Misanthropic Kitty seh bet if all di people dem weh claim seh dem have Taino blood took a DNA test, it would come out as dem having no real Taino bloodline. Truth mi a talk cah nuff a people a lie pan d Tainos dem lol!
Clips like this make me very sad...the last speaker of Wichita recently died, the last speaker of Andaman Bo recently died...and their languages died with them. I hope the Lokono elders will take an interest in passing the language down to their children, that they will speak to infants/small children exclusively in the language, so that the children can grow up fluent, keep the language alive, and take pride in it!
Although my ancestors are from a different part of the world, they were also affected by the consequent colonization of the Europeans, in this case (and ours) by the Spanish, and it is a joy and an encouragement to see other Aboriginal peoples continue to speak and preserve not only their culture, but most importantly, their Aboriginal language. Thanks for posting this.......sharing it on Facebook.
I realize how difficult must have been to locate this gentleman and ask him to interview, but it would have been so much better to conduct this interview in a quiet, much more comfortable place so the recording of the words and sentences could be better reproduced and written. This is very important. In my country Puerto Rico there is a strong movement to connect to the ancient Tainos and resurrect the culture and language. I myself are 14% Taino by DNA and can trace indigenous ancestors with historical documents back to 1790. a very important research project would be to reconstruct Arawak and study the differences and similarities to the ancient Taino language. Has that been done?
Oh man this is amazing! My dad is from Guyana and we have Amerindian blood but I know nothing about my native heritage when I go there I want to learn the language and learn about my ancestors
Excellent video. I am Arawak/Carib & Cherokee. I have an indigenous American tv show in New York. Preserving the indigenous languages is very important. I would love to have an interview with you.
shout out to all real Native Americans out there and to my brothers and sisters from the Arawak nation. From the Bahamas all to Guyana. Lokono, Taino, Caquetio, Ika, Wiwa, Kogi, Kankuamo, Machiguenga, Wayuu, Xingu , Yanesha and so on. We are still here. Native Pride.
Thank you for this info....The sound behind the speakers were somewhat disturbing Prehaps using sound filters may help in any future videos....In any case Thank you so much for this:)
It is true the lokono language is a dying language my children's grandmother was pure Arawak from the northwest district aruka river to be exact and she could not speak the Arawak language at all this is a common thing for the Arawak tribe for some reason at least in guyana
Can any point how Taino/Lokono relate to one another? My great grandparents on both sides were displaced as children and so I have been trying to piece our history together. I study many subjects and one in particular "Law" is a very tricky subject to apply yourself when in fact you know very little of self. I can help out so many people if I can just piece together who I am.
i am arawakan /garifuna ohh still at here , honduras, guatemala, belize, nicaragua ohhh nyc uh uh la la saludes , ohhh still we had our traditional , culture, music, language, dance, drink , food
@DamonGerardCorrie My name is Elvis I am from Dominican Republic I am Taino descendant (mixed), and I would to know if "ANAKA HONA" means for you "golden flouer" or NABORIA means for you "Servant" because in my country we have a story of Taino indian chief "ANACAHONA" that means golden flouer acording spanish invaders. You call GUAKAMAYO to a colorful bird?, or BOHIO" IS "HOUSE"? tell me if this language is alike to the arawak.
deze stukje film maakt mij trots om het feit dat de arawakse cultuur nog steets bestaat in mij en al mijn broeders en zusters, de kennis en de taal zal altijd voord bestaan, mijn naam is sabajo van surinama. hale ke tja koba >>.......
@@robertserrano7383 yes we still do exist we went through a paper genocide the extinction myth started because the Spaniards were too lazy to count the natives
The World has forgotten,that the Iland Curaçao,also be leving there,befor Columbus arrived there,hè thing that he landed in India,zo begin the story of the Indiaan.
No. Because "Taino" comes from the "Tano" speakers or "Taino" of Yorubas. Originally named after this group. But Jamaica name is from the "Tano" speakers group of the Akans and of the area (Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast). Potou-Tano. How could it be a coincidence that the people originated in Ghana or West Africa area? How? The writing system of these groups are even identical to Asians and the Pacific Islanders. It is EXACT as the TWI speakers which falls under the the "Kwa" group. In South Africa, there is also the "KWA". The Africans have exact similar traditions and clothing as many of the Natives perceived or shown in the Americas and Pacific.
Asiatics in the flesh... Today they are Maroons who are Moors hence the reason why Maroons can own and grow whatever on the Jamaican soil. Its interesting because i remember reading that there are no historical confirmation in history about Arawaks, especially after the Carib encounter. I feel these are tactics to distort our true identity ion order to control our land the Americas North South and all adjoining islands.
For the longest time growing up in Brooklyn the people who identified as Latins of PR/DR etc would hate on me and my family growing up calling us Indios. Even though my family was Boricua as well. Now they want to get to know us. Understand Guiana and Venezuela and this region has BUCK. Don't try to steal and sell our culture like the white man you praise. You can see we did not sell out to Spanish Conquistadors. But the British were forced to give Guyanese their independence.
This is not factual info. Those people are from Mongolia and brought to the Americas as indentured servants. The indigenous people of the Caribbeans and the Americas are the Negros aka Negas. The colonizers changed their names and are still perpetuating these false narratives. We were taught that all Arawaks were killed in Jamaica. In reality there were only a few of them bought there to fight the Negas. Our treaty of 1738, (Jamaican Maroon treaty of 1738) says it all. Our identity is stated in it’s first paragraph, and we called ourselves the “Negros.” (Please read the treaty online). We are awoke now and fire is burning of these lies.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.
Im really tired of this new narrative that all my "black" or African cousins push. It's enough that we get along as mixed people in South American and Caribbean vs United States blacks. But stop with this agenda that everyone must be African to be indigenous. Even if I concede that all life started in Africa. It doesnt change the fact that our families have indigenous people from the Amazonias etc. Stop your shit of claiming everything and stick to fighting the white man whom taught you to claim everything.
Stop this nonsense. Are you saying indigenous people don't know their history? You saying the treaty trumps what the locals and natives say is a colonized belief. Life doesn't start at the time treaties are developed. The negotiating that takes place for them to be drawn up within often include compromises and sacrifices.
Sorry but you need to revisit your history. There are no Taino nor part Taino people in the D.R.. You are an African and mixed African people. Your culture is West African and Spanish (white people from Spain).
you need to revisit history. There is Taino descendants in DR and it has been proven with DNA testing. You swear that everyone was killed. 90% were killed means that 10% were still alive. Also, the spanish mixed with many Taino women and had children so yes there is descendants still left in DR.
Arawak descendants unite!! we still exist ❣
Yes we do, big up
Yes we do, feather up, rise up tribe up
We do aha.
#WeExist
proud Taino reporting here , we are still alive and here , not what his story book says, we are not dead or extinct, we are here ..
proud Island Taino and Venezuelan Lokono here ! we are still alive and here
How many taino are around?
Misanthropic Kitty I'm a Jamaican Taino
There's not much of us, possibly 0.2-0.3 percent of the population is Taino in Jamaica.
Misanthropic Kitty seh bet if all di people dem weh claim seh dem have Taino blood took a DNA test, it would come out as dem having no real Taino bloodline. Truth mi a talk cah nuff a people a lie pan d Tainos dem lol!
This message hit my heart so many times
Clips like this make me very sad...the last speaker of Wichita recently died, the last speaker of Andaman Bo recently died...and their languages died with them. I hope the Lokono elders will take an interest in passing the language down to their children, that they will speak to infants/small children exclusively in the language, so that the children can grow up fluent, keep the language alive, and take pride in it!
Although my ancestors are from a different part of the world, they were also affected by the consequent colonization of the Europeans, in this case (and ours) by the Spanish, and it is a joy and an encouragement to see other Aboriginal peoples continue to speak and preserve not only their culture, but most importantly, their Aboriginal language. Thanks for posting this.......sharing it on Facebook.
The real and original Caribbean/"West Indian" people.
I realize how difficult must have been to locate this gentleman and ask him to interview, but it would have been so much better to conduct this interview in a quiet, much more comfortable place so the recording of the words and sentences could be better reproduced and written. This is very important. In my country Puerto Rico there is a strong movement to connect to the ancient Tainos and resurrect the culture and language. I myself are 14% Taino by DNA and can trace indigenous ancestors with historical documents back to 1790. a very important research project would be to reconstruct Arawak and study the differences and similarities to the ancient Taino language. Has that been done?
Oh man this is amazing! My dad is from Guyana and we have Amerindian blood but I know nothing about my native heritage when I go there I want to learn the language and learn about my ancestors
Excellent video. I am Arawak/Carib & Cherokee. I have an indigenous American tv show in New York. Preserving the indigenous languages is very important. I would love to have an interview with you.
Where is your TV show? Im in NY and my family has BUCK.
shout out to all real Native Americans out there and to my brothers and sisters from the Arawak nation. From the Bahamas all to Guyana. Lokono, Taino, Caquetio, Ika, Wiwa, Kogi, Kankuamo, Machiguenga, Wayuu, Xingu , Yanesha and so on. We are still here. Native Pride.
Glad to hear that. Keep the bloodline alive. I am of Caketio/Arawak descent.
i am guarifuna
I'm learning more about my Arawak heritage.
#Mabuiga. Proud Garifuna!!!! This Lokono sounds SO similar to Garifuna.
Im surinam and im arawak
My grand mother was one half Arawak and her intonation was just like kulu.
Thank you for this video, sir.
Proud Arawak descendant!
Another solution to the ANAKAONA is that Kaona can literally mean "it has worth" from an Arawakan standpoint. I would assume Ana means "flower"?
Thank you for this info....The sound behind the speakers were somewhat disturbing
Prehaps using sound filters may help in any future videos....In any case Thank you so much for this:)
This guy was a friend of my family a long time ago.
its so sad how i have arawakin me but i know so little about my own heritage
Wow that's my village ,I grew up respecting this great man Uncle cunno
It is true the lokono language is a dying language my children's grandmother was pure Arawak from the northwest district aruka river to be exact and she could not speak the Arawak language at all this is a common thing for the Arawak tribe for some reason at least in guyana
Can any point how Taino/Lokono relate to one another? My great grandparents on both sides were displaced as children and so I have been trying to piece our history together. I study many subjects and one in particular "Law" is a very tricky subject to apply yourself when in fact you know very little of self. I can help out so many people if I can just piece together who I am.
Arawaks/tainos etc is the same people..
that is so profound
Soell Bey tainos arawak are the excat same as Lokono arawaks. Tainos are also known as "Island Arawaks"
Good job, Ja Unit!
i am arawakan /garifuna ohh still at here , honduras, guatemala, belize, nicaragua ohhh nyc uh uh la la saludes , ohhh still we had our traditional , culture, music, language, dance, drink , food
What is the song in the beginning and what instruments are being used? Is it lost media?
Were there two Arawak tribes, one living in the Caribbean and one N South America?
@DamonGerardCorrie My name is Elvis I am from Dominican Republic I am Taino descendant (mixed), and I would to know if "ANAKA HONA" means for you "golden flouer" or NABORIA means for you "Servant" because in my country we have a story of Taino indian chief "ANACAHONA" that means golden flouer acording spanish invaders. You call GUAKAMAYO to a colorful bird?, or BOHIO" IS "HOUSE"? tell me if this language is alike to the arawak.
In Haiti Anacahona was a queen 👑 chief of taino tribe we have caonabo was a warrior of the island
deze stukje film maakt mij trots om het feit dat de arawakse cultuur nog steets bestaat in mij en al mijn broeders en zusters, de kennis en de taal zal altijd voord bestaan, mijn naam is sabajo van surinama. hale ke tja koba >>.......
does anyone know of any plant medicines used in guyana?
Lokono Guyanese still everywhere there today ✝️🙏🏽
He looks like my granny RIP
THE LOKONO ARAWAKS, WILL RETAKE WHATS BEEN TAKEN FROM THEM
Very informative 👍🏾
proud taino
Hi
Taino daka!!
Taínos no longer exist.
@@robertserrano7383 yes we still do exist we went through a paper genocide the extinction myth started because the Spaniards were too lazy to count the natives
They aren’t the Arawaks of Guiana the Arawaks of Guiana are the darker/copper tone people
What's your source? Would like to learn more
Please make book of taino language
Good thing they are getting some notice
I'm Mohawk and Taino
This man resemble my dad.He is descendant Jamaican lokono.I need to visit there.
The Lokono never made it to Jamaica. The Arawak there were Taino.
@@mandarkastronomonov2962 they are the same people...
im glad to be of taino/arawak descent
@DamonGerardCorrie Very interesting thanks.
Need Translation, can't here them very well.
The World has forgotten,that the Iland Curaçao,also be leving there,befor Columbus arrived there,hè thing that he landed in India,zo begin the story of the Indiaan.
The same people
#iamarealchildadvocatenotafake #iamatruechildadvocatenotafake #sharonfpilgrim #alcoholism #alcohol #alcoholics
Dei To arawak hyaro,French gayana.
No. Because "Taino" comes from the "Tano" speakers or "Taino" of Yorubas. Originally named after this group. But Jamaica name is from the "Tano" speakers group of the Akans and of the area (Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast). Potou-Tano. How could it be a coincidence that the people originated in Ghana or West Africa area? How? The writing system of these groups are even identical to Asians and the Pacific Islanders. It is EXACT as the TWI speakers which falls under the the "Kwa" group. In South Africa, there is also the "KWA". The Africans have exact similar traditions and clothing as many of the Natives perceived or shown in the Americas and Pacific.
Taiguey taiguaitiao hopefully real Taino will know what this means
they lokono from suriname ,halikodjkoha dajonobe
He reminds me of my father who was whipped by White teachers for speaking his language. He now speaks English but not very well.
Asiatics in the flesh... Today they are Maroons who are Moors hence the reason why Maroons can own and grow whatever on the Jamaican soil. Its interesting because i remember reading that there are no historical confirmation in history about Arawaks, especially after the Carib encounter. I feel these are tactics to distort our true identity ion order to control our land the Americas North South and all adjoining islands.
Tu Li La Lo
once a language disapears so does the the identity just like afro descendents in the americas cannot relate to a particular ethnic african group
For the longest time growing up in Brooklyn the people who identified as Latins of PR/DR etc would hate on me and my family growing up calling us Indios. Even though my family was Boricua as well. Now they want to get to know us. Understand Guiana and Venezuela and this region has BUCK. Don't try to steal and sell our culture like the white man you praise. You can see we did not sell out to Spanish Conquistadors. But the British were forced to give Guyanese their independence.
This is not factual info. Those people are from Mongolia and brought to the Americas as indentured servants.
The indigenous people of the Caribbeans and the Americas are the Negros aka Negas. The colonizers changed their names and are still perpetuating these false narratives.
We were taught that all Arawaks were killed in Jamaica.
In reality there were only a few of them bought there to fight the Negas.
Our treaty of 1738, (Jamaican Maroon treaty of 1738) says it all.
Our identity is stated in it’s first paragraph, and we called ourselves the “Negros.”
(Please read the treaty online).
We are awoke now and fire is burning of these lies.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.
Im really tired of this new narrative that all my "black" or African cousins push. It's enough that we get along as mixed people in South American and Caribbean vs United States blacks.
But stop with this agenda that everyone must be African to be indigenous. Even if I concede that all life started in Africa. It doesnt change the fact that our families have indigenous people from the Amazonias etc. Stop your shit of claiming everything and stick to fighting the white man whom taught you to claim everything.
Stop this nonsense.
Are you saying indigenous people don't know their history?
You saying the treaty trumps what the locals and natives say is a colonized belief.
Life doesn't start at the time treaties are developed. The negotiating that takes place for them to be drawn up within often include compromises and sacrifices.
Sorry but you need to revisit your history. There are no Taino nor part Taino people in the D.R.. You are an African and mixed African people. Your culture is West African and Spanish (white people from Spain).
you need to revisit history. There is Taino descendants in DR and it has been proven with DNA testing. You swear that everyone was killed. 90% were killed means that 10% were still alive. Also, the spanish mixed with many Taino women and had children so yes there is descendants still left in DR.
my beautiful people. 💕