CAUCASIA: Europe’s Final Frontier

[@ThePlanetProject]

What language have you always wanted to learn?

[@alexbosworth1582]

easily Catalan 🇪🇸

[@gamingwithazian1453]

Japanese

[@christopherm4352]

Greek ♥️ 🇬🇷

[@Azerbaijaniturk]

GOOD PROJECT PERFECT.🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿

[@peggytrotman4173]

The romance languages (Spanish , Portuguese, French , Italian,) probably not Romanian

[@kostasioannidis925]

Thanks for your content buddy! My whole family is from Yaghdan and we are pontic Greeks that came to Armenia during the 1918 - 1920s. I respect your passion and your work therefore I want to wish you health, happiness and also a lot of subscribers, by making this video you also made me drop a tear because it is personal but you also shared with this grandmas history but also the history of our folk which is kinda forgotten by everyone. So thanks again and keep up with the good content!

[@ThePlanetProject]

Wow what a small world! I’m surprised that there could be others from Yaghdan considering how small it really is! The canyons, the roads, and the trees there are all just so beautiful, efharisto for enjoying!

[@jerometurner8759]

Kostas tell me more. I googled Yaghdan and see that it is basically a Greek village within Armenia. How many other Greek villages are in the region and in other parts of Armenia? Do people still speak Greek or is it dying off? How did Greeks end up in that part of the world? I love learning about these types of topics. It makes me understand the world more. Na se kala file mou!

[@jerometurner8759]

Also, how do people like you identify? Do you identify as Greek? As Rum? As Armenian of Greek origin?

[@kostasioannidis925]

@@jerometurner8759 Well I identify as a Pontic Greek because most my family is Pontian, but there are some family members that are mixed with Armenians so they identify as Armenian Pontians. In certain cases people identify with the nationality that they feel closer to. Besides that we respect the people that we lived side by side and we don’t forget our roots but neither do we forget the country that we lived in.

[@kostasioannidis925]

@@jerometurner8759 well there were total of 4 villages that spoke Greek but there were scattered communities around the Lori province of Armenia. Today most of the people assimilated with the local Armenians and the rest immigrated to Greece after the collapse of the USSR, quite interesting that most of the people spoke Pontic Greek there and thus local Georgians and even Armenians learned to speak Pontic. Today people of Yaghdan, Koghes, Akhtala and Shamlugh live in different countries in Europe but also in Caucasus. People from this communities still speak Pontic and also they hold contacts with the people from those villages. So the conclusion is that there are not so much people speaking Pontic except elders, the young generations speak Armenian or Russian but there is respect and interest among the people and therefore there are schools that learn Greek and also promotes Greek culture and language. God bless you!

[@dimitrispvoice133]

19:58 I'm from Cyprus and I understood what she was saying, I was crying with her... a lost soul like many Armenians and Pontic Greeks. You did a great job with this video, amazing editing and direction. Cudos 🙏💖

[@dimitrispvoice133]

​@Έφηβος Σαρπέλίδης Exactly that, she opened up but he couldn't understand her and it felt like she experienced that many times before, talking and praying but no one to listen... 😢

[@SuperMustang82]

Your former teacher Christopher Lester sent me and I must say this is an amazing video.

[@nicoletakeramida9678]

I'm from Greece🇬🇷 &Armenia 🇦🇲 You have a amazing personality ❤❤❤💫💫

[@gameexpert2011]

You mean you're Greek and Armenian? You can't physically come from two different places. It's just not possible.

[@ngongo2676]

@@gameexpert2011 yeah he means that,is not that difficult to understand,he could have Armenian and Greek citizenship too.

[@bretwein3793]

I took one look at you and I can tell you’re every guy’s type.

[@nicoletakeramida9678]

@@gameexpert2011 my dad is from Greece and my mom is from Armenia

[@nicoletakeramida9678]

@@bretwein3793 ohh tysm🥰

[@ΑναστασίαΣερεμετίδου-ζ1μ]

Hey!Just watched the video and I loved it! I'm from Greece and my mom is from Armenia and my dad is from Greece so I understood both languages and the Pontic dialogue cause my dad and his family is also Pontians!I was really sorry about the lady she was in so much pain!Last thing that I would like to say is that by the time that armenian genocide happened also many Greeks in fact 300.000 people died by the Turks and from then until now Greeks are trying to recognize all the slaughters as Greek genocide.Armenians and Greeks have many similarities and the both have respect and love for each other.Thanks for sharing this story I hope that you're going to continue to travel all around the world and learn new things!It''s so inspiring that in that age you're doing this incredible things! 💜

[@calinative5302]

Jesus Christ woman!

[@N1K0p26]

Ο πόντος ζει!!

[@hayots_lernashkharh]

much love to our greek siblings 🇦🇲❤️🇬🇷

[@PeopleOfAr]

This is one of the best documentaries I've seen. Thank you!

[@ThePlanetProject]

Thank you for enjoying!

[@snipersnarrows]

Wow, just found your channel and this video. I cried when the old Pontiac lady started telling about her childrens' deaths. I am greek, from Cappadocia and I could understand every word, as well as her pain. Many congrats for your work, this video was very beautiful! Continue man! 🇬🇷🇦🇲🇺🇲

[@jerometurner8759]

I am glad that I found this video. I'm a Greek living outside of Greece as well. I believe my Greek is relatively good since I visit Greece as often as I can and since I always watch Greek TV and speak with relatives. However, other Greeks tell me that my Greek is horrible. This is possibly due to my dialect, and not because of it being good or bad. People tell have told me that I'm not Greek enough because of the way I speak, even though I'm a hard core Greek. So after watching the clip of the old lady, I wonder what these people would think of her and her dialect. Sadly there is racism even within our own Greek community.

[@nikolaoslaaris535]

@@jerometurner8759 You are right, but good will will prevail!

[@Kyrillidou_yiota]

Αχ καλομανα καλεσα, εμείς αγναυομε ντο λες και πονουμε για τεσεν ασα μακρα! Congratulations for the upload ! Your whole video is amazing! We , Pontian Greeks, understand the old lady and the her pain as she describes her life and her difficulties. God bless her !

[@enzolorenzo7161]

i am pondi greek, but i dont speak pondi i toght but i understand every word she said haha, i am born in sweden but my whole family speek pondi greek and it so cool of you to show us this, big love from hole Greece :)

[@buffedtrainer1]

TJ is a child prodigy. He's 16? My God, this dude is brilliant. He's as interesting as he is interested. Why isn't there millions of views on this ? I think it's just a matter of time, when the world discovers TJ. He is the MOST refreshing energy on KZbin.

[@bernatoprak703]

Hi, I live in Cyprus and I am from Trabzon. My family and I also speak Pontic Greek when I saw old the layd who speak pontic greek I completely understand her and I am sorry for her lost.

[@omb3d80]

So many Cypriot names end in -idis Was there a large migration from Pontus to Cyprus in recent history?

[@occihum9115]

@@omb3d80 No! This ending is also popular in Cyprus

[@omb3d80]

@@Kurdedunaysiri Which island near western Turkey are you referring to and during what century? Because I’ve heard about Pontic/ Muslim Laz “migrations” to the Dodecanese during the 17th century

[@mnp6398]

Pontic Greek is spoken by Pontians all over Greece and Pondos Turkey. They have different faiths but even after 102 years when Greeks visit Pondos they can speak and understand each other perfectly...i am Greek and understand 60% of what they say. Born in 🇬🇷 live in 🇺🇸

[@prathik1994]

How this has just 15k views is beyond me. Truly amazing content, great production, great mission and above all a great message. Keep spreading love man!

[@jack417k]

Thank you for this fascinating video, I am the grandson of Pontic Greeks who were refugees from Pontus when they were exiled by the Turks, They settle in Greece. The Greek that the woman in Armenia was speaking would be mostly understood by speakers of Modern Greek today.

[@madisonkim4944]

I truly admire your passion to learn languages and I truly love the message you said about the importance of learning languages when you spoke with that family. You just keep doing you, cause honestly, we need more people like you, who would bring awareness to situations that need to solved/heard.

[@seaofseeof]

My grandmother's family moved away from Smyrna, now Izmir, and my grandfather (in his 20s at the time) moved away from Constantinople, now Istanbul, in 1908. Fearing what could come. Having said that. I've unfortunately unlearned my Greek, growing up. I can understand my mother and other people from her family her age. And I could understand this old lady just fine surprisingly.

[@cypriotguy2217]

My great grandfather was from smyrna too but now we all live in cyprus and were again removed from our homes after the 1974 attack.

[@ionl6092]

You unerstood because her Greek was doric and sound.

[@seaofseeof]

@@cypriotguy2217 I'm so sorry about that!

[@N1K0p26]

Pontian Greek here, I totally understand her. My grandparents would speak "pontiaka" to each other and to me.

[@angamanu162]

Is it very different than modern greek of Greece?

[@christossidiropoulos333]

Actually no, my grandmother spoke pontic or "pontika" as we call it and in my experience it is difficult to understand for modern greek speakers. This lady was very easy to understand. Comparing it to the pontika I have heard in my life, it sounded more like modern greek to me (with a slight accent).

[@victorialim]

TJ are you saying you went on this trip after 2 months of learning Russian?? That's incredible - you were able to speak about such complex topics after such a short time! Totally agree with the message you shared about needing to learn languages to understand & connect more deeply with people - it's amazing quickly locals open up to you when you speak their native language as a foreigner, something which inspires me to keep learning too. Looking forward to your next vid!

[@Enjoylife.1502]

I just discovered your channel and I’ll definitely subscribe! It’s seems like you care a lot about the places you visit and actually put in time and effort to research about the different cultures that you’ll encounter. I also love the way you speak lol, very calming. Great video btw!

[@styx814]

Loved your videos! You really stand out from the crowd with your passion for languages, history and cultures.

[@alexbosworth1582]

Absolutely amazing video man, also really good quality!! Really looking forward for more of these in the future!

[@14jwebb]

TJ, you did a great job! You're unbelievably talented and crazy smart. You're quite gifted and I can't wait to see what you do in life!

[@peggytrotman4173]

Well said...

[@コンスタンチェン]

I’m so jealous of your great work !!! This deserves more likes! Keep up with it!

[@ThePlanetProject]

Thank you!

[@federicofilms]

You are at your best in Russian. The interview with the Pontic Greek grandmother is very touching. Congratulations on this video.

[@alpachinobarlatino2290]

Anyone who speaks Greek would be able to understand her story fully.

[@plushcthulhu5276]

Best wishes from Azerbaijan - come to visit again. You are a great person. Your content reflects that very well. Also I want to wish all the best to our neighbors from Armenia and Georgia - just like that.

[@CharaGG]

You are a gift to humanity TJ!!

[@ThePlanetProject]

Wow thanks 😊😁

[@NikolasSerpanos]

Beautiful video. I understood everything the grandma said she was speaking a mix of modern demotic and pontic Greek. I would love to visit that family and share our histories together over a cafe/coffee. Cheers and keep up the good work!

[@xmhcix5310]

fellow pontian greek here, i appreciate this video and your page so much

[@simonzaponidis8927]

Zaujal mě název videa. Neumím dobře anglicky, ale umím trochu řecky. Jsem rád, že mladý člověk cestuje a poznává historii. Hodně štěstí do života, ať se daří

[@nkwellemesumbe7591]

Wow TJ, this is great. I never thought it would be such a documentary. I am so impressed. Learned a lot today 👍

[@sophiaapostolidis-mattus5394]

Tears flowing down my face after watching yiayia...

[@crog0915]

Great video dude look foward to learning more about the world through your awesome work.

[@stef012]

beautiful video, I am Armenian and loved it!

[@ThePlanetProject]

Thank you!

[@Red-mo2uo]

Came here from drew binskey

[@rustyryanarca1606]

ela kmi lamot

[@eleanorsegal257]

Wonderful! What an inspiration,,,What you did and who your are.Thank you!

[@telmanasgarov5473]

thanks a lot to both of you especially a man who give all information about Azerbaijan in details just made me admire of you one more time

[@ThePlanetProject]

Telman Esgerov təşəkkür edirəm

[@telmanasgarov5473]

@@ThePlanetProject buyurun xoshdur

[@elizabethmclaren2818]

I so enjoyed this journey with you, a very knowledgable companion. Many thanks I have learned so much from you.

[@ThePlanetProject]

Thank you so much!

[@iMoment98]

Amazing video! I am from Greece and even though i don't have pontic roots i understood everything she said.

[@williamtaylor4207]

It is a tragedy that Azeris took so much land. It is not theirs it never was.

[@ggrad2651]

It's not a tragedy, it's called international law. Azerbaijan did not take any more than rightfully belongs to it.

[@williamtaylor4207]

@@ggrad2651 what international law? The land as been Armenian for a long time most azeris are mixed with Armenian Turkic and Iranian blood anyway. The land belongs to Armenians.

[@ggrad2651]

@@williamtaylor4207 The same international law that makes sure that every officially recognized border of every sovereign state in the world stays intact and is respected. That is the only, only criteria that determines which land belongs to whom. America has been populated by Native Americans and Inuits for thousands of years, would you now suggest driving away every White, Black and Asian American and giving the United States and Canada to the Natives?

[@williamtaylor4207]

@@ggrad2651 who recognized the border? The Armenians that lived there sure didn't have any say did they? The azeris are bullies the Armenians we're defending there land that they've lived on for thousands of years.

[@ggrad2651]

@@williamtaylor4207 The same entities that recognized the US borders even though White Americans bullied Native Americans who had lived in America for thousands of years. The United Nations, for once, recognizes them. Authoritative enough for you? No one cares about one thousand years ago. There are current borders, and they need to be respected. Anyone who does not like living in a country is free to pack their bags and leave. It's called emigration. Millions of people do it every year. Armenians aren't more special than anyone else.

[@vanS808]

So young, so talented and dedicated.. Well done young man. Live life, learn, explore and expand your knowledge and share it with the world.

[@OWeN-qv3tm]

Love the video my guy. Keep up the great work and can't wait for more videos like this.

[@peggytrotman4173]

@The Planet Project This is such an amazing video , this documentary is worth being on Netflix!!!!

[@peggytrotman4173]

This makes me want to learn Russian now😆😆😆😆

[@jcr3208]

Such an amazing video! I enjoyed it so much that I got sad when it ended :D Your are awsome TJ and very talented. Keep learning languages and exploring the cultures of others!

[@ThePlanetProject]

thank you for watching!

[@caspianseal12]

Just a net pick, the Pontic language speakers are the Pontic Greeks they are not from Aegean parts. They did not move thousands of years ago, they have moved about 100 years ago. In 1922s the slaughtering started in Turkey, many Greeks of Pontus (modern Turkey’s Black Sea area) had to leave their motherlands. Some moved to Georgia,(Stalin was against religious communities so he started immigrating Greeks across the Central Asia) some moved to Armenia, some moved to Greece, and yet some left in their lands accepting to be a Muslim. And yes I am saying this as a Pontic Greek, whose grandparents had to leave the Trapezounta, and move to Georgia.

[@arminegeremaia9031]

Thank you dear young man, you have no idea what kind of work and information you have provided!!! Please keep doing activities for better cause and better lifestyle. 🌟🌟🌟

[@vicatew6725]

You are great! I'm here from Drew Binsky's new video.

[@ThePlanetProject]

Thanks again!

[@TheLegitZamer]

Great video , amazing work !

[@mattk0516]

This guy might be the coolest dude on the planet.

[@ΔημήτριοςΕφραιμίδης-μ9μ]

this is the translation for the story from one of last Pontic Greek speaker in Armenia(aka the old lady) Ahh let me tell you Where are you from? where will you go? Our village is good,very good. He is good She is good. I have grown old my kids are in Greece. I havent seen a good day, my kids died,my husband died. In Greece my daughter and husband died. In Russia my son. I was left alone. Now im waiting for my son to come and take me so we can go to Greece. Do you understand?No?You dont understand. I had five kids 3 boys and 2 girls.Now I have 1 girl and 2 kids* Now two months have passed since my kid died in Russia. I went there,they rised** and burred him, we did the saranda*** and came back. *(kids=boys probably) **(she is talking as rised the casket to take him in the graveyard) ***(saranda is a memorial day after 40 days have passed since the person's death, saranda is also the name for the number 40) I get that its a bit rough the way that she talks but its kinda amazing to hear something that I know from a person that lives in Armenia. Her story is that she lost 2 kids one girl and one boy and her husband her other son will come to take her in Greece but she didnt mentioned about the last 2 children they might be in Greece or Russia.

[@njshore9272]

TJ - Absolutely incredible video. Reminds me of Anthony Bordain’s old show Parts Unknown which used to be my favorite show. Only his show focused on food. This should be a series on TV. As a history teacher, I have so much respect for what you are doing!

[@ThePlanetProject]

Thank you so much, that means so much! I have so many plans for the future for this series, it’s extremely promising because there are so many interesting languages in the world worth sharing

[@njshore9272]

The Planet Project I've been teaching for 29 years and have a masters degree and yet I have never mastered speaking another language. I finally have embarked on this journey using the Pimsleur App and bought some books. I just bought some of the books you had mentioned. You’ve inspired me to keep going.

[@ThePlanetProject]

Wow that’s amazing! Which language are you studying

[@njshore9272]

Spanish.

[@ThePlanetProject]

I wish you the best of luck! Buena suerte

[@robertcervantesaldana1378]

Magnificent very well done!

[@christran9448]

You have a amazing personality!🐶❤️💙❤️💙❤️

[@leemorrow6429]

Wow! I rarely comment on any video of any kind but after viewing this documentary, i can only say i am stunned. This is just fantastic and your passion is inspiring. I have visited Azerbaijan but you have inspired me to someday visit Georgia and Armenia. You did a great job of delivering a powerful message. All the best :)

[@ThePlanetProject]

Thank you! I hope you can explore more of this region, I would love to see more of Georgia too :)

[@johnmacgregor9136]

An impressive film, with great narration (especially the closing comments). I lived six years in Baku, and it was great to see it again. Thanks!

[@ThePlanetProject]

That’s amazing! Thanks for enjoying!

[@MrVastheo]

this is very good!

[@jacklowe74]

Mr. Lester showed us this in class today! :)

[@ThePlanetProject]

Jack L I’m glad you enjoyed :)

[@perrygrimes4297]

Magnificent 👍🏻

[@ermioniburgess8720]

I'm from Cyprus and understand everything the old lady says.

[@eloisedoherty948]

Thank for inspiring me to better ❤️😍😍

[@alexcassanova9079]

Since I am half greek half Georgian I decided to watch this

[@jamayarre]

Wow that’s really awesome

[@ThePlanetProject]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@nightelf8823]

Great content.

[@007lamiss]

God bless you and thank you for your work ❤️🙏

[@kenyafadel6142]

Love It💕❣️

[@ameerhamza4017]

TJ You are my Inspiration.

[@thomaskourkoulis8527]

When she says "Katalaven" my heart broke κατελαβεν η' μετηρα μου

[@Ιωάννης-π2ο]

Λελευοσε σπλαχανρ του πόντου .... Πατρίδα του αιτα σχερα βαριά δυνατή ανασπαλω σε / pontian Greeks in Armenia 🦅 of the world

[@graysky1253]

The Planet Project, what was your itinerary, ie, 1 night Tblisi, 2 nights Yerevan, etc? I want to know because I’ve always been interested in the region and I hope to visit within the next couple of years. Btw, you videos are absolutely amazing, this is Netflix documentary quality.

[@ThePlanetProject]

Thank you! I actually pasted my itinerary in the description, at least with the locations! I hope you visit these destinations!

[@caitlinwebb8464]

Love this❤❤

[@magdalinianastasiadis4405]

Congratulations ,you made me cry my grand parents also share the same sad history.

[@WolfGrrl1]

Do greek people understand this dialect?

[@ThePlanetProject]

Yes, most people can understand what is being said (or at least the main idea) of spoken Pontic Greeek

[@summ466]

There are also a few thousand greeks living in Georgia.

[@omb3d80]

We Urum are ethnically Greek but our language is closest to Azeri

[@kavkaz1sh926]

Great video!

[@ThePlanetProject]

Thank you!

[@jackfordon5532]

Молодец!!

[@fintanmcgee4903]

Very interesting documentary! Your ability to use the Russian you know is impressive. How did you learn it (e.g. chosen resources, total time per day and for how long if you can estimate that)?

[@ThePlanetProject]

Fintan McGee I studied for 2 months at around 2 hours a day + 1 hour of video content. In total, I learned about 1000 words and used italki about 2-3 times a week to have proper exposure with the language :)

[@ThePlanetProject]

Fintan McGee a book series I love to use is the colloquial series, and I use Glossika or an online dictionary as well for an IPA transcription to get a proper accent as well

[@fintanmcgee4903]

@@ThePlanetProject Same for farsi?

[@fintanmcgee4903]

@@ThePlanetProject I am studying Russian and Farsi!

[@ThePlanetProject]

Fintan McGee for Farsi, I do the same process but I was also able to practice with my good persian friend on a trip to Australia

[@bretwein3793]

A question for Hellenophones (especially from mainland Greece). Are you able to understand this old lady’s language of Pontic Greek or is it too divergent from modern Greek?

[@suhaibalrumi7839]

Yes , modern greek is quite near to pontic greek . Of course , there are many Turkish words , that only pontic people use but in general they understand each other . Let me say , in ever das

[@suhaibalrumi7839]

In every day life , there is no Problem to communicate , but they would not understand the news on TV in modern greek .

[@istinpolin4508]

Im a pontic greek myself. A pontic greek can understand everything in modern greek. Modern greek speakers can understand the most of the meaning of someone who speaks pontic greek. The dialect of pontic greek has his origin from the ionian greek (ancienty)

[@NikolasSerpanos]

As a modern Greek speaker I understood 90% of what she said

[@despinab1908]

Είμαι από την Κρήτη και καταλαβα πολύ καλά τα λόγια της.

[@sharifgraham11]

I was led here by the Drew Binsky tribute to your linguistic talents, 13 languages, 16 years old! This is a really impressive video, and your project is fascinating. There are a few errors, which I can tell you about privately if you're interested, but amazing work, Thanks,

[@TheLegitZamer]

The old lady , had a heart fealt talk with you .Sadly this is the sad truth for most of the minorities living under similar conditions is this , the young people move where oppurtunity is and older generations pass away with their unique stories and unique characteristics.

[@nicoangel690]

What is this boy's name. what is his ethnic background ? Please...someone tell me. Thank you

[@ThePlanetProject]

My name is TJ, (@tjhuizar on Instagram) I am mixed race from the United States

[@williamgardiner5469]

Very nice😋💖

[@sesetallinn]

Here from the Polyglot Gathering xd well done, well done

[@ThePlanetProject]

Sese Tallinn thanks :)

[@tom_traveler]

Hi TJ. Have you been to to the Pontic Greek speaking regions of Turkey's Black Sea Coast?

[@David-re4ij]

the yaya ;'( i'm touched by this whole documentary

[@simp2662]

The children could be sent to Greece for Greek language studies and else.

[@williammitchell4660]

Splendore - unbelievable

[@middleeastarmenia407]

We barely have any Persians in Armenia and even if we did they are only visiting. The nation is made up roughly of 98% Armenian, and the rest being Yazidis and Assyrians. The Armenian and Persian connection is very very strong, like to the point that Armenian was once considered Indo-Iranian and that our country's culture and linguistic tongue is 40% Parthian. However because of the Soviet Union, our ties have spread quite a bit in the nation, not the diaspora. The diasporan Armenians and Persians literally don't see each other different but the countrys both hold strong nationalism and religious affiliation that we would call you crazy to affiliate yourself with the Muslim and vice versa from them if they are Iranian Azeris at least. Overall, Persians are insanely in love with Armenians. From meeting me randomly and telling me we are the hardest workers they have seen to them loving our coffee and Aryan brotherhood 😂 oh and fun fact, Armenia itself is an Iranian toponym from Assyrian Urartu and Hebrew Ararat by Darius the Great! Btw, us Armenians don't consider ourselves Caucasians or Caucasus, that's the Russians ignorantly misplacing our culture with the ones above for political imperialism like the Western Europeans did to the Middle East. We usually call ourselves peoples of Ararat, Near East, Armenian Highlands, or Aryans, a toponym coming from Armenia, Iran, Indo-Aryans.

[@ThePlanetProject]

Thanks! Yeah most everything got turned upside down when the Soviets tried to change the culture a bit in order to make them more loyal (I guess?) by doing things like adding them to the Caucasus, even though it seems like it’s borderline the Middle East

[@danielkh7103]

You are the first Armenian I heard that doesn't consider him self inhabitant of the Caucuses region. Maybe Armenians from abroad like western Armenians, Armenians in los Angeles or Beirut don't since they never lived there in the first place. But from my interaction with Armenians from Armenia proper they definitely consider them selves Caucasian since Armenian is located in the South Caucuses and their history and politics are tied with other Caucasian nations then any other neighbor. You can tell by their Music, cloths, food etc....

[@middleeastarmenia407]

@@danielkh7103 Armenia proper is surrounded by lake Van, we extend from Mesopotamia to the Pambak mountains, not the Caucasus. Unfortunately, it's like Egyptians expanding over Palestine and calling them after Mount Lebanon peoples. Really, Caucasus region is artificial, the mountains itself is a singular line from the Black Sea to the Caspian in Georgia. Armenia itself is both a region and a country historically labeled by our neighbors. I'm not the first, there's many Armenians in Armenia who will tell you "fuck the Caucuses."

[@monkey571]

Incredible video well done, Will you learn Arabic?

[@ThePlanetProject]

Absolutely! It's such a beautiful region of the world!

[@Janine11155]

The poor woman is all alone -- her children are gone, her husband is dead. She wants to join her son in Greece. But her Greek is not ancient, it is easily intelligible to a modern Greek speaker. Except she calls Greece "Grecia" :-)

[@lookerfromaz]

Nizhóni. I am learning from your experience. Ahéhee nitsaago.

[@angamanu162]

Children should never leave their elderly parents. Was so painful to watch the greek grandma crying for being left alone..Armenia is always home to greeks. My grand grandma was also pontic greek. This is because Pontus and ancient Armenian Kingdom were neighbors before seljuk nomadic turks and kurds invaded the Armenian kingdom and genocided the people and occupied the land...Unfortunatly turkic nomadic azerbajan is continuing the genocide and land occupation..

[@ggrad2651]

It's really pathetic how you use the word "nomadic" as an insult. Everyone was a nomad at some point, including your own ancestors. It's part of human history.

[@joelschofield7357]

Great💮

[@BlackSunMobius]

.... how are you able to travel to so many places? But definitely gonna be returning to this channel

[@ThePlanetProject]

Thanks man! Mostly just saving up from work and traveling cheap haha

[@hillarykoss4024]

Such stunning💞 clip

[@luissuarez2333]

U will grow

[@OstasHs]

Σε κατάλαβα πολύ καλά εγώ γιαγιά: I understood you very well grandma (20.41). If I knew where you are I would help you.

[@tylergardner4781]

You're Inspiring

[@elvis3678]

At some point I would love if you did a video about manchu it's from China it's an endangered language and it's really beautiful. so I wanna learn manchu

[@ThePlanetProject]

Yes of course! Manchu has been one of the videos I’m most excited for and I will 100% be doing it when I visit northern China again 🇨🇳

[@LondonPower]

the right title is The last ancient Greek speakers in Armenia

[@fish.enjoyer]

*picks up a book on the most spoken language in world* "Since then, I've had a passion for rare and dying languages"