What You Didn't Know About the Country of MADAGASCAR! (+Mauritius & Réunion)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มี.ค. 2017
- Here's something you may not have known about the island nation of Madagascar, and just why I think Madagascar and the surrounding islands might just be the most insanely diverse islands in the world!
Here are some facts about Madagascar and many of the surround islands that you will hopefully find interesting!
Be sure to share this video with anyone you know that is from Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, or Seychelles! Thanks!
You will enjoy this video if you are interested in race, ethnicity, culture, genetics, DNA, ancestry, or anthropology. I go into a breakdown of the population of Madagascar, and also talk about some of the surrounding islands.
Thanks for watching! - ตลก
Hi, I'm from Madagascar,but actually living in Indonesia. Your research is awesome and very accurate.Since I lived in Indonesia,I got more proof that Madagascar language and cultures have lots of similarities to Indonesian and Malay cultures. Thank your for this nice video
I'm curious, what did you find? :D
well, our physics are pretty same. We do have lots of similar words and we have 2 cutltures which is exacy the same ( doing a kind of celebration few year after the funeral of a loved one. we change the clothes of the dead person. And the 2nd is the circonsition
Interesting indeed..
Hi there Im from Malaysia, nice to see you in this part of TH-cam. I've been fascinated about Madagascar and the spread of polynesians across islands throughout history. Like really, how and why did our South East Asians ancestors travelled so far in the first place. Various reasons of course, but pretty mind blowing on what human beings of the past are capable of doing when you think about it. : )
I'm from Dayak Ngaju tribe in Borneo island and Malagasi language is pretty similar to Dayak Maanyan tribe our neighboring tribe their culture and physical appearences is similar too. I live in Indonesia.
Hey I`from madagascar! But I live in switzerland now! Your research is very precise.. some of the things you said, I didn`t even knew ;) hahaah.. But it`s dificult to make researches on this topic because madagascar is still very unknown and there arent many facts and literature about this fascinating country.. Nice video thow!
Danke schoen mein Freund! Glad you enjoyed!
The people of madagascar are Africans in origin. from mainland africa. more than 53,000 yrs ago. their ancestiors who were African fishermen mugration from south earth mizambia. zimbabwe and southern africa. this time they were no european.chise or any other specy on earth except us Africans. that explain why you kerp guessing and jyxtaposing your research which is all flawed. the best way for anyone to do any feild research about some peoples history is not by DNA.whuch can be tweek by racist minds to any out come. like this boy. but by talking to the different people on the ground and correlating that with acheoligical or ancient antiquity left over. .The fake jew have no homeland. soo. they have no absolute foubdation ofthought process. thus shufting and always contradicting all long establish knowledge. making names for themselves. for instance. lets accept that what this fake jew boy is right. that madagascans arent Africans but some indians or chinese in origin. we all accepts the notion that Africans. black people are the most senior people created on esrth. and all africa was black specy. ie 60.000 yrs ago. thats implies there were no other specy on earth then except us Africans in the begining. soo can there be an original chinese. mandarine. or indians. in an African island just less than a few hundred miles from mainland Africa. who is white?
Do you see the white vs black agenda in play here. thats allways the motivation of these whiteman izreals americans. even the word ize they used is fake. jew the answer to is fake. english the speak is fake.theyre not english people. america. their country it too is fake. only american indians are true americans. SOO HOW IN HEAVEN CAN A HUMAN COVERED
WITH THE BLOOD OF FAKENESS. EVER SAY ANY THING THATS DIVINELY ABSOLUTE TRUE?
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HERE IS A LITTLE DEVIL. .LOOK CAREFULLY AT HIS FACE.AND REMEMBER IT
Still research have shown the first black africans arrived on Madagascar around 2.000 years ago. There were a few Melanesians living there who were black but they lived in South East Asia for a long time before ending up in Madagascar. Afterwards a group of polynesian indonesians settled. And this made for a mix of people who are Malagaysi.
chill
Paul Ebai This guy is having a mental breakdown. Like chill dude, it's just a video.
I am from Madagascar and I can say that your research is very accurate, it is very interesting to see someone interested in our country since it is still unknown to the netizens. Malagasy (people from Madagascar ) are very interesting and special because of our origins. Thank for the video man.
It's so cool that you're from Madagascar!!
I love madagascar!
Descendant of Madagascar Merina Tribe. I did my DNA. Bantu Nigeria and Madagascar most recent history plus Indonesian and Siberian Russia. With Norwegian ancestry. The slave trade. The slave in my family said he was stolen from Madagascar. His name was Hari Orari. Thank you for the Malagasy information.
Another interesting fact you missed about Madagascar: It's one of the few countries in the world to have rugby as its national sport. The sport was introduced by the French and today the capital Antananarivo has over 100 clubs (the highest density of any city in the world) and big matches attract crowds of over 30,000 spectators.
Despite this, their national team ranks only 48th in the world rankings and has never qualified for a Rugby World Cup
Woah, I never knew that! That is super interesting.
What? You are completely wrong. Few of Malagasy people watch rugby. Most of people in Madagascar play basket ball and foot ball that are the most famous games in Madagascar. Don't spread any lie if you don't llive in Madagascar.
Sandrica Foster oh!! Tena izy io tenen lery io fa aza tezitra
@@plouplou1136 what he said is actually true. Maybe you're just not one of the people watching rugby so you're not aware of how much of a thing it is in Mada
rugby is popular but hell no it's not our national sport
Interesting, I'm from Madagascar and I live in France. Actually, Malagasy DNA shows a mix between Indonesians (not all "Asians" because not Vietnamese, Thai or Mongol, just Indo/Malay/Filipino) and Eastern African populations (not all "blacks" because not Papu, Fijian or Senegalese, just Eastern Africans), but also there are ancient Polynesian genetics found in Malagasy DNA, which is absolutely not part of Indonesian DNA. The first inhabitants were not Indonesians, they described another people living there when they settled...
source?
if they weren't Indonesian,then what were they?
Haze of Kumari of course, there were people living there. That's the case of most of these places people "discovered" and "explored". I am myself an explorer to Canada never mind the 35 millions who lived here before me.
Thanks for sharing Haze of Kumari. My oncle lived 7 years in Madagascar during the French colonisation of Madagascar. The French army stole him 7 years of his life where he lived in a small village of Madagascar. He was from another colony himself.
From other research that i read, the migration not happening in one period only, its migration happened by several waves of times, some research said that first wave coming since 3AD and the last wave of indonesian migration is 12AD.
Indonesia is a country not an ethnic. Malay = ethnic more accurate
hey i m malagasy ( multiethnicity ).In every anthropology groups i was classified as australoid ( papuan ) so we have papuan genes too . One bahraini friend saw an arab who look like me lol .
I am not from Madagascar, but my mom is, and currently I’ve been to Madagascar twice! I’m very proud of my heritage, and it’s such a pleasure seeing someone taking interest in our country! A lot of my family was born in Madagascar but lives in France (since of course Madagascar was a french colony) and I would like you to know there are Malagasy churches in France!
Hello! You can find many FLM and FPMA churches in the big cities in France!
Hey Masaman, I am an Indian and have great interest in different races of humans. Your videos are accurate and great. Keep up the good work.
Madagascar is the setting of a popular Anime/manga.
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Why are 70% of the comment section people from Madagascar?
Kim Jong The Choo Choo Train of Bel-Air probably searched and found out by chance.
Maybe they are the Finns of Africa, using most of their Time online to find that one guy who realized that they exist.
It probably only took 1 or 2 to find it and then send it to their friends and family, and so on...
or just lots of people sent it to the malagasy people they knew
Mr. Kim Jong The Choo Choo Train of Bel-Air, you have a magnificent name
What you said is true, I've been in France and when people asked me about Madagascar i always reply diversity, not only the flora and fauna but also human origin, culture ... It's a multi origin countty that has gained uniqueness as time went by .. thanks for sharing
Madagascar is essentially home of the Blasians!
Infinite Sky You are talking about South East Asia not Madagascar. Madagascar people are not blaysian or "Black -Asians" it is rare that we do mixed race our people are "Austronesians-Siberians" they arrive in Madagascar more than 10000years ago those are the native Indigenous Malagasy, literally Polynesian (of Bornéo ancestors) and Native Americans (of Siberian ancestors). We do have many African Black people essentially Ethiopian/Somalis and some East Africans, also a mixed of them with Persian-Arabs-Ottomans. The Black Africans were brought and sold to us by the Arabs for slavery from the year 1000s. Then we do have Indians Indian Dravidians, and South East Asians the Black Asians people the one called Indonesians in Madagascar whom are not natives but immigrants the " Malay-Filipino- Indonesian from the actual country Indonesia. They arrived in Madagascar by the year 1200s the Indigenous South East Asians whom are black and their mixed "Sangleys: half Black African half Chinese mongols" those that you see today that you are calling blaysians or Philippino-Indonesians-Malaysians
@Rosalee Smith The difference though is that madagascar is more east asian/ austronesian while trinidad/ carribean is more south asian/ Indian. Both groups are asian but obviously completely different genetics, culture and looks.
@@thebirds2406 Black Africans were NOT brought to Madagascar as slaves. They migrated there BY THEMSELVES thousands of years ago from mainland East Africa. Malagasy people are LITERALLY a mixture of Africans and Asians.
@si Markeyan Madagascar is in Africa. The first people to ever find the island were indigenous Africans despite what eurocentric studies have said. They used it as seasonal hunting ground. The first people to SETTLE the island permanently were Asians of Austronesian stock from the island of Borneo (Indonesia/Malaysia). Africans came back VERY soon after Austronesians arrived on the island. The two populations noted similarities in their cultures and traditions and they mixed with each other. Some sources say that they mixed BEFORE they migrated to the island together as a collective. But Indians have absolutely zero to do with Madagascar
@si Markeyan Indians, Negritos, Polynesians and Melanesians have ZERO to do with Madagascar. The average Malagasy person is 70% East African and 30% Southeast Asian. Don't try to downplay the African component when it's the most dominant. The island is literally IN Southeastern Africa
im from mauritius and madagascar
my dad is creole
my mom is malagasy
good video
Maybe its time to Invite Madagascar to ASEAN club
James Cook but the are in Race.
Prime Arch yeah
Africans may disagree. Malagasy people are not 100% Austronesian. It's a mixture of Austronesian and African with different proportion along 18 tribes. More complicated, there is also Arab/Middle Eastern gene from Arab traders arriving in 1000 AD. The strongest Austronesian gene (more than 50%) is found in the dominant ethnic group Merina and Betsileo tribes. African gene is found in Sakalava and other tribes.
The Legend27 there's precedence; Japan, China and Australia were invited into the ASEAN political block for a short period of time.
Prime Arch let’s clean up the typical mess we see on the african continent before that, might hurt to integrate madagascar into ASEA if that's not taken care of. Economy, instability and corruption is too prevalent.
hi . I'm from Madagascar. I'm now living in Australia but what you've shared is quite right. very interesting for me to see how you explained the way we look like. Sure many of us look Asian . I have friends from Fiji and Tonga and interestingly some of their words and ours are the same. like when we count in Fiji , it has similarity with counting in Malagasy.
Zivah RAKOTOMALALA...same here..Bicol Dialect..Philippines
1....saro
2....duwa
3....tulo
4....upat
5....lima
6....unom
7....pito
8....walo
9....siyam
10....sampolo
people....tawo
moon.....bulan
I.....ako
you...ika
we....kami
+Eugene Manaog its same Makassar Indonesian
People = Tau
moon=Bulang
House = Balla
+Eugene Manaog its same Makassar Indonesian
People = Tau
moon=Bulang
House = Balla
Tagalog: Philippines
1: isa
2: dalawa
3: tatlo
4: apat
5: lima
6: anim
7: Pito
8: walo
9: siyam
10: sampu
Rian Febrian tagalog philippines
People - tao
Moon - buwan/bulan
House - bahay/ballai
I'm from Madagascar and like all of the others have said, your information was quite correct. I live in the US now but miss home. Nicely done on your video :)
you looks like filipino hahaha wtf
Get out! We Americans don’t want you here! Go back to your communist hellhole! Illegal go home!
Dude I always like your demography videos. You always do a lot of research for your videos.
Thank you man! Means a lot! Hopefully I can find somewhere to share my geography and demography videos, like a forum or something.
Hi Masaman, loved your video, I found it to be a pretty accurate description. I'm born and raised in Melbourne, Australia but both my parents hail from Seychelles. I've also been doing a family tree for a number of years and from what I've discovered from that there are a lot of admixtures in my genetic heritage.
Miss Universe Seychelles 2022 was born in Australia
Hi I'm Malagasy but I live in Canada. Yay I'm one of the 1 or 2% people who speaks English !! By the way people are starting to get internet more and more 📳
We are the 1% leaving in canada, out of the 1% who have internet, out the 1% who have seen this video 😂
Interesting that the main ethnic stock of the Malagasy people = Borneo + Mozambique, basically speaking!
My grandmother was born in Diego-Suarez , she was mixed african from Comoros Island and Indian ... 😀
Niyah DELAJUNGLE love India
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Niyah...i love you baby.
Love from India.
hope you hit it big masaman! you deserve it, great and consistent content. thankyou, always interesting
Wow, I am from Madagascar and I am wondering how you managed to learn so much about my beloved country, I am looking forward to more of your videos.
Hello .I’m from Madagascar, I’m actually studying in China and i can see a lot of differences but I marvel the beauty of my precious island . wow I’m proud of where I come from.. good job dude ..
Are Chinese people racists?
I come from Madagascar and I can confirm that what you have described is accurate. This is a good and interesting research. Well done, thank you for your works. 🇲🇬🇲🇬🇲🇬
Yo, very interesting vid! thanks a lot mate
hi, i'm from from Madagascar but i live in China, you did a very good job, well done! your research is very interesting, thanks for your
interest in our country !
Awesome video. I subscribed because of this. Really excellent thankyou for the knowledge!
I love your videos ! Keep doing it !
I appreciate your videos and research. Thanks Mason.
I’m so happy you made a video on these islands that are not that known outside of French-speaking countries.. I’m even more so that my mom is from La Réunion and a big chunk of my family lives there ! The video is overall rather acurate although I don’t really agree on the genetic pie chart you showed.. the island’s racial makeup is (definitely) not predominantly European and is much more diverse than simply Africa, India and Europe - incorporating also people from (mostly) Madagascar , China, Pakistan and even Malaysia. La Réunion is probably the most racially diverse (and beautiful) island in the world :)
Keep up the good work!!
Great video I learnt something new 👍🏽
I love what you are doing. Humans are so different. If we just knew how different we all are, we can learn to be together. Continue your awesome work bro. i will keep watching
My dream island.Almighty God Please make my dream true.
Am from ,Tamilnadu India.
Aloha Masaman and mahalo (thanks) for all of your videos. I love your style and the super unique topics you cover. You have a super interesting channel. Im from Hawaii but after living in Italy for a few months found a cheap direct flight to Madagascar and ended up living there for 6 months. It's super, duper beautiful, even compared to Hawaii. I was amazed while there living mostly amongst Antakarana and Tsimihety Peoples that the languages of Madagascar have some very very strong similarity to Hawaiian. Some of the words are even pronounced and mean EXACTLY the same thing. I like looking at geography and found too that as incredible as it is, some of the place names on Rapa Nui mean almost the same things as the place names in Madagascar. Rano for example, (pronounced Ra-new) in Malagasy means water, and is the name of some bodies of water on Rapa Nui because evidently rano means water there too. Even more, while I was in Madagascar I traveled through Sofia and Diana provinces as well as to the cities of Tamatave and the capital Antananarivo. While there I discovered some amazing things... Most amazing of which was that while in the capital I met some Malagasy people who were of the Imerina tribe and looked incredibly like Polynesians, and much different from the majority of Imerina and Malaysian-type looking Malagasy people who constitute the majority of the non-African-looking population. These people were huge but not fat. The women looked like a mix I'd never seen before of very light skinned, thin, and tall Polynesian and Malaysian and the men looked like Maoris, with the same light skin tone but with much finer features, like thinner noses. It was really interesting. And then I saw the Queen's palace in the capital and came to find that it looks strikingly similar to the Queen's palace in Hawai'i, and that furthermore the Malagasy monarchy was overthrown by the French at about the same time as the Hawaiian monarchy was overthrown by the Americans. I encourage you if you're interested to research the Imerina Kings who conquered most of Madagascar in the first part of the 19th century and to compare their portraits and histories with those of the Kamehameha Dynasty of Hawai'i, who united all of the Hawaiian islands. And especially to regard the Queen's palace in Madagascar, named the Rova, with Iolani Palace in Hawai'i. As another note, the African-looking population of Madagascar extends all around the coasts of the country and very much inland as well. Significant populations were conquered and transported as slaves to the highlands by the two strongest highland kingdoms of the 18th century, the Imerina and the Betsileo, and this continued on perhaps even more into the 19th century as the Imerina became the sole highland kingdom and the most powerful kingdom on the island of Madagascar. The African populations vary somewhat widely in appearance although I found all to be very similar in physical stature. No matter where I was the people were all of a similar height, with there being very very few tall people, and the vast majority of the men and women sharing a very similar and average height. The island also has a HUGE diversity and talent in music which I share a little in the links here:
I'm also from Hawaiʻi (though ethnically I'm Chinese and Japanese, with no indigenous ancestry), but I have had a connection with the creole people in the Indian Ocean islands ever since I discovered they had a similar history to Hawaiʻi in recent years, with a large degree of ethnic, cultural, and linguistic diversity.
Brah, it's crazy yeah? I was living in Reunion for 3 months and the people there can look EXACTLY the same as local people! Did you go yet? Brah if you go... you gonna be the most popular guy there, lol. As soon as I told them where I was from they ATE ME UP!!!
Very interesting strong you just told. wow, thank god for the Internet.
Tsara Walcott I'm Indonesian.
thanks a lot for the great insight!
I had to disagree when Masaman said Andry Rajoelina looks very east asian. he actually looks very southeast asian, instead of east asian.
same with Hery... He looks plain Indonesian. just show his photo to any Indonesian and they'd agree.
it is fascinating indeed how the Austronesian area stretches from Rapa Nui to Madagascar.
it is a contiguous area indeed. it's just Europeans decided that we belong to three different continents.
if I had to decide how to divide the continents, I'd put Austronesia in a single group (and probably put Europe and India in one too. it is ridiculous how south asia is called a "SUBcontinent" whilst europe is a continent. but I digress.)
agree with u, + xolang I thin Andry R I think tons of indonesian guy look like him and
very insightful !!
Hello mate, Also from Madagascar
I'm kinda impressed that you know more things about my country than me. Nice content btw
Im malagasy american, my great grandmother was from there, im learning all this good stuff:)
Great video very informative
Very good! Thank you!
interesting stuff. thanks!
Good video man
Excellent documentary. I have always been fascinated by Madagascar.
Hey I'm currently binge watching your videos, is there any way you can do a video on mauritius soley?
Nice video, I came across your video when I was searching about the peoples of African Island Nations, your information so well detailed, man you are a real scientist,
Bull's Eye.......! Brilliant, well-documented and accurate! I was born in Mauritius and have been living in South Africa for the past 42 years. I will share on my facebook page. Also, your video on India is mind blowing! Keep up the good work!
Masaman,
Once again I would like to congratulate you on such a successful and educative video.
One request from my side,
Why dont you do a research and video on the Khasi tribe from northeast India, as they have a very interesting monolithic culture found in the celts, pacific islands and gunung padang,(indonesia).
Malagasy here... much love from the island.
Nice video lol..I think Madagascar will be my destination next yr...Am Interested to know their lifestyle..✌😎
Hello I'm from Madagascar and thank you for your video it really reflets the origin of Malagasy people. From Indosian to Africa and Arabia to Asian. Many people never hear of my beautiful country. Love the history that you are relating.
Hey!!! Thank you so much for your Video about Madagascar 🇲🇬 Me too, I’m from Madagascar but I am currently in Belgium. I lived in China 🇨🇳 for 5years and traveled around Asia and I can tell you that we definitely have Asian ethnicities and our languages even have similarities with Malay... and other Asian countries like Indonesia and Philippine. According to what I know, we have a so called: « Malayo-Polynesian » ethnicities.
Indeed, what you said were pretty accurate, besides the Prononciations like « Merina » or « Hery RAJAONARIMAMPIANINA ». I know it’s difficult to pronounce so no worries... 😉😉😉
Thank you for your interests on my country.
Wow! you know much more about my identity than I do lol. Actually, most of malagasy people don't know all those things! If you have found more about us, please do another video ;) . Thank you very much. I'll suscribe at once hehe
hi i'm from Madagascar. But i'm Studying in India. Thank you for sharing information about my country on TH-cam. Your video is so helpful to understand deeply about Madagascar.
Samsad Houssen thanks bro. Love India love Madagascar
Hi Samsad, where are you studying in india?
Forsure it's accurate, well done dude and im from reunion island !!
Love Madagascar from India. Beautiful place
So, does this mean that the people of Madagascar are actually a race of super-humans, since they have the intelligence of the Asians, and the speed and strength of the Africans? We may never know...
Franny's White Husband I actually know a couple of Malagasy guys. They were brothers that were adopted by an American family. We had no idea what race they were at first, so we just referred to them as the Blasians, since they looked half-Black, half-Asian lol. They were pretty much just like any normal American kid for the most part.
What is lebron and Russell westbrook mixed with? That might be the link
stereotype thinking smh...you're smarter than that bro.
Masaman stop going on 4chan and grow up
lamarcus Griffin Asians settled there first. Africans settled later.
I'm from Madagascar living in South Africa, the information in regards to Madagascar is quite accurate.
Just when moving over to the Mascarene islands, huge part of their decedents are actually people from Madagascar 'slaves', and the most widely spoken language amongst those islands at the time was Malagasy.
Lastly since 2010 internet has been widely accessible on the big Island, there will be more Malagasy people watching your video.
Thank you.
interesting video!
This guy's got a good radio voice, and a face to match.
Keep up the great work. I dig your fact based neutral style.
Thank you for expanding my mind on this beautiful island and people , i didnt know anything before , but im filly confident i know much more know thank you my brother
Hi. Thank you so much for shedding light on the truth about us, the malagasy people. You did a very good research and almost of your statements are accurate. But i just want to point out that the internet is no longer so inaccessible in our country. So, you will surely have more views in the next few years. Keep up the good work and hope to see more videos from you. :)
I enjoy your videos so much. Masaman, please make a video on the Borneo Island of South East Asia.
Wide Topics covered...very elaborate Discription ... accuracy @ 99%
0:17 "Now I'm sure everyone's heard of the island of Madagascar for its extreme biodiversity and just overall amazing climate."
Um... sure. That's how I heard about it. Nothing to do with Moto Moto, I can tell you that!
Hi, I am from Madagascar. I am doing a research about my country as well. Your video gives me some insights. Thank you very much.
It is beautiful learning about Madagascar...
Hi
I am from Madagascar
Thank you for your video
I live in Réunion and study Malagasy. The video is not bad for someone who hasn't been to the area. I think part of the reason for the Réunionese diaspora is the way the French government organises civil servant jobs (the government sends you to whichever part of France they decide). It would be interesting to add that the first Mauritians came partly from Réunion, and the first people to go to the Seychelles came largely from both Réunion and Mauritius.
Wah, un autre gars de la réunion
Hi, I live in Mauritius and love to travel to Madagascar which is a marvelous country despite its large scale poverty...your video is very interesting and seems quite accurate....thanks for the things I learned in it...
i love your videos. very educational. did you major in ethnic studies?
I'm from Madagascar thanx for you video👍
Fantastic
I'm calling it man. I'm gonna be @ 100K subs in a month!
MAURITIUS !! I'm looking forward to seeing a video about the Chagos islands!
Cool
Hello from Mauritius. 😁
South African here, planning to visit the Island. What are the best attractions
Farism we love Mauritius from India
Nice
Most of these comments : hi, I'm from Madagascar
I'm Malagasy😂but yes it true lol
aigarm hi i am from Madagascar to that’s why
nice video🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
Salama (Hello) from Madagascar!! Great video!! Indeed very happy to see more positive content about our country (and stunning, I guess, even for us to think abt this great melting pot that created the Malagasy people). 👌👌
Good video
Nosy Boraha is *east* of madagascar (as correctly pictured on your map) i assume you misspoke.
great video as usual, very informative.
heyo, im half malagassy.
Im currently in the country lf Madagascar and I've receny found out about a high functioning monarchy that was in place here before colonial times.
Unfortunately I dont know much else about this though...Would be cool if you could maybe do a video on that. :)
Random psa from someone who loves languages! Long words seems, and for the most part are, hard to pronounce but it gets easier! I’m learning German and a tip that I got from my teacher was to pronounce it word by word (if it’s a compound word) or just pronounce the syllables. I’ve been learning for 3 years and still sometimes clap while I try to pronounce long/complex words :)
The original settlers now have about 22,000 decendant's. That's utterly mind-blowing, thanks Masa.
I appreciate your history lesson. I'm trying to find all the info I can..My daughter is there for the peace Corp living her dream.so this is much appreciated!
Thank you
Hello I'm half French half Malagasy I live in France and I love your video!!!!
I suscribed
You had me at blasain lol
Okay I know you’re young, but how did you never learn that the “ch” in archipelago is pronounced like a hard c? Like in architect.
We like to move it, move it, move it!!!
R.I.P. MADAGASCAR MOVIES.
my ancestors traced back to Madagascar, I would love to eventually do a DNA to see who I'm related to💖
Proud to be a malagasy 🇲🇬
You should do a video on Comoros
My father is from Mauritius. We got my Grandmother to do one of those genetic tests and apparently she has genetic ancestry from all over Europe, Asia and Africa with a slim amount of South Pacific Islander.
Well I'm from Madagascar but I live here in England and I must say, this is actually quite accurate 😊
what you said was accurate, kinda makes sense to me now with the indonesian influences and how my family had migrated to Madagascar from Indonesia. I always thought their language was a mix of french and a east asian language but wasn't sure what east asian language. Now that I know its Indonesian yea totally makes sense now. But also, I would say since with the long names and knowing where my family came from, that there is definitely some pacific islander/melanesian influences mixed in as well; that probably could've transferred to Indonesia.
The East side of Indonesia is Maluku - these people are Melanesian indigenous people to Indonesia East of Borneo and the Borneo people actually took alot of their culture from the Maluku people.
Not Indonesian (Malay), which originated in Sumatra island but a Bornean language, probably Ma'anyan language.
Hey! My maternal grandfather was Mauritian Creole. My mum is half British half Mauritian Creole and she is a mixture of European half and the other half is African, South Asian, Southeast Asian, East Asian and Polynesian. So far the paper trail for the Mauritian side has gone back to slavery on several lines from Mozambique, Madagascar and India.
Very good information! I'd point out a small detail. Malagasy words are not really long. The names of places (ie cities) can be long because they are made from multiple words.
I thought everyone knew of Madagascar from the Dreamworks movie.
Am from Mauritius and the info is pretty accurate
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