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In all my years of watching this man, not one encounter has thought of him as racist whether he's buying food, clothes, or whatever. The encounters don't think of it as cultural appropriation. They get excited, look in wonder, and are full of appreciation that someone from a different culture took the time to learn theirs.
The moment we consider learning a foreign language and getting to know each other's wats as cultural appropriation, the doors between our cultures close, and, honestly, given the existence of nuclear weapos, the end of our species is only a step or two away. Each culture and each language is a completely different paradigm of reality, with ways of thinking that can be completely alien. It is paramount to the longevity of our species that we learn how to appreciate and understand one another.
@DC3328 Not necessarily learning another language, but when he buys cultural clothes for his wife, they are proud and appreciative. Walk around most high school/college or university campuses (or any street for that matter) in a different ethnic attire, and you will get barraged by negativity.
@toooldforcitylife Honestly, as someone who likes learning about other cultures, it always really annoys me when people complain about "cultural appropriation". If people want to wear cultural clothing for fashion (even if they don't know much about the culture), I literally see nothing wrong with that. Complaining about stuff like that is literally killing multiculturalism.
Honestly what impresses me most about Ari is his comprehension skills. Even on the vids that he only studies a language for 1-2 weeks (and clearly struggles speaking it) he still manages to understand what others are saying for the most part.
I think that comes with knowing so many languages. A lot of them evolved off of each other, probably to the point where if you know enough other languages and you know the structure/grammar of that specific language, you can figure it out. I only know basic Spanish as a second language, but I know several coding languages and that learning process feels similar to when I was learning Spanish. And of course, it depends on how similar one language is to the stuff you already know.
@@OGDweeb Yes! I think I was hit on the part of my head that lets me *speak* other languages. When I was younger, they kept trying to bump me up in my foreign language classes because they thought I secretly spoke the languages or something, because I understood things very quickly. Then I would get to the higher level class and the teacher would be mad I couldn’t speak the language and send me back! 😅
A lot of times understanding is also context based. If you can understand 70-80% of the sentence because thats what you're familiar with, you can kinda still make out what the person means depending on the context of the conversation and the situation you find yourself in. Its still is hit or miss but its a skill you improve over time the more unfamiliar conversations you go ahead with. Ari ofcourse has mastered this and 90% of his conversations are kind of obvious, like why did you learn this language, how long?, some compliments, greetings, common phrases and so on.
I studied mandarin till hsk3 but still found myself fumbling to hold an actual conversation. After I began to watch Laoshu and Xiaoma, I understood these commonalities and now able to hold a 5 min flawless conversation in a native accent. But beyond that i'm still blank haha. But it definitely helped me overcome a plateau, and break the ice with many native speakers that now I can call as friends :)
Now this is sweet. Taking the time and effort to learn a banned language isn't something many people are capable of doing or have a lot of patience to put up with. Kudos to you.
Dude, the State Department needs to make you a floating ambassador. You can fill in for any ambassador worldwide while they’re on vacation. People love you! Thanks for sharing your videos with us.
that is actually a pretty solid idea. he should also be given permission to work part time, so he can use the other time to spend with his family and still travel to make these inspiring videos of human connection
People always love to hear you talk in their native tongue, but it clearly hits deeper when their language was widely banned. Props to you for somehow finding someone to teach you, and big props to your teacher and your friend!
@@calliarcaleoromo has 37 million speakers in ethiopia, and is the #1 language by number of native speakers. It was banned under the previous dictatorship, but that ended in 1991
@@fey9915 Oromo luckily survived, but a language being banned for such a long period in the past can almost completely wipe it out today, see what happened to the Celtic languages in Ireland and Britain for example despite the attempts to revive and teach them
It's fascinating to see you interact with people in 4-5 languages in one video. Seeing people walking up to you eager to share their linguistic skills is also really cool. You've clearly inspired people to branch out into other languages. Great content as always, but this is one of my favorite videos you've put out!
indigenous languages are outlawed & restricted everyday around the world, at it is heartening to see you learn these languages & talking to people in them. 🙏🏼🧡
What a great act of friendship to take this effort to speak another’s language. Magic. “When you speak to a man in a language he knows it’ll go to his head. When you speak to him in his mother tongue, it’ll go to his heart.”
@@P.T14 When? Do you mean "America" as in the continent, or the US? If the latter, I think it should've been unconstitutional due to the first amendment
I have been watching you for years and I never thought I would ever see you speak Oromo my home language. Thank you so much for showing the world the Oromo culture and language. Baay'ee galatoomaa
There's something uniquely special about what you do man, these are some of the only "surprise" type videos that don't feel somewhat exploitative to me and you genuinely make people really happy in basically every video you post.
Xiaoma, this video is like the crowning jewel of your work with African languages so far! What a pleasure to see so many languages featured, and so many kind people happy for your work! I aspire to make so many people smile with my own work.
Smart has nothing to do with it, it's all about effort and consistency; of which most people never bother. Not saying he isn't smart, just don't discourage yourself or others with that type of roadblock thinking. You can do it too!
Autism can be a special gift when harnessed properly. I too have a MASSIVE memory bank, which is somewhat common in autistic people, and in fact sometimes it's a curse to not be able to forget things. My gift however is voice, I seem to be able to replicate *soo* many different kinds of vocal techniques, from throat singing to metal growling to operatic falsetto, I can do basically all of it and I'm not in the process of starting to get formal training to be able to do it professionally, rather than hidden away behind closed doors like I've done for my whole life LOL
The thing you do is bring people together by casting a light upon the underappreciated diversity of the worlds cultures. That's a truly noble effort and thank you doing so.
There's over 80 tribes in Ethiopia. Most can speak Amaringya because it's the main language of the country but a lot of them have their own dialects they speak amongst their family.
It was banned from being published and distributed in writing material, books, recorded music and being taught in schools during Haile Selassie regime. Oromo people have the largest population in Ethiopia and all of East Africa, so despite many efforts to erase the language and culture of the people it wasn’t possible. Now it is freely spoken in Oromiyyaa Region of Ethiopia and in Northern Kenya. Our parents generation experienced this ban on our language so it was not that long ago and yes it happened despite those trying to deny history. Oromo are peaceful natural humble people of God. Our traditional monotheistic faith is called Waaqeffanna. It is an indigenous faith believing in One God, the God of all humanity, nature, animals, that we worship and thank for giving us life and blessings. It is a faith pre-dating Abrahamic faiths. Oromo people today follow Islam, Christianity and Waaqeffanna faith. The belief that God is One - means all faiths believe we share One God and you will see the word for God - Waaqa - be used by interchangeably by Muslims and Christian’s. The traditional buna coffee ceremony that all Ethiopians adopt actually originated from Oromo peoples Waaqeffanna faith. It is a ceremony where people come together, pray, thank God, and share the coffee together. The pottery called Jabanaa that holds the buna also has a spiritual purpose in the Waaqeffanna faith.
I have friends from church who are from Ethiopia. They are some of the most kind and generous people I have ever met. My friend Dagmawit invited me and my family to her wedding and it was so amazing and beautiful. Ethiopian food is so delicious. It’s like nothing I’ve ever eaten before.
The last gentlemans comment about speaking someones mother tongue touching their heart is so obviously true and Ari has shown us that time and time again. It's fascinating and heartwarming to watch.
I would love a comprehensive study on xao to see how well his brain is "scored" on memory retention... Truly incredible. Even if he does take 15 or more days, having the ability to memorize fluent languages in pretty much any language is truly unhuman. Maybe xao is not from earth, but put here to help spread some positive influences on our messed up society now
There is a video on his channel where he gets his brain scanned and does IQ tests and stuff, pretty sure memory retention is something that they talk about but I could be misremembering.
@@brynna77 Perhaps not, but he knows a lot more than most would learn in 15 days; he's at least somewhat conversational in many of these languages if not fluent. For this particularly language he was hampered by the lack of educational material. That said, his facility with language is enough to be considered a savant capability. It's extremely rare, but not unique. Daniel Tammet, a famous savant, also has the ability to rapidly acquire languages. He once tested it for a television program by learning Icelandic in just one week.
@@calliarcaleyou have no idea what you’re talking about. These people have these abilities BECAUSE they have studied languages so much, not because they have innate talent or savant capabilities
@@0x2A_it wasn’t memory retention. He’s just capable of sitting through tedious, boring shit for extended periods. More than the average person. Which means that his “savant” abilities with language are nothing more than a lot of time and effort
He is SO HAPPY!!! All smiles! I know my daughter is learning Portuguese for her work, and last visit her co worker said "Be careful! She might sound like a child, but she understands everything you are saying!"
I love what that dude said at the end because Ari's vids absolutely prove that if you speak to a non native English speaker in their native tongue it goes to their heart. I love seeing people's faces brighten up when he starts talking to them. And I always love when they ask him if he's from where they are almost eveytime.
you are spreading happiness and raising awareness in a very lovely way. i really appreciate it. as a turkish person, i hope one day i can see you talking with my people. at least with the ones who lives in states. i promise, when you see the sparkles in their eyes which comes with shock will make you feel good. you are a good man. keep it up, wish you well🫡
The joy in your friends laughter and smile and soul at you knowing and learning his language is deeply heartfelt and touching, absolutely priceless. Moved me to tears.
Another great vid. People... Never walk up to someone and just put your arm around them no matter how famous they are (or aren't.) Respect the Space. Cheers!
Mi estimado, no se si lo sabes pero haces un bien grande, muy grande, a esa gente que hables su idioma, estan súper agradecida de corazón por los que haces, y no solo a ellos sino con todas las demás personas que hablaste en diferentes idiomas, hacen un bien, tan bello y tan grande. Y lo que te dijo tu amigo al final , es muy cierto y eso se aplica en cualquier circunstancia... felicidades y rezaré por ti y tu familia.
I absolutely love the moments where he is talking to someone expecting them to speak one language, and they come out with another, and he smoothly switches to speaking the other language so effortlessly and you can tell he loves it when he gets to switch it up! (Like the gentleman who spoke Spanish)
The quote from the last guy is actually what i had in mind the whole time, and what i usually see in your other videos. As an other one said before, people just open op. Great vid !
another amazing video but i just have one question have you ever thought about learning hawaiian, i've been watching you and a lot of different polyglots for a long time but none of them have spoke hawaiian in a video, as a native hawaiian it would be so sick to see especially since the hawaiian language is slowly becoming a dying language with under 15,000 people being able to understand it and speak it fluently. Im still trying to learn it fully myself and im no where near fluent
@dacholo3202 they do but once out of high school like any other language you lose em a lil to the point where your not fluent no more by most standards
love the last part of the saying when he said to Ari "you speak to a man to his mother tongue it goes to his heart".. you truly are an inspiration man.. kudos Xiaoman
Been watching your videos for awhile now man, dope that you are showcasing the language of my people spoken by over 40million folks in East Africa! Keep it up 🙏🏾
You're doing so well in carrying Laoshu's crown as the language god!!! RIP to him, but its so dope to see you expand into all these super niche languages and teaching us about these new culutes we never knew about LEGEND
I loved that last part "you speak to a man language he knows it goes to the head, you speak to man with his mother language it goes to the heart" that is so true, totally love that and I never heard that saying before. Amazing video like always, totally love all the content here, so wholesome and good vibes all around. Keep up the good vibes! Wishing you all the best from Finland! Maybe you do my mother tongue someday :D
Arieh, let’s just be honest here. You are a language genius. Like, it’s not normal. lol You are truly gifted! 🥰 It never gets old watching these videos. Don’t ever stop! ☺️ ❤
I resonated with the "it's a way to unlock people" although for me it's about the emotional bridging, not the free stuff... but I think the feeling is shared
I love your videos. My uncle had a gift like yours, he spoke i'm not sure how many different languages but specialized in Spanish and spoke over 20 dialects, ending up teaching at the University of Panama in Balboa. He used to play games with me when he'd come to visit where we'd pick a language to explore and I'd do laps on my bike. Each time i passed the patio he'd call out a new word in the language of the day, and give me a phrase. When I came back around I'd give him the word and my best attempt at figuring out what it meant, then he'd give me a new word and phrase and we'd go all day. I ended up studying Spanish, French, German, and Russian because of him. Keep up the great work!
I've watched your videos for years Xiaoma. I'm learning German currently because I plan to move to move to my girlfriend in Germany. I struggle and have weird bouts of nervousness when trying to TALK it out loud. I can say so much alone but as soon as I try to talk to someone I crash lmao. From your videos, I can really see that even though you struggle a bit because you don't fully know the language, you have a level of confidence when speaking them. The willingness to learn, knowing you're gonna be making mistakes, and knowing you're not gonna know some things, I think for me I just need that layer of confidence, cause that seems to be the big key to learning to speak and hear people speaking the language. It's always fun to watch your videos and seeing all the different reactions from people has always been a treat.
My mind is blown every time I watch these videos. I just absolutely love them all. Thank you thank you so much for doing what you do. If I were to ask you to learn European Portuguese, how exactly (which websites books etc) would you go about it? Because I would love to learn it and would really appreciate your specific advice/guidance how to go about it.
Awesome as usual Ari. ❤ Do you think you will ever try to learn a Sámi language? It's a bunch of rapidly declining languages of people in the Northern most parts of Sweden, Norway & Finland. About 20K expected speakers in total, but some Sami languages only have 20 speakers left at all, like Ume Sami, Pite Sami or the super rare Ter Sami with 2 Totsl Speakers left! They are very unique languages with of language variations which are all apart of the Finni-Ugric Languages. Their history is very interesting, and many different cultural quirks.
This man has to be a literal genius. 15 days and he's already able to have a conversation? I learned Spanish for 4 years and I can hardly ask basic questions.
All comes down to interest at the end of the day, he studied more during every single one of those 15 days than you likely did in any day of those 4 years. Just because he enjoys learning languages that much.
The human instinct to learn is incredible man. Some are born with that drive to keep going and going in their interests like fishing, mechanics, engineers, artists, language speakers, etc... while others just lose the pull or desire to achieve those goals. The only reason you didn't learn jack squat from spanish in 4 years is because you just didn't care about it. But I bet whatever you did care about you did well in.
I could tell it was OSFNA just by the thumbnail. If you came during the opening festival I could’ve seen you man. Btw Oromo hasn’t been “banned” in Ethiopia since 1974. And even before that it wasn’t really banned in actuality because it was spoken in the rural parts of Oromia where the vast majority of Oromo people lived. Oromo was banned for use in official situations like a court case or anything involved with the feudal system at the time.
Yes you are correct. It was banned officially in court, published music and writings, and education system during Selassie. But people in countryside can speak it. Or privately in the home. But there were consequences for trying to publicly distribute any material or media in it or trying to teach it.
Not really more than half the world's languages are banned , to repress ethnic groups. Britain banned Irish,Welsh and Scottish for over 400 years. Ussr banned all native languages, and even today Russia bans most languages such as Tatar. China is clamping down on non mandarin language.. American clamped down on indigenous langues until the 70s
I always say that the languages most worth learning are the ones that the speakers don't expect you to speak. I'm a Canadian of western Scottish ancestry (and look it), and when Irish people hear Irish come out of my mouth, they're shocked and thrilled, but Yiddish-speakers are fascinated. I haven't branched out into non-European languages (I speak some Hebrew, and have studied a little Swahili and Zulu on Duolingo, but I'm shy to practise them, and Haitian Creole is pretty easy because I speak French, but again, shy). I'm always impressed at how willing Arieh is to just put himself out there.
It gets easier the more you do it! Just remember that you'll make mistakes and it's totally fine. Notice how Ari makes tons of mistakes, but his efforts are appreciated and they're happy to help him learn. You're doing amazing already, keep it up! :)
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How do you do it? Do you have a crazy good memory? spend 24hrs? or have other similar languages to help? Very impressive!
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I like Japanese for Busy People books, and you are in a big enough area that you can find people to practice with in-person, or find someone virtually to practice. Good Luck!
In all my years of watching this man, not one encounter has thought of him as racist whether he's buying food, clothes, or whatever. The encounters don't think of it as cultural appropriation. They get excited, look in wonder, and are full of appreciation that someone from a different culture took the time to learn theirs.
Those accusations of cultural appropriation and such are always coming from Westerners, be they black or white. Rarely from actual immigrants.
The moment we consider learning a foreign language and getting to know each other's wats as cultural appropriation, the doors between our cultures close, and, honestly, given the existence of nuclear weapos, the end of our species is only a step or two away. Each culture and each language is a completely different paradigm of reality, with ways of thinking that can be completely alien. It is paramount to the longevity of our species that we learn how to appreciate and understand one another.
Why would learning a language be interpreted as racism?
@DC3328 Not necessarily learning another language, but when he buys cultural clothes for his wife, they are proud and appreciative.
Walk around most high school/college or university campuses (or any street for that matter) in a different ethnic attire, and you will get barraged by negativity.
@toooldforcitylife Honestly, as someone who likes learning about other cultures, it always really annoys me when people complain about "cultural appropriation".
If people want to wear cultural clothing for fashion (even if they don't know much about the culture), I literally see nothing wrong with that.
Complaining about stuff like that is literally killing multiculturalism.
Honestly what impresses me most about Ari is his comprehension skills. Even on the vids that he only studies a language for 1-2 weeks (and clearly struggles speaking it) he still manages to understand what others are saying for the most part.
I think that comes with knowing so many languages. A lot of them evolved off of each other, probably to the point where if you know enough other languages and you know the structure/grammar of that specific language, you can figure it out. I only know basic Spanish as a second language, but I know several coding languages and that learning process feels similar to when I was learning Spanish. And of course, it depends on how similar one language is to the stuff you already know.
The understanding what is said is easier than formulating your response. 😅
@@OGDweeb Yes! I think I was hit on the part of my head that lets me *speak* other languages. When I was younger, they kept trying to bump me up in my foreign language classes because they thought I secretly spoke the languages or something, because I understood things very quickly. Then I would get to the higher level class and the teacher would be mad I couldn’t speak the language and send me back! 😅
A lot of times understanding is also context based. If you can understand 70-80% of the sentence because thats what you're familiar with, you can kinda still make out what the person means depending on the context of the conversation and the situation you find yourself in. Its still is hit or miss but its a skill you improve over time the more unfamiliar conversations you go ahead with. Ari ofcourse has mastered this and 90% of his conversations are kind of obvious, like why did you learn this language, how long?, some compliments, greetings, common phrases and so on.
I studied mandarin till hsk3 but still found myself fumbling to hold an actual conversation. After I began to watch Laoshu and Xiaoma, I understood these commonalities and now able to hold a 5 min flawless conversation in a native accent. But beyond that i'm still blank haha. But it definitely helped me overcome a plateau, and break the ice with many native speakers that now I can call as friends :)
Now this is sweet. Taking the time and effort to learn a banned language isn't something many people are capable of doing or have a lot of patience to put up with. Kudos to you.
😂 not banned. Plenty of people still use it
no shit
@@rishiaman2288 did I ask you?
@@bogden9585 wasnt talking to u. did i tag u???
@@Vintersemestre00 not well put when it's not illegal to speak the language 😂
We need a bloopers reel of people offering Xiaoma wives in other languages.
Oh yes! That would be amazing!
I think his wife would get jealous 😂😂
THIS! 🎉
@@Zepeda1026 Maybe she will be secure in the fact that he could have more, but all he wants is her. :]
damn, i never thought about that.. i wonder how many parents throw their daughters to them as a culture thing.. crazy
Dude, the State Department needs to make you a floating ambassador. You can fill in for any ambassador worldwide while they’re on vacation. People love you! Thanks for sharing your videos with us.
He has talked with some ambassadors in the past, so he's almost there.
that is actually a pretty solid idea. he should also be given permission to work part time, so he can use the other time to spend with his family and still travel to make these inspiring videos of human connection
Don't be tempted by the dark side
@@Vid1917maybe just some kind of good will ambassador, steer clear of the politics
Speaking a country's native language doesn't qualify you as an ambassador
Seeing a grown man smile and giggle that much always makes me weep
why?
@yagamilight3547 Because men usually contain their emotions and hold back their empathy and joy.
@@sethjansson5652 yeah, but why would seeing a deviation from that bring someone to weep? I don't understand that, seems a bit like an overreaction
@yagamilight3547 Yeah, but seeing a man openly express himself and loosen up is a wholesome and even aspirational thing to see.
@@yagamilight3547 Its a manner of speaking. We use that word around here when something makes you smile a lot
13 minutes of bringing his Oromo friend absolute joy. That's a true friend.
Really cool you're keeping these languages alive and documenting them on youtube, you're like the vatican archive of languages
Except he acquired language through legitimate means
The Vatican has an archive of languages?
@@chashmal10 WAHAHAHAHAHHAHA MAD BRO?
People always love to hear you talk in their native tongue, but it clearly hits deeper when their language was widely banned. Props to you for somehow finding someone to teach you, and big props to your teacher and your friend!
Oromo hasn't been banned in 30 years :)
Oromo language isn’t banned
@@fey9915 Not now, but it's a deep blow to a language when a ban happens and recovery can be slow. Some languages never recover.
@@calliarcaleoromo has 37 million speakers in ethiopia, and is the #1 language by number of native speakers.
It was banned under the previous dictatorship, but that ended in 1991
@@fey9915 Oromo luckily survived, but a language being banned for such a long period in the past can almost completely wipe it out today, see what happened to the Celtic languages in Ireland and Britain for example despite the attempts to revive and teach them
It's fascinating to see you interact with people in 4-5 languages in one video. Seeing people walking up to you eager to share their linguistic skills is also really cool. You've clearly inspired people to branch out into other languages. Great content as always, but this is one of my favorite videos you've put out!
indigenous languages are outlawed & restricted everyday around the world, at it is heartening to see you learn these languages & talking to people in them. 🙏🏼🧡
What a great act of friendship to take this effort to speak another’s language. Magic.
“When you speak to a man in a language he knows it’ll go to his head.
When you speak to him in his mother tongue, it’ll go to his heart.”
Your friend with his massive smile, going crazy hearing it is so epic. xD That one got me. Great video.
How terrible to ban someone's mother tongue. What a beautiful language❤
Its happened in america for Hundreds of years also.
@@P.T14True. Which still makes it terrible.
@@P.T14 When? Do you mean "America" as in the continent, or the US?
If the latter, I think it should've been unconstitutional due to the first amendment
@@quokka_yt united states in 1887 banned all indian languages, and was officially disbanded in 1990.
@@P.T14 they also banned spanish in puerto rico once
I have been watching you for years and I never thought I would ever see you speak Oromo my home language. Thank you so much for showing the world the Oromo culture and language. Baay'ee galatoomaa
It’s not banned. 40 million Oromos speak this language
@@hawimela22 I know it’s not banned
@@hawimela22 I never said it I was banned
@@hawimela22 I just meant that when most people think of Ethiopia they think of Amhara, so it’s nice to see oromo culture get some recognition
There's something uniquely special about what you do man, these are some of the only "surprise" type videos that don't feel somewhat exploitative to me and you genuinely make people really happy in basically every video you post.
Xiaoma, this video is like the crowning jewel of your work with African languages so far! What a pleasure to see so many languages featured, and so many kind people happy for your work! I aspire to make so many people smile with my own work.
It’s not banned. 40 million Oromos speak this language
You've got to be one of the smartest people in the world to learn all the languages. Much respect
Wish he would learn Inuktitut. Maybe he has? haven't watched all his vids. I am Inuit and don't even know Inuktitut fluently, it's a dying language.
@@gloriusk7105I think I've seen him speaking Inuit.....
@@gloriusk7105 He learned a little bit of Ojibwe! It's on his channel
Smart has nothing to do with it, it's all about effort and consistency; of which most people never bother. Not saying he isn't smart, just don't discourage yourself or others with that type of roadblock thinking. You can do it too!
Autism can be a special gift when harnessed properly. I too have a MASSIVE memory bank, which is somewhat common in autistic people, and in fact sometimes it's a curse to not be able to forget things. My gift however is voice, I seem to be able to replicate *soo* many different kinds of vocal techniques, from throat singing to metal growling to operatic falsetto, I can do basically all of it and I'm not in the process of starting to get formal training to be able to do it professionally, rather than hidden away behind closed doors like I've done for my whole life LOL
I always love watching their faces light up with joy once they hear you start to speak their language
The thing you do is bring people together by casting a light upon the underappreciated diversity of the worlds cultures. That's a truly noble effort and thank you doing so.
His mates smile is infectious it’s so cool to see how all the people are appreciative of his effort to learn their language
probably your best episode ever in terms of crowd reaction, so many people thrilled to see you, and that massive group that formed at the end! amazing
I love how happy it makes people to hear someone speak their own language. He was tickled pink!
I always come here for 1) hearing the new language he has learned and 2)seeing the reactions from people.
I had no idea this language exists, but it sounds beautiful. I’m really glad to see that people seem interested in keeping it alive!
There's over 80 tribes in Ethiopia. Most can speak Amaringya because it's the main language of the country but a lot of them have their own dialects they speak amongst their family.
It’s not banned. 40 million Oromos speak this language
It was banned from being published and distributed in writing material, books, recorded music and being taught in schools during Haile Selassie regime.
Oromo people have the largest population in Ethiopia and all of East Africa, so despite many efforts to erase the language and culture of the people it wasn’t possible. Now it is freely spoken in Oromiyyaa Region of Ethiopia and in Northern Kenya.
Our parents generation experienced this ban on our language so it was not that long ago and yes it happened despite those trying to deny history. Oromo are peaceful natural humble people of God. Our traditional monotheistic faith is called Waaqeffanna. It is an indigenous faith believing in One God, the God of all humanity, nature, animals, that we worship and thank for giving us life and blessings.
It is a faith pre-dating Abrahamic faiths. Oromo people today follow Islam, Christianity and Waaqeffanna faith. The belief that God is One - means all faiths believe we share One God and you will see the word for God - Waaqa - be used by interchangeably by Muslims and Christian’s.
The traditional buna coffee ceremony that all Ethiopians adopt actually originated from Oromo peoples Waaqeffanna faith. It is a ceremony where people come together, pray, thank God, and share the coffee together. The pottery called Jabanaa that holds the buna also has a spiritual purpose in the Waaqeffanna faith.
My favorite part of these videos is seeing those big smiles. :D
I have friends from church who are from Ethiopia. They are some of the most kind and generous people I have ever met. My friend Dagmawit invited me and my family to her wedding and it was so amazing and beautiful. Ethiopian food is so delicious. It’s like nothing I’ve ever eaten before.
This was great! SO many people recognized you while not even in New York. The crowd that formed was so hear-warming.
At a time when it feels like our society is falling apart, you give us hope and you bring people together. Thank you, Ari.
This language sounds beautiful. I love that the guy's that came up to him were so excited. Yet they also spoke several languages.❤
The last gentlemans comment about speaking someones mother tongue touching their heart is so obviously true and Ari has shown us that time and time again. It's fascinating and heartwarming to watch.
This is the wholesome content the world needs. Thanks for doing all of this. Language really is so beautiful.
Being able to talk to so many people in many different languages - what an amazing skill. I'm always blown away by you, Ari. 🙏👏😁
It’s not banned. 40 million Oromos speak this language
I always have a wide grin watching Xiaomanyc videos from start to finish. Very inspiring.
Your friend has the most wholesome laugh! You bring out the best in people Ari 🤗 ❤
I love that learning how to talk another language brings people together.
So much kindness makes every day easier.
I smile during all of his videos. Seeing the joy in people speaking in their native language is so amazing
I would love a comprehensive study on xao to see how well his brain is "scored" on memory retention... Truly incredible. Even if he does take 15 or more days, having the ability to memorize fluent languages in pretty much any language is truly unhuman. Maybe xao is not from earth, but put here to help spread some positive influences on our messed up society now
There is a video on his channel where he gets his brain scanned and does IQ tests and stuff, pretty sure memory retention is something that they talk about but I could be misremembering.
He definitely is not fluent in most of these languages
@@brynna77 Perhaps not, but he knows a lot more than most would learn in 15 days; he's at least somewhat conversational in many of these languages if not fluent. For this particularly language he was hampered by the lack of educational material. That said, his facility with language is enough to be considered a savant capability. It's extremely rare, but not unique. Daniel Tammet, a famous savant, also has the ability to rapidly acquire languages. He once tested it for a television program by learning Icelandic in just one week.
@@calliarcaleyou have no idea what you’re talking about. These people have these abilities BECAUSE they have studied languages so much, not because they have innate talent or savant capabilities
@@0x2A_it wasn’t memory retention. He’s just capable of sitting through tedious, boring shit for extended periods. More than the average person. Which means that his “savant” abilities with language are nothing more than a lot of time and effort
This is so sweet 🥹
He is SO HAPPY!!! All smiles! I know my daughter is learning Portuguese for her work, and last visit her co worker said "Be careful! She might sound like a child, but she understands everything you are saying!"
Shout out to everyone here from Minnesota!
❤❤❤
Aww he looks so happy!!
The moon is your shadow
@@VisibletoanyoneonUA-cams lol
I love what that dude said at the end because Ari's vids absolutely prove that if you speak to a non native English speaker in their native tongue it goes to their heart. I love seeing people's faces brighten up when he starts talking to them. And I always love when they ask him if he's from where they are almost eveytime.
It’s not banned. 40 million Oromos speak this language
Your friend’s smile is beautiful when he hears you speaking.
Your videos are so much fun to watch. Seeing the reactions of people when you surprise them by speaking their native languages is wonderful!
It’s not banned. 40 million Oromos speak this language
you are spreading happiness and raising awareness in a very lovely way. i really appreciate it. as a turkish person, i hope one day i can see you talking with my people. at least with the ones who lives in states. i promise, when you see the sparkles in their eyes which comes with shock will make you feel good. you are a good man. keep it up, wish you well🫡
I love how absolutely tickled they are to hear him speaking the language.
This is the most wholesome channel on the interwebs
I ran out of superlatives to describe this man. I'll just say that when I watch I constantly have a smile.
The joy in your friends laughter and smile and soul at you knowing and learning his language is deeply heartfelt and touching, absolutely priceless. Moved me to tears.
Another great vid. People...
Never walk up to someone and just put your arm around them no matter how famous they are (or aren't.) Respect the Space. Cheers!
You make the world smile my brother
Mi estimado, no se si lo sabes pero haces un bien grande, muy grande, a esa gente que hables su idioma, estan súper agradecida de corazón por los que haces, y no solo a ellos sino con todas las demás personas que hablaste en diferentes idiomas, hacen un bien, tan bello y tan grande. Y lo que te dijo tu amigo al final , es muy cierto y eso se aplica en cualquier circunstancia... felicidades y rezaré por ti y tu familia.
I absolutely love the moments where he is talking to someone expecting them to speak one language, and they come out with another, and he smoothly switches to speaking the other language so effortlessly and you can tell he loves it when he gets to switch it up! (Like the gentleman who spoke Spanish)
You are such a sweet kind Person.❤
Their giggles are infectious 😃
The quote from the last guy is actually what i had in mind the whole time, and what i usually see in your other videos. As an other one said before, people just open op. Great vid !
Your interactions are always so wholesome. I love it!
Love this episode! Looks like you had fun!
another amazing video but i just have one question have you ever thought about learning hawaiian, i've been watching you and a lot of different polyglots for a long time but none of them have spoke hawaiian in a video, as a native hawaiian it would be so sick to see especially since the hawaiian language is slowly becoming a dying language with under 15,000 people being able to understand it and speak it fluently. Im still trying to learn it fully myself and im no where near fluent
@dacholo3202 they do but once out of high school like any other language you lose em a lil to the point where your not fluent no more by most standards
I’d like to see that, i believe they have Hawaiian on duolingo, not sure how good it is
love the last part of the saying when he said to Ari "you speak to a man to his mother tongue it goes to his heart".. you truly are an inspiration man.. kudos Xiaoman
Been watching your videos for awhile now man, dope that you are showcasing the language of my people spoken by over 40million folks in East Africa! Keep it up 🙏🏾
It’s not banned. 40 million Oromos speak this language
@@hawimela22 yeah I don’t know why that’s the title lol although you could say it was banned historically
just loved it ...if u are depressed or sad pls watch this just feel good
You're doing so well in carrying Laoshu's crown as the language god!!! RIP to him, but its so dope to see you expand into all these super niche languages and teaching us about these new culutes we never knew about
LEGEND
Moses started it all.. and here we are a lot of polyglots. RIP laoshu. ☺️
It’s not banned. 40 million Oromos speak this language
Much ❤️ and respect from Ethiopia 🇪🇹 Although It was banned previously, currently over 50+ million people speak Oromiffa.
What you do gives hope for us all, thank you.🥰
It's true, people really do open up to him when he starts speaking their language! I love it! He really has a talent for languages.
I loved that last part "you speak to a man language he knows it goes to the head, you speak to man with his mother language it goes to the heart" that is so true, totally love that and I never heard that saying before. Amazing video like always, totally love all the content here, so wholesome and good vibes all around. Keep up the good vibes! Wishing you all the best from Finland! Maybe you do my mother tongue someday :D
You are literally a language genius!!
You're so inspiring man .. I really would love to learn more languages you make it seem so easy
This is so thrilling to watch. You get to see genuine raw happy surprise in them. I so wish I had even a fraction of this skill
Dude this was pretty dang sweet. Great job. 🍻 salud
Great stuff Xiaoma. Wishing you all the best. Amazing content.
Arieh, let’s just be honest here. You are a language genius. Like, it’s not normal. lol You are truly gifted! 🥰 It never gets old watching these videos. Don’t ever stop! ☺️ ❤
I resonated with the "it's a way to unlock people" although for me it's about the emotional bridging, not the free stuff... but I think the feeling is shared
The fact he laughed the entire walk as non-stop. 😂
I love your videos. My uncle had a gift like yours, he spoke i'm not sure how many different languages but specialized in Spanish and spoke over 20 dialects, ending up teaching at the University of Panama in Balboa. He used to play games with me when he'd come to visit where we'd pick a language to explore and I'd do laps on my bike. Each time i passed the patio he'd call out a new word in the language of the day, and give me a phrase. When I came back around I'd give him the word and my best attempt at figuring out what it meant, then he'd give me a new word and phrase and we'd go all day. I ended up studying Spanish, French, German, and Russian because of him.
Keep up the great work!
I fucking love this guy man literally top 5 UA-camrs ever
Number one in my book. I love him too.
I've watched your videos for years Xiaoma. I'm learning German currently because I plan to move to move to my girlfriend in Germany. I struggle and have weird bouts of nervousness when trying to TALK it out loud. I can say so much alone but as soon as I try to talk to someone I crash lmao. From your videos, I can really see that even though you struggle a bit because you don't fully know the language, you have a level of confidence when speaking them. The willingness to learn, knowing you're gonna be making mistakes, and knowing you're not gonna know some things, I think for me I just need that layer of confidence, cause that seems to be the big key to learning to speak and hear people speaking the language.
It's always fun to watch your videos and seeing all the different reactions from people has always been a treat.
My mind is blown every time I watch these videos. I just absolutely love them all. Thank you thank you so much for doing what you do.
If I were to ask you to learn European Portuguese, how exactly (which websites books etc) would you go about it? Because I would love to learn it and would really appreciate your specific advice/guidance how to go about it.
It’s not banned. 40 million Oromos speak this language
Lovely video Xiaoma, brightened my day!
Awesome as usual Ari. ❤
Do you think you will ever try to learn a Sámi language? It's a bunch of rapidly declining languages of people in the Northern most parts of Sweden, Norway & Finland.
About 20K expected speakers in total, but some Sami languages only have 20 speakers left at all, like Ume Sami, Pite Sami or the super rare Ter Sami with 2 Totsl Speakers left!
They are very unique languages with of language variations which are all apart of the Finni-Ugric Languages. Their history is very interesting, and many different cultural quirks.
This is one of my favorite ones so far. Always impressive and everyone was SO excited to talk or even try other languages.
This man has to be a literal genius. 15 days and he's already able to have a conversation? I learned Spanish for 4 years and I can hardly ask basic questions.
All comes down to interest at the end of the day, he studied more during every single one of those 15 days than you likely did in any day of those 4 years. Just because he enjoys learning languages that much.
It has nothing to do with intellect or innate talent lol
The human instinct to learn is incredible man. Some are born with that drive to keep going and going in their interests like fishing, mechanics, engineers, artists, language speakers, etc... while others just lose the pull or desire to achieve those goals. The only reason you didn't learn jack squat from spanish in 4 years is because you just didn't care about it. But I bet whatever you did care about you did well in.
Learning languages helps you learn more languages.
This is my favourite video so far, it touched me on many levels. You're a good man, man. 🇨🇦
Xiaomans videos are just too good❤
Xioma is truly an inspiration to keep exploring and learning languages. Keep it up bro
I could tell it was OSFNA just by the thumbnail. If you came during the opening festival I could’ve seen you man. Btw Oromo hasn’t been “banned” in Ethiopia since 1974. And even before that it wasn’t really banned in actuality because it was spoken in the rural parts of Oromia where the vast majority of Oromo people lived. Oromo was banned for use in official situations like a court case or anything involved with the feudal system at the time.
It’s not banned. 40 million Oromos speak this language
@@hawimela22 Yes that’s the point I was trying to make
Yes you are correct. It was banned officially in court, published music and writings, and education system during Selassie.
But people in countryside can speak it. Or privately in the home. But there were consequences for trying to publicly distribute any material or media in it or trying to teach it.
These videos are always so great to see! They make me very happy! What a great thing Xiaoma does! ❤
These videos make me really happy. Just wanted to say thanks for being a good human
I’m Oromo and I would suggest you to change the title of the post because it’s misleading. It’s not banned. 40 million Oromos speak this language
the friend looks so happy :) very heartwarming
Banning a language. The world is nuts.
Not really more than half the world's languages are banned , to repress ethnic groups. Britain banned Irish,Welsh and Scottish for over 400 years. Ussr banned all native languages, and even today Russia bans most languages such as Tatar. China is clamping down on non mandarin language.. American clamped down on indigenous langues until the 70s
Another great video. There's good vibes that I sensed whenever you spoke Oromo to Qomoo and the others.
I absolutely love how your friend can’t stop giggling out of pure happiness that his friend took the time to learn his language.❤ So beautiful.😊
Haven't watched yet but already know it's gonna be a banger
**WE NEED YOUR WIFE'S REACTION VIDEO** to you getting additional wives! 😂😂😂
I love his quote about speaking to a man in his mother's togue will go to his heart!
I always say that the languages most worth learning are the ones that the speakers don't expect you to speak. I'm a Canadian of western Scottish ancestry (and look it), and when Irish people hear Irish come out of my mouth, they're shocked and thrilled, but Yiddish-speakers are fascinated. I haven't branched out into non-European languages (I speak some Hebrew, and have studied a little Swahili and Zulu on Duolingo, but I'm shy to practise them, and Haitian Creole is pretty easy because I speak French, but again, shy). I'm always impressed at how willing Arieh is to just put himself out there.
It gets easier the more you do it! Just remember that you'll make mistakes and it's totally fine. Notice how Ari makes tons of mistakes, but his efforts are appreciated and they're happy to help him learn. You're doing amazing already, keep it up! :)
It’s not banned. 40 million Oromos speak this language
@@hawimela22 Why are you telling me this? I didn't say anything about Oromo.
@@embryomystic I’m just letting you know so you’re not misinformed
@@hawimela22 Tell Arieh. He's the one studying it.