they used Tai language

  • @keepcalmlovedinosaurs8934
    @keepcalmlovedinosaurs8934 5 років тому +3

    I'm half Thai and have long been curious about the ancestral formula of my birth place. I very commendable and informative video you've made here. Good work.

    • @keepcalmlovedinosaurs8934
      @keepcalmlovedinosaurs8934 5 років тому +1

      @dek heay My mother is from Chaiyaphum, but she is ethnically Lao. I've been to the region and I must say it is radically different from Bangkok.

    • @ຂ່ຽດຊາຍ
      @ຂ່ຽດຊາຍ 5 років тому

      @dek heay your knowledgement are too short to argue with high educationer . looks like your are slap yourself on the face .

    • @ຂ່ຽດຊາຍ
      @ຂ່ຽດຊາຍ 5 років тому

      @dek heay if you don't know . why not learn from some one who knows . i look at your commentary are funny and stupit

  • @goyaskill
    @goyaskill 4 роки тому +7

    I love it so much I live here now, I'm part of that half a million farangs 😂 incredible country and incredible people. not everything is perfect of course, but I don't want to love anywhere else

  • @bulgarianbuddhist8747
    @bulgarianbuddhist8747 5 років тому +6

    Beautiful Buddhist Nation!! GREETINGS FROM BULGARIAN BUDDHIST BROTHERS AND SISTERS FROM THAILAND AND LAOS!!! AND HAPPY VESAK DAY(BIRTHDAY OF OUR GOD BUDDHA) !!!

    • @SP-vg5gm
      @SP-vg5gm Місяць тому

      Wow Bulgarian Buddhist 😮

  • @mrlabon123
    @mrlabon123 5 років тому +3

    Great video Masaman. Please do Bangladesh

  • @bobjuniel8683
    @bobjuniel8683 5 років тому +3

    As and Australia living in Thailand for 5 years I find this documentary well researched, informative and accurate. Please use 4K as we need Ultra High Definition to read the maps and charts. Titles on photographs would help us identify and locate things like that incredible temple on a rock. I have visited many of your locations and can identify them but your audience would benefit from titles. Subtitles of your commentary are also essential to help us get the correct spelling, although sadly computer generated subtitles are often so inaccurate that they confuse and mislead.
    I appreciate that your script is very tactful and sensitive yet honest and objective to this wonderful region of the world. Thank you.

    • @bobjuniel8683
      @bobjuniel8683 5 років тому

      chonburi11 The Hindu and Buddhist history, architecture, sculpture and painting is very interesting to me. The freedom to use non compliant transport, motorcycles, samlors, tuk tuks and the like is great fun, But I have bought a car for comfort and air conditioning. . I am treated with respect and the women are to die for. I can live comfortably but not extravagantly here, I have deliberately not learned to speak Thai, because of the non Roman alphabet and many difficulties in pronunciation I only use English. When absolutely necessary Google Translate, but it is not very accurate. No Thai language means I avoid discussing politics, religion and business, Sex is best communicated with smiles and the gentle touch. 😍 PS. I love the Sanctuary of Truth in Chonburi. Wonderful to see sculptors working with teak creating and restoring the temple. You would probably prefer to be sailing under the Sydney Harbor bridge and passed the Sydney Opera House.

    • @bobjuniel8683
      @bobjuniel8683 5 років тому

      I typed for hours but google/youtube say the operation couldn’t be completed. Com.google.HTTPstatus error 400. It is 3.15 am in the morning, sorry I give up.

    • @kittenastrophy5951
      @kittenastrophy5951 5 років тому

      @@bobjuniel8683 you just give up your own benefit if you're living in Thailand by not learning thai. Many foreigners found Learning thai is surprisingly easy if you can catch the principle and trick. I would say frankly you might take much longer time to be able to discuss advance things in Thai than to understand basic. So don't worry about that. ภาษาไทย ง่ายนิดเดียว

    • @bobjuniel8683
      @bobjuniel8683 5 років тому

      kitten as trophy your advice has merit but I am very old, nearly died last year, and I have taught my Thai friend a lot of English. With Google translate, “I get by with a little help from my friends.” I came came to Thailand to sketch and paint watercolours not to learn to speak Thai. But you are right, learning the language usually gives a very different understanding of the people and the culture. สวัสดีครับ Bob

  • @manashmohan5764
    @manashmohan5764 4 роки тому +10

    Love from Assam - to Pinong

  • @mr.cookie7308
    @mr.cookie7308 Рік тому +5

    The Tai people have a beautiful culture and history. Unfortunately, today they are scattered over many lands. At least they retain two nations today, Thailand and Laos.

  • @deepranjangogoi8593
    @deepranjangogoi8593 4 роки тому +11

    Proud to be A thai/tai from Assam india

    • @deburgh65
      @deburgh65 3 роки тому +2

      Proud to be related to the Ahom also.

  • @colinellesmere
    @colinellesmere 4 роки тому

    Good video. Very dense in information and judging by the comments all pretty accurate. Well done.

  • @annlee3158
    @annlee3158 5 років тому +16

    Slight correction Masaman. Tai sub-groups like Tai-Siam, Tai-Phakiyal, Tai-Aiton, Tai-khampti, Tai-Khamyang are residing in d state of Assam in India in very numbers, maybe around a few hundreds. Whereas Tai-Ahom has completely assimilated into d majority Indo-Aryan population. A much larger population of Tai-Khampti are residing in d state of Arunachal Pradesh. They make up almost d entire population of Namsai district in Arunachal Pradesh India.

    • @pankajsaikia67-d6s
      @pankajsaikia67-d6s Рік тому +4

      not indo aryan indo mongoloid people.....coz places where ahoms live are surrounded by Mongoloid groups or Sino Tibetan groups

    • @horizon5550
      @horizon5550 6 місяців тому

      Tai-Ahoms may have assimilated into the Indo-Aryan population. But, it is like 60-40 ratio. 60% ahoms still have the mongoloid features. And, due to it's massive population in large numbers, mongoloid features will persist in the generation's to come. There were intercaste marriages between many tribes and ahoms till today, especially in dhemaji, charaideo, tinsukia, dibrugarh,sivasagar districts which will preserve the mongoloid identity for all the upcoming generations.
      Tai-Khamti's of Arunachal is a perfect, balanced tribe with a greater population and oriental asian features. However, other Tai groups such as khamyang,phake with a few numbers have also assimilated into the Indo-Aryan features to some extent. That is a matter of concern. Ahoms have become more cautious presently, to this day after many Sukapha cultural center's established in different parts of upper assam. It is too early to say that Ahoms have fully assimilated into the Indo-Aryan features.Ahoms, with sheer volume will never lose it's ancestral mongoloid features.

  • @Demographiaanthropology
    @Demographiaanthropology 5 років тому +1

    Thanks for making this video about this very interesting and often forgotten people and area

  • @alovioanidio9770
    @alovioanidio9770 5 років тому +3

    A video about brazilian ethnicity would be great. It's a important subject

    • @Masaman
      @Masaman  5 років тому

      Sadly, my video over Brazil got a copyright strike, but I thought it had some good research and good info, so I uploaded the audio-only version on my second channel. ua-cam.com/video/dP72bTiRh5M/v-deo.html

  • @northeastbrotherhoodcomedy5282
    @northeastbrotherhoodcomedy5282 5 років тому +6

    I,m tai ahom .we never forget our tradition.we always love China.plz help our community tai brother.

    • @wudi2864
      @wudi2864 5 років тому +3

      dek heay China love Thai and Thai culture

    • @cryptocurrency5068
      @cryptocurrency5068 4 роки тому

      @@wudi2864 yes chinese love thai but not siam thailand

  • @ghostofthelostcause2744
    @ghostofthelostcause2744 5 років тому +21

    *Harald Baldr has joined the chat*

  • @NoirFan01
    @NoirFan01 5 років тому +2

    Thanks for posting. OMG. I have so many comments and questions based on this video. For now I will only mention one topic. There are characters in both the Thai and Armenian alphabets that look similar (to me at least). But, I don’t know if these similar looking characters correspond to the same consonants in both languages. I can read Thai but not Armenian.

  • @Aciek25
    @Aciek25 5 років тому +129

    0:34 Masaman is confirmed nine year old

    • @bereftspud279
      @bereftspud279 5 років тому +15

      He's doing his part

    • @thegeneshistorian553
      @thegeneshistorian553 5 років тому +13

      He's doing his part on subscribe to pewdiepie campaign

    • @duckyuu5900
      @duckyuu5900 5 років тому

      Aciek25 lmao i didn’t even noticed

    • @thehindumuse
      @thehindumuse 5 років тому +1

      T-Series will win, and they're not even trying. Nine year olds can only delay the inevitable

    • @edgarbleikur1929
      @edgarbleikur1929 5 років тому

      "DON'T LAUGH"

  • @barryirlandi4217
    @barryirlandi4217 5 років тому +2

    Masaman!! Any chance you could do a video the Cham people ??? The old Muslim empire of the Cambodia ..

  • @Alias_Anybody
    @Alias_Anybody 5 років тому +242

    You didn't mention sex tourism even once.
    Good boy.

    • @BALLARDTWIN
      @BALLARDTWIN 5 років тому +30

      I know right!
      A place where fat old men go to prey on poor pretty girls lol

    • @烏梨師斂
      @烏梨師斂 5 років тому +8

      Thats phillipines

    • @susanrhodes5681
      @susanrhodes5681 5 років тому

      Because everyone else has. It isn't on many people's agendas Alias.

    • @thegeneshistorian553
      @thegeneshistorian553 5 років тому +21

      Thailand is known of lady boys if im not wrong.

    • @Dragoncam13
      @Dragoncam13 5 років тому +5

      @@BALLARDTWIN "pretty" little boys

  • @dramit1815
    @dramit1815 5 років тому +1

    Fantastic video! Thanks masaman

  • @วุฒิศักดิ์007
    @วุฒิศักดิ์007 2 роки тому +2

    It's not just a tai kadai family I'm Thai. It surprised me a lot.When we found out and also ancient Thai people had DNA associated with northern Chinese people. (Thai ancient people are half Chinese). The latest information on ancient DNA ... Prof. Dr. Viphu also took a sample of ancient DNA in Pangmapha District, Mae Hong Son Province, 1,600-1,800 years old found that Pangmapha DNA has a 50% genetic ratio from northern China. This information goes into Thaipbs' UA-cam's topic of DNA, ancient people, cave-in.

    • @titonathdith1522
      @titonathdith1522 3 місяці тому

      The fact that Thai from the north have lighter skin tone and that the Thai language is tonal tells you that there is a Chinese connection. Southern and eastern part of Thailand has the Khmer connection.

  • @iROChakri
    @iROChakri Рік тому +2

    Thai people always live in today Thailand. They werent just called Thai. Thai is a nationality, not an ethnicity. Thai people ... mean people who are born in today Thailand. They can have many different ethnicities from Tai, Khmer, Malay, Mon, and more. Doesnt matter now. As long as you're born in Thailand, you're a proud Thai person. Thailand has come a long way and currently is a leading country in SEA right after Singapore and Malaysia.

  • @kalaiselvanramasamy3411
    @kalaiselvanramasamy3411 Рік тому +2

    I love Thailand. Hope I could migrate & settle down in Thailand one day.

  • @infinitydomi
    @infinitydomi 5 років тому +2

    I’m being waiting for this video !!!

    • @kittenastrophy5951
      @kittenastrophy5951 5 років тому +1

      You would be disappointed since 50% of his data is outdated study and incorrect nowaday. We never migrated from china ! for sure

    • @gamergenix5429
      @gamergenix5429 3 роки тому

      @@kittenastrophy5951 but u are still not natives to southern thailand

    • @kittenastrophy5951
      @kittenastrophy5951 3 роки тому +1

      @@gamergenix5429 What's a matter!? yes of course I'm still not yet, might be some day 55555.

    • @gamergenix5429
      @gamergenix5429 3 роки тому

      @@kittenastrophy5951 still not..u cant change history

    • @kittenastrophy5951
      @kittenastrophy5951 3 роки тому

      @@gamergenix5429 What's your history related to i'm not supposed to be native of southern ! ? So mashed up and nonsense at all. I give no damn, who care?

  • @shabadoo799
    @shabadoo799 5 років тому +3

    Can you do a video on "untouchables" of Japan and Korea? Burakumin of Japan and Baekjung of Korea.

  • @monenglish5476
    @monenglish5476 4 роки тому +1

    Hi dear, I am Mon people I was born in burma now I lived in USA, thanks to hear that.

  • @hxyzazolchak
    @hxyzazolchak 5 років тому +6

    How about a video on the touaregs? I want to see something on africa

  • @unkerpaulie
    @unkerpaulie 5 років тому

    Very interesting and informative video about a country I love, although you used the word "although" 20 times in your script (and 1 "even though"). Yes, I counted, kinda felt I needed to point that out. I love your videos though, keep up the good work.

  • @jayanths1221
    @jayanths1221 5 років тому +34

    3:34 - The Thai alphabets look eerily similar to Tamil alphabets of south India..

    • @topayistofail9703
      @topayistofail9703 5 років тому +11

      Jay the Khmer’s always claim that the Thai culture is a rip off of theirs / India

    • @yossathorntawabutr3144
      @yossathorntawabutr3144 5 років тому +7

      That isn't the Thai script they use today. It could be one of the ancient versions, like 500+ yrs ago.

    • @xXxSkyViperxXx
      @xXxSkyViperxXx 5 років тому +21

      all southeast asia has had previous old indianized script. even philippines farthest east has old baybayin script of indianized indonesian kawi script origin

    • @siriyatiansakul8027
      @siriyatiansakul8027 5 років тому +8

      Kush Kunte that’s true. Khmer and Mon were native of Thailand today. thai adapted the script into their tai language system. But Thai and Khmer are different language family that’s why we cannot understand each other language despite heavy loan words.

    • @keven9496
      @keven9496 4 роки тому +2

      Khmer language was basically derived from Sanskrit language (obviously each alphabet is still different from the original Sanskrit) , by times and the changes of generation , modern khmer become totally different from Sanskrit and 13-14thcentury that time thai still used Khmer language as their communication system untill they created their Modern thai language like we see today. Loan words from Sanskrit that khmer and thai people have been using mostly are not for daily life purpose .

  • @fc1280
    @fc1280 5 років тому +3

    I love this guy’s videos. He is very smart. But sometimes I get lost while listening. He jumps from talking about the core native ethnicities of a region to talking about European colonizers as if they had an equal genetic impact. I haven’t seen any dna tests that show people in Thailand with European or Persian ancestry. A lot of times these people have a very minuscule to nonexistent genetic impact on the places they colonized. He mentions that sometimes but other times does not. He agrees that different races and regions exist but then goes over board in describing the diversity in every place he talks about. Sometimes it makes me wonder if we really do have separate races and regions. I thought we did. But overall, this is a very good channel!

  • @ronaldinhogaucho2164
    @ronaldinhogaucho2164 5 років тому +25

    Can you please make a video about mongolians

  • @TommyStrength
    @TommyStrength 5 років тому +1

    Was hoping to see more coverage of the different races ethnic to Thailand, such as the northeast and the south races

  • @bjollnirbjordsen9795
    @bjollnirbjordsen9795 5 років тому +3

    That architecture is awesome, so ornate

  • @bebodhi
    @bebodhi 4 роки тому

    Thanks, this helps with some ideas to do some searching of my own, dealing with this country.
    Peace

  • @niamtxiv
    @niamtxiv 5 років тому +4

    Do a video on the Miao-Yao people.

    • @gorgeousg7296
      @gorgeousg7296 5 років тому

      tshav ntuj kaj nrig ur chinese, or ur can’t spell miao yao which means 苗瑶,你是苗族的?

    • @niamtxiv
      @niamtxiv 5 років тому

      @@gorgeousg7296 don't feel like typing in hanzi.

  • @swaminicksubedi
    @swaminicksubedi 5 років тому +2

    You should do a video about nepal. You’d be amazed with so many genotypes in Nepalese, with all kinds of languages/ language family. Please please do a video about 🇳🇵 Nepal

  • @Demographiaanthropology
    @Demographiaanthropology 5 років тому +11

    I always forget that the Negritos were the original inhabitants of the area but now they are completely forgotten, just like the Native Americans

    • @bigsouth010
      @bigsouth010 5 років тому

      Demographia because Asians are very very racist l. Which is wierd because whites think there superior Asians

    • @thespookyvaginosisnut5984
      @thespookyvaginosisnut5984 5 років тому

      Yep

    • @Demographiaanthropology
      @Demographiaanthropology 5 років тому

      mark brooks, wow that's disgusting

    • @the_Kutonarch
      @the_Kutonarch 5 років тому

      Huh, my comment was deleted...look in your heart YT, you know it to be true!

    • @everythingisaywillgiveyouc435
      @everythingisaywillgiveyouc435 5 років тому +1

      @@bigsouth010 in soms parts of India they do shit in the streets, but it happens in the U.S(Especially Portland), France and the U.K as well.
      Many Chinese people do eat dogs actually, I'm pretty sure the CCP has been trying to stop that but I could be wrong.
      That part was a joke I'm guessing.
      Uh I think a few people died from choking on octopus.

  • @darkangelw8472
    @darkangelw8472 3 роки тому +1

    I was adopted from Thailand by Swedish parents, when I was six weeks old, and Thais I meet think I'm mix race or have parts of native American in me, I'll be taking a DNA test. I'm pale in the winter time and get an olive tone in the summer time

    • @hub6490
      @hub6490 3 роки тому

      Thai peoples also pale in the winter time and get an olive tone in the summer time too.

  • @taiisan5669
    @taiisan5669 4 роки тому +4

    I am Thai but when I visit Taiwan and China. No one think I am Thai. I am real Thai 100% I just can speak a bit Chinese😜🇹🇭

  • @akbrahma7739
    @akbrahma7739 5 років тому +2

    Trans-Himalayans originated from North East India, Sinitics were first to migrate into China about 5000 years ago. Kra-Dai originated in south China, but migrated into North East India some 800 years ago.

  • @Demographiaanthropology
    @Demographiaanthropology 5 років тому +13

    It's amazing how completely replaced the Negritos have been, now nobody thinks of them when thinking about Southeast Asia.

    • @Demographiaanthropology
      @Demographiaanthropology 5 років тому +1

      Indeed@chonburi11

    • @filipinomarxist4178
      @filipinomarxist4178 5 років тому +10

      Demographia Negritos were geographically isolated like the Papuans and most pacific islanders. They didn’t play a significant part in the development of the region’s identity. They are definitely an interesting group though.

    • @Demographiaanthropology
      @Demographiaanthropology 5 років тому

      agreed@@filipinomarxist4178

    • @diouranke
      @diouranke 5 років тому

      Many People know they just choose to omit them

    • @Demographiaanthropology
      @Demographiaanthropology 5 років тому

      but not outside southeast asia nafisah oury bah

  • @figliodihades
    @figliodihades 5 років тому +1

    Could you do Colombia please? Everything always seems to be the bad stuff, would be refreshing and informational.

  • @aaronmarks9366
    @aaronmarks9366 5 років тому +22

    I'd love to see a video specifically about the Zhuang. They're a huge minority in China, but almost completely unknown in the Western world.

    • @rickr9435
      @rickr9435 5 років тому

      they like singing in the mountain

    • @rickr9435
      @rickr9435 5 років тому +2

      Jacky Phantom how do you identifly "the original phenotype” of Zhuang people? And Zhuang people are Chinese anyway.
      Cantonese people have heritage from both Han and Baiyue, mostly han for the paternal side and Baiyue for the maternal side. that's a historical fact, by records and dna test.

    • @vanthanhnguyen9184
      @vanthanhnguyen9184 5 років тому

      @Jacky Phantom vietnamese peoples ? 😆😆😆 they are original Khmer peoples and champa peoples in southern vietnam 😆😆😆.😝😝😝

    • @vanthanhnguyen9184
      @vanthanhnguyen9184 5 років тому

      @Jacky Phantom gene y- adn halogens vietnam have 40% o3 ,10% c3,3 % N,2%02 b,30% o2m88. O2 m95 is mon Khmer. Original of vietnamese peoples from north viet nam ( kinh peoples) not from southern vietnam, in southern vietnam they are original champa, Khmer peoples Chinese peoples mixed. 😆😆😆😜😜😜😜.

    • @vanthanhnguyen9184
      @vanthanhnguyen9184 5 років тому

      @Jacky Phantom 😆😆😆😆 kinh peoples from north viet nam.

  • @YourAverageHikikomori
    @YourAverageHikikomori 5 років тому

    i love your work!! Keep it up!!

  • @z0phi3l
    @z0phi3l 5 років тому +4

    Beautiful country, bit hot for my liking
    Was there in 92 for about a month

  • @AdoptedCats
    @AdoptedCats 3 роки тому +1

    07:02 That's Hirohito, Japanese Emperor on the bottom right side.
    How did you get that picture ???
    Hirohito is the Fighting Emperor of Jipang.

  • @chanonwisanmongkol2254
    @chanonwisanmongkol2254 Рік тому +3

    Basically Thai (Tai-Siam) doesn't look like Chinese at all. They look much more like Filipino .South China never had a people like this but now a lot of Thai people look like Chinese because of Chinese migration.

    • @chnbri3388
      @chnbri3388 11 місяців тому +2

      thais today look cambodian because most of us have cambodian and mon DNA. we came to their land remember. but also yes filipinos also look same as us lol

    • @tsurugi5
      @tsurugi5 8 місяців тому +3

      original tais are lighter skinned, see laos and northern thais are naturally fairer with no han and purer tai admixture. Central thais are rural workers and native intermixed with mon khmer malay which is why they are darker

  • @DarrenChen
    @DarrenChen 5 років тому

    I enjoyed this very much!

  • @MaaMeethecouple
    @MaaMeethecouple 3 роки тому +13

    Historically, the original Vietnamese(Kinh) before been ruled by Han-Chinese were considered as an Austro-Asiatic ethnic which is the same group as Cambodian(Mon-khmer). Both Vietnamese (Kinh) and Cambodian (Khmer) are originated in Southeas Asia around Red River Delta and are native of Southeast Asia. The thing that makes Vietnamese(Kinh) a little bit diffrent from Cambodian (Khmer) and other Mon-Khmer ethnics is that they have been colonized by Han-Chinese for around 1000 years (from 111 B.C. to 980 A.D.) So that explains why today they looks a little bit diffrent from other Austro-Asiatic (Mon-khmer) ethnics and also why their culture you are seeing today is heavily influenced by Han-Chinese culture. Modern day Vietnamese are basically product of mixing between original Vietnamese(Mon-Khmer) Southeast asian aboriginal and the Chinese(Han) colonizer.
    The Thai(Dai) on another hand has much more northerners origin than the Vietnamese (Kinh) does, also are genetically related to Northeast Asian more than the Vietnamese.
    Thai(Dai) were originated in South of China and are considered as a Tai-Kadai ethnic, they were not aboriginal of Southeast Asia like the Vietnamese and Cambodian. The Thai(Dai) moved down to Southeast Asia(modern day Thailand and Laos) in 13th century during the Mongol expansion of Asia (Genghis Khan era).
    The original Tai/Dai(majority ethic of Thailand and Laos) are genetically closely related to Zhuang and people in Sichuan and Yunnan of China. Tai/Dai historically were never been directly colonized by Han-Chinese just like Hmong, Zhuang and many other minority ethnicites of China dispite originally related genetically, geographically and ingunistically, so this is the reason why culturally Thai and Laotian modern day culture aren't close to Han-Chinese culture as the Vietnamese does.
    Also Thailand is currently world's bigest Han-Chinese Comunity outside of China, there are 9.5 millions of pure 100% Han-Chinese. Also estimated over 50% of total population are Han-Chinese hybird (30-34 million of people are Thai-Chinese). So genetically Thai are more related to Chinese(or Northeast Asian) than Vietnamese does.
    By the way culturally Vietnamese is obviously more closer to Han-Chinese than Thai and Laotian does, but not genetically and historical of origin.
    Genetically and culturally is diffrent story and have to be divide apart.
    The reason why modern day culture of Thai and Laotian are similar to Cambodian is because Tai-kadai people(during the age of migration into Southeast Asia in 13th century) were culturally less developed then the Cambodian of that time.The Tai-Kadai people didn't have any writing system or any knowledge of civilized advance achitechture which in comparison to the Cambodian(Khmer empire) of 8th to 13th century were culturally one the most advance civilization in Asia and the evidence of that is the Angkor Wat we all see today.
    During the time Tai-Kadai(Thai/Laotian) people moves down to Southeast Asia and went to war with native people of Southeast Asia which is Mon-Khmer(Vietnamese/Cambodian). Dispite the Tai-kadai were more powerful then the Mon-Khmer military wise, Tai-kadai had to borrows writing system and achitechture knowledge of the Khmer-empire and slowly convinced into Khmer culture sphere because Khmer civilization on that time were considered to be powerful and rich in culture. So this would explains why modern day Thailand and Laos are culturally influenced by Khmer.
    This is really the same scenario as how the Mongolian conquered China but during that time the Mongolian were culturally less advance compare to the Chinese dispite they were more powerful military wise, therefore they had to borrows writing system and achitechture knowledge and also many other cultural ideas from the Chinese then the Mongolian slowly get convinced into the Chinese culture sphere dispite being the conqueror with powerful military power.
    Here is a video that uses map to explains about all of the historical events in Asia which included migration/rise of power/fall of power of all civilization in Asia started since 3000 BC up until 2019.
    ua-cam.com/video/3S734SZ4bcc/v-deo.html
    It is obvious in the video that the original homeland of the Thai/Lao/Zhuang(Tai-kadai races) used to located under Yangtze river in China since 3000 BC(5000 years ago). While at the same time the Sinitic people(Han-Chinese) was originated on top of the Yangtze river(Nearby Korean).
    Now as for Austronesian races(Malaysian, Indonesian, Filipino) they were originated in Taiwan island and then migrates into The Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia in around 2200BC(4200 years ago). You can search "Austronesian out of Taiwan" if you want more info about this. The "Taiwanese aboriginal people" are closely related to them(and they are physically really resemble each other)
    Now it's time for the Austro-Asiantic races (Vietnamese, Cambodian, Mon). It clearly shown that started since 3000 BC, they were originated in Southeast Asia. Did they moved from somewhere else? Nope. Did they moves to anywhere(far enough) during the course of 5000 years time period? Another big Nope. This is a crystal clear conclusion that Austro-Asiantic races (Vietnamese, Cambodian, Mon) are the true native of the Land of Southeast Asia since the dawn of time. They were originated in Southeast Asia, and always been in Southeast Asia.

    • @Septem9th
      @Septem9th 3 роки тому

      =))))

    • @chnbri3388
      @chnbri3388 3 роки тому +2

      Austronesians and tai kadai was related and both originated in southern china, no people in the world has originated on islands.
      Tai kadai in south China has austronesian DNA and also austroasiatic, modern day south chinese han people has tai/dai and austronesian DNA too mix han Chinese.

    • @chnbri3388
      @chnbri3388 3 роки тому

      And also, thais got alot if not most of their culture and stuff from the mon people which was in central Thailand

    • @chnbri3388
      @chnbri3388 3 роки тому +1

      @Kush Kunte "native mon and khmer culture" you mean the hindu and Buddhist indian based culture lmao "native"

    • @chnbri3388
      @chnbri3388 3 роки тому

      @Kush Kunte you just mad and crying because migrant new comers wrecked little khmer empire

  • @sanneoi6323
    @sanneoi6323 Місяць тому

    As a Chinese person I have never heard of Tai-Kradai being part of Sino-Tibetan. The possibility of Tai-Kradai and Sinitic speakers being genetically related though, that I could believe.

  • @KJL111012
    @KJL111012 5 років тому +3

    Could you make a video about the Khmer people

  • @mykillmielia5640
    @mykillmielia5640 5 років тому

    beautiful pictures and fascinating story telling

  • @juliphukan5107
    @juliphukan5107 5 років тому +7

    Ahoms also have a connection with the Thais

    • @bg-theexplorer6197
      @bg-theexplorer6197 4 роки тому

      @Peach Peach nope u r wrong

    • @roryrrrttt6045
      @roryrrrttt6045 3 роки тому

      @@bg-theexplorer6197 not wrong

    • @juliphukan5107
      @juliphukan5107 Рік тому

      @@avusookay6743 Naga not Manipuri,i heard Meitei s of Manipur have originally come from forefather s ..Ahoms are brothers of thai but due to inter race marriage (Marriage with Alpine race ,Aryan race ,Dravid race )most of the Body structure,eyes ,bodies,colour and many things are changed ..

  • @hotdog8067
    @hotdog8067 5 років тому

    More videos on Southeast Asia please!

  • @theuseful2006
    @theuseful2006 5 років тому +3

    I don’t know history thai came from? But now I’m thai people and happiness in Thailand. I don’t care past times.

    • @theuseful2006
      @theuseful2006 5 років тому +4

      Da Phetdala
      What’s idiot? The idiot that you? Your brain? And your country? Bad attitude it’s make you mad like crazy.

    • @viktoraj221
      @viktoraj221 5 років тому +5

      @@theuseful2006 He is obsessed with Thai and Thailand in general, let that troll feed himself alone. He's Khmu-Viet-Lao mutt.

    • @nnt283
      @nnt283 5 років тому +5

      @@viktoraj221 good idea👍👍👍👍

    • @theuseful2006
      @theuseful2006 4 роки тому

      @Gold Shine
      On last evidence Thai have like move from Chinese about autumn and spring period 770-476 bc (2790 years) “Yue state” have language like thai wording and white skin and tattoo like Thai people on ancient period. And for the Sukhothai era. King Autong take the people and cousins escape from cambodia from Mr. Sweetmelon and building new city on y.1312 after 10 year he take army return to revenge on Ankorwad to desolate. After that combine Sukhothai to Ayuthaya. I known only that.

    • @ถ.วัวลายตําบลหายยา
      @ถ.วัวลายตําบลหายยา 3 роки тому

      Thai-Chinese relationship ua-cam.com/video/mFFPdKggljE/v-deo.html *blood relationship

  • @Mamimamss
    @Mamimamss 4 місяці тому

    studies have found that the Mizo people and Tai-Kadai share a common genetic ancestry.
    A 2019 study published in the journal "Scientific Reports" found that:
    - Mizo people from India and Tai-Kadai speakers from Thailand and China share a common genetic ancestry.
    - They share a high frequency of Y-chromosome haplogroup O-M95, which is a marker of the Tai-Kadai migration.
    - The study suggests that there was a genetic exchange between the Mizo people and Tai-Kadai speakers around 1,500-2,000 years ago.
    Another study published in 2020 in the journal "European Journal of Human Genetics" found that:
    - Mizo people and Tai-Kadai share a common genetic ancestry that dates back to the Neolithic period.
    - They share genetic affinities with other populations in the region, including the Han Chinese and the Austronesian-speaking populations of the Philippines and Indonesia.
    These studies suggest that there is a shared genetic heritage between the Mizo people and Tai-Kadai speakers, reflecting their common ancestry and historical migrations in the region.

  • @Uzifuzy_
    @Uzifuzy_ 3 роки тому +3

    Ancient to Modern Thailand is so diverse, it has different dialect, ethnicity, culture & food.
    Modern Northeastern Thais today majority speak a different dialect due to the mixed ethnicity of Laos (the neighbouring country of N.E Thailand) and partial “Mlabri” decent, which has gain independence called ‘’Isan” people. The foods consist of more savoury, salty, spicy and sour flavours. The environment is more farm land and hills.
    As for Southern Thailand(Pak Tai) is where the “Orang Asli” indigenous people of Thailand were originated, the negrito tribe also know as ‘Maniq/Mani’. Thailand used to be called Siam which the definition is “Dark/Black”- the Mani people populated with the Migrating South Chinese and as they traveled further south they were mixed with Malaysians which Modern Southern Thailand today are consisting of
    Malay-Thai. A big majority population of the indigenous people died off due to over population of the migrating
    Indo-Chinese but they are still widely spread.
    The more common religion in Southern Thailand for the Malay-Thai is Muslim, also because the region is by the coast it is surrounded by islands and seafood dishes. Also here the dialect is spoken different.
    Central Thailand is where the Capital City of Thailand located called ‘Bangkok’ or as the Locals know it as ‘Krung-Thep’, It is more known for the tourist attractions, temples, nightlife and city life. The spoken language is Pasa Thai, the main religion is Buddhism which was largely influenced by Hinduism. The local food are mostly curry dishes with more rich and creamy flavours. The ethnics groups in Central Thailand are mostly
    Chinese-Thai descendants, Indo-Chinese, Malay-Thai, Burmese, Khmer, small percent of Indian people and a lower percentage of Europeans, more commonly Austrian or Germany half cast.
    A little bit of Thailand’s history is that they provide refuge camps and are close allies with the fleeing Karen people of Myanmar. Which now more than 70% of Karen people are settled and migrated.
    The Thai New Years is celebrated throughout the 13th-15th of April each year. There is a festival that has a tradition of locals and many foreigner visitors participating in a big water fight nation wide, it is also very important for the people to show respect to their elders.
    The Official Thai language was deprived from Pali, Sankrit and Old Khmer and Mon.

  • @sunglassshinpan1352
    @sunglassshinpan1352 5 років тому +1

    Wow! The poll!