YONAGUNI LANGUAGE

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The Yonaguni language, spoken by about 400 people on Yonaguni Island in the Ryukyu Islands, is a Southern Ryukyuan language closely related to Yaeyama. It is not officially recognized by the Japanese government, which refers to it as a dialect. UNESCO classifies it as one of Japan's most endangered languages, second to Ainu. The island of Yonaguni, the westernmost inhabited Japanese island near Taiwan, is notable for its hanazake beverage, Yonaguni horse, Ryukyu atlas moth, and winter gatherings of hammerhead sharks. It is also home to the Yonaguni Monument, a submerged rock formation discovered in 1986. Kaidā glyphs are pictograms from the Yaeyama Islands, and most studies on the pictographs focused on Yonaguni Island.
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  • @justinyang3742
    @justinyang374228 күн бұрын

    Yonaguni is fascinating in that the two consonants "w" and "y" have undergone fortition: w shifted to b, and y shifted to z and then d. Eg: - 野菜 is "yasai" in Japanese, cognate with Mandarin yěcài. In Yonaguni, it is "dasai" - The name of the island: 与那国 (Yonaguni) is "Dunan" - 山 is "yama" in Japanese and "dama" in Yonaguni.

  • @MonibaKoliSMB

    @MonibaKoliSMB

    27 күн бұрын

    Intriguing 😊

  • @hieudo4460

    @hieudo4460

    26 күн бұрын

    Sorry what are you talking about, how could [w] be fortify into [b], also [y] is not even a consonant and [w] is a semi vowel, do you care to elaborate? I am not sure what phones phonemes you’re referring about since you use quotation marks I’d assume it’s phonemes you’re on about? Idk about your phonetic representation if that makes sense, ta.

  • @msruag

    @msruag

    23 күн бұрын

    @@hieudo4460 isn't it obv that they meant y as [j] or [ʝ]? 💀japanese romaji uses y for [j] so the elaboration is there, wikipedia says yonaguni originally had [ʝ] which fortified into [d], and semivowels can also be fortified as has happened in gaelic

  • @marin4311
    @marin431128 күн бұрын

    It sounds a little bit like Japanese, but it is a completely different language.

  • @dan74695

    @dan74695

    23 күн бұрын

    Well, it is related.

  • @porothashawarma2339

    @porothashawarma2339

    18 күн бұрын

    As an Indian it sounds very strangely similar to some the languages in north eastern India .

  • @user-zn7uh5rj1j

    @user-zn7uh5rj1j

    17 күн бұрын

    It uses the same alphabet as japanese!Even the kanji, but the reading is different from Japanese kanji

  • @XxRianaX
    @XxRianaX28 күн бұрын

    This channel is amazing Even language that we never know its hereee

  • @majaimay
    @majaimay28 күн бұрын

    Just based on the numbers alone it definitely shares roots with other japonic languages but it's easily one of the most isolated and removed from mainland japanese

  • @RoseRoseRoseRoseRoseRose
    @RoseRoseRoseRoseRoseRose28 күн бұрын

    Although I am partly Asian myself and know the "mainstream" Asian languages, the Yonaguni language has a positive kind of mystery, which is indescribably beautiful, like the background melody choice of yours, dear Andy. And thanks to the speaker. Arigatougozaimashita❣️😍❤️

  • @tsuneyoshi779

    @tsuneyoshi779

    28 күн бұрын

    ✋😭

  • @goulven05

    @goulven05

    28 күн бұрын

    That’s really nice to hear, yeah it’s a beautiful language

  • @RoseRoseRoseRoseRoseRose

    @RoseRoseRoseRoseRoseRose

    28 күн бұрын

    @@goulven05 Nice to read you again❣️

  • @goulven05

    @goulven05

    27 күн бұрын

    @@RoseRoseRoseRoseRoseRose Thank you 🫡

  • @matthewsiregar

    @matthewsiregar

    26 күн бұрын

    What kind of asian?

  • @chelsb6568
    @chelsb656828 күн бұрын

    Thank you from🇯🇵

  • @citylidamj8898
    @citylidamj889828 күн бұрын

    Sounds a lot like Austronesian😮

  • @LSJ1998

    @LSJ1998

    19 күн бұрын

    Might just be the speaker's accent. I hear an Indonesian accent from both the speaker and the presenter

  • @porothashawarma2339

    @porothashawarma2339

    18 күн бұрын

    Yes !

  • @jacob_and_william
    @jacob_and_william28 күн бұрын

    It doesn't sound like Japanese at all and yet its clearly related if you compare the words, and I don't just mean the numbers.

  • @lewiss.3786
    @lewiss.378627 күн бұрын

    This sounds like a mix of Minnan and Austronesian language

  • @kallelellacevej2234
    @kallelellacevej223428 күн бұрын

    It is so cool how native speakers for these obscure languages (with 400 speakers) lend their voices to make these videos!

  • @joalexsg9741
    @joalexsg974128 күн бұрын

    Nife debiru for making us learn more about the different Ryukuyu languages, this is precious, thank you! Much love to Ryukyu from this Brazilian!

  • @parsifal2299

    @parsifal2299

    28 күн бұрын

    Diz a lenda que o jiu-jitsu Brasileiro veio desse mesmo povo que migraram para o interior e fundaram os dojos

  • @joalexsg9741

    @joalexsg9741

    28 күн бұрын

    @@parsifal2299 É possível, mas soube que na verdade há tantas dialetos das línguas Ryukyu que são na verdade ininteligíveis entre si, podendo ser chamados de línguas independentes mesmo. Há alguns vídeos mostrando isso. Realmente, pelo que me disseram, a maioria dos nossos descendentes japoneses veio de Okinawa (ou das demais ilhas do reino de Ryukyu, não sei dizer ao certo). Nossos descendentes deveriam fundar uma organização pra preservar estas línguas preciosas, ao invés de se promover o Nihongo como se fosse a única língua do Japão! Aproveito pra mencionar o povo Ainu, pois muitos ainda não sabem de sua existência, outra cultura muito interessante e bem mais antiga do país.

  • @Whassevah
    @Whassevah27 күн бұрын

    Sounds like Nihonggo-Austronesian.

  • @anthropos_94
    @anthropos_9428 күн бұрын

    Beautiful language.

  • @Ainigmos13
    @Ainigmos1328 күн бұрын

    Please video about Proto-Ryukyuan language: the ancestor of Yonaguni.

  • @Davlavi
    @Davlavi25 күн бұрын

    Bitter sweet as we learn about new languages we learn they are disapearing.

  • @nemo_venit_apud_ti983
    @nemo_venit_apud_ti98327 күн бұрын

    It's... almost like japanise but with a bit of something else, something unique.

  • @dasatraMedia
    @dasatraMedia25 күн бұрын

    wow! this is a very cool language!

  • @Daavlavi
    @Daavlavi28 күн бұрын

    Nice

  • @Gawrguramapper
    @Gawrguramapper28 күн бұрын

    Next can you do bouton japanese?

  • @robertberger4203
    @robertberger420327 күн бұрын

    Some of the numbers and other words remind me of Tungusic languages such as Manchu .

  • @NewBambooCity
    @NewBambooCity24 күн бұрын

    Sounds more like an Austronesian language than Japanese

  • @jamesford5095
    @jamesford509528 күн бұрын

    under 1 day gang

  • @fiyangga.yanggiri-hala
    @fiyangga.yanggiri-hala28 күн бұрын

    love you guys from manchuria ! I'm a huge fan of japanese culture. bi nihon gurun be buyembi !

  • @iLolek10

    @iLolek10

    14 күн бұрын

    Witam. Czy mówisz językiem Mandżurskim? Jeśli tak, czy jest on podobny do języka Mongolskiego?

  • @fiyangga.yanggiri-hala

    @fiyangga.yanggiri-hala

    14 күн бұрын

    ​@iLolek10 sorry, what language is this ? I can't understand what you wrote.

  • @iLolek10

    @iLolek10

    14 күн бұрын

    @@fiyangga.yanggiri-hala As you wrote You are from Manchuria. Province on north-east China. My question is if you speak manchurian language? If yes, can you see any similarities with mongolian language? Or maybe with korean language?

  • @fiyangga.yanggiri-hala

    @fiyangga.yanggiri-hala

    14 күн бұрын

    @@iLolek10 yah, we have a lot of similarities in both languages. for example, how are you in mongolian sain bai nuu ? . in manchu sain no or saiyun ? and a lot of other words. but I'm not a native speaker of monglian, so I have no idea how many similarities are in two languages

  • @iLolek10

    @iLolek10

    14 күн бұрын

    @@fiyangga.yanggiri-hala Thank you very much. It is not easy to meet anyone who speak manchurian for me. I was traveling in Mongolia when I was young. Living with mongolian family for more than a month. Then we go togerter to China, Beijing. Staying on borthere city Erlian. for two weeks. So I have listenning mongolian language everyday. Even learned some of it, just from listennin. Would you take a part as a volunteer in one of Andy's video. If he decide to make comparison Manchurian and Mongolian?

  • @KingsleyAmuzu
    @KingsleyAmuzu28 күн бұрын

    Probably next, Iraqi Arabic and Persian?

  • @user-bo7oi9dy7p
    @user-bo7oi9dy7p26 күн бұрын

    Native speaker: 400 👀

  • @joseg.solano1891
    @joseg.solano189128 күн бұрын

    Koryo-mar, please

  • @Siuuu368
    @Siuuu36828 күн бұрын

    First

  • @sot1susy-amogus

    @sot1susy-amogus

    28 күн бұрын

    No, ur 2nd I'm 1st

  • @leonardoschiavelli6478

    @leonardoschiavelli6478

    28 күн бұрын

    ​@@sot1susy-amogusIf so, how did you REPLIED to? It's practically impossible for a REPLY to be the first comment ever in a video.

  • @Daavlavi

    @Daavlavi

    28 күн бұрын

    ​@@sot1susy-amogusYou deserve to be arrested

  • @sot1susy-amogus

    @sot1susy-amogus

    28 күн бұрын

    @@Daavlavi not me, I'm a good guy

  • @adreq3.05
    @adreq3.0525 күн бұрын

    I cognosize only underwater megality and figures dogu

  • @Shareenear
    @Shareenear25 күн бұрын

    Sounds like what my 10 year old self imagined Japanese to sound like

  • @EuropezonUruguayo1
    @EuropezonUruguayo128 күн бұрын

    The name reminds me of bad bunny

  • @user-ts6bc9rm8u
    @user-ts6bc9rm8u28 күн бұрын

    Una noche más y copas de más Tú no me dejas en paz, de mi mente no te vas Aunque sé que no debo, ey Pensar en ti, bebé, pero cuando bebo Me viene tu nombre, tu cara, tu risa y tu pelo, ey Dime dónde tú está', que yo por ti cojo un vuelo Y a Yonaguni le llego Aunque sé que no debo, ey Pensar en ti, bebé, pero cuando bebo Me viene tu nombre, tu cara Tu risa y tu pelo, ey Dime dónde tú está', que yo por ti cojo un vuelo Y a Yonaguni le llego, ey No me busque' en Instagram Mami, búscame en casa Pa' que vea' lo que pasa, ey Si tú me pruebas te casa', ey Ese cabrón ni te abraza Y yo loco por tocarte Pero ni me atrevo a textearte Tú con cualquier outfit la parte' Mami, tú eres aparte Shorty tiene un culo bien grande, eh De-demasiao' grande Y yo lo tengo estudiao', ya mismo me gradúo Y en la cara me lo tatúo Vi que viste mi story y subiste una pa' mí Yo que me iba a dormir, ey En la disco habían mil Y yo bailando contigo en mi mente Aunque sé que no debo Pensar en ti, bebé, pero cuando bebo Me viene tu nombre, tu cara Tu risa y tu pelo, ey Dime dónde tú está', que yo por ti cojo un vuelo Y a Yonaguni le llego Si me das tu dirección, yo te mando mil carta' Si me das tu cuenta de banco, un millón de peso' To'a la noche arrodillao' a Dios le rezo Pa' que ante' 'e que se acabe el año tú me des un beso Y empezar el 2023 bien cabrón Contigo y un blunt Tú te ve' asesina con ese mahón Me matas sin un pistolón Y yo te compro un Banshee Gucci, Givenchy Un poodle, un frenchie El pasto, los munchie' Te canto un mariachi Me convierto en Itachi, eh Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah Bad Bunny, baby, bebé Bad Bunny, baby, bebé 今日はセックスしたい でもあなたとだけ どこにいますか? どこにいますか? 今日はセックスしたい でもあなたとだけ どこにいますか? どこにいますか? Eh

  • @MrAllmightyCornholioz
    @MrAllmightyCornholioz28 күн бұрын

    BUDDHA BLESS THE YONAGUNI LANGUAGE 南無阿弥陀仏 🙏☸

  • @dimulaidari3714
    @dimulaidari371428 күн бұрын

    Sound like it's not a Japonic Language🤔

  • @zach0gr

    @zach0gr

    28 күн бұрын

    I can say the same Though jap is user it doesn't sound this way

  • @rusticcloud3325

    @rusticcloud3325

    28 күн бұрын

    The numbers sound like kun'yomi Japanese numbers tho

  • @YourCreepyUncle.

    @YourCreepyUncle.

    28 күн бұрын

    Sound can be misleading. Look at the written language.

  • @shrekuwu259

    @shrekuwu259

    27 күн бұрын

    @@YourCreepyUncle.written language has nothing to do with relation. Persian uses Arabic script buts it’s not even related to Arabic. Finnish uses Latin script but it’s not even related to English.

  • @phambinhan17

    @phambinhan17

    27 күн бұрын

    It is

  • @PAPOKOMUSIC
    @PAPOKOMUSIC8 сағат бұрын

    AUstronesia

  • @ilyashmdov2794
    @ilyashmdov279427 күн бұрын

    Can you please

  • @andreytsyganov7321
    @andreytsyganov732128 күн бұрын

    I thought it's just Bad Bunny's song 😅

  • @ilyashmdov2794
    @ilyashmdov279427 күн бұрын

    .ASIA bro

  • @markjosephbacho5652
    @markjosephbacho565220 күн бұрын

    Sounds like an Austronesian trying to speak Nihongo 😅

  • @KingsleyAmuzu
    @KingsleyAmuzu28 күн бұрын

    How similar is this dialect to Chinese?

  • @ohkeydan6357

    @ohkeydan6357

    27 күн бұрын

    Very different because it a different language and under different language family.

  • @citylidamj8898

    @citylidamj8898

    27 күн бұрын

    0 % similarity I would say😅

  • @xjmmjbnqfstjdijoj2044

    @xjmmjbnqfstjdijoj2044

    23 күн бұрын

    I think it is as close to Chinese as Arabic would be lol 😂 Don't get confused by the Chinese characters, those are used to represent meaning, not the sound (or the etymology) of words... For instance: 貴方 could 基本ally 書rite 英語ish like 之is and still 読ad it as 普通al 英語ish, with 絶対tely 無 中国se 影響 何soever (you could basically write English like this and still read it as normal English, with absolutely no Chinese influence whatsoever) That's basically how Japonic languages work for the most part

  • @DanilHakim-sf8fe
    @DanilHakim-sf8fe15 сағат бұрын

    Sound like thai language.

  • @sanneoi6323
    @sanneoi632327 күн бұрын

    So Yonaguni is a dialect of Ryukyuan (not Japanese) if anything. Ryukyuan is not Japanese, Ryukyus is not Japan it is another country.

  • @xjmmjbnqfstjdijoj2044

    @xjmmjbnqfstjdijoj2044

    23 күн бұрын

    Ryukyuan and Japanese, including their respective dialects, both come from a common ancestral language...just like Romance languages for instance

  • @sanneoi6323

    @sanneoi6323

    22 күн бұрын

    @@xjmmjbnqfstjdijoj2044 They are different languages. The fascist of Japanese government is lie. Ryukyuan people is their own nation, by rights a separate country. Ryukyuan split off from Japanese at Kofun Era.