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I lived in truk(chuuk)back in the early 50s and then moved to yap. I left yap in 1960. Went back regularly for a while. Then parents moved to saipan. The last time I went to micronesia was in 1973 but it was to chuck. I still have yap in my heart. My father's ashes were spread in yap. I still have my yap state flag.
It’s 3am , when I can’t sleep I decide to educate myself , I started off learning how to navigate the stars & somehow I came across this video & I’m happy I did, I never knew Micronesia existed 🇫🇲
One of life's greatest mysteries is the RUclips algorithm! I'm guessing celestial navigation led to Micronesia because in some of the islands in Micronesia, people continue to navigate by the stars.
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102 B.c Micronesian have been traveled all around the globe by sailing canoe using stars and waves current etc. and you know what else they use for communication? Thunder and lightning “yes”. they’ve been to South America and Southeast Asia. It’s because nobody wrote their expedition people these day believed in their own perspective. Micronesia is where the master of navigators are born.
_Crezive I am guessing that doofus is either from Chuuk or outer island of chuuk. I honestly think his name says John Pounding breadfruit with coconut milk 😂
I had been trying to understand Micronesia, and found this video to be the best analysis and summarization available on the Internet. The narrative and graphics are exceptional, so I am subscribing. Looking forward to future posts. Great job!
@@JessicaZane4realzit's always these Asians that got some something to say like who the hell invited any of all to the conversation... stop tryna fit in you wannabe Hawaiian
I have been researching islands, became fascinated and still finding out if there is more. I would love to go to somewhere in the Micronesia. It looks beautiful. There is so many places in the world I wonder why not many people have thought of wanting to go to these islands, so many new cultures
Hi The Hithereis ...what u mentioned are villages located in the eastern part of Kiribati. Those are villages in Christmas island known for the waters there which is Protected by PIPA. Lots of fish out there u can swim with sharks in shallow water
I am a Micronesian, to be specific, I am a mixture of Belauan (Republic of Palau) and Chamolinian (Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands). My mother is Palauan from the island of Peleliu, ROP and my father is Chamolinian from the island of Agrigan, CNMI. I am what you call a Americanized Micronesian (Micro-American), I was born in 1980, born in Saipan, CNMI but raised in both Arai, ROP and Saipan, CNMI. I have duo citizenship status; I am both a US Citizen (the CNMI is a US territory) and a Palau Citizen and very heavily influence to American culture and patriotism while growing up. Which means, I was never fully taught the ways of both my cultures this includes speaking my native tongues. It's sad that now I am 41 yrs of age living in Saipan to this day and I am still the same. I don't practice my culture as much and speak as much. I wish I never ended like this but what can I do - I can't go back in time, all I can do is live life the best of my know how here on this tiny island I call home. BIBA SAN KATAN NA ISLAS AND GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!
Peleliu? My grandma was the last of the royal family buried on the highest hill in Palau , are you related to the Asanuma /Pilar family? I’m palauiin and half Chamaro
@@lbrambo5623 - To be honest, my last visit to Palau was back in 2004; have never visit since then so I don't really know. I forgot the name of my family clan but I know it starts with an "S". My mother's maiden last name (my middle name) is Olkeriil. I have three older half-siblings (half Palau and half Phonpei) from my mother's previous marriage and they carry the last name McBride. My Grandaunt married into the Temol family residing in Koror, ROP. My half-sister married into the Titiml family from the island Kayangel, ROP.
@@sofang930 awesome ! Good to chat with someone who’s lineage is similar to mine , in the high chief bai we are the sadang clan ,my grandma came to the states after the WW2 battle of peleliu, a shot down American pilot brought her here ,have a blessed one
Dang it, as a first Gen Micronesian in the states now, I think I better start teaching my kids something of their Micronesian cultures(Marshall Islands) lol
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Although Guam is a Territory of the US and CNMI has a Commonwealth status with the US, they too are within that which borderers Micronesia from other Pacific Is. Countries.
A good narrative on the geography of what is Micronesia. A historical narrative from the perspective of Colonialism is needed to shed more light on the political landscapes in the region.
I'm a Micronesian and and also I'm the granddaughter of that man in that video I'm really happy to know that my grandfather was a best navigator ever...proud to be his granddaughter and I always love him and miss him so much💔💔💔
I from Malaysia, i hope our cousin, from Guam and Mariana Island get it independent just like Palau and Federation of Mirconesia, your culture, architecture and tradition are unique. but what is mirconesia in native language, in Malaysia-Brunei and Indonesia included Filipino we called it 'Nusantara', Nusa mean Island, other word for Pulau/Pulo for Island in Malay and Indonesia. antara mean between. so Between Islands. because we travel between those island sumatra-borneo-java-sulawesi-bali-sumba-maluku and peninsular.
There is no word from Micronesia, just Micronesia. It was the white man that grouped us together as Micronesia lol. We were all seperate, but we had contact with each other. We were not united like Nusantara.
@@fredlibranza943 Not all Indonesian are Malayan, there are also Javanese which is quite different from Malays. Filipino is also a separate type of Austronesian. In short, stop calling all Austronesian as Malayan. Malayan are only in Malaysia or those who speak Malay language. We may all Austronesian, but we are diverse and quite different from each other.
also its best u include the differences between western & eastern Micronesians. Western Micronesians are the Chamorros frm Guam & CNMI, main island Palau & main island Yap. Eastern Micronesians are Outer island Palauans of Pulo ano, Sonsorol & Hatohobei, Outer islanders of Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae, Marshall islanders, Gilbert islanders & Nauru excluding Kirilis islanders frm Kapingamarangi & Nukuoro because they are Polynesian outliers. Western Micronesians can directly trace their origins frm Southeast Asia & parts of Northern Papua while Eastern Micronesians can directly trace their culture, language, lineage & clans frm Solomon islands & Fiji. if u look closely Eastern languages are quite very different frm Western Micronesian languages even though they are all Austronesian languages. also the custom of chewing bettlenut which is strongly practiced in Southeast Asia. Eastern Micronesians & the rest of Oceania dont practice that.
Interesting.Language wise Micronesians have their natives tongues from the Austronesian family tree and have no connection to that of Melanesians.However culturally during the great migration both Micronesians and Polynesians exchanged traditions with the Melanesians.Well as genetics(but with few people).
@@smallislandenormousculture3023 That's exactly what this individual was talking about. Listed islands who were Melanesian intermixing with the Austronesian Micronesian and Polynesian are the people in the Salomon Islands, Fiji, Yap, and Palau. They speak Melanesian language, look Melanesian, but culturally and genetically mixed with the Austronesian of Micronesia and Polynesia. Languages are totally different, especially from Yap but Palau, Fiji and the Salomon islands language by now had already been influenced and mixed with the Austronesian language as well. So we can easily detect some Austronesian language influenced from these groups. Kapingamarangi and Nukuoro were last migrating groups down from Polynesia into Micronesia before this group divided up into two: Micronesia and Polynesia. Then there were the earliest contacts and interbreeding among those two Groups of Polynesia and Micronesia with the Melanesian thus resulted with these Melanesian cousins being discussed from the Salomon islands in PNG, Fiji of Polynesia, then Yap and Palau of Micronesia. Chamorros of Guam and Saipan were just like Kapingamarangi and Nukuoro as being the later arriving group, but this Chamorros came up from Indonesia and the Philipines during the European occupation to assume nativity and repopulating the islands of the Marianas and Guam by the Europeans. Due to them speak and look so similarly as the killed off Micronesian native of those islands at the time, in the eyes of the European they were just one and the same to repopulate the dying natives of the Marianas who were actually part of the Carolinian family group of Micronesia. People often think the Chamoros are the natives of Marianas but they were the earliest mixed with whatever left of the Carolinian in the Marianas who became more dominant and influencing whatever remains of the native Carolinian of Micronesia under the Spanish control to assume claim of being the native of the area. The Carolinan never stop returning and made contact with the Marianas. The late arriving Carolinian following the dying groups are now then became the foreigners in their own territory because now the Chamoro sat on the lands with their descendants of the dying Carolinian, European and their newly populating and dominant freshly migrating South East Asian ancestors from Indonesia and the Philipines to lay claim of nativity and claimed the Chamorro identity.
Smallislandenormousculture there was never a great Migration story. Every island, every clan, every village of each of every island has their own migration stories meaning one huge group of people(austronesians) did not just pick up & go. They moved from one place to another. They moved through southeast asia & coexisted with natives that were already there. After population growth war might have broke out between visiting groups, they might have lost & had to pick up & leave again. This happened on long periods of times. Or maybe there was a difference in climate that may have caused them to move. The islands of Chuuk alone has so many clans with so many migration history.
From Japan to Easter island, The Philippines to Hawaii, Fiji to New Zealand all of the Samoa. Guam to New Caledonia, and all therein. This is the Pacific people aka the lost children of Israel. The meanest people on the planet.
If someone ask me again where i’m from i would recommend this vid because it’s detailed and well made. I just found your vid and i’m glad 🙂 thank you for making this.
looking to visit Micronesia can do so without a visa. A passport is important to be granted entry. Passports must be valid for a 120-day period after the end of the intended visit. An international proof of vaccination for Yellow fever, smallpox and Cholera is required. Hope this helps🤙🤙🇫🇲
Amazing culture. I love learning about this. I'm moving to Hawaii and I just want to know what's MORE. What on the other side? We're never thought anything about you guys. Not even in University. ONLY Hawaii, and is not fair.
That's true. They don't really teach that much history about the Micronesian islands in the US, I think because we're more recent in their history. The first time America had anything to do with the Micronesian Islands was during World War II. Which is only about 80 years ago. But they teach a lot about Hawaii, because they had a longer history with Hawaii (like 200 years) and Hawaii was an important part to America's economy back then. The sugar plantations I believe.
@@uts4448 No it’s because majority of us are too indulged in Christianity and western ways of life.Pulan is amongst many natives of Micronesia teaching our history/culture that dates back for thousands of years.
There are about 330 permanent inhabitants on Banana even to this day. Banabans hold both Fijian and I-Kiribati citizenship. The majority (95%) of Banabans live on Rabi in Fiji. Politically Banana belongs to Kiribati however it is adminstered from Fiji by the traditional owners of the land, the Rabi Council of Leaders and Elders. The Banabans speak the I-Kiribati language and are culturally similar to the I-Kiribati people.
Peter Christian is the president of The Federated States of Micronesia. He is a descendant from the Family member called Souisa from the Moluccas Island. His Grandfather come from Saparua Island in the Moluccas.
Ok so just a question regarding the map that was shown. On google maps, the island of Nauru is shown as more north than the Gilbert islands, with the gilbert islands alot more south and spread apart than the map on the video shows. Not that it changes anything of what consists of the entire micronesian island group and its history but more of how we percieve it from our prospective locations. A miscalculation of relative distance can distort the reality of just how big and small things are espcially when it comes to how maps and globes represent distance and size to its smaller scale. Just a curious thought once I heard the islands total area compared to the size of america. Correct me if Im wrong or missing something....
I am from Iraq .. Does micronesia have asylum and work and I can live in it and my destination is coming .. or is it a weak country in terms of an economy and cannot be living in?
It’s not too bad if you live in Guam it’s got Walmart or other places to work but there’s bugs a lot of them nah I’m playing They only appear if you have a rash from scratching too hard from a mosquito And flys appear You can skip this if you like My mother said to not go outside cause there was flys and mosquitos My mother said the flys put things in my rash and if I take off my rash it will take a longer time to go away Oh man i didn’t know I was over sharing That’s why going on the boats are the best No flys are fast enough for that and the flys would fly away cause we’re moving too much But if you live in the smaller tinier islands It’s hard it’s real You’d have to build your own house not on your own cause that would probably take more than half a month If you have somebody that would be lower or half a month There’s only small boats but it’s very fast cause of the engines You’d probably get sea sick but you’ll get used to it There’s very muddy roads There’s jobs atleast but probably not like Walmart Hey it probably wouldn’t be hard for you cause you’ll bring lots of people Making a clay floor with people would probably take like a few days or two days The second day is for drying the clay or maybe 1 day and 1 night It would probably take more than a few days doing this by yourself I actually helped make a clay floor and it took many people to even finish it and it wasn’t even that big But atleast it was only a few hours Nah i was joking about the house being half a year😂 Probably a few months I think that’s how much it took my auntie and my uncle to build their house And also I never really made a house
Thanks now I got it. I'm from the Visayas/mid islands of the Philippines. We're all brothers I think. Same features and islands look similar. Our ancestors were called the Pintados full of tattoos and no clothes on top. Europeans/Magellan came and changed all that. I'm trying to learn my brothers and sisters from the Pacific islands. We all share the same culture and beliefs. Hope someday I can visit the Micronesia islands.
@@IceCold4132 That's what I thought. I read it somewhere that there was a chicken DNA test that was related to our chicken. Isn't that something. I can picture my Lolo sailing to your islands with chicken and pigs in his boat. Hope to visit your islands someday. I grew up in Panay island, Iloilo City. Hope you also can visit us here. Long ago there's no borders and immigration. Our ancestors probably just sail back and forth in those islands . We have one town that speaks similar to Tonga. I'll be darn. They're really great sailors of the Pacific.
Did you really have to start it off with buenas? That’s not the word to introduce our Chamoru islands. One greeting should always stay as one greeting and that’s Hafa Adai.
Thank you very much! In terms of what people of Guam do for a living, is work in the service industry such as tourism and restaurants, although the biggest employer is the government of Guam. Then there is employment by the US federal government or military. Joining the US military is also another option that many people do. Tourism on Guam mainly come from the countries of Japan and South Korea. Guam usually receives about a 1 million plus tourist a year. So Guam is quite a popular destination. Those countries are about a 4-5 hour flight away. So tourism is less limited by distance, but more limited and dependent on the economies of Japan and South Korea since that's where most tourist come from.
M.K. Lee no she means, which islands group is Kiribati, as the British give us names Micro means we lived in small islands, of course we are all related as the result they share the same type of dna.
Micronesian. Although Tungaru, Banaba and Nauru are a cultural and genetic anomaly in the Pacific. They are unique in that they share equal characteristics with all three ethnic groups, Melanesian, Micronesian and Polynesian. In oral traditions, Kiribati was originally settled (thought not on all islands) by Melanesian people, they were then visited by Austronesians from the west (people from Matang) and then later on Polynesians from the south (people from Tamoa). This has led to a very homogenous culture and appearance.
@@minnieee123 Sorry for the late reply I didn't recieve a notification. Samoan and Tongan DNA is more prominent because of the recent admixture. The admixture happened around the 14th Century so Tongan and Samoan DNA was very well established into it's own genome from the Austronesian branch by the time they arrived into Kiribati. An example of this would be Melanesian DNA, it all points to South East Asia, Papua or the Solomons but not Africa despite people's presumptions only because Melanesians as a whole have been outside of Africa for thousands of years in the meantime developing their own genome without African influence. African DNA in Melanesians would have been present 60,000 years ago of course, but definitely not after 60,000 of not being in Africa.
Zulhelmifirdaus 1991 the many languages in Micronesia and Indonesia are descended from proto-malayo polynesian which is a branch of the Austronesian family tree. So there may be similarities between the many languages such as cognates and some grammar. However, since these languages have branched out from proto-malayo polynesian more than 3000 years ago, the languages are very different and are mutually unintelligible. There are dialectal spectrums we see such as in the Caroline islands, where there is varying degrees of mutual intelligibility; but there are still substantial linguistic differences depending on the locality. For these reasons, my answer is no, Micronesia and Indonesia do not speak the same languages. Hope this helps.
If the name “Micronesia” was formed and founded in France, why was it in English instead of French as “Petite Isle? “ Did the British have any influence for the islands to be named in their language?
At 5:19 . Yall got the names mixed up. Chamorros were the first indigenous people to inhabit all of the 14 islands, its then during colinization that they segregated the chamorros to 1 island leaving the other 13 exposed to any outsyders which are the carolinians. . Do some research, spain did most of the documentation on the cnmi during ancient chamorro latte times 🇲🇵 biba taotao tano. I am a decendant of mostly chamorro blood , but also a decendant of carolinian by blood also. Imagine if we werent colonized , the chamorro blood will be pure, just as much as the gupalao .
Hafa Adai Jesse. He's not talking about what language each island speaks. He's talking about the whole Micronesian region is divided into 4 main groups; the Marianas, the Carolines, the Marshalls, and the Gilberts. When he talks about the Marianas region, he says that the region is divided into 2 COUNTRIES (not languages). They are CNMI and Guam. The map shows all the islands in that area are Chamorro, but 3 of the islands (the ones circled) also include Carolinian speakers. Hope that helps.
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Half Micronesian half Polynesian here. Palauan and Sāmoan! Born in Tahiti and lived in Hawai’i! Now on the east coast of the USA!
Aye, I’m palauan too.
@@topazmerep5429 same bruh thats crazy
I lived in truk(chuuk)back in the early 50s and then moved to yap. I left yap in 1960. Went back regularly for a while. Then parents moved to saipan. The last time I went to micronesia was in 1973 but it was to chuck. I still have yap in my heart. My father's ashes were spread in yap. I still have my yap state flag.
What incredible life experiences. Thank you very much for sharing.
Thank you George Curtis.
So you should know yca
@@thomasyilbuw809 yes, I do. My father, russ curtis started working for ytc. Then later helped make it into yca.
My father and family is from chuuk
It’s 3am , when I can’t sleep I decide to educate myself , I started off learning how to navigate the stars & somehow I came across this video & I’m happy I did, I never knew Micronesia existed 🇫🇲
One of life's greatest mysteries is the RUclips algorithm! I'm guessing celestial navigation led to Micronesia because in some of the islands in Micronesia, people continue to navigate by the stars.
Me too except it’s when I have to sleep, I somehow have lots of things to do on RUclips before I finally get a shut eye. Lol
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I agree! RUclips is probably following God´s algorithm@@pulanspeaks ! It seems perfect. It always baffles me.
I’m Filipino and we’re related to Micronesians. They’re our austronesian brothers.
Yes, we are. Salamatpo! From Pohnpei!
Much respect fellow Austronesian cousin.
Our brothers Micronesians look like Filipinos. We are one country during the Spanish East Indies.
@@islandguy6928 ❤️
@@elmarrebato fuck yeh, I always got my Filipino brothers and sisters back, islander for life.🇫🇲💯
Outstanding , I am from chuuk FSM ( Micronesia ) residing here at guam and I gotta say you did you study and research. Spot on everything.
102 B.c Micronesian have been traveled all around the globe by sailing canoe using stars and waves current etc. and you know what else they use for communication? Thunder and lightning “yes”. they’ve been to South America and Southeast Asia. It’s because nobody wrote their expedition people these day believed in their own perspective. Micronesia is where the master of navigators are born.
Who's Microneasian here!
Me
@jon kon bitch if u dont shut up
Queen Leaf me!
_Crezive I am guessing that doofus is either from Chuuk or outer island of chuuk. I honestly think his name says John Pounding breadfruit with coconut milk 😂
@jon kon eww my ass, if they aint foreign that bitch boring -
I had been trying to understand Micronesia, and found this video to be the best analysis and summarization available on the Internet. The narrative and graphics are exceptional, so I am subscribing. Looking forward to future posts. Great job!
You might do better to try books.
Come to Hawaii and see what Micronesians are really like and how they live. In fact, live in areas where they live, I dare you.
@@JessicaZane4realzNot all of them are bad and the bad ones don’t represent all Micronesians Jessica. Quite rude and ignorant of you to say.
@@JessicaZane4realz yeah nd Hawaiian people are the most racist people among people..especially the half Asians like yourself Jessica insane 😂😂😂
@@JessicaZane4realzit's always these Asians that got some something to say like who the hell invited any of all to the conversation... stop tryna fit in you wannabe Hawaiian
I am proud to be a Micronesian 😇 RMI🇲🇭
You talk a shit
Mohamed attalla Care to explain?
@@Mohamed-zj5op you don’t make sense at all
Which language you speak please
@@Mohamed-zj5op you had to be high while typing lol
Kaselehlie from Pohnpei. Proud Micronesian Here. Thank you for this beautiful explanation of our islands.
I have been researching islands, became fascinated and still finding out if there is more. I would love to go to somewhere in the Micronesia. It looks beautiful. There is so many places in the world I wonder why not many people have thought of wanting to go to these islands, so many new cultures
Look up nan madol if you're interested in ancient ruins. It's a very interesting site in micronesia
i love Micronesia from iraq ❤️🇮🇶🇫🇲
شكرا جزيلا لك
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Thank you ❤️. Come visit Micronesia.
@@emyleopold8139 inshallah ❣️💜
@@مملكة-ميشان I luv you brother.🇫🇲💯❤️
So refreshing to listen and watch such details history of "what is Micronesia". It is very educational. Thank you for sharing.
Best explanation I can find so far on micronesia...I’m proud to be a micronesian from the republic of Kiribati ...thanks for the video
B Major Ko rab’a!!!
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Doesn’t Kiribati have London ,Paris and banana all in one island ?
Hi The Hithereis ...what u mentioned are villages located in the eastern part of Kiribati. Those are villages in Christmas island known for the waters there which is Protected by PIPA. Lots of fish out there u can swim with sharks in shallow water
I am part Kiribati im a Cook Islander from Aitutaki
I am a Micronesian, to be specific, I am a mixture of Belauan (Republic of Palau) and Chamolinian (Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands). My mother is Palauan from the island of Peleliu, ROP and my father is Chamolinian from the island of Agrigan, CNMI. I am what you call a Americanized Micronesian (Micro-American), I was born in 1980, born in Saipan, CNMI but raised in both Arai, ROP and Saipan, CNMI. I have duo citizenship status; I am both a US Citizen (the CNMI is a US territory) and a Palau Citizen and very heavily influence to American culture and patriotism while growing up. Which means, I was never fully taught the ways of both my cultures this includes speaking my native tongues. It's sad that now I am 41 yrs of age living in Saipan to this day and I am still the same. I don't practice my culture as much and speak as much. I wish I never ended like this but what can I do - I can't go back in time, all I can do is live life the best of my know how here on this tiny island I call home.
BIBA SAN KATAN NA ISLAS AND GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!
Peleliu? My grandma was the last of the royal family buried on the highest hill in Palau , are you related to the Asanuma /Pilar family? I’m palauiin and half Chamaro
@@lbrambo5623 - To be honest, my last visit to Palau was back in 2004; have never visit since then so I don't really know. I forgot the name of my family clan but I know it starts with an "S". My mother's maiden last name (my middle name) is Olkeriil. I have three older half-siblings (half Palau and half Phonpei) from my mother's previous marriage and they carry the last name McBride. My Grandaunt married into the Temol family residing in Koror, ROP. My half-sister married into the Titiml family from the island Kayangel, ROP.
@@sofang930 awesome ! Good to chat with someone who’s lineage is similar to mine , in the high chief bai we are the sadang clan ,my grandma came to the states after the WW2 battle of peleliu, a shot down American pilot brought her here ,have a blessed one
Dang it, as a first Gen Micronesian in the states now, I think I better start teaching my kids something of their Micronesian cultures(Marshall Islands) lol
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671........ but too all my island family we are one 💗🇬🇺
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Although Guam is a Territory of the US and CNMI has a Commonwealth status with the US, they too are within that which borderers Micronesia from other Pacific Is. Countries.
A good narrative on the geography of what is Micronesia. A historical narrative from the perspective of Colonialism is needed to shed more light on the political landscapes in the region.
I'm a Micronesian and and also I'm the granddaughter of that man in that video I'm really happy to know that my grandfather was a best navigator ever...proud to be his granddaughter and I always love him and miss him so much💔💔💔
I from Malaysia, i hope our cousin, from Guam and Mariana Island get it independent just like Palau and Federation of Mirconesia, your culture, architecture and tradition are unique. but what is mirconesia in native language, in Malaysia-Brunei and Indonesia included Filipino we called it 'Nusantara', Nusa mean Island, other word for Pulau/Pulo for Island in Malay and Indonesia. antara mean between. so Between Islands. because we travel between those island sumatra-borneo-java-sulawesi-bali-sumba-maluku and peninsular.
Nan madol resembles Gunung Padang megalith
There is no word from Micronesia, just Micronesia. It was the white man that grouped us together as Micronesia lol. We were all seperate, but we had contact with each other. We were not united like Nusantara.
@@fredlibranza943 Not all Indonesian are Malayan, there are also Javanese which is quite different from Malays. Filipino is also a separate type of Austronesian.
In short, stop calling all Austronesian as Malayan. Malayan are only in Malaysia or those who speak Malay language. We may all Austronesian, but we are diverse and quite different from each other.
Guam is an island in the Mariana Islands.
I know nothing about Micronesia until now. Now I want to go!
Best video ever. I am trying to learn about oceania and south pacific politics. And your content is top notch 👍
Teşekkür ederim! Wow I really appreciate it!
Alii from Angaur Palauan. Proud to be a Micronesian,
Love your channel ❤
Proud to be a micronesian all day, everyday for life (saipan )
Love from indonesia🇮🇩🇮🇩
I never knew much about Micronesia good video thanks alofa Aku from a NZ born 685/684 poly 🇼🇸🇦🇸
also its best u include the differences between western & eastern Micronesians.
Western Micronesians are the Chamorros frm Guam & CNMI, main island Palau & main island Yap. Eastern Micronesians are Outer island Palauans of Pulo ano, Sonsorol & Hatohobei, Outer islanders of Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae, Marshall islanders, Gilbert islanders & Nauru excluding Kirilis islanders frm Kapingamarangi & Nukuoro because they are Polynesian outliers.
Western Micronesians can directly trace their origins frm Southeast Asia & parts of Northern Papua while Eastern Micronesians can directly trace their culture, language, lineage & clans frm Solomon islands & Fiji. if u look closely Eastern languages are quite very different frm Western Micronesian languages even though they are all Austronesian languages. also the custom of chewing bettlenut which is strongly practiced in Southeast Asia. Eastern Micronesians & the rest of Oceania dont practice that.
Thank you very much for the information! I plan to do a future video on exactly what you mentioned.
Interesting.Language wise Micronesians have their natives tongues from the Austronesian family tree and have no connection to that of Melanesians.However culturally during the great migration both Micronesians and Polynesians exchanged traditions with the Melanesians.Well as genetics(but with few people).
Papua guinea
@@smallislandenormousculture3023 That's exactly what this individual was talking about. Listed islands who were Melanesian intermixing with the Austronesian Micronesian and Polynesian are the people in the Salomon Islands, Fiji, Yap, and Palau. They speak Melanesian language, look Melanesian, but culturally and genetically mixed with the Austronesian of Micronesia and Polynesia. Languages are totally different, especially from Yap but Palau, Fiji and the Salomon islands language by now had already been influenced and mixed with the Austronesian language as well. So we can easily detect some Austronesian language influenced from these groups. Kapingamarangi and Nukuoro were last migrating groups down from Polynesia into Micronesia before this group divided up into two: Micronesia and Polynesia. Then there were the earliest contacts and interbreeding among those two Groups of Polynesia and Micronesia with the Melanesian thus resulted with these Melanesian cousins being discussed from the Salomon islands in PNG, Fiji of Polynesia, then Yap and Palau of Micronesia. Chamorros of Guam and Saipan were just like Kapingamarangi and Nukuoro as being the later arriving group, but this Chamorros came up from Indonesia and the Philipines during the European occupation to assume nativity and repopulating the islands of the Marianas and Guam by the Europeans. Due to them speak and look so similarly as the killed off Micronesian native of those islands at the time, in the eyes of the European they were just one and the same to repopulate the dying natives of the Marianas who were actually part of the Carolinian family group of Micronesia. People often think the Chamoros are the natives of Marianas but they were the earliest mixed with whatever left of the Carolinian in the Marianas who became more dominant and influencing whatever remains of the native Carolinian of Micronesia under the Spanish control to assume claim of being the native of the area. The Carolinan never stop returning and made contact with the Marianas. The late arriving Carolinian following the dying groups are now then became the foreigners in their own territory because now the Chamoro sat on the lands with their descendants of the dying Carolinian, European and their newly populating and dominant freshly migrating South East Asian ancestors from Indonesia and the Philipines to lay claim of nativity and claimed the Chamorro identity.
Smallislandenormousculture there was never a great Migration story. Every island, every clan, every village of each of every island has their own migration stories meaning one huge group of people(austronesians) did not just pick up & go.
They moved from one place to another. They moved through southeast asia & coexisted with natives that were already there. After population growth war might have broke out between visiting groups, they might have lost & had to pick up & leave again. This happened on long periods of times. Or maybe there was a difference in climate that may have caused them to move.
The islands of Chuuk alone has so many clans with so many migration history.
I'm from the western Caroline islands called Nomunweito Atoll
Mogethin! Yapese here, love all my island brothers and sisters.
Hafa adai! Que urrugum butch? Love all my Micronesian brothers and sisters.
Welcome me I wanna came to migronesia please
@@hamdiwarsame8013 You're very most welcome!
These are European definitions, Islanders know Islanders when we look each other in the eyes, we recognize Pacific features.
From Japan to Easter island, The Philippines to Hawaii, Fiji to New Zealand all of the Samoa. Guam to New Caledonia, and all therein. This is the Pacific people aka the lost children of Israel. The meanest people on the planet.
@@jasonriley9677are you crazy mf filipino are not islanders
Wow Amazing story about Micronesia',, a very simple nice to live,, thnx for the explaination,, good bless!
Alii Belau! 🇵🇼 💙💛
Polynesian watching. Awesome information thank you
my micronesian greetings from Ambon (Maluku), greetings brother
So proud n very thankful of this narrator explaining my island home,Im from PNI. A.K.A Pohnpei n Yap..I salute you for this video👊👊❤❤❤❤
If someone ask me again where i’m from i would recommend this vid because it’s detailed and well made. I just found your vid and i’m glad 🙂 thank you for making this.
Can you do one on Rotuma please?
Very interesting, and well done. THANKS
I am from Micronesia leaving in the United States, but I'm proud to be Micronesian🤙
What kind?
@@angelaprimo6956 the good kind
what documents do I need to have before coming Micronesia, am from Nigeria
U African niceee
What documents do I need to visit Micronesia? I am from GHANA, someone please help me know the requirements. Thanks
looking to visit Micronesia can do so without a visa.
A passport is important to be granted entry.
Passports must be valid for a 120-day period after the end of the intended visit.
An international proof of vaccination for Yellow fever, smallpox and Cholera is required.
Hope this helps🤙🤙🇫🇲
Just get a boat,and travel by star.
amazing video - extreamly informative
Mauri from Kiribati 🇰🇮 proud to be a Micronesia🥳
Amazing culture. I love learning about this. I'm moving to Hawaii and I just want to know what's MORE.
What on the other side? We're never thought anything about you guys. Not even in University. ONLY Hawaii, and is not fair.
Let me take you to paradise..😁
We have Alot of micronesians in Hawaii.
That's true. They don't really teach that much history about the Micronesian islands in the US, I think because we're more recent in their history. The first time America had anything to do with the Micronesian Islands was during World War II. Which is only about 80 years ago. But they teach a lot about Hawaii, because they had a longer history with Hawaii (like 200 years) and Hawaii was an important part to America's economy back then. The sugar plantations I believe.
@@uts4448 No it’s because majority of us are too indulged in Christianity and western ways of life.Pulan is amongst many natives of Micronesia teaching our history/culture that dates back for thousands of years.
Lolelaplap- not Marshall Islands. Marshall is the dude who discovered our islands.
banaba island no longer exists. all the inhabitants relocated to Fiji who are now citizens of Fiji but culturally Micronesians.
Faanēngaaw Narruhn Nika ummmm 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💀
There are about 330 permanent inhabitants on Banana even to this day. Banabans hold both Fijian and I-Kiribati citizenship. The majority (95%) of Banabans live on Rabi in Fiji. Politically Banana belongs to Kiribati however it is adminstered from Fiji by the traditional owners of the land, the Rabi Council of Leaders and Elders. The Banabans speak the I-Kiribati language and are culturally similar to the I-Kiribati people.
Not true it’s still has a functioning government under the republic of Kiribati
You're infamous for spreading stuff on here that aren't true.
Where did you get this from that they're culturally Micronesian? Lol.
Thanks so much..... 🙏💜😇
Many Micronesians have Moluccan Ancestors.
Thanks for the information. Kinisou Chapur. 🙏💜😇
Your welcome.
Peter Christian is the president of The Federated States of Micronesia. He is a descendant from the Family member called Souisa from the Moluccas Island.
His Grandfather come from Saparua Island in the Moluccas.
Please what part of the Micronesia is Moluccas? Could it be any where? Now I'm super curious. 🙏💜
I have been in pohnpei ( ponape) in 1991 with my dad in colonia it was so very beautyful the island , the people and everything ❤
Aye leeezzzgooo! Lol the guy who wanted chicken killed me 😂😂. Great video and edits yall keep it coming. #micronesia
I love Micronesian people 🇵🇫❤️🇫🇲
I'm Micronesian so proud 🇰🇮🇰🇮
Wrong flag
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@@jermaine2427 That is not the wrong flag. 🇰🇮 Kiribati is a Micronesian flag.
FSM 🇫🇲 is just a country in Micronesia (the subregion).
@@jermaine2427 there are other Micronesians that are not in the FSM lol. 🇲🇭
Thank you for this very informative video. I've just shared this video with my grandkids stateside. Si Yu’us Ma’åse
Ok so just a question regarding the map that was shown. On google maps, the island of Nauru is shown as more north than the Gilbert islands, with the gilbert islands alot more south and spread apart than the map on the video shows. Not that it changes anything of what consists of the entire micronesian island group and its history but more of how we percieve it from our prospective locations. A miscalculation of relative distance can distort the reality of just how big and small things are espcially when it comes to how maps and globes represent distance and size to its smaller scale. Just a curious thought once I heard the islands total area compared to the size of america. Correct me if Im wrong or missing something....
Marshall Islands is also on the same plate as Hawaii… this just proves that the division between the 3 island groupings is arbitrary
Papa Mau.!!! Wooow.! The man was a true Legend.! The last Pathfinder. R.I.P
Great video! Thank you for sharing
Love U micronesia
From 🇵🇬
Primitive country many crime there 🤣
Love you Melanesia🫶🏽
for MUN we had the country Marshall Islands and it’s in some agreement with the USA that includes Micronesia
Im proud of you 🇫🇲
are there still Spanish overseas territories in that region ?
Thank you Pulan
Great clarification on widely scattered pacific island.
Do one for polynesia
💪Palau represent 💙💛💙
Love the vid fam 691 💯 🇫🇲
Republic of Kiribati is also Micronesia
Micronesians, Polynesians, melanesians....We are one pacifica ❤❤❤
Do you know what pohnpei is🇫🇲?
Why do i get mad when someone asks me this question💀
Hawaiian but ifw micros
abrokenthing You know your stories there brah? Can we exchange stories??
Thank you for sharing
Micronesia is the PEOPLE who live on these islands with their TRADITIONS, RESPECT, & CULTURE.
Proud to be an Islander 🇫🇲🤙🏾
I am from Iraq .. Does micronesia have asylum and work and I can live in it and my destination is coming .. or is it a weak country in terms of an economy and cannot be living in?
It’s not too bad if you live in Guam it’s got Walmart or other places to work but there’s bugs a lot of them nah I’m playing
They only appear if you have a rash from scratching too hard from a mosquito
And flys appear
You can skip this if you like
My mother said to not go outside cause there was flys and mosquitos
My mother said the flys put things in my rash and if I take off my rash it will take a longer time to go away
Oh man i didn’t know I was over sharing
That’s why going on the boats are the best
No flys are fast enough for that and the flys would fly away cause we’re moving too much
But if you live in the smaller tinier islands
It’s hard it’s real
You’d have to build your own house not on your own cause that would probably take more than half a month
If you have somebody that would be lower or half a month
There’s only small boats but it’s very fast cause of the engines
You’d probably get sea sick but you’ll get used to it
There’s very muddy roads
There’s jobs atleast but probably not like Walmart
Hey it probably wouldn’t be hard for you cause you’ll bring lots of people
Making a clay floor with people would probably take like a few days or two days
The second day is for drying the clay or maybe 1 day and 1 night
It would probably take more than a few days doing this by yourself
I actually helped make a clay floor and it took many people to even finish it and it wasn’t even that big
But atleast it was only a few hours
Nah i was joking about the house being half a year😂
Probably a few months I think that’s how much it took my auntie and my uncle to build their house
And also I never really made a house
Thanks now I got it. I'm from the Visayas/mid islands of the Philippines. We're all brothers I think. Same features and islands look similar. Our ancestors were called the Pintados full of tattoos and no clothes on top. Europeans/Magellan came and changed all that. I'm trying to learn my brothers and sisters from the Pacific islands. We all share the same culture and beliefs. Hope someday I can visit the Micronesia islands.
Many micros go over to the Philippines! Most of them are from Chuuk Micronesia.
@@ZZLUCKY_SIM micros migrated through Melanesia region.
Micronesians are the group out of the Pacific Islanders that are more related to the Philippines etc
@@IceCold4132
That's what I thought. I read it somewhere that there was a chicken DNA test that was related to our chicken. Isn't that something. I can picture my Lolo sailing to your islands with chicken and pigs in his boat. Hope to visit your islands someday. I grew up in Panay island, Iloilo City. Hope you also can visit us here. Long ago there's no borders and immigration. Our ancestors probably just sail back and forth in those islands . We have one town that speaks similar to Tonga. I'll be darn. They're really great sailors of the Pacific.
Did you really have to start it off with buenas? That’s not the word to introduce our Chamoru islands. One greeting should always stay as one greeting and that’s Hafa Adai.
691 baby!
Thank you very much well explained!
Thank you very much. Greqt video to learn some more ! What people does for living ? Even turism may be limitef by distance no ? Except from Australia
Thank you very much! In terms of what people of Guam do for a living, is work in the service industry such as tourism and restaurants, although the biggest employer is the government of Guam. Then there is employment by the US federal government or military. Joining the US military is also another option that many people do. Tourism on Guam mainly come from the countries of Japan and South Korea. Guam usually receives about a 1 million plus tourist a year. So Guam is quite a popular destination. Those countries are about a 4-5 hour flight away. So tourism is less limited by distance, but more limited and dependent on the economies of Japan and South Korea since that's where most tourist come from.
Yhanks for the acurate answer ad do other vids !
Is kiribati part of Micronesia or Polynesia??
Ubiquitous why do their dna results in majority Samoan with Tongan...
M.K. Lee no she means, which islands group is Kiribati, as the British give us names Micro means we lived in small islands, of course we are all related as the result they share the same type of dna.
Micronesian. Although Tungaru, Banaba and Nauru are a cultural and genetic anomaly in the Pacific. They are unique in that they share equal characteristics with all three ethnic groups, Melanesian, Micronesian and Polynesian. In oral traditions, Kiribati was originally settled (thought not on all islands) by Melanesian people, they were then visited by Austronesians from the west (people from Matang) and then later on Polynesians from the south (people from Tamoa). This has led to a very homogenous culture and appearance.
Bullet Boom Boom But wouldn’t Austronesian (Filipino or other Asian) show up in DNA tests? Why primarily Samoan and Tongan results?
@@minnieee123 Sorry for the late reply I didn't recieve a notification. Samoan and Tongan DNA is more prominent because of the recent admixture. The admixture happened around the 14th Century so Tongan and Samoan DNA was very well established into it's own genome from the Austronesian branch by the time they arrived into Kiribati. An example of this would be Melanesian DNA, it all points to South East Asia, Papua or the Solomons but not Africa despite people's presumptions only because Melanesians as a whole have been outside of Africa for thousands of years in the meantime developing their own genome without African influence. African DNA in Melanesians would have been present 60,000 years ago of course, but definitely not after 60,000 of not being in Africa.
What an absolutely fascinting place.
micronesia and indonesia speak same or not?
Zulhelmifirdaus 1991 the many languages in Micronesia and Indonesia are descended from proto-malayo polynesian which is a branch of the Austronesian family tree. So there may be similarities between the many languages such as cognates and some grammar. However, since these languages have branched out from proto-malayo polynesian more than 3000 years ago, the languages are very different and are mutually unintelligible. There are dialectal spectrums we see such as in the Caroline islands, where there is varying degrees of mutual intelligibility; but there are still substantial linguistic differences depending on the locality. For these reasons, my answer is no, Micronesia and Indonesia do not speak the same languages. Hope this helps.
@@pulanspeaks thank you 🙂
Wonderful.....
If the name “Micronesia” was formed and founded in France, why was it in English instead of French as “Petite Isle? “ Did the British have any influence for the islands to be named in their language?
The true Micronesian NEVER leaves home
So like Is half of me fake then
Love the story, cheers'
I am Korean 🇯🇵 but I love Micronesian 🇫🇲
We love you 🇰🇷💜
Wrong flag😭😂
@@thecoogermanooper5641 Nope, right flag. 🇯🇵🎌Korea
@@chinchiIIa wat the 🤦♂️ idk anymore. I guess it is
🤣🤣💀💀💀💀
At 5:19 . Yall got the names mixed up. Chamorros were the first indigenous people to inhabit all of the 14 islands, its then during colinization that they segregated the chamorros to 1 island leaving the other 13 exposed to any outsyders which are the carolinians. . Do some research, spain did most of the documentation on the cnmi during ancient chamorro latte times 🇲🇵 biba taotao tano. I am a decendant of mostly chamorro blood , but also a decendant of carolinian by blood also. Imagine if we werent colonized , the chamorro blood will be pure, just as much as the gupalao .
Hafa Adai Jesse. He's not talking about what language each island speaks. He's talking about the whole Micronesian region is divided into 4 main groups; the Marianas, the Carolines, the Marshalls, and the Gilberts. When he talks about the Marianas region, he says that the region is divided into 2 COUNTRIES (not languages). They are CNMI and Guam. The map shows all the islands in that area are Chamorro, but 3 of the islands (the ones circled) also include Carolinian speakers. Hope that helps.
Thanks, very good.
Pohnpei..Kasehlelie 👊💪691
jon kon whew, hopefully in these 3 months you’ve learned respect and equality
@jon kon sorry I know Hawaii is good but I dont wanna go there😁
@jon kon lol apweda now gents sorry for interrupting now yall stay safe out there🤟
Chuukese ova here lmk yals at 🔥
LETS GO WOOOOOOOOOO
I'm proud to be Micronesia
I like this video👍 Thank you
Thank you.
Why Saipan call.Micronesia
Because someone place it in Micronesian territories. lol
I used to live on Banaba.
Where is part 2?
Ai adai, I forgot that I said at the end I will a part 2! Thank you for pointing that out!
CHUUK ♥️ TIROU FAIRO ♥️
Thank you very informative…
Iam spanish-Guamanian american.VIVA GUAM USA.