"Aku" in Malay means I/ me. It's very deep spiritually. It's uniqueness is that we use "aku" when we communicate with God in prayers and close friends. However, it's considered rude when in communication with the elderly or people who are not close. Then, we use "saya" instead. Love from Malaysia 🇲🇾.
In te reo māori (māori language) we use two forms tāku or tōku and āku or ōku for “my” as forms of our “a” and “o” categories of nouns. “my” singular = tāku / tāhaku / taku*** (***see below for explanation) Tāku / tāhaku 1. (determiner) my (referring to one thing) - often followed by a noun but can stand without one. ***taku 1. (determiner) my - when talking of one thing. A possessive determiner which must be followed by a noun, unlike tāku and tōku. This is the neutral or informal form and is not governed by the “a” and “o” categories… Tāku / tāhaku are “a” category determiners Taku is neutral Tōku is the “o” category form of tāku Tōku / tōhoku 1. (determiner) my (referring to one item) - a possessive often followed by a noun but can stand without one. 2. (determiner) mine. 3. (determiner) I have. I own. 4. Used in the ways above when the possessor has, or had, no control of the relationship or is subordinate, passive or inferior to what is possessed. There is never a neutral form of tōku as toku “My” plural = āku / āhaku / wāku (“a” category) “My” plural “o” category = Ōku / ōhoku Tāku example Ko tāku maara kai tēnei This is “my” food garden Ko tōku tūrangawaewae tēnei This is “my” homeland Ko āku teina ēnei These are my younger brothers Ko ōku hapū katoa ēnei These are all my closely related communities Note A category vs O category A category words 1. (particle) of, belonging to - used when the possessor has, or had, control of the relationship or is dominant, active or superior to what is possessed. Thus, in most contexts in a sentence, moveable property, tools, things made by humans, food, drink (except water for drinking), husband (tāne), wife (wahine), lover (whaiāipo), children, grandchildren, people in an inferior position, plants and animals, pets and crops, and work are likely to take the a category. If the possessor is active towards the possessed the a category will also be used, including when derived nouns are used this way. O category 1. (particle) of, belongs to, from, attached to - used when the possessor has, or had, no control of the relationship or is subordinant, passive or inferior to what is possessed. Thus, in most contexts in a sentence, words for parts of anything, clothing, adornments associated with the body, things that originate in the body (feelings, ideas, knowledge, beliefs, sins, problems, luck, etc.), parts of the body, qualities, illnesses, transport, water, medicine, buildings, seating, bedding, land, towns, companions, superiors, relatives (not husband, wife, children, grandchildren), taniwha (spiritual elemental water guardians) atua (spiritual environmental deities or departmental god children of sky father and Mother Earth), groups, organisations, tribes and government are likely to take the o category. This includes actions that are regarded as part of the nature of people or animals. O will follow kore and korenga. Derived nouns from statives and verbs will usually take the o category. Experience verbs are also likely to take the o category.
thank you for making this documentary... we really need to preserve our culture before it gets lost. Here in the Philippines our traditional way of living is rapidly fading as a lot of younger generations move to the city.
I was watching a music video of a taiwan aboriginal tribe with English subtitles and I just realized they have similar words with the Filipino language!
@@jeanettesee4214 Yes, Amis, Filipino, Malay and Indonesian all came from the same austronesian roots. It's just intermingled by the colonialist imperialist west and divided.
Wow, I didn't realize they talk like people in the Philippines. Somehow I feel like they're talking another Philippine language. That "aku" seems to be a denominator word for all Austronesians. Ako means "I".
@Jacky Phantom Thai and Viet are not Austronesian people. Taiwanese aboriginal people originally look like Malay, Native Borneo people, Polynesians. Taiwan aboriginal look like han chinese now because the chinese invaded their land
@Jacky Phantom Austronesian is an ethnolinguistic group. Not just a mere culture. Taiwanese aboriginal people are Austronesian people. They didnt have han chinese facial features before the island were invaded by chinese. Intermixing with han chinese caused them to look like chinese today. Some of the Borneo natives also have chinese facial features due to influx of chinese immigrants in Borneo who intermixed with the natives. And no, Namewee, Angelica Lee dont look like Austronesian people. Namewee look like Vietnamese (which is basically han chinese mixed with native vietnamese) Angelica look like han chinese. Not a trace of Austronesian in her facial features.
It's unfortunate because butthurt Han and Chinese nationalists secretly want to erase this beautiful Austronesian culture. Insecure and naive Filipinos of today can't even accept their past Austronesian heritage and assume we came from the Spanish or Han cultures instead. Ridiculously Sad.
+Miguel Ronne (SplatZoners) no but i take it as equal austronesian,so their past were apart of my history too..my grand2 parent were tamil,cham people and minang malay ethnic...
Flora and Sam, this is truly excellent work. The topic was incredibly interesting; I learned so much and I am impressed with how massive this undertaking was. Way to go!
My family stayed at a Church like the one featured, helping to preserve indigenous languages. The Priest was able to speak Taroko language, very impressive. I am learning Mandarin, was nice to watch without subtitles and appreciate the explanations in English and Mandarin and the beauty of the Amis language and song.
Their “nga’aiho” greeting sounds like our Cebuano (Philippines) “maayo” or “ayo” greeting whenever we visit someone’s house. It’s also interesting that they introduce themselves saying “Chi [name] aku.”. Almost like our own “Si [name] ko”. We commonly use the “Ako si [name].” format though. I’d like to visit these places and get to know more about their culture and language.
hai. my Austronesian brother in Taiwan and around the world.love greetings from Indonesia.... a country that has the biggest Austronesian population in the world
In Māori we count 01 - Tahi 02 - Rua 03 - Toru 04 - Wha. (The “wh” sound is like a soft “f” sound) 05 - Rima 06 - Ono 07 - Whitu 08 - Waru 09 - Iwa 10 - Tekau (and Ngāhuru Also is ten) 11 - Tekau ma tahi (ngāhuru ma tahi) 12 - tekau ma rua 13 - tekau ma toru 14 - tekau ma wha 15 - tekau ma rima Etc 20 - rua tekau (rua ngāhuru) 30 - toru tekau 40 - wha tekau 50 - rima tekau 51 - rima tekau ma tahi 52 - rima tekau ma rua 53 - rima tekau ma toru 54 - rima tekau ma wha 55 - rima tekau ma rima 100 - Kotahi Rau 200 - Rua Rau 500 - Rima Rau 505 - Rima rau ma rima 550 - Rima rau Rima tekau 555 - rima rau rima tekau ma rima 1000 - Kotahi Mano 2000 - Rua Mano 5000 - rima mano 5005 - rima mano ma rima 5055 - rima mano rima tekau ma rima 5555 - rima mano rima rau rima tekau ma rima 7777 - whitu mano whitu rau whitu tekau ma whitu 8888 - waru mano waru rau waru tekau ma waru Mata in māori is both face and eyes. Also Karu is also eye Kanohi / konohi / konohe are all dialectal words for face Hand is ringaringa or ngirangira Waewae / wae = (noun) leg, foot, footprint Mauī is the left hand Matau (or katau) is the right hand Ihu is nose / snout / (noun) prow, bow (of a boat/canoe). Taringa - ear Te Taringa - the ear Ngā Tāringa - the ears Thumb / big toe => kōnui / tōnui / koromatua / rongomatua / takonui - tokonui Finger / toe => matikara Ngā mihi ōku tūākana = I acknowledge you all my elder relations.
Language preservation is not only a linguistic issue. It is a socio-economic one. If these people are given opportunities in their hometown and opportunities in using their language, not only them but also other people outside their tribe will want to study their language. If you think about it, this is the reason why we learn languages like Chinese and English
Im from the indigenous tribe here in luzon and theirs a lot of similarity because we preserved our culture here. And indigenous people from taiwan was our ancestors
I’m very interested in Amis language and culture now, especially knowing that the Amis language is similar/related to languages like Hawaiian and Malagasy...so interesting!
To those claiming that they (the Amis) are Malay, NO... It is also incorrect to call them Ancient Filipinos . They are not Malays. Malays are the descendants of the Austronesians sailing downwards from Taiwan and the Philippines. The Malay language lost many Proto-Austronesian affixes that are still retained in present Formosan and Philippine languages. The aboriginal tribes and languages of Taiwan are closest to the Batanic group (in present Batanes Isands, Philippines and Orchid Island, Taiwan). They are our distant brothers and sisters. We are part of a much bigger Austronesian family.
lester andes the Batanic language is only spoken by the Yami people of Orchid Island. The other aboriginal tribes in Taiwan all speak Austronesian lamguages
To make matters worse, the Han Taiwanese are trying to claim Han culture as Taiwanese. For example, they have renamed the Hokkien Chinese language as Taiwanese. I think that's disrespectful to both the Taiwanese aborigines and non Taiwanese Hokkiens. If any languages deserve the title Taiwanese, it should be the aboriginal languages!
Nobody denies that. They call it Taiwanese because it has expressions and speech patterns that are different from the 閩南話 spoken in China. This is to differentiate it from the forms of Hokkien spoken in 福建, China. Why would it bother you that a small minority have an attitude that is slightly different from your own? Are you Taiwanese?
I do agree with that. Many Han Taiwanese are trying to claim aboriginal ancestries for their own political aims - particular to argue that they are not Han and therefore have the right to independence. Usurping others culture for own political gain is such a disrespect to the aboriginal culture. Fact is, majority of Taiwanese today know nothing about aboriginal culture and custom. The laws and policy particular on land use by Taiwanese government continues to threaten their traditional way of life.
You say that, yet provide no evidence to support the claim that "many" Han Taiwanese are claiming aboriginal ancestry for political ends. The Han majority in Taiwan realise they are descended from settlers in the 16th century and the 外省人，to use an outdated term, are fully aware of their origins also. The fact is, this has little relevance. Your assumption of this assumed fact needs thorough research. Your comment about independence leads me to believe you are from the PRC, yes? Taiwan is already de facto independent from a legal standpoint, and if it is the desire of the majority of the 23 million people living in Taiwan to declare de jure independence under a new system without connection the Republic of China, that is their decision as a lawful democracy. Your writing style indicates that either you have yet to actually travel to Taiwan, or have yet to accumulate enough knowledge on the subject to comment. I thoroughly recommend you do both.
Jacky Phantom I agree that some Malays in Peninsular Malaysia have the mixture of Dravidian dna due to the fact long time ago, Muslims traders from India came here to trade/do business thus some may have reside and married with locals. The same can be said with those who married with the Chinese people who were also traders during the early Malay kingdoms. For the negroid, the Semang people, they are the natives of Peninsular Malaysia too. They are one of the earliest settlers even before any Malay kingdoms have ever been established. They are nomadic tribes and their numbers are not many even in modern days. I will say, yes some might have also married with the Malays but the percentage might be not as much as those intermarriage with the Dravidians. And it all depends on which part of Peninsular Malaysia’s you are referring to. From where I came from which is Terengganu, Dravidian is as almost as none-existence especially in the early days of our land. Same thing can be said with the intermarriage with Semang people. So to say that all Malays have Semang/negroid dna is not accurate. And it is absolutely wrong if you are referring to Brunei, Sarawak, Kalimantan and Sabah Malay. They have no connection with Semang/negroid people at all. Hope this will explain. Cheers. :)
Jacky Phantom About the mixture with either Chinese or Southern Indian (Dravidian), you would have to look at which area of Peninsular Malaysia. If the Eastern Coast (Kelantan, Terengganu & Pahang), some of them have Chinese ancesstors more than the Southern Indian. Because in these part of my country, the Southern Indian population is pretty much insignificant that if you found one, most probably he or she is not a local. If local, then they are most likely “unique” even to us till this modern day. Meanwhile in Kelantan you can find some of them have mixture with the Aryans ancesstors (Northern India/Pakistan). Because many Kelantanese have fair skin as compared to Western Coast of Peninsular Malaysia’s Malays. They have mixture dna with the Siamese and Chinese too. And the same can be said with those in Perlis & Kedah states of Malaysia. They have mixture with Siamese that some can have very light skin. And if you said many Malays have mixture with Dravidian, the best state in Malaysia as your reference would be Penang. The Malays there I can rest assured you, more than 90% are heavily from Malay-Dravidian ancesstors. Again, from where I came from, we have less than 1% mixture with either Dravidian or Semang people. And yes, there is no denying that the Semang is perhaps one the first wave of people/human to ever inhabits Malay Peninsular. And for your information, they are the only known negroid (more accurately negrito) native/Orang Asli in our country. Other native/Orang Asli tribes in Peninsular Malaysia include: Senoi (Sakai), Temiar, Mah Meri and a few others. Their feautures are not strongly resemblance of negroid either since they are the Proto-Malay. You can read more about them. :)
Jacky Phantom And mind you, Malays are also residing in Borneo which consists of Brunei, Sabah, Sarawak and Kalimantan. These Malays have absolutely no connection with Dravidian dna I believe, let alone negrito dna. So my point is that, it is true that Malays have admixture with Southern Indian or Negrito dna, but you have to specifically zoom it into which particular region or area. Penang = abundance of Dravidian dna (no doubt). Perak = most likely to have a few Malay with Semang dna mixture. Like I have explained earlier, Orang Asli population particularly the Semang, are not much.
Jacky Phantom Are you Malaysian? If not, I have to admit that you seems to know quite well about Malaysian culture and heritage in which I am impress :) Anyway, about the term “bumiputera”, it is actually more of referring to the natives of Sabah and Sarawak who are not Malay (the Malays are minority in those regions). “Orang Asli” term is only use to refer the natives tribes of Peninsular Malaysia (Semang, Temiar, Mah Meri, Senoi and a few others). About Elizabeth Tan, I am not sure whether or not she got the “Orang Asli” looks. She looks beautiful though. In the eyes of many Malays, she perfectly match with the Chinese looks. And she can blend well with bumiputera in Sabah and Sarawak. Hannah Tan, she is half Kelabit, one of many bumiputera natives.
Hi I’m so glad you shows a glimpse of Amis Languages and cultural practices. I am Visual Artist and I’m looking for religious practices and folk stories from Amis Tribe. Would you be intestate to have an chat of your finding. Ps. I was born in Yilan .
Keep your language and culture up my brothers and sisters Amis people😀💪 Regards from me your fellow Austronesian Batak Toba which from Indonesia, God bless you my family
Well done, but I would like to offer a few comments. First, it's pronounced ah-MEES, accent on the second syllable, and it's hardly a "lost" language. A lot of people speak it -- even I can handle some basic conversation -- there's even an Amis language group on FaceBook. And as of this week, there are now 16 officially recognized tribes of Taiwan aborigines. But still, you did a good job. Keep up the good work.
The first Polynesian settlers in the Philippine islands came from Taiwan. Respect to these people! Taiwan don't ever be controlled again by Mainland China as a respect to the first settlers of your nation.
Wow this is soo interesting. I was today old that my ancestors come from Taiwan! I am from The Philippines, but I am Filipina American. Something we all have in common austronesians!
Yes, in the latest genetic tests, the Amis people do not cluster with other East Asians and other South East Asians except the Filipinos. However, the Amis people are also found to genetically cluster with the Navajos Indians of North West America and the Eskimos. So, it is therefore not surprising that you see strong cultural connections between the Amis people and the Northern American natives.
Although the extinction of languages are inevitable, me must make a concerted effort to preserve the diversity of verbal speech the world over. Because with the loss of language begins the end of certain idioms, concepts and perceptions that are linked to hundreds of years of collective communal knowledge. Indigenous cultures are important and add more diversity to an otherwise sterile humanity. The greatest triumph of our species will not just be our diversity, but the celebration of our differences.
Mom always says Dad is super handsome because his family came from Alishan. So, I had my DNA analyzed... turned out 6 generations ago my Austronesian great, great, great, great-grandpa married a cute Chinese girl. I wonder how their parents felt? Was it like Romeo and Juliet? Was the loss of culture and language ever discussed in their mixed marriage? Can he imagine his great, great, great, great-grandson speaks neither Chinese nor Austronesian but English? Doh!!!
I have read that austronesian Matrilineal culture played a major part in their maritime expedition.Women were master navigators and they invaded islands by intermixing with native inhabitant, introducing their culture and language.
My highest respect from Nias Tribes (North Sumatra, Indonesia). our DNA very similar with Taiwan tribes, our face, our culture, our accessories colors like yellow /red /black, how to sing a song are so similar, and I'm so surprised when Amis tribes called mother as "Ina " and father as "Ama". Just the same calling like us in Nias tribes, hopefully we can connected each others as one of ancestors.
We Kadazan race in Sabah Malaysia call mother Ina and father Ama. Our people consider it is a sin to call Ina and Ama by their names. We also believe that if it is taboo to you call your mother in- law (minan) and father in-law (maman) by their names.
At around 2:20, if you just listen carefully, it is as if they are saying "Ang ngalan ko ay si (name)", or "Si (name) ang ngalan ko." This is "my name is (name)" JUST in Tagalog. Of course this is a basic sentence, but that's how close the Philippine languages are to those languages.
I've kind of felt like the Japanese and Korean languages were influenced by the Austronesian languages. The proximity from Taiwan to these two countries are close enough to have some trading and culture borrowing and migrations.
The Japanese did a study, but couldn't prove a genetic link between the Ainu and the Austronesian. They did find that Ainu linked with the Okinawan/Ryukyuans and aboriginal people of Sibera and Mongolia The Taiwanese Amis have been proven to have genetic link with New Zealand, Maori, Tongans, and Samoans among the Polynesian population.
Aynu came from hapla group C there part of the same hapla group associated with Australian aborigines but the Aynu where genetically mutated as the lived in Japan this was when the earth was still developing ice age.
Nga'ayho = Ayo (Bisaya my native tounge) means Good in English yes I understand their introduction --- Your distant cousin from the Philippines 🇵🇭 --- Long live Austronesia!!! ❤❤❤
This is an important subject that you should go into further. However, you should put subtitles in with the non-English statements. I understand a little gouyu, but their accent is not what I expected.
your Amis dialect is actually not totally lost! maybe you don't know this but i understand some of the Amis words spoken by the Amis kids in a certain video featuring Amis culture...and believe it or not, we have similar words, especially in counting...your Amis words have been preserved here in the Philippines though it changed too as time passed by. we say "Ina" for mother in our dialect or national Philippine language, we say "Ama" too for father in our dialect as well as in our national language. We count "oha, duwa, tulu, opat, lima" from 1-5 and some parts of the Cordillera region, some count as "osa, duwa, tallu, uppat, lima" ... your Amis language is here preserved in the Philippines where your and our forefathers left when they crossed the Philippine island and settled here probably thousands of years ago....mind boggling! i need to meet my Amis brethren in Taiwan...God bless you all and may our forefathers bless us and be with us in spirit throughout eternity!
yeah.. but the pinoys outnumber the hans.. thats why they are so backwards. if the hans ruled the country.. it will be like singapore and taiwan. that for sure. :p
Is it really lost? Taiwan government should preserve its indigenous languages for the sake of history. Their languages are the closest descendant of the Proto-Austronessian language that later on diverged into thousands of languages (the biggest language family in the entire world).
Yes the government actually have some action, but sadly they don’t have enough chances to speak own language because of the environment and economic conditions
watching them i feel the same.....in my own place.....it's the same 95 percent of my generation that cant speak kadazan in sabah..the language is very much dissapearing with the malay language dominating ...sad...
Malay is the lingua franca of Southeast Asia.. Indonesian govt abandoned Javanese despite being majority and adopt Malay as their national language, because it's easier to understand, and plays the role of uniting SE Asia.. Other language also fast disappearing or already reached extinction: Perak, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka & Hulu Terenganu language.. Learning more language is always an advantage. The people of Kedah, Kelantan & Terengganu learn standard Malay, while their dialect is still strong
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The Igorots to be specific. Most Filipinos are too mixed already, and are closer to Malaysians (Malay) historically. Malays have rounder faces with smaller noses. "Old" Austronesians have oval faces and large (flat or narrow) noses.
Why do so many Filipinos seem to always comment on their comparisons/similarities with other cultures? This vid is about the Amis Language and people--not about the Philippines.
who thinks these people must be our identity for the filipinos ? if so talk to me, the truth must be known whether or not i can call myself amis or filipinos
Thats correct. One branch of the formosan languages is Malayo-Polynesian. This was the ancestral homeland of all austronesians. Now Austronesian languages (including Philippine languages) are all spoken from Madagascar to Hawaii, one of the greatest distribution of a language family in the world.
jini08taeki : I am Filipino and the Ami is ancient Filipino. We used to be part of one kingdom until Chinese destroyed natives in Taiwan. Never forget your heritage. We are one people.
***** This suggestion is certainly way out of the left field. Many Taiwanese aboriginals are Christians because of hard work by Christian missionaries - particularly the Swiss and the Canadians in the 19th and early 20th century. The fact that many Filipinos are Catholics is because they were a Spanish Colony for nearly 400 years. The same reason why many South American natives are Catholics.
I'm...speechless. What? Catholicism was invented in around the 4th century AD. Modern Greece is Orthodox Christian, not Catholic. Modern Taiwanese indigenous are the proto-ethnic groups associated with modern Maori, Hawaiian and other Austro-Polynesian peoples around the Pacific. The internet is filled with free knowledge. Educate yourself better.
Taiwanese natives were originally from South East China in the coastal regions of Fujian province. One of the most recent genetic studies have found a genetic connection between the Austronesians of Taiwan and ancient peoples of Northern China. This genetic link with the peoples of Northern China helps to explain the extensive cultivation of foxtail millet by the Ausstronesians in Taiwan and Austronesians in Northern Philippines. Chinese researchers recently conducted genetic studies and found that a predominant male lineage among Austronesians had its origin in ancient North China where foxtail millet was first cultivated 11000 years ago. It was proposed that the ancient peoples of North China migrated southwards from Shandong along the coast and intermarried with the neolithic people living in South Eastern China before moving to Taiwan. Based on my own research, I have concluded that Austronesians share an important genetic link to the ancestors of the Manchurian ethnic Chinese minority who belong to the Tungusic people of North China and Northeast Siberia. I'm originally from the Philippines (most Fililpinos are descendents of the Amis tribe of Taiwan) and I am providing an interesting linguistic link below: The word for "father" for 1) Manchurian : Ama 2) Amis Tribe (Taiwan) : Ama 3) Tagalog (Philippines) : Ama Apparently some things never change even after thousands of years.
Indigenous Taiwanese peoples have been through Spanish, Dutch, and Japanese colonization and cultural genocide, and right now, the majority and privilege groups in Taiwan are Chinese descendants. Many ethnic groups in Taiwan already disappeared.
Jerome The formosan languages of taiwan are some of the most ancient austronesian languages, and the taiwanese aboriginals were the ones who first colonized the islands of the pacific, like polynesia, micronesia, melanesia, indonesia, malaysia, and the Philippines.
Jerome Malay and Formosan languages are part of Austronesian language. Comparing Malay to Formosan is like comparing Russian to Serbian, not mutually intelligible but they have cognates.
They can barely speak their own language, many don't even know a word in their own language. So sad. But thank God for the Church trying to preserve their language as she preserved ours.
when interviewed by fishy tribe children using the original language but why the adults do not use the native language and what I hear is Chinese Hakka when interviewed?🤔😁 the family of Malay polynesia, a large Indonesian nation
nga'ay ho. just to be clear. sowal no 'amis is not a lost language. it is commonly spoken along the east coast of taiwan and in a couple neighborhoods in taipei. there are many young singer songwriters who write in the language, such as suming rupi, anu, chalaw, and ado kaliting pacidal. that said, it is a threatened language, with many people under the age of 30 not able to speak it fluently. although i am glad that people care about the language, creating this sort of primitivist discourse surrounding it is not beneficial to language revitalization efforts. sa'icelen!
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Respect from Samoa. Stay strong my family.
Samoan Manchu Banners respect from Indonesia.
They decendance is from malaysia.
Dear cousins, respect from Nosy Malagasy (Madagasikara)
Greeting my people! We are the Brown Race!
Malay and polynesian countries must save this language for respectful of this ancestry...
"Aku" in Malay means I/ me.
It's very deep spiritually. It's uniqueness is that we use "aku" when we communicate with God in prayers and close friends. However, it's considered rude when in communication with the elderly or people who are not close. Then, we use "saya" instead.
Love from Malaysia 🇲🇾.
In te reo māori (māori language) we use two forms tāku or tōku and āku or ōku for “my” as forms
of our “a” and “o” categories of nouns.
“my” singular = tāku / tāhaku / taku*** (***see below for explanation)
Tāku / tāhaku
1. (determiner) my (referring to one thing) - often followed by a noun but can stand without one.
***taku
1. (determiner) my - when talking of one thing. A possessive determiner which must be followed by a noun, unlike tāku and tōku. This is the neutral or informal form and is not governed by the “a” and “o” categories…
Tāku / tāhaku are “a” category determiners
Taku is neutral
Tōku is the “o” category form of tāku
Tōku / tōhoku
1. (determiner) my (referring to one item) - a possessive often followed by a noun but can stand without one.
2. (determiner) mine.
3. (determiner) I have. I own.
4. Used in the ways above when the possessor has, or had, no control of the relationship or is subordinate, passive or inferior to what is possessed.
There is never a neutral form of tōku as toku
“My” plural = āku / āhaku / wāku (“a” category)
“My” plural “o” category =
Ōku / ōhoku
Tāku example
Ko tāku maara kai tēnei
This is “my” food garden
Ko tōku tūrangawaewae tēnei
This is “my” homeland
Ko āku teina ēnei
These are my younger brothers
Ko ōku hapū katoa ēnei
These are all my closely related communities
Note
A category vs O category
A category words
1. (particle) of, belonging to - used when the possessor has, or had, control of the relationship or is dominant, active or superior to what is possessed. Thus, in most contexts in a sentence, moveable property, tools, things made by humans, food, drink (except water for drinking), husband (tāne), wife (wahine), lover (whaiāipo), children, grandchildren, people in an inferior position, plants and animals, pets and crops, and work are likely to take the a category. If the possessor is active towards the possessed the a category will also be used, including when derived nouns are used this way.
O category
1. (particle) of, belongs to, from, attached to - used when the possessor has, or had, no control of the relationship or is subordinant, passive or inferior to what is possessed. Thus, in most contexts in a sentence, words for parts of anything, clothing, adornments associated with the body, things that originate in the body (feelings, ideas, knowledge, beliefs, sins, problems, luck, etc.), parts of the body, qualities, illnesses, transport, water, medicine, buildings, seating, bedding, land, towns, companions, superiors, relatives (not husband, wife, children, grandchildren), taniwha (spiritual elemental water guardians) atua (spiritual environmental deities or departmental god children of sky father and Mother Earth), groups, organisations, tribes and government are likely to take the o category. This includes actions that are regarded as part of the nature of people or animals. O will follow kore and korenga. Derived nouns from statives and verbs will usually take the o category. Experience verbs are also likely to take the o category.
In tagalog its called "Ako"
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thank you for making this documentary... we really need to preserve our culture before it gets lost. Here in the Philippines our traditional way of living is rapidly fading as a lot of younger generations move to the city.
I was watching a music video of a taiwan aboriginal tribe with English subtitles and I just realized they have similar words with the Filipino language!
@@jeanettesee4214 Yes, Amis, Filipino, Malay and Indonesian all came from the same austronesian roots. It's just intermingled by the colonialist imperialist west and divided.
Wow, I didn't realize they talk like people in the Philippines. Somehow I feel like they're talking another Philippine language. That "aku" seems to be a denominator word for all Austronesians. Ako means "I".
@Jacky Phantom Taiwanese aborigines have mixed East Asian blood now just like Native Americans have mixed European blood.
"Au" in Fijian
@Jacky Phantom Thai and Viet are not Austronesian people.
Taiwanese aboriginal people originally look like Malay, Native Borneo people, Polynesians.
Taiwan aboriginal look like han chinese now because the chinese invaded their land
@Jacky Phantom
Austronesian is an ethnolinguistic group. Not just a mere culture.
Taiwanese aboriginal people are Austronesian people.
They didnt have han chinese facial features before the island were invaded by chinese.
Intermixing with han chinese caused them to look like chinese today.
Some of the Borneo natives also have chinese facial features due to influx of chinese immigrants in Borneo who intermixed with the natives.
And no, Namewee, Angelica Lee dont look like Austronesian people.
Namewee look like Vietnamese (which is basically han chinese mixed with native vietnamese)
Angelica look like han chinese. Not a trace of Austronesian in her facial features.
malay Malaysian "aku" means me..
Stay strong 😭 luv from an austronesian brother to the land and people of my Ancestors
Roroā au taranga
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Stay strong austronesian fam
It's unfortunate because butthurt Han and Chinese nationalists secretly want to erase this beautiful Austronesian culture. Insecure and naive Filipinos of today can't even accept their past Austronesian heritage and assume we came from the Spanish or Han cultures instead. Ridiculously Sad.
Hello from Rai Hawu, Savu Island Indonesia. We have similarities language and we have Hongi also
i am taiwanese amis descendant that living in malaysia and were called as malay woww gud job our ancestor
U in sabah?
+Miguel Ronne (SplatZoners) no but i take it as equal austronesian,so their past were apart of my history too..my grand2 parent were tamil,cham people and minang malay ethnic...
how can i contact u bro
u r hater rite. every comment about Malay u want to deny.
Mandy M Dayak : proto malay
Malay : deutero malay... Both is malay family...
I am so happy that people are enjoying our documentary :)
was this a school project? how did you end up making this documentary?
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Flora and Sam, this is truly excellent work. The topic was incredibly interesting; I learned so much and I am impressed with how massive this undertaking was. Way to go!
My family stayed at a Church like the one featured, helping to preserve indigenous languages. The Priest was able to speak Taroko language, very impressive. I am learning Mandarin, was nice to watch without subtitles and appreciate the explanations in English and Mandarin and the beauty of the Amis language and song.
Their “nga’aiho” greeting sounds like our Cebuano (Philippines) “maayo” or “ayo” greeting whenever we visit someone’s house.
It’s also interesting that they introduce themselves saying “Chi [name] aku.”. Almost like our own “Si [name] ko”. We commonly use the “Ako si [name].” format though.
I’d like to visit these places and get to know more about their culture and language.
Indonesia: aku=I; ayo= come on
hai. my Austronesian brother in Taiwan and around the world.love greetings from Indonesia.... a country that has the biggest Austronesian population in the world
In Māori we count
01 - Tahi
02 - Rua
03 - Toru
04 - Wha. (The “wh” sound is like a soft “f” sound)
05 - Rima
06 - Ono
07 - Whitu
08 - Waru
09 - Iwa
10 - Tekau (and Ngāhuru Also is ten)
11 - Tekau ma tahi (ngāhuru ma tahi)
12 - tekau ma rua
13 - tekau ma toru
14 - tekau ma wha
15 - tekau ma rima
Etc
20 - rua tekau (rua ngāhuru)
30 - toru tekau
40 - wha tekau
50 - rima tekau
51 - rima tekau ma tahi
52 - rima tekau ma rua
53 - rima tekau ma toru
54 - rima tekau ma wha
55 - rima tekau ma rima
100 - Kotahi Rau
200 - Rua Rau
500 - Rima Rau
505 - Rima rau ma rima
550 - Rima rau Rima tekau
555 - rima rau rima tekau ma rima
1000 - Kotahi Mano
2000 - Rua Mano
5000 - rima mano
5005 - rima mano ma rima
5055 - rima mano rima tekau ma rima
5555 - rima mano rima rau rima tekau ma rima
7777 - whitu mano whitu rau whitu tekau ma whitu
8888 - waru mano waru rau waru tekau ma waru
Mata in māori is both face and eyes.
Also
Karu is also eye
Kanohi / konohi / konohe are all dialectal words for face
Hand is ringaringa or ngirangira
Waewae / wae = (noun) leg, foot, footprint
Mauī is the left hand
Matau (or katau) is the right hand
Ihu is nose / snout / (noun) prow, bow (of a boat/canoe).
Taringa - ear
Te Taringa - the ear
Ngā Tāringa - the ears
Thumb / big toe => kōnui / tōnui / koromatua / rongomatua / takonui - tokonui
Finger / toe => matikara
Ngā mihi ōku tūākana = I acknowledge you all my elder relations.
Thank you for the language lesson!
In Bidayuh we count
1 = Indik
2 = duah
4= Taruh
5=Rimoh
6=nem
7=juk
8=mai
9=pi'e
10=simeheng
Language preservation is not only a linguistic issue. It is a socio-economic one. If these people are given opportunities in their hometown and opportunities in using their language, not only them but also other people outside their tribe will want to study their language. If you think about it, this is the reason why we learn languages like Chinese and English
Kia kaha my brothers and sisters. Much aroha from Aotearoa New Zealand.
I'm sad to see this, Hang on brothers and sisters - From Philippines
I am amazed by the very striking similarity of their culture to the indigenous tribes of Luzon Island, Philippines.
Im from the indigenous tribe here in luzon and theirs a lot of similarity because we preserved our culture here. And indigenous people from taiwan was our ancestors
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There is a similarity between Amis and Kadazandusun tribe of Borneo island
I’m very interested in Amis language and culture now, especially knowing that the Amis language is similar/related to languages like Hawaiian and Malagasy...so interesting!
To those claiming that they (the Amis) are Malay, NO... It is also incorrect to call them Ancient Filipinos .
They are not Malays. Malays are the descendants of the Austronesians sailing downwards from Taiwan and the Philippines. The Malay language lost many Proto-Austronesian affixes that are still retained in present Formosan and Philippine languages.
The aboriginal tribes and languages of Taiwan are closest to the Batanic group (in present Batanes Isands, Philippines and Orchid Island, Taiwan). They are our distant brothers and sisters.
We are part of a much bigger Austronesian family.
lester andes the Batanic language is only spoken by the Yami people of Orchid Island. The other aboriginal tribes in Taiwan all speak Austronesian lamguages
They are Ancestors of Malay people too.. but Filipinos were much closer to the Taiwan aborigines..
@Vince Baleto You're people are closer to Australian Aborigines and not us, please stop thinking you're Austronesian.
@Kian macatuno Lol, he's a troll I'm just playing along with him..😂
@Kian macatuno Lmao, he's insulting us Filipinos..😜🤘🏼
To make matters worse, the Han Taiwanese are trying to claim Han culture as Taiwanese. For example, they have renamed the Hokkien Chinese language as Taiwanese. I think that's disrespectful to both the Taiwanese aborigines and non Taiwanese Hokkiens. If any languages deserve the title Taiwanese, it should be the aboriginal languages!
Actually, Japanese renamed it.
Also, "Formosan" was commonly used name before 1970s.
Formosa has been used to name the island for 400 years.
My mistake. Still I don't like it that some of them deny Taiwanese is Hokkien.
Nobody denies that. They call it Taiwanese because it has expressions and speech patterns that are different from the 閩南話 spoken in China. This is to differentiate it from the forms of Hokkien spoken in 福建, China. Why would it bother you that a small minority have an attitude that is slightly different from your own? Are you Taiwanese?
I do agree with that. Many Han Taiwanese are trying to claim aboriginal ancestries for their own political aims - particular to argue that they are not Han and therefore have the right to independence. Usurping others culture for own political gain is such a disrespect to the aboriginal culture.
Fact is, majority of Taiwanese today know nothing about aboriginal culture and custom. The laws and policy particular on land use by Taiwanese government continues to threaten their traditional way of life.
You say that, yet provide no evidence to support the claim that "many" Han Taiwanese are claiming aboriginal ancestry for political ends. The Han majority in Taiwan realise they are descended from settlers in the 16th century and the 外省人，to use an outdated term, are fully aware of their origins also. The fact is, this has little relevance. Your assumption of this assumed fact needs thorough research.
Your comment about independence leads me to believe you are from the PRC, yes? Taiwan is already de facto independent from a legal standpoint, and if it is the desire of the majority of the 23 million people living in Taiwan to declare de jure independence under a new system without connection the Republic of China, that is their decision as a lawful democracy. Your writing style indicates that either you have yet to actually travel to Taiwan, or have yet to accumulate enough knowledge on the subject to comment. I thoroughly recommend you do both.
whoa hello my long lost brothers n sisters in Taiwan... I'm a Malay in Malaysia.... we share the same dna and some of our language are same
Malay does not match, Malay DNA has been already mix to negroes DNA.
Jacky Phantom I agree that some Malays in Peninsular Malaysia have the mixture of Dravidian dna due to the fact long time ago, Muslims traders from India came here to trade/do business thus some may have reside and married with locals. The same can be said with those who married with the Chinese people who were also traders during the early Malay kingdoms. For the negroid, the Semang people, they are the natives of Peninsular Malaysia too. They are one of the earliest settlers even before any Malay kingdoms have ever been established. They are nomadic tribes and their numbers are not many even in modern days. I will say, yes some might have also married with the Malays but the percentage might be not as much as those intermarriage with the Dravidians. And it all depends on which part of Peninsular Malaysia’s you are referring to. From where I came from which is Terengganu, Dravidian is as almost as none-existence especially in the early days of our land. Same thing can be said with the intermarriage with Semang people. So to say that all Malays have Semang/negroid dna is not accurate. And it is absolutely wrong if you are referring to Brunei, Sarawak, Kalimantan and Sabah Malay. They have no connection with Semang/negroid people at all. Hope this will explain. Cheers. :)
Jacky Phantom About the mixture with either Chinese or Southern Indian (Dravidian), you would have to look at which area of Peninsular Malaysia. If the Eastern Coast (Kelantan, Terengganu & Pahang), some of them have Chinese ancesstors more than the Southern Indian. Because in these part of my country, the Southern Indian population is pretty much insignificant that if you found one, most probably he or she is not a local. If local, then they are most likely “unique” even to us till this modern day. Meanwhile in Kelantan you can find some of them have mixture with the Aryans ancesstors (Northern India/Pakistan). Because many Kelantanese have fair skin as compared to Western Coast of Peninsular Malaysia’s Malays. They have mixture dna with the Siamese and Chinese too. And the same can be said with those in Perlis & Kedah states of Malaysia. They have mixture with Siamese that some can have very light skin. And if you said many Malays have mixture with Dravidian, the best state in Malaysia as your reference would be Penang. The Malays there I can rest assured you, more than 90% are heavily from Malay-Dravidian ancesstors. Again, from where I came from, we have less than 1% mixture with either Dravidian or Semang people. And yes, there is no denying that the Semang is perhaps one the first wave of people/human to ever inhabits Malay Peninsular. And for your information, they are the only known negroid (more accurately negrito) native/Orang Asli in our country. Other native/Orang Asli tribes in Peninsular Malaysia include: Senoi (Sakai), Temiar, Mah Meri and a few others. Their feautures are not strongly resemblance of negroid either since they are the Proto-Malay. You can read more about them. :)
Jacky Phantom And mind you, Malays are also residing in Borneo which consists of Brunei, Sabah, Sarawak and Kalimantan. These Malays have absolutely no connection with Dravidian dna I believe, let alone negrito dna. So my point is that, it is true that Malays have admixture with Southern Indian or Negrito dna, but you have to specifically zoom it into which particular region or area. Penang = abundance of Dravidian dna (no doubt). Perak = most likely to have a few Malay with Semang dna mixture. Like I have explained earlier, Orang Asli population particularly the Semang, are not much.
Jacky Phantom Are you Malaysian? If not, I have to admit that you seems to know quite well about Malaysian culture and heritage in which I am impress :) Anyway, about the term “bumiputera”, it is actually more of referring to the natives of Sabah and Sarawak who are not Malay (the Malays are minority in those regions). “Orang Asli” term is only use to refer the natives tribes of Peninsular Malaysia (Semang, Temiar, Mah Meri, Senoi and a few others). About Elizabeth Tan, I am not sure whether or not she got the “Orang Asli” looks. She looks beautiful though. In the eyes of many Malays, she perfectly match with the Chinese looks. And she can blend well with bumiputera in Sabah and Sarawak. Hannah Tan, she is half Kelabit, one of many bumiputera natives.
Formosans are the Kawas (ancestors) of all Pacific islanders and Polynesians. Where can i get the Amis text book mentioned in the video? Thanks.
No, they're not the same ethnic groups of peoples but they do mixed with Pacific Islander peoples though.
It is not lost, it has travelled to South east Asia (Malay, Indonesia and Philippines) and Polynesia countries.
Beautiful love from your Newzealand family
Hi I’m so glad you shows a glimpse of Amis Languages and cultural practices.
I am Visual Artist and I’m looking for religious practices and folk stories from Amis Tribe. Would you be intestate to have an chat of your finding.
Ps. I was born in Yilan .
Nine years on, and I have yet to visit the ancestral land. Hope to be able to do it soon.
This was really good!
Even the native tribe can't speak the language fluently, they need to conserve the language.
Greetings from Vanuatu.
The great Pacifika Race literally and genealogically began here.
May God's blessings be upon you my family.
Keep your language and culture up my brothers and sisters Amis people😀💪
Regards from me your fellow Austronesian Batak Toba which from Indonesia,
God bless you my family
Ami people stay strong love from philippines
Great documentary even though it short. Full of information. Good job
Lost brother and sister..
From Malay Malaysia..
👌👌👌
Well done, but I would like to offer a few comments. First, it's pronounced ah-MEES, accent on the second syllable, and it's hardly a "lost" language. A lot of people speak it -- even I can handle some basic conversation -- there's even an Amis language group on FaceBook. And as of this week, there are now 16 officially recognized tribes of Taiwan aborigines. But still, you did a good job. Keep up the good work.
The first Polynesian settlers in the Philippine islands came from Taiwan. Respect to these people! Taiwan don't ever be controlled again by Mainland China as a respect to the first settlers of your nation.
Wow this is soo interesting. I was today old that my ancestors come from Taiwan! I am from The Philippines, but I am Filipina American. Something we all have in common austronesians!
Most of the students have a chinese features. They are already mixed with chinese
Their songs have a strong resemblance to Native American, northern Native American in particular but without the drums. @1:27
We are all brothers and sisters...
Yes, in the latest genetic tests, the Amis people do not cluster with other East Asians and other South East Asians except the Filipinos. However, the Amis people are also found to genetically cluster with the Navajos Indians of North West America and the Eskimos. So, it is therefore not surprising that you see strong cultural connections between the Amis people and the Northern American natives.
Please listen to the Elders Drinking Song by Difang. The couple was Amis and got their song ripped by Enigma
Although the extinction of languages are inevitable, me must make a concerted effort to preserve the diversity of verbal speech the world over. Because with the loss of language begins the end of certain idioms, concepts and perceptions that are linked to hundreds of years of collective communal knowledge. Indigenous cultures are important and add more diversity to an otherwise sterile humanity. The greatest triumph of our species will not just be our diversity, but the celebration of our differences.
Great video about a subject that little is known about by most people.
Proud Austronesian here love from your Brothers and Sisters "Filipinos" 🇵🇭 The Philippines
Mom always says Dad is super handsome because his family came from Alishan. So, I had my DNA analyzed... turned out 6 generations ago my Austronesian great, great, great, great-grandpa married a cute Chinese girl. I wonder how their parents felt? Was it like Romeo and Juliet? Was the loss of culture and language ever discussed in their mixed marriage? Can he imagine his great, great, great, great-grandson speaks neither Chinese nor Austronesian but English? Doh!!!
I have read that austronesian Matrilineal culture played a major part in their maritime expedition.Women were master navigators and they invaded islands by intermixing with native inhabitant, introducing their culture and language.
My highest respect from Nias Tribes (North Sumatra, Indonesia). our DNA very similar with Taiwan tribes, our face, our culture, our accessories colors like yellow /red /black, how to sing a song are so similar, and I'm so surprised when Amis tribes called mother as "Ina " and father as "Ama". Just the same calling like us in Nias tribes, hopefully we can connected each others as one of ancestors.
We Kadazan race in Sabah Malaysia call mother Ina and father Ama. Our people consider it is a sin to call Ina and Ama by their names. We also believe that if it is taboo to you call your mother in- law (minan) and father in-law (maman) by their names.
They also look like us (Filipinos) and I observed their similarities to our Igorots from Benguet here in the PH
Respect from Tonga 🇹🇴 (Polynesia)
They are our ancestors ❤️ love from Manila 🇵🇭
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I'm from Malaysia and I really hope that Amis Language will be preseved for the next generation.
Austronesian Amis Language: *Exist
Chinese in Amis: Ching Cheng Hanji
Kim Jong in the dungeon
Their children still use their traditional names not like in my country where the parents prefer bizzare names like shaqueena, shabeeela , zhayeen etc
Respect from Sabahans .Still strong 🙋
Love the music. Nice work.
Ngaiho. Chi polo ku nga nga oku....
Poinsanangan.. ngaran oku nga polo..
The sound almost the same like dusun From borneo malaysia
luqman laji sound like my native tongue too from central borneo. we would say 'Nun dengah. aran akui polo.'
Si ngaran ko ket Polo. / Siku si Polo. (Bolinao sambal in Pangasinan, Philippines)
At around 2:20, if you just listen carefully, it is as if they are saying "Ang ngalan ko ay si (name)", or "Si (name) ang ngalan ko." This is "my name is (name)" JUST in Tagalog. Of course this is a basic sentence, but that's how close the Philippine languages are to those languages.
Religious belief and practice are part of culture, and is mentioned in this video that some Amis people have converted to Catholics.
Hello my long lost brothers and sisters in taiwan I am from cebu Philippines, stay strong ang be proud😊
Hi Flora, may i know where is this island?
I've kind of felt like the Japanese and Korean languages were influenced by the Austronesian languages. The proximity from Taiwan to these two countries are close enough to have some trading and culture borrowing and migrations.
Scientists believe the Ainus from Japan are or could be the same people as Pacific Islanders (Austronesian) just like Taiwanese aborigines.
The Japanese did a study, but couldn't prove a genetic link between the Ainu and the Austronesian. They did find that Ainu linked with the Okinawan/Ryukyuans and aboriginal people of Sibera and Mongolia
The Taiwanese Amis have been proven to have genetic link with New Zealand, Maori, Tongans, and Samoans among the Polynesian population.
Aynu came from hapla group C there part of the same hapla group associated with Australian aborigines but the Aynu where genetically mutated as the lived in Japan this was when the earth was still developing ice age.
Not even the slightest. They are closer to Sinitic languages.
Respect from Borneo my Austronesian family.
Nga'ayho = Ayo (Bisaya my native tounge) means Good in English yes I understand their introduction
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Your distant cousin from the Philippines 🇵🇭
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Long live Austronesia!!! ❤❤❤
Long live austronesian from you malay brother!
This is an important subject that you should go into further. However, you should put subtitles in with the non-English statements. I understand a little gouyu, but their accent is not what I expected.
Don't use earphone or Headphones...
It will hurt your head
When they sing it's just like native American song .. and their language have similarities with some Indonesian Tribes
your Amis dialect is actually not totally lost! maybe you don't know this but i understand some of the Amis words spoken by the Amis kids in a certain video featuring Amis culture...and believe it or not, we have similar words, especially in counting...your Amis words have been preserved here in the Philippines though it changed too as time passed by.
we say "Ina" for mother in our dialect or national Philippine language, we say "Ama" too for father in our dialect as well as in our national language. We count "oha, duwa, tulu, opat, lima" from 1-5 and some parts of the Cordillera region, some count as "osa, duwa, tallu, uppat, lima" ... your Amis language is here preserved in the Philippines where your and our forefathers left when they crossed the Philippine island and settled here probably thousands of years ago....mind boggling! i need to meet my Amis brethren in Taiwan...God bless you all and may our forefathers bless us and be with us in spirit throughout eternity!
Ama, ina= father, mother in Nias, Indonesia
Stay strong aiga.
The Han colonizers would love to do this to the Philippines, too....
yeah.. but the pinoys outnumber the hans.. thats why they are so backwards. if the hans ruled the country.. it will be like singapore and taiwan. that for sure. :p
@@jonitan76 Shut up gutless chinese.
They already have. Theyve been doing it for thousands for years, majority of the people are Part chinese already.
We Filipinos will not let that happen. We are too nationalistic so it's impossible.
You mean the "Japanese" colonizers, right?
Is it really lost? Taiwan government should preserve its indigenous languages for the sake of history. Their languages are the closest descendant of the Proto-Austronessian language that later on diverged into thousands of languages (the biggest language family in the entire world).
Well, the communist party wants China to be dominated by Han Chinese, so that isn't really possible.
Yes the government actually have some action, but sadly they don’t have enough chances to speak own language because of the environment and economic conditions
they can learn it from indigenous people in the philippines.. they're igurot people similar culture and language native poeple in taiwan.
Hope in the future can go there ❤️
Nice i will be studying it in University , looking forward to it
These must be the ancestors of Dayak people and Minahasan people of Indonesia. Their words in their language is the same like in Indonesia!
watching them i feel the same.....in my own place.....it's the same 95 percent of my generation that cant speak kadazan in sabah..the language is very much dissapearing with the malay language dominating ...sad...
Yes in one of the kadazan who cannot speak our mother language
Malay is the lingua franca of Southeast Asia.. Indonesian govt abandoned Javanese despite being majority and adopt Malay as their national language, because it's easier to understand, and plays the role of uniting SE Asia..
Other language also fast disappearing or already reached extinction: Perak, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka & Hulu Terenganu language..
Learning more language is always an advantage. The people of Kedah, Kelantan & Terengganu learn standard Malay, while their dialect is still strong
Key Lenon
Bring back sabah to Philippines
@OXYMORON
you such a losser..
sabah is belong to Philippines
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Attun Palalin is Amis too.
What a magical place with Green mountains and mist
Greetings from Acheh - Sumatra Island
The closest genetic relative of the Amis people are the Filipinos.
The Igorots to be specific. Most Filipinos are too mixed already, and are closer to Malaysians (Malay) historically. Malays have rounder faces with smaller noses. "Old" Austronesians have oval faces and large (flat or narrow) noses.
@@dwargonedragon794 Strange, my family is pureblood Malay but our heads are oval and noses are quite big.
Mandy M Did malay peoples hurts u... Ur statement about malay is so freaky...
@@carlheinz2402 1 part of malay is formosan and another is indian. Doubt bout it? Check your DNA....
Their language sounds like a Filipino dialect. I was pretty surprised.
Lost brother and sister..
Greetings from Indonesia..
that's why its very important to pass down language. ill teach my future children bisaya and tagalog.
all austronesians started here, bless them from malaysia
Some of their language are now in Malay language
they are distant relatives of melayu people who are part of the family of the austronesian family
Semangat saudaraku. Salam dari Indonesia.
Why do so many Filipinos seem to always comment on their comparisons/similarities with other cultures? This vid is about the Amis Language and people--not about the Philippines.
ruclips.net/video/393vmWY9SB4/видео.html
It's because they are from the same language family, but Taiwanese austronesian is a different branch of austronesian.
who thinks these people must be our identity for the filipinos ? if so talk to me, the truth must be known whether or not i can call myself amis or filipinos
Thats correct. One branch of the formosan languages is Malayo-Polynesian. This was the ancestral homeland of all austronesians. Now Austronesian languages (including Philippine languages) are all spoken from Madagascar to Hawaii, one of the greatest distribution of a language family in the world.
***** The Greek dances and the Amis dances are developed independently. The rhythm, steps, and so forth are not matching.
jini08taeki : I am Filipino and the Ami is ancient Filipino. We used to be part of one kingdom until Chinese destroyed natives in Taiwan. Never forget your heritage. We are one people.
***** This suggestion is certainly way out of the left field. Many Taiwanese aboriginals are Christians because of hard work by Christian missionaries - particularly the Swiss and the Canadians in the 19th and early 20th century.
The fact that many Filipinos are Catholics is because they were a Spanish Colony for nearly 400 years. The same reason why many South American natives are Catholics.
I'm...speechless. What? Catholicism was invented in around the 4th century AD. Modern Greece is Orthodox Christian, not Catholic. Modern Taiwanese indigenous are the proto-ethnic groups associated with modern Maori, Hawaiian and other Austro-Polynesian peoples around the Pacific. The internet is filled with free knowledge. Educate yourself better.
Their songs are beautiful
i dont know why youtube recommended this to me but it was interesting
Taiwanese natives were originally from South East China in the coastal regions of Fujian province. One of the most recent genetic studies have found a genetic connection between the Austronesians of Taiwan and ancient peoples of Northern China. This genetic link with the peoples of Northern China helps to explain the extensive cultivation of foxtail millet by the Ausstronesians in Taiwan and Austronesians in Northern Philippines. Chinese researchers recently conducted genetic studies and found that a predominant male lineage among Austronesians had its origin in ancient North China where foxtail millet was first cultivated 11000 years ago. It was proposed that the ancient peoples of North China migrated southwards from Shandong along the coast and intermarried with the neolithic people living in South Eastern China before moving to Taiwan. Based on my own research, I have concluded that Austronesians share an important genetic link to the ancestors of the Manchurian ethnic Chinese minority who belong to the Tungusic people of North China and Northeast Siberia. I'm originally from the Philippines (most Fililpinos are descendents of the Amis tribe of Taiwan) and I am providing an interesting linguistic link below:
The word for "father" for
1) Manchurian : Ama
2) Amis Tribe (Taiwan) : Ama
3) Tagalog (Philippines) : Ama
Apparently some things never change even after thousands of years.
Jose Cruz interesting, do u have a RUclips channel or blog about the Austronesian from ice age till now?
Indigenous Taiwanese peoples have been through Spanish, Dutch, and Japanese colonization and cultural genocide, and right now, the majority and privilege groups in Taiwan are Chinese descendants. Many ethnic groups in Taiwan already disappeared.
Why does a similar to Filipino?
They're basically our ancestors
Are they really celebrating harvest festival?
The people same with "Dusun" people in malaysia. The language exactly same.
Hey my sisters and brothers
From malaysia🥰
It's a good thing Austronesian languages made its way down to the Philippines and spread to SEA and the Pacific
Sounds like Malay to me.
Jerome The formosan languages of taiwan are some of the most ancient austronesian languages, and the taiwanese aboriginals were the ones who first colonized the islands of the pacific, like polynesia, micronesia, melanesia, indonesia, malaysia, and the Philippines.
so they are colonizers!! jk
Devoid you're actually right, Austronesian people did originate from Formosa Island and colonized the Philippines and then to Indonesia.
Jerome Malay and Formosan languages are part of Austronesian language. Comparing Malay to Formosan is like comparing Russian to Serbian, not mutually intelligible but they have cognates.
Mananag Ki Vato Malays, flipino, and polynesian countries must saved the amis and other formosan language... Respect for the ancestry.... 🤨😇😊
They can barely speak their own language, many don't even know a word in their own language. So sad. But thank God for the Church trying to preserve their language as she preserved ours.
when interviewed by fishy tribe children using the original language but why the adults do not use the native language and what I hear is Chinese Hakka when interviewed?🤔😁 the family of Malay polynesia, a large Indonesian nation
Greetings from saipan Micronesia. Stay strong brothers and sisters
I hope the language survives.
Related to your native borneo cousins here. ❤️
nga'ay ho. just to be clear. sowal no 'amis is not a lost language. it is commonly spoken along the east coast of taiwan and in a couple neighborhoods in taipei. there are many young singer songwriters who write in the language, such as suming rupi, anu, chalaw, and ado kaliting pacidal. that said, it is a threatened language, with many people under the age of 30 not able to speak it fluently. although i am glad that people care about the language, creating this sort of primitivist discourse surrounding it is not beneficial to language revitalization efforts. sa'icelen!