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I can't understand a single word but it feels like she's spilling some SERIOUS tea tell em sis😤

@danielholowaty2648

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah def 👁👄👁💅

@kamranriaz4661

3 жыл бұрын

Tell em what

@seductivegopnik2580

3 жыл бұрын

@@kamranriaz4661 doesn't matter sis, just TELL EM

@feliz5919

3 жыл бұрын

@@danielholowaty2648Yeah def 2x 👁👄👁💅☕️☕️☕️

@AspireGMD

3 жыл бұрын

She is FED UP with whoevers trying her. So upset.

I've never wanted subtitles more. Whatever she's talking about, she has some very clear opinions about it.

@alfia6690

2 жыл бұрын

If you listen to the end, she speaks in English. The message isn't for you though, lol. I would live subtitles for the rest though too. Powerful delivery!

@khust2993

Жыл бұрын

She's spitting facts

Someone add captions so I can understand this TEA sis is spilling

@ANTSEMUT1

3 жыл бұрын

Same.

@feliz5919

3 жыл бұрын

Yes PLEASE. this sounds like pure TEA. 💅🏼☕️

@marewmpinge419

3 жыл бұрын

This is my grandmothers language. She is actually speaking Nama and Afrikaans with a few english words. Even American skang is used here "slim thick". Its generally hiw we soeak here in Namibia. She's talking about an overconfident girl with a big butt walking in the streets and others talking down on her.

@sumtingwong665

2 жыл бұрын

I speak Afrikaans, and there is a lot of Afrikaans mixed in here as well as English. Its common for us to switch between languages in the same sentence here in South Africa as well as our neighbouring countries. I don't understand the Khoekhoegowab however I can translate the Afrikaans, so that there is some context to the story. I heard her saying "vroeg ryp, vroeg vrot" which directly translates to "early ripe, early rotten". Basically means that if you're sexually active at a young age you will have a corrupted mindset when you're older. "jy lyk soos gister" directly translates to "you look like yesterday" which means you look old school/ugly "dankie/baie dankie" - thank you/big thanks "ons stel glad nie belang nie" - we have absolutely no interest

The camera shook around 3:40 Was that her movements shaking it, or the camera itself trembling at her power

my wife: "This gives me the same energy of Italian women"

@joe_ita

3 жыл бұрын

as an italian i agree with her. i think it's the handspeak that gives off that vibe.

@joe_ita

3 жыл бұрын

@@leonardolupi5135 ma infatti, come se io avessi scritto che con la gestualità stesse comunicando concetti tipo Emanuela Fanelli nel suo famoso meme... "handspeak" può significare sia comunicare a gesti che gesticolare e basta, in inglese non c'è differenza (perché non parlano con le mani)

@matthewalvis9729

3 жыл бұрын

@@joe_ita TELL HIM!!! HAD TO FLEX THE ITALIAN ON EM 😤😤🤌🏼🇮🇹🇮🇹

The click consonants are amazing :) What a beautiful language.

@richardtjipepe

3 жыл бұрын

... thank you. Funny thing is we don't even realize that we use the clicks, that's how accustomed we are.

@BSBMteam

3 жыл бұрын

@@richardtjipepe I know it’s a lot to ask, but can you translate what she’s saying?

@richardtjipepe

3 жыл бұрын

@@BSBMteam oh Glob. I'll do so this weekend and post it here for you

@msruag

Жыл бұрын

@@richardtjipepe this weekend 😭😭it's been a year

Love the sound of the language, but I especially love her facial expressions and body language and how animated she is. Would love to meet her!

I love her!!!! Born story teller

“Embrace yourself, lovey!” 🥰

She's mixing in Afrikaans so seamlessly with the Nama language 🥺😭 we need subtitles in a few different languages, I wanna know what she's saying. There was a lot of sarcastic "dankie" and "jy is die shit!" sprinkled in and we need context.

I'm the only one who hears some Afrikaans words and phrases sometimes?

@Spudeszledesky

3 жыл бұрын

I hear 'danke' and 'goed' and 'was'.

@Moamanly

3 жыл бұрын

Probably adopted words /concepts. This sort of thing is very common around the world.

@alessandroagnitti4791

3 жыл бұрын

@@Moamanly yeah, but I recognised also entire phrases like "...is my eerste broer" (...is my first brother), I wonder if the relation between the two languages is simply that one adopted some words of the other or they are used both by the same speakers in different contexts with different registers

@denalihedgehog

3 жыл бұрын

I thought exactly the same

@gregmcnair4272

3 жыл бұрын

Alessandro, I heard them, too. I could understand alot of them because I speak Dutch. Afrikaans evolved out of Dutch.

I absolutely love her articulation. It's so clear and crisp and it makes every language she speaks so interesting and a joy to listen to.

Definitely mixed in some Afrikaans in there. Love it.

@oliveranderson7264

3 жыл бұрын

I heard “Beste vriend” and “Dankie”

@sambsstt

3 жыл бұрын

i heard nog steeds too

@egbront1506

3 жыл бұрын

Before she switched to English I heard "Jy is die shit" twice

@RideWithRen

3 жыл бұрын

And English too.

@MalaysianTropikfusion

3 жыл бұрын

Ah. No wonder I thought some parts sounded German.

Beautiful. I also love her English. She's just lovely.

She went on a date recently, but was disappointed because they didn’t really click.

@beepbeepcasucha

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

I'm mesmorized by the sound of the language and the emotion in her storytelling.

The click consonants are really interesting. First language I've ever heard that sounds like that

@jamiel6005

3 жыл бұрын

lots of African languages have that. They’re called Khosic languages, I believe. Another example would he Xhosa, it has a distinct sound but also has clicks.

@DatuSumakwel7

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamiel6005 Xhosa is a Bantu language (Other Bantu languages include isiZulu, Kiswahili, Shona). It's not related to Khoisan languages but demonstrates influence from Khoisan languages. It has clicks because the AmaXhosa (Xhosa people) had long term contact with Khoisan peoples.

@halilunes7007

3 жыл бұрын

English has also got "click" consonants such as k', p', t'. Actually it is called "ejective consonants".

@jasperkok8745

3 жыл бұрын

@@halilunes7007 Ejective consonants and clicks are not quite the same. Xhosa (isiXhosa in the language itself) has both categories of sounds - and more -, see page 3 on www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/icphs-proceedings/ICPhS1999/papers/p14_1149.pdf

@Octaviuseats

3 жыл бұрын

@@DatuSumakwel7 Xhosa descend from Bantu and Khoisan people

Atleast in Namibia 🇳🇦 they recognise Nama here in South Africa 🇿🇦 we have eleven official languages (9 Bantu languages and 2 Germanic languages) but they do not recognise any Khoisan language (including Nama) which is very sad because it is the true languages that originate in South Africa.

@missbstuurman

2 жыл бұрын

Because in Namibia they speak it.

@franQpoet

2 жыл бұрын

But Nama is not spoken I'm SA😂 It's only spoken in Namibia, Tuu is the only khoisan language in SA and is close to being extinct I believe...

@sharonsyster2669

2 жыл бұрын

@@missbstuurman because in Namibia the govt assist them and teach the language,people speak Nama in South Africa but...which people get help and assistance from govt and whice people have the Nama language official ??? We can see why it's spoken in Namibia,Namibia provides the platform for us Brown people unlike South Africa who only focus on Europeans and Bantus,blacks and whites...how much funding goes towards developing Zulu,Xhosa etc compared to our Khoekhoegowab and Nama...even with languages your Black govt decides to be racist and implement BBBEE and Afirmative Action on the Native people of Southern Africa....

@sharonsyster2669

2 жыл бұрын

@@franQpoet South Africa is not confined to the province where u stay lmao go to Western Cape and Northern Cape...even I can say they don't speak Zulu in KZN if I have not been there hahahaha 😆 reason why they don't speak the language is bcoz unlike speaking Zulu or Xhosa or English,bantu and Germania languages if we dare to speak our language we could be imprisoned or killed hence why us Brown people speak Afrikaans and since we don't get any handouts from govt like the bantus we have no choice but to speak Afrikaans,the language we were forced to speak...when they make Nama and Khoekhoegowab legal in South Africa then we'll see who speaks it and who don't...

@missbstuurman

2 жыл бұрын

@@sharonsyster2669 you clearly don't know anything about South Africa. The Xhosa's are the least developed in South Africa compared to anyone else....any coloreds live in the most developed province in South Africa, but still they choose gangsterism and prostitution.....if you did your research you would know in the eastern Cape there are plenty of languages that are not recognized by the government a lot of kings not recognized by the government. But they don't complain. Like i said the Eastern Cape is the least developed. Plenty of unrecognized tribes here

I'm impressed, charmed, amazed, absolutely fascinated by this young lady speaking Nama. Thank you so much for posting this video! Lots of hugs from Italy!

What an incredible language, be proud of it, cherish it and never let it die

Apart from the incredibly interesting and expressive language, this beautiful girl has charisma to boot, she makes her point so expressively and powerfully that I can almost get what she's saying, lol, but seriously her strong gestures and lively delivery of her message really caught my attention to WANT to know what she has to tell us. Great video! :-)

@marewmpinge419

3 жыл бұрын

@Alessandro Agnitti This is my grandmothers language. She is actually speaking Nama and Afrikaans with a few english words. Even American slang is used here "slim thick". Its generally how we speak here in Namibia. She's talking about an overconfident girl with a big butt walking in the streets and others talking down on her.

@Homoclassicus

3 жыл бұрын

@@marewmpinge419 Thank you very much for your comment! It was really enlightening and informative. So what about the younger generations, do they still speak this way, or are they using more Indo-European languages (Afrikaans, English) or words interpersed with some native ones?

If Xhosa is the beginner click language then this must be the final boss.

@abisalomdavid345

2 жыл бұрын

Xhosa is a copy language from these one ..come to Namibia

I've heard at least 5 languages being spoken. I could listen to her all day without any clue of what she is saying. This was awesome!

Thank you for posting this. This is one of the most fascinating traits of human phonetics. 👍

She’s great. Speaks several languages simultaneously and beautifully!

Man I wished this was longer. :( You can feel her passion coming through the video. I have never heard a language like this in my life but I could listen to it all day. Edit: I come back to this video every day. This is really beautiful to listen to and it is a nice energy. :)

I don’t understand what she’s saying, but it sounds like something is irritating her

She is positively intoxicating to watch and hear. I hope she is well.

I love love love her energy. I wish there were more resources to learn African languages

I'm grateful for anyone who takes the time to put their language out there like this, but this is a step above most Wikitongues videos in terms of delivery and passion. Amazing stuff!

the bits of afrikaans sprinkled between are just immaculate. her accent is pure perfection

It sounds strangely reminiscent of German.

@meinname4997

3 жыл бұрын

I am German and I think this does not sound like German at all xD maybe what you refer to is the Afrikaans she mixed in (according to the other comments)

@tashiz8

3 жыл бұрын

It sounds more like Dutch to me

@fiedelmina

3 жыл бұрын

@@tashiz8 Afrikaans is derived from Dutch she uses some of that apparently

@chrisandradlamine8683

3 жыл бұрын

The video is a mixture of three languages. She's a KZreadr. I wish they had used one where she speaks Khoekhoegowab only

@fredalerato

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamiea645 Nama was around long before the Germans colonizes us though. It really sounds nothing like German.

I feel like she's dissing us out with bars. Girl chile I-

@chrisandradlamine8683

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao. She's telling the guys who used to diss her in high school to stop texting her

@bahaynilord5201

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrisandradlamine8683 wait are you serious?

She's about to reach through the screen and force you to sit down and take an tongue lashin. Haha love how this sounds.

She is giving me so much energy to embrace myself rn, I’m living!

She's so animated.

Yes English and Afrikaans are mixed in there. Most San speakers in Namibia speak all three. English because it's the language of instruction on school.

Beautiful language! I love her expressiveness

I love this language and her speaking of it SO MUCH!! Brings tears to my eyes. Thank you. 💜💜💜

I heard "vroeg ryp vroeg vrot" and nearly peed myself from laughing, now I understand what this conversation is about xD

There was definitely a lot of Afrikaans in there aswell!

I need to know which radio stations broadcast in the Khoekhoe language right now!

@DatuSumakwel7

3 жыл бұрын

NBC Damara-Nama (known in Khoekhoegowab as 'Kaisames') in Namibia.

What a beautiful language with a very broad consonant inventory.

I fell inlove with this language it sounds so unique!

I would love to know if the Afrikaans i hear is from codeswitching or mixing

@tonyswietochowski2282

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I heard some Afrikaans in there

@fredalerato

3 жыл бұрын

code switching, it happens a lot

@marewmpinge419

3 жыл бұрын

This is my grandmothers language. She is actually speaking Nama and Afrikaans with a few english words. Even American slang is used here "slim thick". Its generally how we speak here in Namibia. She's talking about an overconfident girl with a big butt walking in the streets and others talking down on her.

Matisa sisi! I speak Xhosa, another click language. I want to learn your language. I can see you mix Afrikaans in your Khoekhoe, I can see you're being really informal. Jy's net besig om saam met ons te chill en 'n lekker boodskaap te gee. Dankie sisi!

@Wikitongues

3 жыл бұрын

We would love to publish you speaking Xhosa! Anyone can contribute at wikitongues.org/submit-a-video :)

@adamkirsch1904

3 жыл бұрын

One of the current Linguistic theories as to how bantu languages such as Xhosa and isiZulu started using clicks is that they picked them up from interactions with the Khoe people 😊

@adamkirsch1904

3 жыл бұрын

Also, great to see another white South African speaking an actual African language! Too many of us really don't make any effort to learn another language, except maybe Afrikaans. I'm currently improving my isiZulu, and it's actually a requirement at my University that all humanities students must study an African language in first year😊

@caimaccoinnich9594

3 жыл бұрын

@@adamkirsch1904 Yes. I finished my degree in Business French, Xhosa and Mandarin Chinese and I'm busy finishing my honours in Xhosa. It's disgusting that whiteys don't learn native African languages. They're the heart of true Africa. I grew up amongst Swati people and obviously with that and Swati I can speak Zulu more or less ngako ke asikhulume ngesiZulu. Mina ngicabanga ukuthi kumele siqale ukusebenzisa izilimi zethu ze-Afrika njengezilimi zehulumeni.

@caimaccoinnich9594

3 жыл бұрын

@@adamkirsch1904 Oh, btw, the Nguni people picked up clicks from the Khoikhoi and San, but even further they picked up many words. In Xhosa, the Swati and Zulu word 'ingulube' is 'ihagu' and that comes straight from the Khoekhoe word 'hagub.'

😍😍😍 What a vibrant, beautiful human! Love this vid so much

I understood the word "shite".

Ngl, she looks like she'd be a hilarious friend lmao. The sheer amount of tea that she is spilling is insane

Human diversity in languages is so coooool

Click consonants would be hard for me to produce. Really. Greetings from Lima, Peru.

Code switching 101 Amazing mind

Those are some cool click consonants!

Pretty woman, I don’t know a single word but it’s nice to hear

"Eendag sal ek vir julle sê dankie.... Los ons nog steeeds uit.... Dit werk nie so nie..." Sy praat heelwat Afrikaans.

Ooo I just love her animate spirit 💖 miyosiwin/ᒥᔪᓯᐏᐣ. What a beautiful woman!

@matt9999

Ай бұрын

late reply but are you Cree or something? I was surprised to see Canadian syllabics here as an Indigenous Inuk myself :) ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓂᖃᖅᐸ

You made my evening. Much love ❤️

I found this absolutely fascinating.

Just one word WONDERFUL ❤️

It sounds like Thai without tones to me but with clicks. I think the clicks are so nice and subtle, and are so natural to hear in her language.

What a beautiful and fascinating language.

I showed this to a friend. He said it sounds primitive. He's not my friend anymore.

Wow I watched this twice cause I just love the sound of this language!! Thank you for sharing :)

SO BEAUTIFUL

"Ek is die shit". Hell yeah!

Fascinating- actually quite a bit of it is actually Afrikaans- which is quite trippy because it sounds so exotic but then suddenly isn't.

@elmethra1525

2 жыл бұрын

afrikaans here and there yes, en Engels. It's a bouquet of nama sprinkled with the other 2

@ferdieortman6614

Жыл бұрын

Ja cause nama literally means people who speak foreign language in my native tongue

I have no idea what she is talking about, except when she swaps into Afrikaans, then I get some of it. Pretty interesting that she mixes Nama, some English and Afrikaans like that.

both languages LOVED IT!! I understood about 15% and little american english.

This is funny and impressive at the same time it makes you understand that human being has an amazing capability of sound generation

I really want to learn this language

@palepilgrim1174

3 жыл бұрын

I feel like languages like this would probably be impossible to learn if you weren't raised with it from birth. I just don't understand how she makes those sounds, I doubt I could ever master it.

@fslknsadglkdahawerykljwa3aw643

3 жыл бұрын

@@palepilgrim1174 Are you able to click your tongue?

@palepilgrim1174

3 жыл бұрын

@@fslknsadglkdahawerykljwa3aw643 Are you unable to understand the difference between clicking your tongue and clicking it in the middle of sentences while vocalizing other letters at the same time?

@palepilgrim1174

3 жыл бұрын

@@fslknsadglkdahawerykljwa3aw643 "Clicks are often presented as difficult sounds to articulate within words. However, children acquire them readily; a two-year-old, for example, may be able to pronounce a word with a lateral click [ǁ] with no problem, but still be unable to pronounce [s]."

@lingux_yt

3 жыл бұрын

@@palepilgrim1174 nowadays that's easier. we have sound samples, IPA charts and videos with close-ups. you can perceive the points of articulation

Amazing

oh my goodness! beautiful!

Embrace yourself, lovie 💛 I want subtitles so bad.

Beautiful! Would love to see a video on extinct languages like Akkadian or Sumerian or something along those lines

Yes, My Queen!!

So beautiful... but please can you add translations?

That was brill, but I want to know the translation! 🤣

WOW! Now I know which language is impossible to study. Impressed!

@DatuSumakwel7

3 жыл бұрын

Difficult but not impossible. I lived in Nama settlement in Namibia and managed to learn the language.

Cool!

I recently heard that those 'click' sounds are the rare sounds that are pronounced as you inhale, as opposed to most other human language sounds that are pronounced while you exhale

I don’t know what she’s saying but you know YOU KNOW it’s tea! Fantastic sounding language! It’s powerful and expressive!

Khoekhoe: *Exists* Georgian speakers: *Challenge Accepted!*

Very interesting and worthwhile video. Some linguists believe that the clicking languages were the first languages in the family tree of languages.

I have not idea what she’s talking about but it seems really interesting. It’s a beautiful language and very unique

omfg i love how she uses suprasegmentals, i feel like they encode more information that we are seriously missing out on.

i love her 🥺😍

Such a beautiful lnguage and girl she saying something spill that tea!

Very beautiful.

This is amazing, such an awesome language. Also, I was not ready to recognize random Afrikaans in here. :D

Pragtige taal 👍 well done 👍

That's unique

She is so beautiful!

She is so beautiful omgggg

Omg I love this!!!!!!!!!

I know this video is couple of years old but I feel like @NamaGirlMagic should have been credited, so this is her youtube channel www.youtube.com/@NamaGirlMagic where there are some basic Nama lessons if you want to know more about the language.

It sounds a bit like german to me but I love the click consonants! Never let this language die ❤️

@jamesbailey6257

Жыл бұрын

She’s speaking some Afrikaans which is based on Dutch which is kinda similar ish to German

@Wikitongues could you PLEASE contact Emeloelaj for more videos in Khoekhoegowab? She's invited to give the eulogy at my funeral

Wow

She needs to have her own show!