For the first time we break the alphabetical rule! Here's the world's only absolute diarchy, warriors, candles and reed dances. Welcome to the former Swaziland... ESWATINI! Also get ready because soon we will launch Geographynow.com with the merchandise YOU asked for! Stay tuned!
Ikr, You can drive from the Netherlands to Poland while going through Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Czechia to Poland in 24 hours if you don't sleep. That's 15!
Meanwhile the US be like "It took me 40 hours to drive across the country from LA to New York City" or "It took me 6 hours to go from the northern tip to the southern tip of Illinois (Rockford to Metropolis)"
10 hrs to go from my place in Germany to deep into the Netherlands, then into Denmark and back home. And there are regions where France, Belgium, Luxemburg and Germany are quite close together, so 4 countries, one day would be no issue.
As a Swazi who has been living in England for over 25 years now I love this video, very informative. The pronunciation of the Swazi places and people’s names was so good because you actually made the effort to get it right. Keep up the good work guys!
This episode made Geography Now history in more than one way. 1) First episode to nullify the alphabetical order (obviously). 2) First episode where Noah gets to cover a large part of "Physical Geography". 3) First episode with Hannah "Random Hannah" Bamberg.
95% people around the the world don't know there is country called Swaziland. The rest 5% who knows this country among 99.999% of them have no idea its name changed to Eswatini
This is good stuff. Back in the 90s, the King of Swaziland went to visit my country. In primary school, every single friend I was with thought it was Switzerland (even the teachers). I knew it wasn't but didn't bother to explain to them because internet wasn't a thing yet. I kinda let them watch the TV so they could wonder how the King of Switzerland turned out to be an African man.
Being from the Kingdom of Eswatini, I must say I am impressed by this. Excellent geographical information, accuracy of content and impeccable pronunciation of Siswati words. Thank you for this . And you are more than welcome to visit the beautiful lush green Kingdom anytime
The king of this country Mswati III changed the name of the country on his birthday on April 18th 2018 and on completion of 50 years of independence from British colonial rule . Swaziland to Eswatini One more reason behind the name change is often Swaziland is confused with Switzerland by the outsiders so King thought of Change of name.
Kind of crazy that in the 80's a country with one of the lowest life expectancies in the world still had a king who began his reign in the 19th century.
Hey sis. May i correct you, not tryna be rude but it's a common mistake. If you want to use "Swati", you say ngiliSwati. If you wish to say it in English then it's I am a Swazi. Hope you find this valuable😘😘
Yeah exactly. I can do 3 countries in a few seconds. How? Check Slovakia, Austria, Hungary border. You can literally sit behind one table with 2 friends and all three of you are in a different country:D
Vatican -> Italy -> San Marino -> Switzerland -> Liechtenstein -> Austria -> France -> Luxembourg -> Belgium -> Netherlands -> Germany ; 11 countries ! Approximately 20 hours with a car based on Google Maps: www.google.com/maps/dir/00120+Vatican+City/San+Marino/46.4914208,9.33324/Vaduz/Feldkirch/Mulhouse/Luxembourg+City/Li%C3%A8ge/Maastricht/Aachen/@50.5840544,7.161443,7.36z/data=!4m57!4m56!1m5!1m1!1s0x132f60660c3e3925:0x498c3835506c3c!2m2!1d12.4536007!2d41.9021788!1m5!1m1!1s0x132ceb5ff5e63f79:0xf39982342010!2m2!1d12.457777!2d43.94236!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x479b31665c517ef3:0x5143d97dca1b7b82!2m2!1d9.5209277!2d47.1410303!1m5!1m1!1s0x479b3bd82eb275cf:0xf91dbdbc8db78df0!2m2!1d9.6019!2d47.24128!1m5!1m1!1s0x47919b6c1d88946b:0x40a5fb99a393360!2m2!1d7.335888!2d47.750839!1m5!1m1!1s0x479548cd9df32c57:0x400d1d6d1056d10!2m2!1d6.1319346!2d49.611621!1m5!1m1!1s0x47c0f74b8eacfcfb:0x40099ab2f4d6b40!2m2!1d5.5796662!2d50.6325574!1m5!1m1!1s0x47c0e9ec5841069f:0x53eb957bccbea86e!2m2!1d5.6909725!2d50.8513682!1m5!1m1!1s0x47c0997cb08a191d:0x63a30eae0b0e444f!2m2!1d6.0838868!2d50.7753455!3e0?hl=en
@@my_tongue_speaks The joke doesn't make fun of the people of Eswatini, just of the fact that it got covered up soon by Geography Now by a name change that is very uncommon
you need to include more history in your videos. that’s some of the most interesting content and can help a lot of people understand why the country is how it is today. definitely need more than 30 seconds of history to help people understand. if you included a whole section of history in your videos and maybe less of other categories i think it would attract a lot more viewers.
Very interesting! One of the countries I never got any info about during early school years. I always love to hear how much history, development and production there is in these small yet growing countries!
Elephant in Swahili is Ndovu... I love how we are two different countries, miles away different languages, but still some things sound so similar. Love from Kenya
Wow. Our languages are so similar 😮. In any case, apparently many from the Zulu kingdom immigrated to lands in the northern countries of Southern Africa to escape Shaka Zulu.
Sebastian Morales if I went to Europe, I would drive carelessly from France, thru Germany, Austria, and thru all the way to the Baltic states. U dont need a passport in most of Europe bcuz of European Union.
Well, we in Europe can imagine that because of our "Size scale" fits that. Try to ask Russian about "Near"... thats everything closer than 500km. Everything in my country is "Near Prague" (CZ that is).
Guys I really appreciate how you get all the pronunciations right!😊🙏🏻 It makes us South African happy😂 I really love your channel as well and look forward to the RSA episode
That might aswell be the legitimate reason, for all intents and purposes. Monarchs (and their mom, in this case) do tend to get slightly weird after being on the throne for a certain amount of time.
Swaziland was for the longest time called Eswatini, we just wanted to make it official. It was made official in 2018 when we were celebrating 50 years of independence (i guess we were somehow making a statement since the name was given to us by the whites, so we officially changed it to our own language). On another note, i literally don't know of any school that teaches Portuguese, common foreign languages taught here are English, French and Afrikaans
3 countries in one day, that’s cute, i started in the Netherlands, went to Belgium and Luxembourg and ended in France, and when i went to Italy, i went through the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy all in one day
eSwatini means "In Swaziland"... the e- is a locative prefix and the -ini is a locative suffix. Swazi is how you say Swati in Zulu language. The letter z in IsiZulu is the letter t in SiSwati..
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GwazaJuse So what was wrong with "Swaziland"? Okay, I understand changing the "-land" part with an equivalent in the local language as a way of removing all colonial connections. So Swatini or Swazini is fine but why would you wanna name your country as "in [the country name]"?
I once visited six countries in one day. I woke up in Hungary. I drove through Slovakia and Czechia to Germany. I flew from Berlin to Copenhagen, Denmark, and then took the train and spent the night in Malmo, Sweden.
Going to many different countries in one day is quite normal where I live. I am from the south of Austria. It only takes me 15 minutes to Italy and then another 20 to go to Slovenia. If you want to take it further you can drive another 90 minutes and you’re in Croatia. Sometimes I have breakfast at home with my family in Austria we then take our bikes cycle to Italy, have lunch there go to Slovenia and visit my grandmother at the border and go back home. 3 countries, 3 different cultures and languages all within a matter of hours.
Your theory is wrong.... The reason my king changed it.... Well I quote.... Our country belongs to Swazis.... So we'll call it eswatini which means land of the Swazis...
I just saw this and I am damn impressed. As a Swazi (now Swati) you get used to all sorts of mispronounced words and incorrect information coming from social media, but this is a goldmine. Some of the stuff I learnt for the first time today. If you ever do a follow-up or some other sort of project regarding my tiny country, I'd be happy to help. Great video!!
Ey yo thanks for this, you portrayed us well as a country. 99.9% percent accurate information and impressive pronunciation, except that we are no longer called Swazis, that died with Swaziland, but have retained the Emaswati (collective) name (liSwati for singular). You've arned my like & subscription for this, good work!
Im Swazi of nationality. Our country has been well represented, yeah 100% on the video above. Thank you. And I may also make use of your videos for my tertiary essays.
+Leif Sundblad Swaziland changing its name to eSwatini was quite a big deal in the news a while back. Also, Barby himself made a big deal about the change when it was announced.
I am grateful to Geography Now for such an informative video. its really factual and would say it is well researched and I commend the pronunciation of the various places. You are amazing, thank you
Hey. Thanks so much for this video. You don't hear much about Eswatini on the net.😅 I was surprised to learn that the Thompsons Gazelle is our national animal!! That's news to me. I always thought our national animal was the lion🦁. It's the symbol of the King and its on our coat of arms alongside an elephant (a symbol for the queen matriarch)
I was there purely by accident at eSwatini’s National Day when they announced they were changing their name. It felt like a nice moment where they could take back that part of their national identity.
Haha great joke! It Israeli original. Syriasly, I will be Russian to tell everyone that one. I can't Belize I made so many bad puns, but I can't make anymore. I have Togo.
I discovered this channel last month and have been binge watching all the episodes, and have finally caught up! Yay!!! .... but now I have to actually wait for the next episode :( UGH! But looking forward to learning more about the Maldives! Thanks for such an informative, entertaining show!
So let me get this right : the people have always called themselves weSwatini and the country "the Kingdom of Eswatini" translated in English, but the rest of the world just called it "Swaziland" out of ease and finaly we corrected that ? Or is it something else. Great video Barbs as usual Keep it up !
For the first time we break the alphabetical rule! Here's the world's only absolute diarchy, warriors, candles and reed dances. Welcome to the former Swaziland... ESWATINI!
Also get ready because soon we will launch Geographynow.com with the merchandise YOU asked for! Stay tuned!
Geography Now what happened to the cook islands??
Geography Now will you make another geography go?
Geography Now hello from Indonesia and thank to funny video
awesome video it's wonderful like always
**60 years later**
In my days, there was Swaziland...
Hannah, surprised by the concept of traveling to 3 countries in one day, has never heard of Europe.
Ikr, You can drive from the Netherlands to Poland while going through Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Czechia to Poland in 24 hours if you don't sleep. That's 15!
Leon Haven
No one would do that though and would just go through Germany.
@@cocoapuff_x no
Leon Haven
?
@@cocoapuff_x when your goal is to visit as many countries as possible in 1 day you won't only go through Germany
"Wow! You can go to like 3 countries, all in 1 day?!"
Central Europeans be like: "Yeah, what's weird about that?"
Im a Southern European and I've done that
@@une527 same its easy. Start in macedonia, albania, kosovo, serbia,montenegro, bosnia, croatia . 7 countries we drove in about 7 hours.
@@euphoriaggaminghd me and my school went through Albania - Montenegro - Croatia. That's a tiny number compared to yours 😬
Meanwhile the US be like "It took me 40 hours to drive across the country from LA to New York City" or "It took me 6 hours to go from the northern tip to the southern tip of Illinois (Rockford to Metropolis)"
10 hrs to go from my place in Germany to deep into the Netherlands, then into Denmark and back home.
And there are regions where France, Belgium, Luxemburg and Germany are quite close together, so 4 countries, one day would be no issue.
There will be no more confusion between Swaziland and Switzerland...
ahmad75434 yeah... somethings are that way, you can't avoid a problem
Lol Yes!!! I'm from Swaziland but school in Cyprus and my word everyone thinks I'm from Switzerland
Austria and Australia *>:(*
@@Sihlelelwe _eSwatini_
Wow. WHY WERE PEOPLE CONFUSING THE TWO!?!?!
"We are making Geography now History"
-Barby 2018
rkb xyz 😂
Ge should have called it Geography then
We are making "Geography Now" history!
We are making "Geography Now history"!
"We were making geography, now history!"
We are making geography. Now, history!
As a Swazi who has been living in England for over 25 years now I love this video, very informative. The pronunciation of the Swazi places and people’s names was so good because you actually made the effort to get it right. Keep up the good work guys!
Buya ekhaya
@@nhlanhlamhlanga125 no ,the king must leave first
@@jackholman5008 He isn't going anywhere
@@nhlanhlamhlanga125atowentani?
This episode made Geography Now history in more than one way.
1) First episode to nullify the alphabetical order (obviously).
2) First episode where Noah gets to cover a large part of "Physical Geography".
3) First episode with Hannah "Random Hannah" Bamberg.
This is where the big changes happened
But Keith was already here, so I’ll never get the hate from Hannah.
Her surname is now Bamberg.
@@sikanuasamanjit3014 Hughman was a filler name until I knew what it was. Thanks!
I think it's a fake tribalism kinda rivalry to sell their respective shirts.
Barbs: "The Queen could take that record if she's still alive in 2035"
The Queen: "Hold my tea"
Prince Charles: "Oh god damn it, mummy"
She's gonna live to be like 200 just to spite Charles lmao
LMAO !! At the rate she's going, I doubt it would surprise anyone if she did live that long. It's only 17 years from now.
For some reason, I find imagining an old woman telling someone to hold their tea way funnier than I feel it should be.
Boti Gamer
How exactly can William be a "better king than Charles"? Better at what? They don't do anything.
grahamlive Motivating the British people (?)
how to skip directly to your country 101
Go Benezuela
XSunacX looks like eSwatini changed their name to get on Geography Now sooner.
Top notch strategy.
yes
Wait just like Turks and Brits do... And remember, they will wait even longer
Leeber Gruber Hey Leeber, how you've been?
95% people around the the world don't know there is country called Swaziland.
The rest 5% who knows this country among 99.999% of them have no idea its name changed to Eswatini
I belong to this 0.001% who knew all of this
@@andreasveide same
only knew about this country cause of roblox
It changed its name because it used to be confused with switzerland by most idiots
I was part of the 5%
I am a Swazi and I am glad that you stated facts and didn’t criticize the country. This is the best video I’ve watched about the Kingdom of eSwatini♥️
⏳
hawu comrade, sakhandzana lapha
Just curious in a respectful manner why is the s capitised not the e
@@owenfitzgerald5928definitely a typo
@@Thatboymeherno that’s how it’s spelled
I love how he pronounces the siswati names!! On point
MatsaFa
@@mphigina 😆but that's like the only one he messed up 💀but hilarious how the black dude needs the other dude to say the names right😭😁
This is good stuff. Back in the 90s, the King of Swaziland went to visit my country. In primary school, every single friend I was with thought it was Switzerland (even the teachers). I knew it wasn't but didn't bother to explain to them because internet wasn't a thing yet. I kinda let them watch the TV so they could wonder how the King of Switzerland turned out to be an African man.
Haha lol. Cool story
Which country
Which
Awang Budiman the internet was a thing back then. (But it wasn’t as popular)
Pretty dumb teachers
Only 2000’s kids will remember Swaziland
Do you know it is 2018 and some 2010s are already in schools?
Am 00s kid, can confirm
2010's kids actually
Hehe I’m Swazi😂irrelevant ik😌
Can confirm
9:00 I'm here from the future. Queen Elizabeth does not, in fact, live until 2035.
at least King Charles will live until he dies the year mentioned
😂😂😂😂
They didn't really change their name in a way, they just translated it to their own language (Swati).
Magnificent
Very impressed with his pronunciations. It's appreciated
I live in eswatini and my dad owns swazi candles I will show him the video and thanks for putting us in
Send me an email of your dad
Noah??? 😂😂
Noah gets a segment! Hannah gets a segment! You all get a segment!
(Except Ken. Poor Ken.)
As Always he DID get 6$ though...
But he already has a section: the "Ken, You're fired - You're not fired anymore" section.
And the Ken "get in the cage" jokes that gets darker in every episodes...
Let him.do the Philippines episode
When is Hannah getting pregnant
I live in eswatini and I love my country even if it's small it has a lot of adventures
Back in my day, we had Swaziland
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Wow
Oozy Sameeeee
Those were the good days man
Here is filler episode idea for you, *make a video about countries that changed their name* like Myanmar, East Pakistan, Swaziland, ..etc
This idea needs more attention. It is a great one. I think it could take up two filler weeks because of how much there is to discuss.
Layla Christie Yeah I agee this needs to be a thing for sure!!
Agreed
Defenitly !
And Zimbabwe
Being from the Kingdom of Eswatini, I must say I am impressed by this. Excellent geographical information, accuracy of content and impeccable pronunciation of Siswati words. Thank you for this . And you are more than welcome to visit the beautiful lush green Kingdom anytime
Unjani Thulile🙋♂️
The king of this country Mswati III changed the name of the country on his birthday on April 18th 2018 and on completion of 50 years of independence from British colonial rule . Swaziland to Eswatini
One more reason behind the name change is often Swaziland is confused with Switzerland by the outsiders so King thought of Change of name.
Bestie Shaik And now there is a chance they will be confused with Estonia
It will be better if english speaker will not confused name of countries (like Austria / Australia ; Slovenia / Slovakia ; and all ...stans)
Thanks I was wondering why they had changed the name !
Jarastlad you know , you can write on google to find :/
do you know for north Macedonia at least?
eSwatini*
Literally just 3 months ago I had to do a report on Swaziland and now I feel like I failed lmao
You mean Eswatini?
Great episode guys...with love from Eswatini
Kind of crazy that in the 80's a country with one of the lowest life expectancies in the world still had a king who began his reign in the 19th century.
KEN I SWEAR
NO YOU KEN NOT
*_G O D D A M N I T K E N !_*
Yoshifan9511
U g a n d a k n u c k l e s i s a d e a d m e m e
Shut up Ken!
(Poor Ken)
Am I the only one who likes (almost loves) Ken more? He is a cuuuteeee
I'm a swati and I'm proud that you add my native country into your channel.
Hey sis. May i correct you, not tryna be rude but it's a common mistake. If you want to use "Swati", you say ngiliSwati. If you wish to say it in English then it's I am a Swazi. Hope you find this valuable😘😘
@@phumlashongwe She must go back to Eswatini, we don't want her here in South Africa...lolololololl
@@musakgoete6071 😂😂😂haibo, what's your beef💔💔🚮
3 countries in one day?
Europe: Hold my Beer.
Yeah exactly. I can do 3 countries in a few seconds. How? Check Slovakia, Austria, Hungary border. You can literally sit behind one table with 2 friends and all three of you are in a different country:D
Vatican -> Italy -> San Marino -> Switzerland -> Liechtenstein -> Austria -> France -> Luxembourg -> Belgium -> Netherlands -> Germany ; 11 countries !
Approximately 20 hours with a car based on Google Maps: www.google.com/maps/dir/00120+Vatican+City/San+Marino/46.4914208,9.33324/Vaduz/Feldkirch/Mulhouse/Luxembourg+City/Li%C3%A8ge/Maastricht/Aachen/@50.5840544,7.161443,7.36z/data=!4m57!4m56!1m5!1m1!1s0x132f60660c3e3925:0x498c3835506c3c!2m2!1d12.4536007!2d41.9021788!1m5!1m1!1s0x132ceb5ff5e63f79:0xf39982342010!2m2!1d12.457777!2d43.94236!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x479b31665c517ef3:0x5143d97dca1b7b82!2m2!1d9.5209277!2d47.1410303!1m5!1m1!1s0x479b3bd82eb275cf:0xf91dbdbc8db78df0!2m2!1d9.6019!2d47.24128!1m5!1m1!1s0x47919b6c1d88946b:0x40a5fb99a393360!2m2!1d7.335888!2d47.750839!1m5!1m1!1s0x479548cd9df32c57:0x400d1d6d1056d10!2m2!1d6.1319346!2d49.611621!1m5!1m1!1s0x47c0f74b8eacfcfb:0x40099ab2f4d6b40!2m2!1d5.5796662!2d50.6325574!1m5!1m1!1s0x47c0e9ec5841069f:0x53eb957bccbea86e!2m2!1d5.6909725!2d50.8513682!1m5!1m1!1s0x47c0997cb08a191d:0x63a30eae0b0e444f!2m2!1d6.0838868!2d50.7753455!3e0?hl=en
Denis Richter that's very cool
Spain,Andorra and France done in 20mins
Monaco,France,Italy,Switzerland,Liechtenstien,Austria,Germany..and my head hurta
The country just changed its name to appear before on Geography Now
And your profile pic kind of goes so appropriately well with this comment. lol!
liar
yes i am from the Kingdom of eSwatini
@@my_tongue_speaks Why I have to explain it was a joke...
@@janitoalevic because to use emaSwati it's not funny
@@my_tongue_speaks The joke doesn't make fun of the people of Eswatini, just of the fact that it got covered up soon by Geography Now by a name change that is very uncommon
you need to include more history in your videos. that’s some of the most interesting content and can help a lot of people understand why the country is how it is today. definitely need more than 30 seconds of history to help people understand. if you included a whole section of history in your videos and maybe less of other categories i think it would attract a lot more viewers.
4:15 your pronunciations of Swati words is very impressive barbs🔥
when I was younger..Swaziland and Switzerland confused me
That is why they changed the name
Not anymore!
in canada, the postal service, Canada post legit sent a package to swaziland instead of Switzerland
ShiJie 12311 same
I Noticed They Had Similar Names, But Never Got 'Em Confused.
“Wow you can traverse through 3 countries in one day”
Canadians be like: I’m still in the same province
Europe be like:
12 countries if u really want
Same with Australia
America be like:
"Have i made it out of the south yet"
They changed their name because they didn’t want to wait for the Geography Now episode
Hmmm
thats what i though
no it was called swaziland in 2016
Very interesting! One of the countries I never got any info about during early school years. I always love to hear how much history, development and production there is in these small yet growing countries!
Wdomino Wassup my dood
thank you so much you guys, so much respect, I'm South African and Zulu and this just made my cheeks red. well presented.
I have a feeling it will always be known as Swaziland!
Mat 727 I think so few people know about it that it'll make the transition easy
They changed it because of Barby
jay fawn Yes they cheated and cut off the Maldives!! 😔
Yeah, I don’t like their new name, the fact that the first letter isn’t capitalised really bugs me. It will always be Swaziland to me.
I'm definitely going to be one of those since Swaziland is easier to pronounce and remember than eSwatini
I Only Come To See What Plug Outlets Each Country Uses.
Sam S Same here
Elephant in Swahili is Ndovu... I love how we are two different countries, miles away different languages, but still some things sound so similar. Love from Kenya
Ndlovu is Siswati (and Zulu for that matter) means Elephant too.
They're both Bantu languages, so there's that.
bantu languages
Wow. Our languages are so similar 😮. In any case, apparently many from the Zulu kingdom immigrated to lands in the northern countries of Southern Africa to escape Shaka Zulu.
@nicoobrowner those ppl became amashangane they fled with soshangane then he created his own kingdom
I was going to watch the guyana episode, then i got this notification, guess i’ll watch it after this episode
Fiery Gaming hahaha
sorry, that was rude
yEeT
you would be wise to watch an episode about SHERIFF SURINAME's sidekick.
u fired brandon and now ken is the camera men
I'm guessing Esweden is next then ;)
Esao tome and principe
Lol!!!!
Don't forget Esamoa.
Evietnam!
Esammarino
When I first saw the title, I was like what is eSwatini? Now this is my favorite channel. Thank you Geography Now!
Last time I was this early, this country was named Swaziland.
2:10 Hannah: "You can go to three countries in one day?"
Me: "You ever visited Europe before?"
Sebastian Morales if I went to Europe, I would drive carelessly from France, thru Germany, Austria, and thru all the way to the Baltic states. U dont need a passport in most of Europe bcuz of European Union.
Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado: *Yes*
You know... Americans...
Europe? where is this?
I am Swazi, and this is the first time I have ever heard anyone from outside southern Africa pronounce Somhlolo correctly
Welcome to Geography Now, Hannah!
@@KabalFromMK9 why no?
Three countries one day? Lol check up the east region of Belgium. Belgium France Germany the Netherlands AND little Luxembourg in two hours ;)
There are lots of regions like that, but not in Africa.
Basically you can walk from Maaseik (Belgium) to Isenbruch (Germany) by crossing the Netherlands completely in just 2 hours.
You can also do that at any point where three countries meet. in a few seconds.
Well, we in Europe can imagine that because of our "Size scale" fits that. Try to ask Russian about "Near"... thats everything closer than 500km. Everything in my country is "Near Prague" (CZ that is).
LeDingueDeJeuxVideos Obviously implied on a straight line
Im fascinated by how good the production is, on a RUclips video i found about a country no one even knows exists
Guys I really appreciate how you get all the pronunciations right!😊🙏🏻 It makes us South African happy😂 I really love your channel as well and look forward to the RSA episode
It's been 2 years and we're still waiting.
King of Swaziland: "Let's fk Barby up"
"yea!!! let's do it!!"
you mean KANG?
Ken approves
Cyb Vicious I wonder what would happen if the king saw this!
That might aswell be the legitimate reason, for all intents and purposes. Monarchs (and their mom, in this case) do tend to get slightly weird after being on the throne for a certain amount of time.
Great research👏👏👌. Love from eSwatini!!!
God Barby!!! I'm Maldivian and I've been waiting for the Maldives episode for ages. And you pull this on me!!! Argh it better be worth it
Iyad Naseer me too,
I hope he doesn't focus on politics. We have our own culture and language.
TholleVR
Clearly you don't know the format of the show. It's always been a orderly mix.
TholleVR there's always a section on that. It's fine though
Congarts on 1 mill man
Swaziland was for the longest time called Eswatini, we just wanted to make it official. It was made official in 2018 when we were celebrating 50 years of independence (i guess we were somehow making a statement since the name was given to us by the whites, so we officially changed it to our own language). On another note, i literally don't know of any school that teaches Portuguese, common foreign languages taught here are English, French and Afrikaans
The primary school I attended taught Portuguese
afrikaans?????
"Ken Ken Ken, Do it Ken or your fired.
KEN I SWEAR"
I am dead.
Im sorry I copied ur comment
I just didnt see it yet
Pls forgive me
Rest in peice
69 likes? Imma break that
3 countries in one day, that’s cute, i started in the Netherlands, went to Belgium and Luxembourg and ended in France, and when i went to Italy, i went through the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy all in one day
Fiery Gaming It's cute how triggered you got over that
Fiery Gaming
Fiery Gaming relax man
Fiery Gaming
r/humblebrag
the only geography channel that matters!! Thank you for covering African countries. I cant wait for the Zambia episode.
"eSwatini" sounds like a software company from the early 2000's...
eSwatini sounds like a software name, not a country.
Joaquín Clavijo Jes Right Love from Wales :D
Operational system of Eswatini?
eSwatini means "In Swaziland"... the e- is a locative prefix and the -ini is a locative suffix. Swazi is how you say Swati in Zulu language. The letter z in IsiZulu is the letter t in SiSwati..
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GwazaJuse So what was wrong with "Swaziland"? Okay, I understand changing the "-land" part with an equivalent in the local language as a way of removing all colonial connections. So Swatini or Swazini is fine but why would you wanna name your country as "in [the country name]"?
I once visited six countries in one day. I woke up in Hungary. I drove through Slovakia and Czechia to Germany. I flew from Berlin to Copenhagen, Denmark, and then took the train and spent the night in Malmo, Sweden.
4:03 the ""ken i swear"" IM DEAD YO HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA just the way he said it its like hes actually pissed at him super hard
I'm going to watch from 4:00 to 4:06 for eternity 😂 Ken deserves a promotion! Ken deserves everything!! Love from Colombia 💖
He got 6$ ..... That's a start... 🙄
Philippe That's more than the money I have 🤷
Philippe he got 10 dollars 😉, he receives a 10 dollar bill
Thank you for your work
I really apreciate what you do for your fan community
Love your content and I can't wait in the philippines episode
Phoe. Nix me too
Me too. Ken must co-host the whole episode hahaha
Phoe. Nix im also Filipino
*for the Philippines
Phoe. Nix Me Too Ken Is Make The Animation Perfect And He Must Be The Host
Going to many different countries in one day is quite normal where I live. I am from the south of Austria. It only takes me 15 minutes to Italy and then another 20 to go to Slovenia. If you want to take it further you can drive another 90 minutes and you’re in Croatia. Sometimes I have breakfast at home with my family in Austria we then take our bikes cycle to Italy, have lunch there go to Slovenia and visit my grandmother at the border and go back home. 3 countries, 3 different cultures and languages all within a matter of hours.
as an Eswatini citizen, i commend you guys for your well researched and mostly accurate presentation
I'm from Eswatini and this video just taught me more about my country than the 22 years I've been living here😂
What’s it like there?
Is it safe to travel there?
Theory; Eswatini changed their name just so they would get an earlier place in geography now.
eSwatini*
Mr. Flexible
What about “Aardvark-land”?
Your theory is wrong.... The reason my king changed it.... Well I quote.... Our country belongs to Swazis.... So we'll call it eswatini which means land of the Swazis...
don't lie to yourself with this theory
I just saw this and I am damn impressed. As a Swazi (now Swati) you get used to all sorts of mispronounced words and incorrect information coming from social media, but this is a goldmine. Some of the stuff I learnt for the first time today. If you ever do a follow-up or some other sort of project regarding my tiny country, I'd be happy to help. Great video!!
Yes, finally a channel that takes pride in pronouncing things properly!
They changed the name because they couldnt wait for their Geography Now! episode
Ey yo thanks for this, you portrayed us well as a country. 99.9% percent accurate information and impressive pronunciation, except that we are no longer called Swazis, that died with Swaziland, but have retained the Emaswati (collective) name (liSwati for singular). You've arned my like & subscription for this, good work!
Zambia is going to have to wait a while right lol...the struggle!
Zimbabwe: *am i joke to u?*
@@iminbreadbutfrench8625 lmao right!
Imagine if DRC stayed it's name to Zaire...
Im Swazi of nationality. Our country has been well represented, yeah 100% on the video above. Thank you. And I may also make use of your videos for my tertiary essays.
I’d love to visit Eswatini. I do hope the medical problems get better there.
There's also Macedonia. It changed it's name to Northern Macedonia
He knows
Never Lucky m8 I think they already finished the country under their previous official name FYROM
Yeah but not many people know about it.
FYROM to North Macedonia
Never Lucky m8
1. It hasnt yet
2. They already did it
Eswatini is a beautiful country. Worth it to visit.
Thanks for the feature and your pronunciations are on point 🤗🇸🇿
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I bet they changed their name just to get on geography now faster :D
Eboland would be good enough
@@richmontmapping7880 No, they don't have ebola
I was looking for this comment🤣🤣
@@neff7031 No that is dumb.
@@moodini99 seriously
Remember when eSwatini was Swaziland? Pepperidge Farms remembers.
Oh eSwatini you'll always be Swaziland to me.
lol i tought Paul's making up another country turns out its real lol
Same 😂
First Order Ball I thought the same when I saw “Eswatini” but that confusion was cleared up as soon as he said Swaziland
+Leif Sundblad Swaziland changing its name to eSwatini was quite a big deal in the news a while back. Also, Barby himself made a big deal about the change when it was announced.
First Order Ball it’s not sad. Most people aren’t taught to memorize all 206 or so countries in school, so that’s why channels like this exist
I am grateful to Geography Now for such an informative video. its really factual and would say it is well researched and I commend the pronunciation of the various places. You are amazing, thank you
Hey. Thanks so much for this video. You don't hear much about Eswatini on the net.😅
I was surprised to learn that the Thompsons Gazelle is our national animal!! That's news to me. I always thought our national animal was the lion🦁. It's the symbol of the King and its on our coat of arms alongside an elephant (a symbol for the queen matriarch)
I like your effort in pronouncing Swazi names, not bad at all 👊
I was there purely by accident at eSwatini’s National Day when they announced they were changing their name. It felt like a nice moment where they could take back that part of their national identity.
Welcome Hannah !!!
Oh great! I'm early! I was ES*WAiTINg*I for this episode
why did I do that joke
-TeamEons- StormBlade ur getting puncht
Haha great joke! It Israeli original. Syriasly, I will be Russian to tell everyone that one. I can't Belize I made so many bad puns, but I can't make anymore. I have Togo.
THWAAACK!!! :O)
SMAAK!!!!
I'm from eSwatini, you guys nailed it! Nice job. 👍
You are a South African province in disguise.
this is officially the most exotic country I've seen so far on Geography Now
Come visit, you won't regret. Beautiful country
Love from greece
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Prussian Eagle look I think they could do a better agreement but I am OK with that
Love the accurate pronunciations, thanks guys.
That's where my ancestors came from 😍
From 🇸🇿. Nice
Quite simply the most beautiful country I have ever visited, and the kindest people I have ever met 🇸🇿🇸🇿🇸🇿
James Burrows Damn straight man😂❤️
Thanks for telling the truth about the country I grew up in.... my motherland ☺️
I discovered this channel last month and have been binge watching all the episodes, and have finally caught up! Yay!!! .... but now I have to actually wait for the next episode :( UGH! But looking forward to learning more about the Maldives! Thanks for such an informative, entertaining show!
Eswatini?
More like Ayyswatini!
skrrwatini
Quotenwagnerianer Ever heard of play-on words?
Commando Lemon63 🅱️💯😂
*gets punches by Noah*
🅱️aEsatini
Swaziland only changed its name to be earlier on GeographyNow :o
Hello from The Kingdom of Eswatini. Loved the video you really did your research
So let me get this right : the people have always called themselves weSwatini and the country "the Kingdom of Eswatini" translated in English, but the rest of the world just called it "Swaziland" out of ease and finaly we corrected that ? Or is it something else. Great video Barbs as usual Keep it up !