About the Ainu language
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- Опубліковано 4 бер 2021
- Today we’re travelling to the land of the rising sun, but we’re not going to talk about Japanese. There exists another language that has been spoken here for thousands of years. Ainu has only around 2 remaining native speakers (officially). Even though small, the language possesses a great importance to the linguistics. Ainu is absolutely unique as it not connected to any other language. By researching it we could discover pages of human evolution history that are for now unknown to us.
Link to the article about Ainu and Great Andamanese language connection:
www.researchgate.net/publicat...
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Tau by Osoku
Videos used:
Закрытие языка айну (часть 1)
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Battaki - IMERUAT
• Battaki - IMERUAT
受賞者が吟じる神謡カムイユカラ「カンナ カムイ（雷神）」リットゥンナ（アイヌ語日本語字幕）
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#japan #indigenous
For those are interested in anime: there's a manga/anime called "Golden Kamuy", which has a heavy focus on Ainu culture, very recommended
yes, and ainu language was spoken in the anime too
i second that
Also Uilta/Orok!
hinna hinna
Thank you so much for the recommendations! Apart from mononoke I didn’t know the other works. These are gold, also because I’m doing some illustrations about the korpokkur, which are little people depicted in Ainu mythology. I hope I’ll find them in these anime titles as well
My best friend in college is Ainu. His uncle developed the Ainu language for Drops, the only online tool that teaches the Ainu language. He is a native speaker of Ainu. So . . . is he one out of two people? No, definitely not.
Woah...I saw Ainu on drops. Didn't learn it.
Thanks for sharing that - I just downloaded drops!
I think the "2" is just referring the official number - census wise. Even though it's known that are more that hide it. There's articles talking about descrimination and like any other minorities, they try to survive their own way.
omg, gonna use it!! so fantastic, thank you 🥺
@@Aixiae The 2 is a number purported by Russian linguist Alexander Vovin (Wikipedia sources Ethnologue, which the website itself uses an incredibly outdated 1997 source).
Japanese census data is shaky to trust at best, and the most recent census reports about 5 fluent speakers - but this is self-reported and there is no definition for "fluent" Ainu speaker provided by the Japanese government
It's always sad when a language dies. Ainu isn't the only endangered language in Japan. There are others, like Miyakoan, particularly the Ogami dialect, which is kinda unique in that it surprisingly _loves_ consonant clusters (kf = make, fks = mouth, psks = pull).
Japanese is beautiful language, but other languages in Japan are too. It'd be nice if we can save them
Wow, never knew about Japan having many languages. Can you kindly share more details. Thanks in advance.
@@Dayaram-ez6dm
Languages in Japan are primatily divided into two language families: Japonic and Ainu.
As seen from its name, Japanese belongs to the Japonic family, alongside other languages like Okinawan (very similar to Japanese) and Miyakoan (quite different to Japanese). They are actually divided into more branches here but Wikipedia can explain it better than I do: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Japan?wprov=sfla1
On the Ainu family, there's only one living language left that is spoken in Hokkaido.
Of course, there are also sign languages, the primary one being JSL. You can read more about it here:
1) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Sign_Language?wprov=sfla1
2) www.tofugu.com/japan/japanese-sign-language/
You may also find the linguistics and linguisticshumor subreddits useful. They're plenty informative. Just search for "japonic, ryukuan, etc." there and you're good to go.
Ainu itak an-ak ma-we Ku= a-nu-kar wa yay-kat-shi-pi-ri man-ak an-nuye-tek no -i-ne-an wa itak kan-pi-sos kat pirka-re -e-i-un-ke an ro
@@Dayaram-ez6dm everytime people say Japan is homogenous i feel like laughing.
Language is a tool. If it is no longer useful to a people, then it is set aside. You can't force people to adopt another language if it isn't useful to speak it (such as how Ireland has been trying to get everyone to speak Irish...but it's not really taken hold). The Ainu language is now little more than a novelty or just a second language used for ceremonial purposes. It's lost its usefulness as a living first language. This is partially due to the necessity of speaking Japanese to really get along in Japan and partially because the Japanese pushed so hard to assimilate the Ainu that the number of native speakers simply fell below a critical point.
With that said, even though the language dying is pretty inevitable, cataloguing it for academic reasons is important. Especially due to it's apparent ancient roots and uniqueness.
JulLingo boldly goes where no Langfocus has gone before.
@Dylan Daley do it I’d subscribe
That's because she said in her intro that she likes to talk about rare languages whereas Langfocus is more used to promote learning official languages by exposing them in detail.
@Michael Chan Correct
@Michael Chan : Well, I wouldn't generalise it that way because Langfocus also talked about less known languages such as Zulu but as a general assumption that is what we can expect from these two channels. None of them is superior to the other, it is best to watch both as they cover different languages or compliment each other with factual information.
This channel focuses on the history of the language (something you can copypaste on Wikipedia) while LangFocus is all about the linguistic aspect of it (via native language speakers and some copy and paste from history)
I am from Hokkaido (originally), and have always been interested in their language and culture, but I don't really know much about them unfortunately. But one thing I know is that many younger Ainu people are now learning their ancestors' language as their second language to preserve it. Although it's inevitable to lose all the native speakers, it will not likely to extinct in the near future. There's still hope.
Luckily, a lot of people are putting in effort for almost extinct/extinct languages, and I'm glad to hear that that goes for Ainu as well! I'm from the US and at a nearby college they started offering classes in a Native American language which had gone extinct. Even though there are no more native speakers of the language, the language itself is no longer extinct as there are now people who can speak it again. It's truly a great thing to see!
pirka wa Ainu itak kanpi-nu-ye-kar in-kar yar=an ne e so try to write it on comments instead of writing in English about it which does not help it
@@faymelp826which language, out of curiosity?
@@slumbercommentator Unfortunately, I’m forgetting the name of the language. I heard about it about a year ago, and while I remember that that was happening, I do not remember the exact language. Sorry.
@@faymelp826 You’re good! By chance do you remember what letter the language started with or where it was spoken? If not that’s also fine, I’m just very curious
I live in Japan and have worked for my entire career as a Japanese translator/linguist, and one of my close friends is an Ainu shamaness. She knows the Ainu language in the context of songs and prayers, she plays traditional Ainu musical instruments, and knows how to sew and embroider traditional Ainu clothing. She has explained to me in great detail how much influence the Ainu language had on the language we call Japanese. "Kamui," the Ainu word for God or sacred spirit, is the progenitor of the equivalent Japanese word "Kami." Anyone who wants to study the Ainu language needs to meet with Ainu people and talk to them about their culture, there are many people left who know this language in bits and pieces even if they don't answer surveys claiming to be native speakers. As you say, there is Japanese influence on Ainu, but there is also huge unspoken influence of Ainu on modern Japanese.
"Official estimates place the total Ainu population of Japan at 25,000. Unofficial estimates place the total population at 200,000 or higher, as the near-total assimilation of the Ainu into Japanese society has resulted in many individuals of Ainu descent having no knowledge of their ancestry" - taken from English Wikipedia on Ainu.
So, how many speakers of Ainu are there really, considering that not even all people who are officially recognized as Ainu speak Ainu language? Around 20 000? Surely they exert "huge unspoken influence" on the remaining 125 000 000 Japanese people. To actually do that these Ainu would all have to be Japan's officials, teachers and celebrities, but that is of course far from truth.
@@KrwawyKocurYou do realize Ainu didn't come out of nowhere, right? Ainu peop used to have a much larger population before being Japanicized and contact has been established between these two people long ago.
Some incorrect and incomplete information is provided in this video.
*Ainu* people are a mixture of *Jomon* and *Okhotsk* people. They have traditionally lived in Hokkaido, Karafuto/Sakhalin, and Chishima/Kuril islands. However, we know that various *Ainu* dialects--even on Hokkaido alone--were not always mutually intelligible.
All modern Japanese carry Jomon DNA to varying degrees. *Ainu* people have the highest (about 70%) Haplogroup D admixture. The second highest are the residents of Southern Kyushu, Amami, and Okinawa. Jomon people came to Japan sometime during the last ice age, over 12,000 years ago when Hokkaido and Karafuto was still connected to the continent.
However *Ainu* also carry unique genes which derive from Okhotsk people that cannot be found in other parts of Japan. Genetic studies of Okhotsk bones indicate similarities with groups such as *Nivkh* in Karafuto/Sakhalin, *Ulch* in Amur river delta, as well as *Itelmens/Kamchadal* and *Koryak* of Kamchatka peninsula. Archaeological findings of Okhotsk people on the northern shores of Hokkaido are dated between 3rd and 13th century AD. The Okhotsk tribes were known to seasonally migrate, depending on the conditions of drifting ice.
Hello !. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. And terrorists (puppets of the Antichrist) who misinterpret verses, out of ignorance and political motivations, and take them out of historical context (just like radical atheists do by the way), don't help either. Thank you very much for your time.
Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them).
Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI)
Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy.
Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI)
Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).
Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning!
Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.
Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement.
It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them.
(19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad)
Salam (Peace)..
Fascinating!!!!!
That’s a lot of great information. Whatever your field of study was(is) it definitely paid off. Thank you for the research.
A bunch of BS. You sound intelligent but you’re wrong!
How do you say “volcano” in Ainu?
This language is mysterious. Hope answers will be clearer for this future.
In the grammatical structure has some similarities to the north American tribes, suggesting the probability of those American northern tribes be far far far far descendants of the first people crossing the bering strait
Ainu language is priceless and Ainu people are precious. Likewise for so many rare indigenous cultures and nations, we must all contribute to see that what remains is preserved and what is being lost is restored. Homogenization, no matter the context 9or characteristics of "default" dominant cultures), is an affront to human history, heritage, lore, and diversity.
Julie's work here is invaluable as it brings minority languages to greater attention of a wider audience in a most accessible manner. Thank you, Julie.
Agree
Mak/Mek...(emek)=exertion /process
Der-mek= to set the layout by bringing together
Dar-mak= to bring about a new order by destroying the old
Dür-mek= to roll it up (to make it become a roll)
Dör-mek= to rotate on its axis ( törmek=old meaning)-(to stir it , to mix it(current meaning)
(döngü)törüş/törüv=tour (törüv-çi=turqui)(tör-geş=turkish)=tourist...(törük halk=mixed people in ownself)
Törü-mek=türemek= to get created a new order by joining each other
Töre=the order established over time= custom/tradition > (torah=sacred order) (tarih=history)
Törü-et-mek=türetmek= to create a new layout by adding them together= to derive
(Tör-en-mek)>dörünmek= to rotate oneself /(2. to turn by oneself)
(Dörn-mek)>Dönmek= to turn oneself
(Dön-der-mek)>döndürmek= to turn something
(Dön-eş-mek)>dönüşmek= to turn (altogether) to something
(Dön-eş-der-mek)>dönüştürmek= to convert/ to transform
simple wide tense
for positive sentences
Var-mak= to arrive (for the thick voiced words) (positive suffixes)=(Ar-ır-ur)
Er-mek= to get (at) (for the subtle voiced words) (positive suffixes)=(Er-ir-ür)
for negative sentences
Ma=not
Bas-mak= to dwell on /tread on (bas git= ~leave and go)
Maz=(negativity suffix)=(ma-bas) =(No pass)=Na pas=not to dwell on > vaz geç= give up (for the thick voiced words)
Ez-mek= to crush (ez geç= ~think nothing about)
Mez=(negativity suffix)=(ma-ez) =(No crush)=doesn't > es geç = skip (for the subtle voiced words)
Tan= the dawn
Tanımak= to recognize (~to get the differences of)
(Tanı-ma-bas)= tanımaz= ~doesn't recognize
(Tanı-et-ma-bas)= tanıtmaz= doesn't make it get recognized
(Tanı-en-ma-bas)= tanınmaz= doesn't inform about oneself (doesn't get known by any)
(Tanı-eş-ma-bas)= tanışmaz= doesn't get known each other
Tanışmak= to get to know each other =(~to meet first time)
Danışmak= to get information from each other
Uç=~ top point
(Uç-mak)= to fly
(Uç-a-var)= Uçar=it flies (arrives at flying)
(Uç-ma-bas)= uçmaz= doesn't fly (~gives up flying)
(Uç-der-ma-bas)=(uçturmaz)=uçurmaz= doesnt fly it (doesn't make it fly)
(Uç-eş-ma-bas)=uçuşmaz= doesn't (all)together fly
(Uç-al-ma-bas)=uçulmaz= doesn't get being flied
Su=water (Suv)=fluent-flowing (suvu)=Sıvı=fluid, liquid
Suv-mak=~ to make it flow onwards/upward (>sıvamak)
Suy-mak=~ to make it flow over
Süv-mek=~ to make it flow inwards
Sür-mek=~ to make it flow on something
Suv-up =liquefied=(soup)
Sür-up(shurup)=syrup Suruppah(chorba)=soup Suruppat(sherbet)=sorbet sharap=wine mashrubat=beverage
(Süp-mek)=~ to make it flow outwards
(süp-der-mek>süptürmek)>süpürmek=to sweep
Say-mak=~ to make it flow one by one (from the mind) = ~ to count ~ to deem (sayı=number) (bilgisayar=computer)
Söy-mek=~ to make it flow from the mind (Söy-le-mek= to make the sentences flowing through the mind =~to say, ~to tell )
Sev-mek=~ to make it flow from the mind (to the heart) = to love
Söv-mek=~ call names (to say whatever's on own mind)
Süy-mek=~ to make it flow from inside (süyüt) =Süt= milk
Soy-mak=~ to make it flow over it/him/her ( to peel, ~to strip, ~to rob ) (Soy-en-mak)>soyunmak=to undress
(Sıy-der-mak)>sıyırmak= skimming, ~skinning
Siy-mek=~ to make it flow downwards =to pee Siyitik>Sidik= urine
Süz-mek=~ to make it lightly flow from up to downwards (~to filter, strain out)
Sez-mek=~ to make it lightly flow into the mind (~to perceive, to intuit)
Sız-mak=~ to get flowed slightly/slowly (~to infiltrate)
Sun-mak= to extend it forwards (presentation, exhibition, to serve up)
Sün-mek=to expand reaching outwards (sünger=sponge)
Sın-mak=to reach by extending upwards or forwards
Sin-mek=to shrink (oneself) by getting down or back (to lurk, to hide onself)
Sön-mek=to get decreased by getting out or in oneself (to be extinguished)
Sağ-mak= ~ to make it's poured down (Sağanak=downpour)
(sağ-en-mak)>sağınmak=~ to make oneself poured from thought into emotions
(Sağn-mak)>San-mak= ~ to make it pour from thought to idea (to arrive at the idea)
Sav-mak=~ to make it pour outwards (2.>put forward- set forth in) (sağan)=Sahan=the container to pour water
(Sav-der-mak)>(savdurmak)> savurmak (Sav-der-al-mak)>(savurulmak)> savrulmak=to get scattered/driven away
(Sav-en-mak)>savunmak=to defend (Sav-en-al-mak)>savunulmak=to get being defended
(Sav-eş-mak)1.>savaşmak=to pour blood / to shed each other's blood (savaş= the war)
Hello !. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. And terrorists (puppets of the Antichrist) who misinterpret verses, out of ignorance and political motivations, and take them out of historical context (just like radical atheists do by the way), don't help either. Thank you very much for your time.
Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them).
Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI)
Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy.
Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI)
Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).
Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning!
Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.
Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement.
It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them.
(19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad)
Salam (Peace)..
Innumerable languages and cultures have come and gone since the dawn of mankind, long before recorded history began. It's just a part of life, nothing lasts forever save death and taxes.
Yes, the homogenization of so many cultures is really sad. I live in a part of the Netherlands with it's own languages ("dialects", though I would argue not) and culture, and we weren't even allowed to speak our dialect at school, my parents also mostly switched to "ABN" (which translates to "common civilized dutch", now called "standard language") once I got into school.
Now I'm trying to learn more of my language, but sadly I only have one grandparent left and she's 89, so it's getting more difficult to learn the oldest useable form I can, luckily there are many speakers and there are more and more efforts to protect it.
Many German dialects have also gotten diluted by hochdeutsch or whatever, while there were many regional languages (with a gradient of differences) before. We used to be able to speak our dialect in the German Aachen, because the dialects are similar (father's experience, not mine) but that's getting harder and harder.
Assimilation (in Europe) often makes the differences over borders starker.
I personally like the ideas of many Solarpunk channels here on youtube, not only because of the environmental views and non-capitalist strive, but also because it encourages local community and cultural heritage, without letting go of our global knowledge. Just wanted to throw that in here.
PS. I forgot to mention why they are interesting languages, and especially for linguists:
They are very tonal, like Chinese and cantonese, as it has many "melodic" elements that matter, far more vowel sounds than Dutch and a greater range of consonant sounds that are used (hard and soft g, rolling and soft r, sj, shh, tssh, different j's, d hard and soft (think korean), etc.), though the consonant sound differences mostly don't matter for meaning or word (except s and j can matter).
One part of the melodic things is called "stoottoon en sleeptoon" basically like a musical accented note or a legato into another note would be the best analogy, in my opinion.
(I also later found acutus and circumflex for this, though it sounds different to my ears than in latin languages.)
Interestingly, although this is very far away from there, in my country (Peru), among the Machiguenga people (Matsiguenga), the word "kamui" has got a similar meaning as god or spirit of nature (such as in Pachakamui). There's also "kamaite" (such as in Pachakamaite) among the Ashaninkas, and "kamaq" in Quechua, which means "nourisher", and it's usually part of the name of the most important gods (such as in Pachakamaq). It could be a coincidence as well, and in this case it's also not known which languange influenced the other.
Interestingly, something similar to Jomon pottery has been found in Ecuador.
I'm not sure if it happened to be similar, but it's a lot of fun to consider!
Most Amazing Theory... might be worthwhile researching it further!!
@MultiBagram thanks to joel G now i think of peru like ena's world
Really now thats very interesting indeed, to see some words to which's meaning got conserved over the years as the humans kept going from asia to north america and south and stuff
I'm your neighbor(brazillian) and here we have this coincident expression of "ne?" after phrases much like japanese
Except its just a coincidence, "ne" there is an actual word where here its more like a slang that happened when we shortened the "não é?" which means "isn't it?"
So yeah... Languages are weird ayy
It's not unlikely as many ancient tribes visited settled in new countries by travelling by boat and being how peru is just across the pacific, it's not impossible. Also God is a favourable word and is one that is used very regularly so I wouldn't be surprised that it hasn't changed or is related.
Sry but peru wouldn’t have any influence on japanese language or culture. So if any of it were to be true, it would be the Japanese influencing your peruvian language
It'll be sad to see Ainu culture lost. Such a fascinating people
Probably just karma for massacring the Emishi people
The cultural level of the Ainu is not very high.
Do you really want the Ainu to be a primitive life even in modern times?
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Hem hem-an -ta 'kar-ma ! massacring ! E-mus ' ! To an-pe E=-en ko-itak rusui ke-re wa E-se-kor an ta-ne " Probably just karma for massacring the Emishi people "
@@curumipon7089 Hey, don't spread hate on this platform, spread love and peace
I have learned Ainu language when I was a student long years ago. I already have forgotten almost all of that. I feel very sad about missing languages. Thank you for your introducing that language.
Learning languages as a student isn't very effective... You must practise and find uses to the language otherwise you'll forgot it
@@gamermapper that's right!
Ainu itak an-ak-ne E-a-eskaire ya ? itak an-nu-kar ki-re-re an ro-k wa !
How do you say “volcano” in Ainu?
ham a ha ni ha m kawa Ainu itak E hamakawa keutum okere kur itak an=i an nu'yekar inkar yan en=kore
Hello. I am Japanese and just found your channel when I was looking for a Khoisan language video. I am studying linguistics especially Japanese and English at my university but I am just a junior and still don't know that much about languages in terms of linguistics, even Japanese. There are thousands of things to learn in this field and I am looking forward to knowing a lot of things that surprise and excite me. When I think about languages in this world, of course, it is interesting and enjoyable, but it makes me feel sad when a language dies and there are endangered languages that have only a few native speakers of some dialects It is not only about Ainu but also all of the dialects in this world.
So, this is a great thing that you talk and tell about them through UA-cam, and I would love you to know that I am grateful and so glad that you made a video about one of the Japanese cool endangered dialects.
Thank you very much!
Ta ne om o shir oi re you say e sekor o it is a 'Japnese Sii-sam o rai 'cool ' nam a yam mem April weather 'endangered 'dialect kutcham a because if you take away Kanji from kun yomi Siisamo tasnu itak and research chimi chimi book kanpisos ISBN 4-7954-0127-6 Coo81 p2472 E Katayama .T 1997 suzusawa sho ten .
A people use Chinese kanji in Japan with quasi chinese that chinese can not read and Kun reading and mix up with trillions of Kanji readings and sounds like korean kamsumida kansha su ru Jomon Yayoi history compare Ainu roman with Japanese some people say it is like Ainu some westerners like to say it is isolate and Unique they did not want to use Kanji despite trading with China via Sakhalin for a thosand years because they knew Kanji would distort their language
Ainu is a language, not a dialect. There is a BIG difference between saying "endangered language" and "endangered dialect".
@@mikeparkermikeparker Kutcham hempak an
There's always hope. My very recent ancestors are Irish, and the Irish language was thought to be extinct, thanks to the English trying for 800 years or so to eradicate it. But once Ireland (minus the six counties, which may come back into Ireland fairly soon!) won its independence, the government set out to bring it back. And now there are many Irish speakers in Ireland.
In the British Isles the most threatened languages are probably Manx (Isle of Wight) and Cornish (of Cornwall), which are Celtic languages related to Irish and Scots Gaelic and Welsh. So let us hope that they can be preserved and more users will exist in the future. And let us hope the same for Ainu.
I love how you connect history, anthropology, archeology, genetics and linguistics and cover unknown languages in general. And I also like that you dress up with a bit of the traditional clothing for the thumbnails to give a first glimpse into the culture of that language. Great channel!
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yess, I loved how she dress up according to the language, that's amazing!
Hello !. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. And terrorists (puppets of the Antichrist) who misinterpret verses, out of ignorance and political motivations, and take them out of historical context (just like radical atheists do by the way), don't help either. Thank you very much for your time.
Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them).
Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI)
Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy.
Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI)
Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).
Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning!
Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.
Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement.
It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them.
(19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad)
Salam (Peace)..
Your channel is just sooo cool! Thanks for telling us about all those languages, I absolutely love it!
I love your language choices Julie! Always a joy when there’s a new video of yours to watch. Such an interesting history. 💕
The Ainu culture is my favorite of the "orphan" cultures. I spent several months in Hokkaido while I lived in western Japan for many years. This video was such a pleasant surprise. Now I live in Tbilisi and Kartuli is my interest. Among your videos, Kartuli was the 1st one i saw.
საიდან ხარ მეგობარო? ძალიან მიხარია რომ ქართული ენა გაინტერესებს 😇 Respect from Georgia 👍 I am very interesting in ainu culture,its very unique ❤️
Hello !. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. And terrorists (puppets of the Antichrist) who misinterpret verses, out of ignorance and political motivations, and take them out of historical context (just like radical atheists do by the way), don't help either. Thank you very much for your time.
Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them).
Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI)
Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy.
Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI)
Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).
Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning!
Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.
Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement.
It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them.
(19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad)
Salam (Peace)..
Ainu appear to have Aryan culture
Not Orphan lol
What an amazing channel...beautiful lay out, great language choices
Very nicely done! Thanks for the work you're doing. It's fun to watch.
Very interesting watch. You're easy to listen to and you provide information and perspective in a new and fresh way. One of my favorite ainu videos!
I’m stunned with an amount of information you provided in this film. Thank you very much ;D
No gender, no cases, no tenses doesn't make a language easier. As a native Spanish speaker Spanish gives more information because of gender, complex conjugations and tenses. We don't need to rely on context much because the language already gives us all the information we need. But when we face a language that lacks all that we have to learn to read context and it is not always that easy, especially when you read things like song lyrics. Who is doing? When did it happen? Those are challenges we face.
I guess we each become more accustomed to and rely more on our native language rules when communicating 🤔 it's a bit tricky to break that mold to learn other languages.
I understand what you mean. Not having articles and plurals in Japanese is less complicated, but it's more difficult for people who are used to articles to understand. Omitting the subject, something Spanish and Japanese have in common, is also less complicated, but difficult for people who aren't used to it.
Yes, this is true. A language being simpler actually doesn’t necessarily mean it’s simpler to learn. I learned Malay, having a background of bilingualism in Tagalog and English, and I found it quite hard at first understanding how words seemed to just go together with little indication of their relation in the sentence. It took me some time to better understand such grammar. Also, it can be quite ambiguous to understand having such simple grammar. I think that a language having complex grammar does not necessarily make it harder to learn. English has ‘simple’ grammar but it has so many irregularities that it is quite tricky, and all those irregularities are like mini rules in themselves. Japanese, from what I know, has rather complex grammar but it has very few irregularities in its grammar. Although, what I find difficult with Japanese is its very different way of expression (e.g. very frequently the subject is dropped with no verbal affix like in Indo-European languages to indicate even the person and number of the subject of a verb) and maybe also the pitch accent.
Oh, I love this! Thank you so much. I had never before heard of Ainu. Now I am motivated to go down this linguistic rabbit hole.
Your videos are so good I hope you continue making them
What a great video! I recently traveled in Hokkaido for over 2 months and got to meet some Ainu people personally and i was so fascinated by their culture ! So I'm planning to go back there in a few days to live with an Ainu family ! Thanks for your amazing video and I will show this it to my Ainu friends as they'll be very happy to know that you made a video entirely about their language !
Say to them that there are many people who are fascinated and in love with Ainu Culture and whould be verry sad if it got lost
From childhood i loved to read about rare, mysterious, ancient languages and peoples like the Ainu, but there was little infornation other than a few encyclopedia articles, so in school i had to content myself with what was available, studying mostly Spanish and German, being interested in the roots of English seen in German words and in Latin's descendant words in Spanish. Many years later videos like this are available at the touch of a finger!
Yaaaaaay! The video I've been especially looking forward to!
How wonderful to see this video! I always had a huge interest in the Ainu people for some reason. It was always my dream to visit Hokkaido. In 2019 I finally went and learned more about the Ainu people. Thank you for creating this video :)
Thank you for bringing the Ainu language in the open. My first introduction to Ainu ban was 2 years ago when I visited Sapporo for the first time. I was so lost when it was spoken to me. Hokkaido has a rich history that is slowly going away despite efforts to keep it alive.
Watching this makes me want to binge-watch 'Golden Kamuy. It's a really good anime that also highlights Ainu's way of living.
Ainu culture and language is so amazing, thank you for making a video to help further education about it!
Thank you so much for making this!!
Thank you so much for the language knowledge!!! I love how you integrate history along with language. You remind me how we are all more alike than different. So many people are too focused on the differences instead of coming together and celebrating the human experience.
More history of language repression and a recent rediscovery of its importance. Where have I seen that before? Fantastic series, keep it up.
Found your video randomly. Your style of doing those videos is informative and fun to watch. I never knew there were "native japanese people" ! So interesting. I subscribed now (:
Love your videos! Thank you Julie!
This is such a great channel.
your videos are amazing! thanks!
I was shocked when I heard that Ainu has only two native speakers. By the way your videos are so good I really enjoy watching them, so please post more videos💎
I have read an interesting decription of the Ainu people in the "Sachalin Island" (1891-1895) of Anton Chekhov.
Sakhalin*
@@flotus2003 Dutch influence
@@gerardterveer9026 oh, okay. Sorry), I have never heard that version of my homeland)
@@flotus2003 Anton Tsjechov “De reis naar Sachalin”
@@gerardterveer9026 man, read Tsjechov in original
The little known history/ culture of the Ainu is very interesting, thanks for sharing
At time 7:32 it is mentioned that the Ainu word "cikir" for leg -- it's interesting since in Javanese (from Java island, Indonesia) language the word "ceker" means leg (usually for poultry or birds).
hmmm interesting, coincidence?
The Javanese wod "sikil" also means "leg/foot".
@Rinoarashi_39 - if you're curious about there being a southern origin for Ainu, look up the *Austric language family* hypothesis
Hello !. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. And terrorists (puppets of the Antichrist) who misinterpret verses, out of ignorance and political motivations, and take them out of historical context (just like radical atheists do by the way), don't help either. Thank you very much for your time.
Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them).
Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI)
Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy.
Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI)
Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).
Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning!
Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.
Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement.
It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them.
(19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad)
Salam (Peace)..
Another excellent presentation - authoritative, comprehensive, interesting, professional, and witty. Beautiful smile too!
Many years ago I met someone from Mexico who speaks Yucatec Maya. From him I learned how hard it is to keep "dying" languages alive! So many thanks for your important work!
Dear teacher, thank you for sharing your beautiful work and research with the world. It is always so interesting to learn with you about these exotic and old languages and people. I knew about Okinawago 沖縄語, but I had no idea about the existance of the Ainu language and Ainu people. Now, I think this is the most exotic language I have ever heard of. Thank you and God bless you!
Okinawans call their language Uchinaaguchi
@@ddan5842 Uchinaaguchi is the main island language, the Ryukyuan languages are 6 main languages in the other island and dialects from them.
Your thumbnails are so pretty and cool
As always
pretty good at playing dress up with cultures with different amounts of problematic racist behavior you mean
@@isabelaraujo4825 Shes showcasing the cultures of the languages shes presenting. Keep your annoying neo Victorian pearl clutching for your tumblr blog.
@@Mothman156 lol i wonder who is racist here. julingo, who spends her time making and sharing videos giving us insight into aspects of various world cultures, or isabel araujo who wants to ethnically segregate peoples clothing.
@@lvaughn7724 Absolutely spot on. Couldn’t have said it better myself
Your channel has opened an interest I didn't know that I had, bravo you very educated and beautiful person.
Excellent video! I've been searching for something about the Ainu Language for awhile and this was really informative. thank you so much.
As a suggestion of another rare language I would recommend you, if you don't know already, to search the Mirandês language (or Mirandese, in English) in northeastern Portugal and our second official spoken language with 15.000 speakers.
This has to be the best video about Ainu
I really enjoyed the video. I'm sad I'm not longer a patron, but I hope to be again in the future when I have money to spend.
This was very informative. Thank you
Very interesting video, I had no idea Ainu even existed! Thank you Julia!
My Japanese hometown has a Jomon Museum so I have always been interested in Ainu language. Adding it to my list.
In Sendai they have Jomon museum it shows a figures of a family around a fire in a pit house they do not talk butJapanse salary man goes home and talks with his family koi HORA !Meeeshi! steamed ofurooban Tsuma meshi biiiru koi koi dabee! ! I asked the researches what language did they speak and he is in Korea learning Korean he did not know ,but Yayoi came with hanja kanji and made Japanese that is why Japan yearns for Korea
I had no idea that the Ainu people still exist in cultural communities. Having studied the Japanese subjugation if the Ryukyu, and understanding it’s desire to eliminate all cultures not Japanese, it comes as no surprise that the Japanese historical accounts did not include any information on the Ainu. I am thrilled to learn of the Ainu persevering to this day. I will search online for any language courses.
Thank you so much for your efforts in putting this together and presenting it to the rest of the world.
Very interesting. I am glad I found your video. Thank you.
i knew about Ainu from an anime "Shaman King" that i watched as a kid, then i realised they actually exist :))
That was really interesting. I hope the language is able to persist, along with the people
love your videos thank for this :)
Very interesting in so many ways. Thank you.
You do a very good job introducing languages. You always include a speaker and a singer of said language which is one of the best things about this channel.
It's funny how some governments wanted to kill/assimilate minorities but now they want to preserve them. The same happened to the Basque in Spain, the Saami in Finland or native Americans in the USA. Luckily the world has become a better place and there's less discrimination of these peoples.
If a language dies, that's a piece of the workings of the human mind gone. With today's technology we should be able not to lose any language ever.
I've known about Ainu for a while, but I had no idea it was an endangered language with only 2 official speakers!
My best friend is a native speaker of Ainu. Don't worry, it won't go away too soon.
Super interesting, the connections between culture, genetics and language have always fascinated me. I think you're right about the origins of the Ainu.
This is fastnating! Thank you so much!
Ainu is one of my all time favorite languages, and also one of the most fascinating in the world to me.
How do you say “volcano” in Ainu?
Tanepo unukar=an ruwe ne kusu ueramkarap=an pe ne na. Julie iyayraikere! Thank you for getting more people to know about Aynu itak. (The Aynu itak I commented in is Saru dialect btw)
Ku=pis-{i}-ki kar an wa ,tap-an itak-i-pe no mon-shu-tu a-ko-in-kar-a kus-te tane ‘ Kusu wa ‘kus-ne ‘ Kusu ne {u} no p { ..kusu + u-e-ram{u}kar-a-p } hem-hem-an -ta ikkewe a . Wa kus-ne e -pa-tek an kor an Ainu itak kan-pi-kata ru ne !
Ne-kon-a = Ne-kor a an ak wa ' ke-u-en-i-wkes ne e-poro-se an wa
Sweet! New video! You are doing such a great job with these videos keep it up
Excellent video! thanks a lot!
I know a few people that have actually learned this to fluency. Seriously an amazing language and culture!
Sad that most of my otaku/weeb friends, some of who've been consuming Japanese media nearly their whole lives, had never heard of the Ainu until I mentioned them.
I rarely see anime that has culture as an integral story part so it's understandable (and sad) that they're missing out on a lot of stuff. Anime alone don't represent Japan.
@@Antyla There is an anime about the Ainu called Golden Kamuy
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I might check that one out. Thanks for the recommendation.
@@Antyla There is many of them, you are just don't looking for them.
There is many anime that are concentrated on a part of japanese culture.
Here is a list :
- Nastume yuunjichou
- Hanayamata
- Chihayafuru
And there is also anime about kendo, kabuki, tea ceremony, etc.
They focus more on a subject part of their cultures than the whole thing, mainly because it's would be too many things to do because each prefectures also have their own cultures.
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Looks like I'm missing out on a lot of stuff. I'll be sure to check them out 😆
It is debatable how accurate it is to explain a language so foreign to us so quickly. But it is an admirable endeavour to explain a language with so few resources, as if you had attended a course. May the health for your efforts and your mouth.
A short time you bring a lot of clear knowledge to a rare subject
The Ainu originated from the ancient Okhotsk who invaded and mixed with the indigenous Jomon people of Hokkaido in the 13th century, about 800 years ago.
The Ainu are not an indigenous people of Hokkaido Japan.
I am a Japanese of Ainu descent whose roots are on the island of Etorofu, which is now Russian territory, but was originally Japanese territory.
My grandparents always told us that the Ainu did not speak the same language depending on where they lived, and that their culture was slightly different.
They are jomon people DNA can prove that
No, the Ainu are not the Jomon, the indigenous people of Hokkaido, as their DNA clearly shows.
In Japan, the Ainu and Okinawan have the same amount of Jomon DNA, and the other Japanese carry Jomon DNA too but with a little more DNA mixture from other Asian regions. Okinawa and Japanese have the same Language structure but Ainu does not. So that means that in Japan almost everybody has a Jomon ancestry, but probably Ainu was a mixture of Jomon and Okhotsk with the language borrowed from Okhotsk. Speaking of Japanese, the structure is close to Sumerian and is completely different from other languages spoken in East and Southeast Asia except for Korean being close in structure.
“these days everyone is trying to link everything to basque” got me do damn haaard ahahahaaah
I'm a basque student and when we were learning where does basque came from our teacher literally give us a list with 40+ cultures
Just discovered your channel ... and subscribed. I’m no linguist but I’m fascinated by so-called unique languages ... also threatened languages. Ainu is both. I hope you do Basque and Hungarian soon.
Very interesting video! Thanks a lot!
it looks like a great language. we hope it doesn't vanish away!
I find amazing similarities between Ainu and Maori:
- both are form a big archipelago with similar climates and sizes
- both have a culture where women have tatoos on the mouth
- both only have /r/ and no /l/, only five vowels, only voiceless plosives /p, t, k/ and few fricatives, of which /h/ exists in both.
- both have a deep connection to nature
- Ainus used to hunt bears and Maoris used to hunt the giant moa.
Funny, my first thought was that maori sounded similar to Japanese yamato-kotoba, (Japanese without Chinese influence) and even more, when you consider old Japanese pronounciation
@@janaw.4552 It is thought that Old Japanese had significant contact with Proto-Polynesian when Old Japanese maybe wasn't in Japan or only existed in southern Japan, enough that they have some sprachbund-like features. Unfortunately we don't know under what context this interaction took place.
The old lady sounded like she was speaking a polynesian sounding language.
@@GL-ys8je It sounded closer to Yup'ik or Inuit to me. Or Japanese even.
Sorry bro, Austronesian languages has no Connection with Ainu....
Thank you for this !
I've heard about the Ainu people from other UA-camrs but never in depth and also in an anime called Shaman King. Thanks for sharing 😊
In Finnish mythology bears (Karhu, a bit like Ainu Kamuy) were treated like deities too.
Polysynthetic languages are precious jewelries among all languages...
Amazing video! Thanks!
This was really interesting!
Great video. Love your focus on smaller languages.
Indigenous languages also store nature-conservation and value system technologies. As the natural world suffers, it becomes more and more important to maintain these indigenous languages and support them
Hello !. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. And terrorists (puppets of the Antichrist) who misinterpret verses, out of ignorance and political motivations, and take them out of historical context (just like radical atheists do by the way), don't help either. Thank you very much for your time.
Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them).
Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI)
Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy.
Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI)
Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).
Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning!
Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.
Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement.
It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them.
(19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad)
Salam (Peace)..
discovered this channel now, super nice!! maybe from a linguistic point of view is a world of changes, but almost seem an halfway between Italian an a slavic language as Russian
Yet another great video :)
Hello Julie, will you do a video about one of the Sami languages? They sound exotic for Uralic languages.
I would like that. Sami languages aren't that exotic - to me they look about as distant from Finnish as Estonian, but I confess to preferring the sound of Sami over Estonian. Their grammar and phonemes however are very interesting.
@@therat1117 I also want that. My ancestors spoke Finnish, similar to Sami.
How about Yakut?
What about mansi? I think its the most intresting uralic language
@@SI-ln6tc afaik yakut isn't uralic but turkic
There is an incredible Japanese homage to the Western film "Unforgiven", where the Ainu was heavily involved and paralleled the Native Americans in the film.
You are doing a great work
Wow! So interesting!!! I love it!
We must preserve Ainu!
I was fascinated by the similarities between Ainu homes, tools, garments etc., and early Native American ones, when I visited the Ainu themed village at Lake Akan in Kushiro. It was easy to imagine Asian people had come to North America tens of thousands of years ago across the Bering Strait. I don’t know many details of that, but having grown up in the western US I’m somewhat familiar with artifacts from earlier periods when the Goshute, Paiute, Ute, Diné and others thrived in this area. And I do know that there is a DNA connection between Native Americans and Asians. Thanks for your very interesting videos.
I’m not surprised at all!
I always noticed a striking similarity between Ainu decorative patterns, and those of the native peoples of the Pacific Northwest. I wouldn't be surprised if there was prehistoric coast-hugging movement of traders and hunting/fishing expeditions all along the northern Pacific Rim, from Hokkaido to Vancouver. And possibly beyond, in either direction. Ainu having direct contact with Haida, Salishans, or Tlingit is unlikely. But I could see traditional handicrafts potentially traversing that entire distance.
I have studied Karate for over 50 years. For a time I took a great interest in Japanese culture. In my reading I ran across a very interesting article written I think some 30 years ago. It was done by a group of archeologists who were studying Ainu. What they discovered was that in the beginning of the 2nd millennium, Japanese Daimyos recruited Ainu to fight in their behalf since they were well known for there fighting abilities. They were the early Samurai, and became genetically mixed with the Japanese they served. The result was that many Japanese have traces of Ainu. This was so distasteful to the Japanese archeologists in the study that they refused to have their names on the publication.
When you say distasteful you mean racist, Japan is so fucked up as a country, hating on everything non Japanese, so closed minded.
Fun fact about karate: It's from Okinawa specifically, not mainland Japan.
The Okinawans pronounced it "ka-ra-tee." NOT "ka-ra-teh." That's the Japanese way, which many people will pompously say to correct you.
This is because in the Okinawan language, "hand" (te) is pronounced "tee" (ti). So it still means "empty handed" as far as I know.
Thanks very much, I did not realize that!
They are very exclusionary to people not of ‘pure’ origins. They look at Ainu much like other nations view their First Nations peoples. Japanese who have mixed blood from centuries back are still considers ‘Lesser’. They definitely don’t want immigration. That is a problem now because of labour shortages. That is one of the incentives to develop advanced androids. That being said, I don’t know about the newer generations. They may well take a more enlightened view. My long time interest and study has been women’s mythologies in various cultures, and how the transition into patriarchy has influence the rights and attitudes towards contemporary women. I have heard from Japanese people I know that this area is changing in the younger generation, thankfully, but things like racial origins are as hard to change as old attitudes towards women’s rights. Thanks for the reply
@@WayneMcNab You are replying to yourself, mate.
A very capable and intelligent young woman. This is very helpful to anyone seeking to understand these various languages. Thank you!
Thanks Ms so much in light of my superficial knowledge. This is the first time I have known this language
A full genome analysis published in 2020, analysed for the first time the complete genome of several Jōmon samples.
The Jōmon share relatively most genome with Paleolithic Siberian, as well as with modern people in Japan and various groups around the Sea of Okhotsk.
De Boer, E., Yang, M., Kawagoe, A., & Barnes, G. (2020). Japan considered from the hypothesis of farmer/language spread. Evolutionary Human Sciences, 2, E13. doi:10.1017/ehs.2020.7
Their traditional clothing as well as songs dances religious traditions are very similar to Siberian and Central Asian cultures.
i love the Japanese culture, and yet this is first time hearing about this, I'm fascinated, this is not the last time I will look into this culture.
I have been learning Ainu for almost 1 year by now, first I started by Drops app, but found some online courses which are help me to learning more grammatic. I'm still in the basics, since don't have anyone to pratice conversation, but learn this language make me learn about the ainu wonderful culture and history. Hope one day I can visit Hokaido.
Nice explanation! Thanks! :)
Wow, I think the most interesting fact is that Ainu doesn't have adjectives but rather verbs like "to be large." Perhaps this is due to their animist beliefs, e.g., a mountain is not inanimate but can do things like be large. The closest equivalence in English is probably the attributive verb or verbal adjectives as in "The cat *sitting* on the fence is mine." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attributive_verb
This seems to be common around there. Japanese and Korean both have a set of verb-like adjectives.
In Japanese also, many adjectives are in a verb-like class, those that end in -i. And as these adjectives are generally made up of native morphemes and not derived from Chinese, they're probably the older type. I wouldn't necessarily try to see a deeper connection there though, but it may indicate some pre-Sino influence between Ainu and Japanese