@@mashebemunalula8901 Is it even pronounced the same as Pule'anga Tonga? Or are there any diphthongs involved? Accents? There's gotta be something differentiating them.
This reminds me of another linguistic coincidence. The Greek monster known as Typhon is a personification of storms. And in Sanskrit/Farsi/Arabic, Tufan means a violent storm. There is no etymological connection between these two words except for the common Proto-Indo-European roots, but even then there are layers of linguistic divergence that came before these. So the fact that they developed quite similarly after so much time is still amazing.
There is also a Chinese word called 颱風 which also means Typhoon, read as "tai feng" in Mandarin, or "toi fung" in Cantonese. Its etymology is debated, but still a very interesting linguistic coincidence
Similarities of that scale between Indo-European languages seem quite ordinary to me. Did they diverge further before converging again? Then you might call it a neat coincidence.
i wish you could make a video about different coincidences in names of languages or countries, like "albania" and "caucasian albania", "geneve" and "genoa", and others if you could find any...
Probably, the African word "Tonga" (or rather, its ancestor) just meant "People", "Community", or something like that. It's quite common for very old endonyms to just mean that; the need for more elaborate endonyms developed much, much later. And I would hypothesise that "Tonga" and "Kongo" are etymologically related. It may be a stretch to change from one word to the other, with that T K change, but toddler's speech show us that such phonetic change does frequently occur.
Funny how some Fijians claim to some the same area in Africa, Tanganyika (Tanzania). Also, there is group with a similar name in South Africa, the T(s)onga people.
i would be surprised if the names were like 5 syllables long and similar. Tonga is only 2 syllables. Im from an island in Micronesia called Nama. If i search for “Nama people” on google I see people in Africa called the Nama people. Nama is only 2 syllables. Tonga is only 2 syllables.
Now, if we had a name like "Mtskheta" or "Fagradalsfjall" appear in two far apart places with unrelated languages and histories, then that would be something!
“Tonga” may be easy to pronounce, but you’re still saying it wrong here lol! At least in Polynesia, the country is pronounced “tong-uh”, not “tong-guh”. I can’t comment on the pronunciations in other parts of the world.
Anyone here speak Tonga, Tonga, Tonga, or Tongan?
I only understand The Zambian Tonga
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@@mashebemunalula8901 Is it even pronounced the same as Pule'anga Tonga? Or are there any diphthongs involved? Accents? There's gotta be something differentiating them.
Im a Zambian too! though I'm not Tonga 😅 @@mashebemunalula8901
Also Yao both in Mozambique and China.
There's a language in South Africa called Tsonga
...and the awesome clothing and shoe brand
@@MartinMenge also a pretty skilled former tennis pro
Also Bali in Nigeria
This reminds me of another linguistic coincidence. The Greek monster known as Typhon is a personification of storms. And in Sanskrit/Farsi/Arabic, Tufan means a violent storm. There is no etymological connection between these two words except for the common Proto-Indo-European roots, but even then there are layers of linguistic divergence that came before these. So the fact that they developed quite similarly after so much time is still amazing.
I’m sure they’d both be just as terrifying
There is also a Chinese word called 颱風 which also means Typhoon, read as "tai feng" in Mandarin, or "toi fung" in Cantonese. Its etymology is debated, but still a very interesting linguistic coincidence
Similarities of that scale between Indo-European languages seem quite ordinary to me. Did they diverge further before converging again? Then you might call it a neat coincidence.
@@simonlow0210 And in Japanese, 颱風 is often simplified as 台風, but no matter the writing, it's read "taifu", which s even closer.
Isn't Typhon originally from Japanese
Not just that, but the Old Danish and Norwegian word for language and tongue was tunga/tungæ, which sounds similar to Tonga
What does have to do with anything 😊
@@morriskaller3549 Just a connection I found, y'know😝
@@user-qf5kl6cv2y the Swedish world is tunga today too
I didn't realise how much I missed your gratuitous references to obscure wrestlers until you dropped one in when I was least expecting it
i wish you could make a video about different coincidences in names of languages or countries, like "albania" and "caucasian albania", "geneve" and "genoa", and others if you could find any...
Probably, the African word "Tonga" (or rather, its ancestor) just meant "People", "Community", or something like that. It's quite common for very old endonyms to just mean that; the need for more elaborate endonyms developed much, much later.
And I would hypothesise that "Tonga" and "Kongo" are etymologically related. It may be a stretch to change from one word to the other, with that T K change, but toddler's speech show us that such phonetic change does frequently occur.
In central, east and southern africa Bantu/Anthu is the word for people
@@Hartwik No it's not. It's a term of endearment, not a general term for an in group.
It's not a term of endearment, it's literally just the word for "people" (munth being the singular "person")@ricaard6959
@@ricaard6959 I am chewa from Central East Africa. Munthu is singular, Anthu plural. They all refar to person/people.
@@ricaard6959It’s not a term of endearment. Bantu means people. Or maybe you should be more precise about what you you meant exactly.
You might want to make a video on the Bisaya peoples of the Philippines and the Bisaya of Borneo, as well as their connection to Sri Vijaya empire.
Am from Zambia, my girlfriend is Tonga
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fay-ka-ton-ga ✅
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I love sound of african names and languages such as lingala, shona, tswana and zulu.
Is there a video that explains the origin of "coincidence"?
The Polynesian "Tonga" is NOT pronounced with a hard "G".
It is "tong-a", not "tong-gah"
Was gonna say the same thing
In South Africa, the Tonga language is called Tsonga - part of the Bantu languages
Is it Tonga time? I think it's Tonga time
I understood that reference
Correction: Tonga was never a British Colony, rather it was a British Protectorate.
Same thing
Funny how some Fijians claim to some the same area in Africa, Tanganyika (Tanzania).
Also, there is group with a similar name in South Africa, the T(s)onga people.
i would be surprised if the names were like 5 syllables long and similar. Tonga is only 2 syllables. Im from an island in Micronesia called Nama. If i search for “Nama people” on google I see people in Africa called the Nama people. Nama is only 2 syllables. Tonga is only 2 syllables.
It's also only a syllable off from a word we use as a synonym from language.
There is a language in suriname called sranan tongo
Cool name.
WWE: we should use that.
What about Canada vs. Kannada? Any others?
I was reading a book today which mentioned the Tonga language in Malawi, what a coincidence.
Tonga
TONGA?
Now, if we had a name like "Mtskheta" or "Fagradalsfjall" appear in two far apart places with unrelated languages and histories, then that would be something!
Y is the thumbnail erroneously the pan Arab colours instead of the pan African colours?
One of those islands (not tonga) claim to be from Zimbabwe. I can't remember which one
Fijians claim to be from Tanganyika (Tanzania).
@@Taito3D that's what u was thinking of, thanks
There is a papuan language called Mongol.
infamous tonga loa
750 kilometers square is not the same as 750 square kilometers. The former is 750 times larger than the latter.
I hope they all dance the tango all the time
While watching tango and cash
Tonga!
Wow! His imaginary friend is subscribed to Patreon. How'd he pull that off? 😆
In Spanish tonga means layer, work or cape
In Gĩkũyũ language 'tonga' means 'become rich'.
en qué país?
Interesting. There was a class of workers in South Africa known as Ama-Thonga (Thonga pronounced similarly to Tonga), they were ironsmiths
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I thought it was going to be a thing where Tonga is the exonym for those languages and is colonialism 😮😊
Tonga in poly languages means south.
And this is why exonyms are okay.
it's not in ton ga In Polynesian languages ng is A digraph Pronounced the same as in ing
My name is Tongai, and hearing you say "Tonga" so much, kinda triggered me a little bit lol.
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I thought Tonga is a Polynesian nation
“Tonga” may be easy to pronounce, but you’re still saying it wrong here lol! At least in Polynesia, the country is pronounced “tong-uh”, not “tong-guh”. I can’t comment on the pronunciations in other parts of the world.