Where as the European countries have a culture, the Indian culture has a country. India is one of the most culturally rich countries in the world and it's been that way for thousands of years. Not having a unique culture, but rather having unique cultures. Saying that India is "a world unto itself" is the perfect way to summarize India.

@BenLlywelyn

Ай бұрын

Thank you, Marius.

@raconteurhermit1533

21 күн бұрын

The renaissance was triggered by the direct exposure of the West to Indian Hindu texts when the Ottoman lay seize on trade routes and they had to directly find routes to India by passing the Turks and Arabs kzread.info/dash/bejne/i4qgr8GaaM_Tcqw.html The Abrahamic ideology very nature is predatory and proselytizing ,emboldened by its soteriology. While slavery existed much of its support was derived from Islam, Islamic invasions were so huge & brutal that scale of people enslaved from India created an entire race of people called Roma, started in Sindh 8th and 11th century Ghaznavid Invasions of India. Christianity is this aspect of slavery is no better and the treatment still meted out to Roma people is a glaring example.

@HunterGatherer90

16 күн бұрын

India and Europeans are both sides of a coin. India is a union of countries. Those languages were countries(Kingdoms) and later they joined Indian Union. Europe also has the same thing. Under European union they are the separate countries. Culture wise Europe is Roman and Greek. Using Roman writing system. Only difference is India has many writing systems

@laetitiamaine8162

14 күн бұрын

Europe has diverse cultures also very different from one another...

@HunterGatherer90

13 күн бұрын

@@laetitiamaine8162 There is not much difference when you look from a wider perspective. if you look at Europe from the outside world. All are Christians (few exceptions Turkey) Eat wheat products such as Bread , oven baked pizza and similar foods and sandwiches, sausage, cheese. All the Europeans Dress similar way, suits, Jackets, shirts. pants. Many more similar things to add but over the time some differences occurred.

The way you describe languages as food makes me multilingually hungry

@BenLlywelyn

Ай бұрын

There is a language called Ham.

@raconteurhermit1533

22 күн бұрын

English language whose alphabets are random took the knowledge of phonetics and tried hard to advance it with digesting grammatical and basic linguistic concepts from Sanskrit like phoneme ,lexeme ,morpheme etc kzread.info/dash/bejne/fWllxcGqn6Wfdpc.html

@n31x

20 күн бұрын

@@BenLlywelyn Ham means good in Kokborok

@shanglaithotsem5771

14 күн бұрын

​@@n31x ham means pót

@n31x

14 күн бұрын

@@shanglaithotsem5771 Flower pot

Sanskrit has managed to get a few new native speakers, and is now a revived language.

@Gronk574

Ай бұрын

Seems legit Sanskrit’s a pretty peculiar and interesting language so that’s a pretty big advancement

@laabh9949

Ай бұрын

@@Gronk574 Sanskrit's revival is such a monumental task, it's like reviving Latin in lands controlled by Germanics

@ThamizhiAaseevagar

22 күн бұрын

Fun facts, it was not a commoners language,nor a mother tongue,commaner were not allowed to learn it, because it was considered royal god's language,now people r encouraged to learn, Karma rocks 😁

@parvadhami980

20 күн бұрын

Sanskrit died because of Brahminism.​@@ThamizhiAaseevagar

@ThamizhiAaseevagar

20 күн бұрын

@@parvadhami980 s, offcourse.

Here are some major languages from various states of India.. 1. Uttar Pradesh: Urdu, Kauravi (Hindi), Braj, Awadhi, Bhojpuri, Kannauji, Bagheli, Bundeli 2. Andhra Pradesh: Telugu, Urdu, English, Gondi 3. Arunachal Pradesh: English, Hindi, Nishi, Adi, Apatani, Tagin , 26 languages of 26 tribes 4. Bihar: Hindi, Urdu, Maithili, Bajjika, Angika, Magahi, Bhojpuri 5. Assam: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Hindi, Bodoi, Dimasa 6. Chhattisgarh: Hindi, Chhattisgarhi, Gondi, Halbi 7. Goa: Konkani, Marathi, English 8. Gujarat: Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi 9. Haryana: Haryanvi (Hindi), Punjabi, English 10. Himachal Pradesh: Hindi, Kangri, Himachali (Pahari dialects) 11. Jammu and Kashmir: Kashmiri, Dogri, Hindi, Urdu, English 12. Jharkhand: Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Santali, Oriya, Mundari, Bhojpuri 13. Karnataka: Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Urdu, Tulu 14. Kerala: Malayalam, Tamil, English 15. Ladakh: Hindi, English, Ladakhi 16. Madhya Pradesh: Hindi, Urdu, Sindhi, Marwari, Bundeli, Bagheli, Gondi, Halbi 17. Maharashtra: Marathi, Konkani, Hindi, Urdu, Kannada 18. Manipur: Manipuri, Meitei, Lamgang, Thadou 19. Meghalaya: English, Khasi, Garo, Jaintia 20. Mizoram: Mizo, English, Lakher, Pawi, Hmar 21. Nagaland: English, Ao, Konyak, Angami, Sema 22. Odisha: Odia, Telugu, Bengali, Urdu, Santali 23. Punjab: Punjabi, Hindi, English 24. Rajasthan: Hindi, Rajasthani, Urdu, Sindhi, Punjabi 25. Sikkim: Nepali, Sikkimese, Bhutia, Lepcha 26. Tamil Nadu: Tamil, English, Telugu, Kannada 27. Telangana: Telugu, Urdu, Hindi, Kannada 28. Tripura: Bengali, Kokborok, Manipuri 29. Uttarakhand: Hindi, Garhwali, Kumaoni, Urdu 30. West Bengal: Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, Odia, Santali

@spilltea4241

28 күн бұрын

I missed Nepali in Bengal, Bihar and Assam

@joyid

28 күн бұрын

Rabha speaker from Assam here

@AspirantKanishka

28 күн бұрын

@@joyid Don't Rabha people speak bodo ?

@o0...957

24 күн бұрын

​​@@AspirantKanishkaSome people can but it's not their native language. Saying that as a native Bodo speaker with Rabha neighbours. Also many of them can't speak their native language and speak Assamese instead. So if you want to hear authentic Rabha language you may have to look for them in specific locations.

@UddhabaBariha-io7tk

23 күн бұрын

In Odisha has koshali language (sambalpuri) here. About 8 -10 million people speaking.

Sanskirit is not dead as we have one village on native saskirit speakers and we are reviving it

@purushottum9792

5 күн бұрын

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Also btw, When it comes to mutual intelligibility, I am a hindi speaker who's lived in Maharashtra for most of my life, so I speak marathi which I learned solely by observing my marathi friends talking to each other, and since a I have a few Gujarati friends, I can also speak gujarati, I'd say any other language from the same family , someone can learn the basics of in a week

@BenLlywelyn

Ай бұрын

West and Centric Indic sound very close from what you are saying. Thank you, and I hope to learn more about these languages in the future!

Really like how you speak quietly in these videos

@BenLlywelyn

Ай бұрын

Glad it is not too quiet.

Ben, I'm very impressed by your research and articulation. What impresses is the most is your palpable interest in the Indic languages. बहुत खूब! यूँ ही काम करते रहो!

@BenLlywelyn

28 күн бұрын

Thank you very much.

I love Indian languages as now the SOV construction comes natural to me thanks to learning some of them and that allows your brain to be more flexible. By the way, Punjabi is a tonal Indo-Arian language as well although being very close to Hindi/Urdu. Another thing I'd mention is that the idea that Hindi and Urdu have such a distinct vocabulary is more political or formal/literary, because colloquial Hindi uses far more Persian/Arabic loanwords than Sanskrit ones. Basically, the latter are felt as more formal in Hindi. Diolch yn fawr

@aveekbh

Ай бұрын

The northern plains of the Indian subcontinent, from Karachi (Pakistan) through most of northern India to Dhaka (Bangladesh) are some of the most densely populated parts of the world. And the languages form a continuum across this entire region.

@BenLlywelyn

Ай бұрын

Croeso. I should have included the tonal bit about Punjabi!

@leadharsh0616

Ай бұрын

@@BenLlywelyn Yeah the tone becomes super obvious when we listen to bollywood punjabi songs because they usually get hindi singers to sing who dont use the tone.

YOOO, FINALLY! Everything other than the thumbnail is fire

@BenLlywelyn

Ай бұрын

Is the thumbnail so bad?

@laabh9949

Ай бұрын

@@BenLlywelyn Yes, Deities are depicted multi-armed, and it's only fine with humans when they are performing some cultural dance that depicts that deity's tale

@Ro99

Ай бұрын

I can’t lie I found the thumbnail funny but to be fair I’m not a religious person I feel like if I showed one of my grandmas she wouldn’t be as keen

@laabh9949

Ай бұрын

@@Ro99 well religiosity doesn't matter when its a non-Indian, non-hindu using/misusing religious imagery and/or commenting on it, it's a part of your culture on a broader level

11:12 one correction, it's not telegu, it's telugu😅

@simhapappi

5 күн бұрын

Only one correction 🤔

Very interesting summary of all Indian languages. Thank you! I am a native Assamese speaker. Fun fact -- Welsh and Assamese share the voiceless velar fricative - x. In Assamese, it takes the place of all sa sounds in other Indo-European languages. E.g. axom instead of asom. Hence, our singular love for the Lochness monster! Another fun fact: malayalam is a palindrome in the Roman script (and also in the Devanagari and Assamese scripts).

@BenLlywelyn

28 күн бұрын

That is a fascinating sound change. Thank you.

Love from Assam, loved it, well done:))

you forgot- Rajasthani Languages(Marwari, Malvi, Dhundari, Haroti, Mewari, Mewati, Ahirwani, Shekhawati), Himachali Pahari Languages, Gharwali, Kumaoni, Ladakhi, Kodagu(Coorgese), Bhojpuri(known for its regional identity & its stereotypical village EDM music, which is a big theme in Indian Meme culture), Magahi & a lot of languages within Hindi Language family. Officially recognised form of Hindi is Kauravi which is spoken in Northwestern UP, there are a lot of other languages within Central Indo-Aryanic Language Family- Awadhi(immense cultural signifance in court culture of awadh), Braj bhasha (Immense cultural importance in Bhakti movement Hindu poetry), Haryanvi (immense regional identity associated with it), Bundeli and Bagheli. Otherwise you've done a great deal of research even going into regional identities(Like classical liberal when referring to Gujarat)

@jaychaudhry6461

29 күн бұрын

also a few corrections, linguistically speaking the entire of Kashmiri speaking valley region of J&K lies in India, The areas under what we call Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) are divided in 2 parts- Gilgit-Baltistan region- they speak a mix of dardic languages other than kashmiri & some amount of Tibetan derived languages), meanwhile what pakistan refers as AJK, primarily speaks Punjabi Pahari(not the nepalese one) & Gojri which a linguistically similar to Punjab.

@BenLlywelyn

28 күн бұрын

Yes, so many languages in India! :)

@chetan.gondaliya

10 күн бұрын

Even Gujarati have 2 main big branches "Kutchhi" & "Kathiyawadi " ! Oher small tonal dialects are amdavaadi, mehoni, surti etc.

@chetan.gondaliya

10 күн бұрын

@@BenLlywelyn if you research from ground zero for all the languages, dialects and tonal variations ; i bet you Ben, your mind go blown 😁 .

@chetan.gondaliya

10 күн бұрын

@@BenLlywelyn and you didn't counted the languages of Indian origin people out of India. I.e. the Romani or roma people

Really loved the awkward pause and impression 😂❤ Being a Malayalam speaker Tamil is more recognisable for me than any other language, having Sanskrit influence northern language is also recognisable but because of internet and entertainment most of the languages can be understood atleast to a bare minimum.

@BenLlywelyn

17 күн бұрын

Thank you. Interesting that Tamil and Malayalam are mutually recognisable.

@vat513

12 күн бұрын

​@@BenLlywelynMalayalam is originated from Tamil. Tamil is India's oldest language and first classical language.

@arumugamm6040

9 күн бұрын

I appreciate you for speaking the truth. Wish you all the best.

@pravindivakar

6 күн бұрын

Malayalam did not originate from Tamil, as far as I have understood@@vat513

@cybernetkarma

4 күн бұрын

​@@BenLlywelynIn your video, you refer to 'Malayalam' as 'Malayam'. It is okay - it is a tongue twister for many 😂

2 Official languages, Hindi and English, 22 scheduled languages, 121 major speaking languages, 300-400 spoken languages, 1652 unofficial speaking languages, 19,500 dialects. That's how diverse India is! By the way thanks from Assam for including Assamese!

@BenLlywelyn

26 күн бұрын

You are welcome.

04:48 This is correct information given in a single line. As an expert in MoDi (Mo-Dee) script, this topic on Marāthi becomes a basis of my research. In the 1674 ce, Chhatrapati Shivāji Mahārāj got a book devised called "Rajvyavahār kosh" ("राज व्यवहार कोष" - State Affairs Collection) in which he first got replaced 1380 Persian words with Sanskrit equivalents. Then in 1926 ce, Swātantryaveer Vināyak Dāmodar Sāvarkar wrote a book भाषाशुद्धी Bhasha Shuddhi (The Purification Of Language) wherein he replaced the Persian, Arabic, Portuguese words in spoken Marātjhi language with its Sanskrit equivalents. He also, presented in his books Sanskrit equivalents to some english words in daily spoken Marāthi language. This is precisely why the existence of Sanskrit in Marathi is at its maximum amongst any Indian languages. This is also true that there is a lot influence of Kannada on Marathi language and some Telugu due to the Sātvāhana & Rāshtrakūta empires over Deccan for centuries in ancient/medieval India. It should also be noted that Prākrūt (Prākrit) is not a language by itself. Prākrūt is a group of language (Maharashtri, Shaurseni, Magadhi, Ardh magadhi, Apabramsh, Pali, etc) that evovled from the break down of Sanskrit into informal spoken communication in different regions.

@BenLlywelyn

21 күн бұрын

India is so rich, layered and old, I could spend a lifetime exploring it and only scratch the surface.

I would like to add about Bengali that in FORMAL bengali (or Shudhho bhasha, which literally translates to Pure tongue) the court and trade terminologies exclusively use sanskrit loan words, while in Chalita bhasha (informal tongue), people use persian or arabic loan words, often depending on their religion. Theres a clear distinct between the eastern and western dialects of Bengali, the hindu majority west bengal(modern day India) will use more sanskrit words than muslim majority east Bengal (modern day Bangladesh) The Sino-Tibetan and Burmese influence is concentrated on the eastern edge of Bengal, namely in the regions of Sylhet Tripura and Chittagong. The dialects of these regions r often unintelligible to contemporary bengalis living in the Gangetic plains. Bengali just like Hindustani has a lot of dialects, called "Ancholik bhasha" or regional language. Just like an older English person living in UK, Bengalis with enough knowledge can almost accurately pinpoint what village the other speaker is from just by listening to their accent and tones. Although after decades of standardization through literary education, the distinct is less obvious now. Also i wld like to add that the standard bengali, a version thats understood by all, used in education, mainstream cinema and literature, is awarded to the Rarhi dialect which originates in the Nadia district of West Bengal, India. The standard bengali has one of the highest concentration of Sanskrit loan words. There's also Tatsama bengali, which is the sanskritized version of Bengali. You can find the use of Tatsama bengali in the National Anthem of India- "Jana Gana Mana", while the national anthem of Bangladesh is written in Standard Bangla. Interestingly both songs were written by the same author.

@BenLlywelyn

28 күн бұрын

Interesting that Bengali is used in India's anthem. Thank you.

@user-wl3dh5nq7c

23 күн бұрын

there is no Sanskrit loanwords in Bangla, Bangla is an apabhramsha or impure version of Sanskrit, all Prakrit itself is Sanskrit, just like french is vulgar latin , all northern Indian languages are so!

@IvanCordicep

22 күн бұрын

O hello June aunty ajke ki plan??

I speak maithili. Its my native language. I also speak hindi and english. With maitili amd hindi, i can understand Assamese, nagamese, bengali, bhojpuri too.

@BenLlywelyn

28 күн бұрын

A very useful language then!

I'm a Khasi speaker from North East Indian State of Meghalaya, Khasi is an Austro Asiatic language belonging to the Mon-Khmer family of languages Recent studies says some dialects of Khasis such as War-Amwi, Lyngngam, Pnar, and Maram are actually languages within the Khasic sub group of languages within the Mon Khmer Family.

This was a nice introduction to some Indian languages…even for Indians themselves who are from one state and wanted to know more about other languages. Btw, there is a correction. It’s Malayalam NOT Malayam. An easy way to remember is to think that Malayalam is the same whether you read it front to back or back to front.

@BenLlywelyn

26 күн бұрын

Yes, I spelled Malayalam. Oops. Glad you enjoyed the video.

I speak marathi, hindi and can understand some Gujarati , marwadi and punjabi There are lot of similarities between these languages as you can clearly see geography playing in

@BenLlywelyn

24 күн бұрын

Nice one. Very useful to get Gujarati for free.

Bro the way you explained history of Bengali and after that odia 😂😂😂 bro's menace 💀💀

Your own accent is interesting, with the American terminal lift, and also the rolled "r". When did "Malayalam" change to "Malayam"?.

@BenLlywelyn

Ай бұрын

Yes, I had a typo on Malayalam. My accent is a painting of my life's influences.

@TheFilmFatale

Ай бұрын

Was just going to ask about Malayalam vs Malayam🙃

Fantastic info! Thank you 🙏🙂

6:18 As an Assamese, I deny sir that it's sino-tibbetizationed. It's pure Indo-Aryan, but yes the accent is little similar to sino-tibbentan languages. The accent differs in the regions of Assam (lower and upper assam). Most of the vocabularies are Sanskrit leaned, however, it has developed some of its own vocabs by time, tai-ahom language moderately influenced the language, but as for our culture its significant. And You couldn't learn sino-tibbetan languages through Assamese, I didn't understand those languages as of my language either. There is not a little Tibetan influence over Assamese language, as I know, that's Tai Ahom (Kra-Dai) which influenced Assamese. Here are a few sentences of the Assamese language. Nomoskar - Hello Tumar naam ki? - what's your name? Tumi bhal asa ne? - Are you good? Kene asa/Ki khobor - How're you? Xi ahil ne? - does he came? Aji rod dise - Today it's sunny G' morning - Xuvo provat G' night - Xuvo ratri Kela - [a word you shall use often while talking to your friend informally:) ] Moi okhomia nejano - I didn't know Assamese Here are some words you may think sino-tibbetan, but they are not :) Xi - He Pu-lan-chi - Historical stories (especially during ahom rule) Xako/Dolong - Bridge Nemu - Lemon Tenga - sour or a sour fruit Mekuri - Cat Nigoni - Mouse Koka/ata - grandfather Aita/abu - Grandmother Zapi - an Assamese hat (looks asian) Garu - pilliow Sin/Sina - China/Chinese Suri - Knife Zhao bon - Zhao leaves (also found in Assam) Jia pok - Dragonfly Baduli - Bat Mokora - Spider Shira - (Assamese food) Akhoi - (Assamese food) Mán - the Burmese Di khou - river in assam Dihing - river in Assam And many more.………………😊

Thank you for sharing ❤

@BenLlywelyn

Ай бұрын

You are welcome. Croeso mawr.

I appreciate the research that went into this video!!

@BenLlywelyn

Ай бұрын

Thank you.

@BenLlywelyn

Ай бұрын

Thank you.

Great exploration Ben! Thank you for studying and sharing about India inviting us to collaborate along, It seems massive just because it's densely packed with so many ethnicities and sub-ethnicities also the topological geographical extremes kinda packs everyone in and we are forced to get along xD So it seems like maybe a microcosm of the planet in some way. My native tongue which I speak Gor Boli or Banjara language of nomadic herders that has no script, It's one of the tribes among many other 'Schedule Tribes' that have different origin stories and oral tradition not documented in a formal way some may have already been assimilated into or overwritten. Studying those would be a trip on it own!

@BenLlywelyn

20 күн бұрын

Thank you. There is so much to explore in India.

I am a maharashtrian and speak marathi hindi and english. In my own state in med school, i had to deal with people speaking vanjari and ahirani. I used to think they were just dialacts of marathi before understanding nothing what patients used to say. Its really difficult to give them instructions and require a translator from their family...

@BenLlywelyn

17 күн бұрын

Fascinating layers of India. Thank you.

Knowledgeable comedian.

Excellent

Being an Indian and studied Indian languages and history, I can say that nice efforts on research but quite a factual inaccuracies as well especially in terms of origin of various languages.

Beautiful video. Your pronunciation of these Indian words gave me ASMR type vibes. So soothing. I hope your channel grows and you keep producing great content. Best wishes.

@foxtrot7506

25 күн бұрын

Aaaaaand He's a racist. Welp. 😂 "They destroyed my country and changed my culture by setting up their corner shops". 😅

@BenLlywelyn

25 күн бұрын

Thank you very much. I have wondered if I should have an ASMR channel on the side.

Kokborok Ditching part was so True!!🤣🤣But stil Love them..Every sino Tibetan language in Northeast India came from the branch of Bodo and Garo(A'chiku)

U R assuming that Arayans came to India from the west. In fact it was reverse, Hindu Arayans migrated to Europe & later some came back

Nice . Lovely presentation .

a mistake i spotted on 2:55 in em hansa em means what not white. so em hansa = what swan not white swan(in telugu)

@BenLlywelyn

23 күн бұрын

Fair. I don't speak any Indic Languages.

Hey Ben, loved your work, the attention to detail was 😘 Example - Kannada deriving words from Marathi for feudal matters ..wish you knew why that was the case, maybe you do. Best wishes

@BenLlywelyn

7 күн бұрын

Probably because of medieval imperial administrations extending southwards. But I am not sure.

I am an Indian and I know we have a tons of languages (as well as food dishes) but never saw a presentation of our languages in such a humorous way. The promised "1 sentence-ish" got elongated a bit and took only 22 minutes! But that was vary hilarious and entertaining too (just you need a glass full of beer or whiskey of your preferences before you start). Enjoy.

@BenLlywelyn

4 күн бұрын

Thank you. Beer is best appreciated slowly, cold, under a patio's thatched roof near a warm sea. Like Goa.

I would like to learn one of the Tibetan languages of India. I really like the format of this video, reminds me to the ones you made about Europe. By the way that's how I've got here. Oh and I suggested a video about the Asian languages, I hope this Indian one is ment to be the first part of that series.

@BenLlywelyn

Ай бұрын

This may be what you are looking for... kzread.info/dash/bejne/fJudlriygZqWZdI.html

@admiralbem7458

Ай бұрын

@@BenLlywelyn A part of what I looking for. But I still waiting for the Samoyedes, the Chukotko-Kamchatkans, the Eskaleuts, Ob-Ugors, Finno-Permians, and Yeniseians.

@admiralbem7458

Ай бұрын

​@@BenLlywelynSorry, I forgot about the East Asian one, but it was still great.

2600 language and sub language are speak in India🇮🇳

Diolch for the best explanation of Indian languages I've ever watched 😊

@BenLlywelyn

11 күн бұрын

Croeso! Diolch am wylio.

@joalexsg9741

11 күн бұрын

@@BenLlywelynFy mhleser! (I hope I got this right:-)) 😇😍

Wow - Bhili and Gondi and Santhali - didn't expect that - how did I not know about this gem of a channel - what's malayam, though... keep at it, Ben...

@BenLlywelyn

26 күн бұрын

Thank you.

@louisthelemur1238

25 күн бұрын

Its malayalam

@TheGrimStoic

25 күн бұрын

@@louisthelemur1238 Thanks a lemur's bushy tail, dear - seeing as I speak the language, I ought to know - it was rhetoric.

@louisthelemur1238

25 күн бұрын

@@TheGrimStoic my pleasure~~

@TheGrimStoic

25 күн бұрын

@@louisthelemur1238 not the sharpest tool in your shed, I see

Impressed with your presentation ❤ 👍

@BenLlywelyn

19 күн бұрын

Thank you.

Nepali I'd say has Newa sprinkles in words like झ्याल् (Jhyal) derived from 𑐗𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐮; But, it is mostly a "pure" Pahadi language with words like Dhungga, Gham, Kukur, shared with Kumaoni & Gharwali; A lot of shared local vocabulary with Bangla because of cultural similarity, words like Anaras & Anarosh, Kathar & Kathal. Sanskrit vocabulary with heavy Perso-Arabic words like Hajur, Qalam, Jimin, Ukil, Hawa, Kursi, Shah, Dimakh because of historical & political influence. Hindi words enter here & there because of close-proximity: But, in modern times, English is proving to be a big influence on Nepali.

@BenLlywelyn

28 күн бұрын

Thank you for your knowledge.

Telugu is called Italian of east but telugu is oldest and it's musical language of south

If one speaks a Germanic language other than English then one would be familiar with SOV word order following certain conjunctions.

60% of bengali words are pure sanskrit, grouped as "tatsama" , 35% derived from Sanskrit, grouped as "tadbhaba" the rest is out of India. Among Indian languages Bengali has followed Sanskrit alphabets, words and grammar.

@BenLlywelyn

28 күн бұрын

Must be good for knowing other Indic Languages then. Cool.

@anurag123B

17 күн бұрын

Congratulations for that

I speak hindi bengali. bengali has diaglossia like welsh where we have cholit and sadhu bhasha. more over we generally speak our own dialects over the standard language(the written language which is used in newsmedia). bengli grammar is a bit variable but it tends to be more aggglutnative than fusional. like its very aggluntative with verbs but a bit fusional with nouns

@BenLlywelyn

Ай бұрын

Interesting, do you think Bengali's agglutinative elements are an influence from Burmese and Turkic which are agglutinative?

@yashagarwal8741

Ай бұрын

@@BenLlywelyn well bengali has alot of austroasiatic and sinotebetan infleunce which is held true for most eastern indo aryan languages.

I will send you three songs and among them only 1 song is from India: The Radio: Hellai Lungrun m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/imd3trKCmcfApJc.html&pp=ygUYdGhlIHJhZGlvIGhlbGxhaSBsdW5ncnVu Warfaze: Obak Bhalobasha m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/aqSb2LZ7mc68abg.html&pp=ygUXd2FyZmF6ZSBvYmFrIGJoYWxvYmFzaGE%3D Savita Singh: Raaja m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/h6Sh2Ktphr29hJs.html&pp=ygUdc2F2aXRhIHNpbmdoIGxlZ2dvIG1lIG5hIHJhamE%3D So you have to guess which song is from India (Bharat).

@BenLlywelyn

23 күн бұрын

Savita is a beautiful woman.

@webabhi

23 күн бұрын

@@BenLlywelyn You have to guess which song is from India, there is only one in this.

@webabhi

22 күн бұрын

@@BenLlywelyn Savita is from Trinidad and Tobago. Warfaze is from Bangladesh, that song is my favorite song of 2024. The Radio is from Mizoram, India. That song is also from 2024. That song gives Eagles Lyin Eyes vibes. First two songs are better than most of the hits of 2024.

A bangla speaker here. A bangla speaker can hold a perfectly intelligible conversation with an Assamese or an Odia speaker without knowing those languages, and vice versa.

@BenLlywelyn

6 күн бұрын

Very useful to gain millions of potential friends without having to learn another language.

Thanks for this educational video 🇮🇳🇮🇳

@BenLlywelyn

14 күн бұрын

Welcome.

Best thumbnail, but come clean are you or have you ever been the lead singer of Future Islands? Cheers

@BenLlywelyn

Ай бұрын

Maybe I will be in the future. And thank you!

*Could you do a video on the horn of africa and Cushite peoples* *its an incredibly underrated part of history especially the ancient land of punt and thr modern somalis who have an unbelievably ancient cushite language*

@BenLlywelyn

Ай бұрын

I already have! kzread.info/dash/bejne/naai1pOehrCfdKQ.htmlsi=CiDEZ7E0_tDHrhNN

@Loremeister737

Ай бұрын

@@BenLlywelyn amazing ❤️❤️💪💪 Thank you once I'm done I want to give my review on it if that's OK 👍👍

@BenLlywelyn

Ай бұрын

Comments help fuel growth.

@Loremeister737

Ай бұрын

@@BenLlywelyn I quite like your channel especially with how you talk about smaller ethnic minorities in major countries I was hoping to see a Video done on the Somali people, I know theirs some negative stereotypes but they are genuinely like the Irish of Africa Ravenously independent, probably due to nomadic Pastoral society, and fiercely free people If you need any nice material for a video I'd be happy to send some Wish your channel all the best ❤️❤️💪💪👍👍

@BenLlywelyn

Ай бұрын

I agree with you that the Somali people are fascinating. They have suffered deeply as a result of internal strife and larger powers.

I'm native AWADHI speaker, I'm fluent in Hindi, Urdu and English too... I can understand and talk in Braj, Bundeli, Bhojpuri, Magdhi, Haryanavi, Punjabi abd sanskrit... I'm learning now prakrit( language of my ancestors) and German

@BenLlywelyn

6 күн бұрын

German must be very different for you.

Sumerian words that are still in use in Kannada Sumerians (5500 BCE - 1800 BCE) & Akkadians (2400 BCE ) called the people of Indus/Harrapan (3300 BCE - 1300 BCE) as Meluhha, MeluKhkha or MeluhhaKi. The word MeluKhkha literally means people of high lands and is just as same as KarNata Mele = Higher = Kar Akha/Ki = Country = Nata Malla in Kannada also means Great. Many Kannada kings had title with Malla like: JagadekaMalla, TribhuvanaMalla (Vikramaditya), Trailokyamalla/Ahavamalla (Someshwara) KarNata Kingdom who ruled Nepal, Bihar, UP called themselves as MallaVamshi (Great Clan) of KarNata. Even today in Karnataka names like MallAmma, MallAnna, Mallesha are very common. Many historians, Linguists, Philologists now claim that the Root of Dravidian/Kannada language is connected with Sumero-Dravidian languages. One of the most remarkable things about Kannada is, Sumerian words are not only found in earlier Kannada (haLeGannada, NaduGannada) but are still in use even in today's Kannada (HosaGannada). Sumerians/Akkadians both record trades with Indus/Harrappan people with items names having names of Kannada origin or connected with Kannada. Like, Agar[a/u] : Fragrance Wood Oil - SandleWood eLLu : Sesame - eLLu Bison/Buffalos Horns - KA is still famous for KadEmme (Wild Buffallo/Bisons) Some Sumerian words that are still in use in Kannada Ri - Respectable / elderly person (Ree - to elders, verbs suffixed with ree [Verb+Ree] - for elderly person: Madri [Please do], keLri [Please listen]) Bi-ra - Mix (Kannada - Bera as in Berasu) Su - do (Madisu, keLisu, torisu) Karu - Black - Kari Nir - Water - Nir Ag - To become (Aagu - become) Ur - Village ( Ur/Uru in Kananda) Sig - Sun Burnt tiles (Sigadi - Fireplace, from Seke - Heat from sun, similar to Shaki/Saki - Sultry due to sun) Bir - Break (Biruku - Break) Sumerian Counting One - Ur/Uru - Or/Ondu Two - Ir - Iru/Eradu Three - Mu - Mu/Muru Four - Na - Nalk[u] Five - A/ia - ay/Ayd[u] Six - as - Aar[u] Ten - Ha - Hatthu With connection of Kannada with Sumerian, Akkadian, Indus civilization there is no doubt that Kannada is one of the longest living languages. Needless to say advent of Sanskrit/Prakrit have done tremendous erosion of culture & history to Kannada in past. Credits: Research by A. Sathasivam M.A., Ph.D. on Dravidian and Sumerian Languages. Other Credits twitter.com/anilkmr_m/stat… jungledragon.com/specie/35218/s… twitter.com/anilkmr_m/stat… @nanminiradio @karnatabala @CMofKarnataka @VinaySodad @sndptw @imanjuvs @Naagashree @Amara_Bengaluru @blhars @nimmakarthick @PLEKarnataka @sanrnsam7 @_adikadhunaga_ @rajanna_rupesh @BelagaviKA @AlurDivya @Kannadastar123 @sudhguruspeaks @gnan007 @umesh_anush @malnadkoos @Rameshgowda_c @KanthaRocky @nesarabettaliya @ajavgal @KNayakas @Chandra_hb77 @AdarshaUm @ShyamSPrasad @teekappa24 @Kannada_Culture @BelagaviKA @NammaKalyana @LakshmeeshaCS #Kannada #KKKPower #KannadaIndus #KannadaSumerian #AntiquityOfKannada

@BenLlywelyn

28 күн бұрын

We don't know enough Sumerian to say my friend.

@preethivasanpreva7909

20 күн бұрын

Because kannada evolved from tamil and tamil and Sumerian have more similarities between them

As a native bengali speaker, assamese is probably the one I find most familiar without any prior knowledge closely followed by hindi and maithili. Urdu is just hindi with few persian words. Udia and bhojpuri is close 3rd.

Telegu, is caled the "italian" of India. The open sounds are beautifull and musical

@BenLlywelyn

24 күн бұрын

Sounds erotic.

There are two languages related to India this video didn't cover - the languages spoken in the Andaman islands - the language of the Roma people But overall this video is fascinating so I thank u for the effort. ⵜⴰⵏⵎⵎⵉⵔⵜ Tanmirt .

@BenLlywelyn

Ай бұрын

Thank you. Yes, there are so many Indian Languages it would be a marathon to do them all. Maybe the Andaman Islands and the Roma will get their own video sometime. They are interesting.

@jackportugge5647

Ай бұрын

@@BenLlywelyn There is a group of gypsies (in France and Germany) named Sindhi, so, in a way, you may already have adressed the issue. But take your time, after this research, you deserve a rest.

@coryparni3620

Ай бұрын

​@@BenLlywelyn cushty bok to rockering welsh romany Chib . 😂 .

@coryparni3620

Ай бұрын

​@@jackportugge5647 they are sinti and it's unclear if the name comes from sindhi or whatever that place name is . Many different dialects among romani and sinti groups .

@jackportugge5647

Ай бұрын

@@coryparni3620 Thank you for clarifying. We can find names of places or people that are similar or resemblant just by mere accident, that's true.

8:29 What happened there?!

so we created recipes instead eating it raw. huh?

@BenLlywelyn

28 күн бұрын

Better than sushi.

My mother tongue is bengali, I learned hindi and english.. Can read write and speak all three.. And I can somehow understand quite a bit of kokborok..

@BenLlywelyn

27 күн бұрын

It is great how these Indic languages all clearly influence each other.

Sir, you didn't give description of Rajasthani here 😢

@BenLlywelyn

21 күн бұрын

True.

@kartikaggarwal1273

18 күн бұрын

@@BenLlywelyn please make part 2

I think you missed Beary language

Great summary, some things I didn't know about (I'm Indian) - the north Dravidian languages. One correction: 19:01 The language is _Malayalam_ , the way I remember to spell it (in English) is that it's a palindrome. The mutual intelligibility of the Indo-Aryan languages is quite high - I speak Bengali, Hindi and some Marathi, so I find it relatively easy to understand the other languages. Bengali, Assamese, and Odiya are famously mutually intelligible. You missed Bhojpuri, which is spoken in Bihar, Jharkhand and parts of Nepal (and has 50 million speakers, according to Wikipedia).

@BenLlywelyn

Ай бұрын

Thank you. Yes, there are so many wonderful languages; I was going to miss one. And good to here about mutually intelligibility in Indo-Aryan. It must be very useful to have.

@aveekbh

Ай бұрын

Bhojpuri is sort-of the bridge between Hindi (and its variants) and the eastern languages (Maithili, Bengali). That's why I mentioned it. Of course, there are too many languages to cover in one video. No worries. Mutual intelligibility makes it very easy to absorb languages simply by exposure. (For example, that's how I picked up Marathi.) Of course, knowing the script makes it easier. (But then most Indic scripts are organised in the same way, so it's not too difficult to learn when you already know one or two.)

India is one of the 4 major cultures,next to Chinese, Afro-Asiatic(arabic)and European.

@BenLlywelyn

19 күн бұрын

I would class Russia and Judaism as major civilisations in their own right.

@masterdon3821

19 күн бұрын

@@BenLlywelyn Russia is not a civilization,but stone age barbary. Judaism is part of afrasian culture

I speak 6 of those languages. Plus a few you did not mention, like Rajasthani, Marwadi, Hariyanvi, and Braj. Just wanted to gloat a bit😊🎉🙏

@BenLlywelyn

25 күн бұрын

6 languages plus English is Impressive.

A little introduction of Sanskrit would have been great as it's influence is a lot on Indian languages. Thanks a lot for putting all together. I myself doesn't know many of them.

@BenLlywelyn

19 күн бұрын

Sanskrit deserves its own video for sure.

@suneethavangala7046

19 күн бұрын

@@BenLlywelyn totally agree

I speak Konkani ( and some Cymraeg 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿) as I live in North Wales Konkani has so many dialects and due to waves of migration of Konkanis due to religious persecution , every wave who left Goa took with them a different flavour . Loads of Sanskrit words , Marathi too as we are Hindus and the Maratha empire sustained us . English these days and Hindi of course. I can speak these languages with Native fluency Konkani Marathi Hindi English Some fluency Gujarati Kannada Dysgy Cymraeg French Diolch yn fawr

@BenLlywelyn

9 күн бұрын

Croeso mawr ichi. Glad these languages help you acquire others.

We really need one nation one language one regime one people

@BenLlywelyn

3 күн бұрын

Sounds imperial.

BTW, i don't know which language i would choose, but most probably Hindi, since it is the official language. But it is not one language i feel curious about, unless i would go to India.

@BenLlywelyn

Ай бұрын

Hindi is no doubt very rich and worth learning.

You misspelled and mispronounced the name of the language " Malayalam" which pronounced as 'ma-la-ya-lam'. Please correct it. Also it would be better to show the area in indian map, where these languages are spoken, for a better understanding for those who are alien to this vast topic of subcontinent and languages. Thanks

@BenLlywelyn

18 күн бұрын

I can't correct it without a new upload.

I am a telugu speaker and its a Very nice try to make a video on bharatiya languages.....although i hate the term indo aryan and dravidian......one with sanskrit sublanguages and other with non-sanskrit languages with sanskrit influence

I have some bad news.... Theres way more languages with a large amount of speakers lol. Many languages that are currently classified as "dialects of Hindi" are infact not really related to Hindi at all, particularly in North India. For example, the languages spoken in the state of Rajasthan (Marwari, Mewari, Malwi, etc.) are all closer to Gujarati than they are to Hindi, and are part of the Western Indo Aryan language group, which evolved from Shauraseni Prakrit. Languages in the state of Uttarakhand in the Himalayas like Garwhali and Kumaoni are more closely related to the Pahari group and Nepali rather than Hindi. Languages in Bihar, the most significant and have 100s of millions of speakers, like Magahi, Bhojpuri and Maithili are part of the Eastern Indo Aryan group and evolved from Magadhi Prakrit instead og the Central Indo Aryan Hindi group. Maithili used to be classified as a dialect of Hindi until very recently when Maithili language activists managed to get their language to be recognised as an independent Indian language under the 6th schedule. This opened the flood gates and there are now dozens of languages that are demanding recognition. The most prominent of which is Bhojpuri, spoken in the borders of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, with more than 100 million speakers. So the question is, why are these languages classified as Hindi in the first place? This is because the Indian government attempted to ratify a National Language which will be necessary to be learnt by all, and they needed Hindi to be a language spoken by the majority for that. For this purpose, many languages were falsely incorporated as dialects of Hindi, to apparently increase the number of Hindi speakers artificially. Most prominent of these being the languages of Bihar and Rajasthan. While those with millions of speakers have the power to urge the government to recognise their language, this is not possible for smaller languages, particularly those in Himalayan states like Uttarakhand and Himachal. Among the languages that are closely related to Hindi and classified as Hindi (Khariboli, Braj Basha, Haryanvi, Chattisgarhi, Bundeli, Bagheli, Awadhi, Kannauji), most of these are independent languages, but will find it extremely hard to get independent language status, since they are more closely related to Hindi linguistically.

@xijinpig8982

27 күн бұрын

To add further, other big languages in India also do this to the linguistic minorities in their region. For example, Tamil is imposed upon the tribes in the Nilgiri Hills in Tamilnadu state, all of which have their own languages. Same can be said about Kannada in Karnataka and Marathi in Maharashtra. Something similar to what happened to the Kokborok speakers in Tripura being replaced by Bengali and the indigenous languages of Sikkim being replaced with Nepali.

@BenLlywelyn

26 күн бұрын

India is such a tapestry that I could have created a channel specifically for learning about it and never exhausted my resources without even ever having been there.

ನಾನು ಭಾರತ ದೇಶದ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯದಿಂದ ಮತ್ತು ನನ್ನ ತಾಯ್ನುಡಿ ಉರ್ದು ಮತ್ತು ನಮ್ಮ ನಾಡ ಭಾಷೆ ಕನ್ನಡ 💛❤

Indeed a very good attempt about Indian languages but two of the major languages you forgot to take into account are Rajasthani and Bhojpuri.

I speak Tamil Telugu Kannada marahti,Hindi and English. Knowing one does not mean you can really understand another, though sometimes you can guess some words!

@BenLlywelyn

23 күн бұрын

A good help with the others, sounds like.

Among these I speak Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi fluently. I can also speak Hadoti (one of Rajasthani language) partially. I can understand kannada and thulu too, but can't speak either of those. ❤

@BenLlywelyn

6 күн бұрын

It sounds like having 2 Dravidian Languages gives you access to the others.

Natives of Kerala speak Malayalam (മലയാളം) rooted in Tamil with Sanskrit infusion and a few Portugese influenced words. eg Kopa, Kalsrai/Kalsam, Kupayam Apothecary, Kumbari etc.

I am native Bengali speaker and can fluently speak - Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, somewhat can talk in Maithili. I can partially understand Nepali, Punjabi, Gujarati , Marathi, Assamese and Odiya as they are semi intelligible. Dravidian languages are not intelligible , but because of friends and travel , know a bit of their vocabulary and therefore slightly understand Tamil & Telegu words. Mostly manage between different language speakers with Hindi , Urdu or English. English helps to communicate with Dravidian language speakers as they are harder to learn and understand for the Indo European or Sino Tibetan language speakers. Love this variety in my country, it is not just languages, festivals, food, how people dress, even climates vary dramatically between regions …and which makes it so lively, dynamic and vibrant … not a boring place at all, any time 😀

@BenLlywelyn

15 күн бұрын

Having such diffeferent languages all in the same country spoken by millions is a feat of patience.

I was in NW India 🇮🇳 om 1989. U-H was the most useful language ( two scripts to learn)

@BenLlywelyn

Ай бұрын

You are well travelled, Christopher. And so many Indian scripts!

Malayalam????? What reasearch have u done

@StellaQueen-xp5kp

3 күн бұрын

Check the spelling in ur video

You are Welsh?

@BenLlywelyn

22 күн бұрын

Yes.

I'm almost sure, your "Malayam" is actually "Malayalam" and your "Telegu" (common error or alternative English spelling) is really "Telugu".

hay bro you mix imfo of hindi/urdu to marathi

My First language is Bengali and I can speak read and write Bengali,Assamese,Hindi, and English fluently. And can understand and speak upto certain degree Nepali,mAithili, bhojpuri

@BenLlywelyn

9 күн бұрын

Good to have I imagine.

To the question... I'd like to learn Hindi, as it's pretty widespread and I'd like to visit India.

@BenLlywelyn

Ай бұрын

It would indeed be useful, Hindi.

In my state alone (one of the States in India) language changes with every district. Sometimes within same district too. They're of course unofficial but very well spoken, used till today. This is only one State.

@BenLlywelyn

19 күн бұрын

Fantastic!

Interesting to know the history of Indian languages😅

That was very informative but you went wrong while pronouncing *Malayalam* you said Malayam..omitted *la*..😊

I am a punjabi and I can write 3 languages Punjabi,Hindi,English but can read almost all devanagri script languages,gujarati script matches too much with punjabi so that too and pahadi languages that use devnagari script and I can understand almost all hindi family languages + punjabi + rajasthani + gujarati + marathi + Urdu + Bengali about 75% + Assamese about 35% because it matches with bengali (don't know about odia never tried ) + Pahadi languages especially himachal pahadi languages and jammu side pahadi languages because they are almost intelligible with punjabi + farsi / persian too but the older one the moment they use arabic words it goes out of range(I think I would be able to understand pashto but never tried) + Sindhi + Multani about 85% both + Religious Telugu because it is almost 50-60% sanskrit + Kashmiri about 30% else goes over my head

@BenLlywelyn

3 күн бұрын

That is a wide reach of people.

Its Malayalam not Malayam!!!!!

Tulu did not borrow the Kadamba (Kannada) script. It was forced on it thanks to some missionaries trying to use the same script for rhe Kannada and Tulu bibles to save effort and money. Tulu is a largely oral language with some writing in the local script of Tigalari (the script to the right on your Tulu title card). People in the region were also familiar with the Kadamba script thanks to Kannada overlords. Then most of the Tulunadu region was merged with the former princely state of Mysore to form modern Karnataka and Kannada along with its script became the medium of education. This meant Tigalari became a thing of the past. There are attempts now to revive its use for the Tulu language. It is also the sister script of the Malayalam script's precursor. So, anybody who knows Tigalari can also largely read in Malayalam. Speaking of little siblings, Malayalam is actually the youngest in the South Dravidian family. Tulu is one of the older siblings. It is actually closer to Proto-South Dravidian due to some of the grammatical features you mentioned.

@EagleOverTheSea

27 күн бұрын

I am curious about the source of your information. Sounds like it might be an Indian with an interest in but lacking formal training in Indian linguistics.

@BenLlywelyn

26 күн бұрын

I have no training in India linguistics. Just exploring using what I know about languages from Celtic, Romance and Hebrew mostly.

Tamil did not borrow from Malay. Malay borrowed from Tamil. Coming from someone who is familiar with both.

@BenLlywelyn

10 күн бұрын

Fascinating.

Regarding the mutual intelibility of malayalam and tamil. The majority of tamils cannot understand malayalam, but majority of malayalis can under Tamil. I guess this is due to malayalam vocabulary is found to be rich in sanskrit words.

As a Indian 🇮🇳 we say Whole World is a family (Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam) That just like Croissant 🥐 in French accent 🕉 Yashwant / Jashwant (Edit) became ✡️ Yeshua / Joshua became ✝️ Yesus / Jesus (Latin) And the Half of Religious story of Krishna is the story of Moses which can link 🔗 🕉 to ✡️✝️☪️🛐 Noah story of ✡️✝️☪️🛐 is actually the religious story of Manu (Matsya Avatar)

@BenLlywelyn

12 күн бұрын

I wish other faiths and believers the best.

By culturally European nations is a well developed garden and Indian is a forests of culture( unorganised and undeveloped )

@BenLlywelyn

6 күн бұрын

European gardens are very orderly. I have yet to visit Indian gardens.

I understand Kannada and Tamil … and if some of those same words are in Telugu and Malayalam … additionally I can identify Sanskrit words … it wasn’t until I was 17 that I started getting exposed to Telugu through family friends and I’ve made an effort to learn Telugu and I can guess what they are saying I just don’t have the same degree of certainty as with Kannada and Tamil

@BenLlywelyn

5 күн бұрын

Sounds useful.

I know Hindi, Bangla, and little Kannada and Tamil, also Portuguese.

@BenLlywelyn

28 күн бұрын

A fun mix. Thank you.