Indigenous Names of the Caribbean Islands

[@soleyenki2611]

BEAUTIFUL VIDEO AND IDEOLOGY!

[@YohanPartap]

thanks man! glad you enjoyed!

[@andersonsandy6474]

It very educational 🤔

[@KI-xt7mg]

The Arawak and the Caribs are the same people and often lived among each other, it's disrespectful to say we are not peaceful. You're letting me down not getting the perspective of a real Carib/Arawak (We're still here). In history, we've been commonly confused with the Kalinago who were war-like Indians of the South Americas. Honestly, thanks to them we survived Columbuse's ambush. No one tribe is better than the other and it's about time we set the record straight between us. You can reference the book Kabethchino by John Peter Bennett ( An Arawak) and Richard Hart. No, the Taino don't make the whole Arawak Nation and it is wrong that they are the only ones getting that recognition as the nation is an umbrella to multiple tribes, not just Porto Ricans.

[@Mexcoatl819]

Oppose the word ideology it is definitive of Anglo Europe colonialism

[@jaguarwarrior9140]

Finally someone who cares about native culture.

[@YohanPartap]

I know, it is sad that we are not doing enough to make it carries on.

[@flop477]

Yofoot Explores! Especially caribbean native culture, theres almost never any videos on natove caribbean culture smh

[@marlene97280]

@@flop477 because they disappear except a little group of Kalinago in Dominique

[@Daphneamy360]

Right because that's part if his culture too love that.

[@cowquinta3638]

We still here jw

[@flop477]

We are still here :) Tainos and Kalinagos are still in the Caribbean

[@HOPROPHETA]

And Garifuna!

[@marlene97280]

Dominica ?

[@marlene97280]

@rollin thirtys how many people ?

[@Verdeverso]

Yes! There are Tainos! But the supremacists trying to overshadow and separate us from the land! Proud and blessed to be Caribbean!

[@localtwelve1138]

Shalom. Somos comos semillas. Si cultiva, se cosecha.. Pa'lante siempre. 💪

[@Jenjen-qc5eq]

As a Black Brit of Jamaican descent, I think it is time we started calling Jamaica by its original name Xaymaca in honour of the original people. ☕️ UK

[@kwacou4279]

Jamaica is the original name. It's just been phonetically anglicized.

[@coreybailey2121]

Proud to be from Jamaica, thanks for sharing the history of my country, long live the Yamaye 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks so much for watching my Caribbean brethren!

[@you-in-yourfeelings7166]

My mother still refers to Dominican Republic as Kiskeya. Thank you for sharing our history of our ancestors.

[@YohanPartap]

NIce, thanks for watching!

[@mypanexogamouslineage965]

Kiskeya tambien se llamaba Cipango como Quisqueya y Aíti.

[@KaWiReloaded]

I’m from Puerto Rico and I recognized the name Kiskeya immediately. I’ve heard it be used to refer to DR as well. 🤙🏼

[@kamiaperez8807]

That's actually the very first word in the national anthem of the Dominican Republic the only difference is the spelling.

[@muselala6997]

Yes, these comments are making me so proud

[@509_kiki-xxxkluxive9]

Haiti is still called Ayiti in creole

[@YohanPartap]

That is excellent!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Daphneamy360]

Yes still is

[@shamarrachallenor3099]

I really enjoyed learning the indigenous names and I wholeheartedly agree with you that it should be taught at school. We usually skim through it and go to when the Europeans came and it's ridiculous because descendants exist and still do live in the Caribbean. In Barbados we have so much evidence that they used to live here. This is a big part of our history. Thank you for sharing.

[@YohanPartap]

thanks for watching yes we need to do more education on our history that is not so euro-centric.

[@KI-xt7mg]

The Arawak and the Caribs are the same people and often lived among each other, it's disrespectful to say we are not peaceful. You're letting me down not getting the perspective of a real Carib/Arawak (We're still here). In history, we've been commonly confused with the Kalinago who were war-like Indians of the South Americas. Honestly, thanks to them we survived Columbuse's ambush. No one tribe is better than the other and it's about time we set the record straight between us. You can reference the book Kabethchino by John Peter Bennett ( An Arawak) and Richard Hart. No, the Taino don't make the whole Arawak Nation and it is wrong that they are the only ones getting that recognition as the nation is an umbrella to multiple tribes, not just Porto Ricans.

[@eg461]

Yes love Native culture from the beautiful Caribbean much love my sisters and brothas💌🇩🇴🇨🇺🇵🇷🇹🇹 we are oneee

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching!

[@jemappellechow157]

So what about the other caribbean we are all brothers and sisters. My grandparents were tainos. I am from Jamaica. They only talk about the tainos in puerto rico check for your culture

[@reflection2521]

@Black Ace 🥴 you clearly aren't checking for us

[@S_C_]

Aye where Jamaica at? Yamaye 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@KI-xt7mg]

The Arawak and the Caribs are the same people and often lived among each other, it's disrespectful to say we are not peaceful. You're letting me down not getting the perspective of a real Carib/Arawak (We're still here). In history, we've been commonly confused with the Kalinago who were war-like Indians of the South Americas. Honestly, thanks to them we survived Columbuse's ambush. No one tribe is better than the other and it's about time we set the record straight between us. You can reference the book Kabethchino by John Peter Bennett ( An Arawak) and Richard Hart. No, the Taino don't make the whole Arawak Nation and it is wrong that they are the only ones getting that recognition as the nation is an umbrella to multiple tribes, not just Porto Ricans.

[@EbbyGerl]

St. Vincent no longer acknowledges 22nd January as a holiday because you cant discover an island that was already inhabited. The indigenous name is pronounced Hi-ru-na (Hairouna).

[@YohanPartap]

Maybe we can learn from St.Vincent example and thanks for the tip on how to pronounce it correctly.

[@localtwelve1138]

💪❤

[@sirhosealot]

Incredibly informative, but as an addition to Hairoun (St. Vincent), the exiled original people the Kalinagoes or Garifunas who where exiled to South America after the fall of their leader Chatoyer...still to this day, refer to SVG by the name preserved through the still spoken indigenous language, as Yurimen. There is evidence of this by an old map circulating over the WEB, that shows the islands and all the original indigenous names. Keep the videos coming, it’s important to know “Ourstory” which often time corrects “History”.

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for the insight!!!! I will try my best to keep it up.

[@CG84500]

Par excellence Trini. School us and keep de tempo coming.

[@KI-xt7mg]

The Arawak and the Caribs are the same people and often lived among each other, it's disrespectful to say we are not peaceful. You're letting me down not getting the perspective of a real Carib/Arawak (We're still here). In history, we've been commonly confused with the Kalinago who were war-like Indians of the South Americas. Honestly, thanks to them we survived Columbuse's ambush. No one tribe is better than the other and it's about time we set the record straight between us. You can reference the book Kabethchino by John Peter Bennett ( An Arawak) and Richard Hart. No, the Taino don't make the whole Arawak Nation and it is wrong that they are the only ones getting that recognition as the nation is an umbrella to multiple tribes, not just Porto Ricans.

[@elpatron8696]

Look up Igneri (pronounced Eyeri) 🤔 the people who still inhabit the Caribby Islands are the Indigenous. Yes we have been mixed with Hindustans, Europeans, Africans, & even Asian but we still here

[@katherineelisabethbrown4751]

yes! thank you for this video! I agree, education is still TRAGICALLY eurocentric, and we need to work hard to promote cultural survival and know the indigenous history of the Caribbean!

[@YohanPartap]

Yes exactly, thanks for watching!

[@HostileLemons]

Ofc its eurocentric, Europe made the world what it is today. A few small tribes isnt very significant.

[@RIOBTN]

I agree, I've been saying this all the time, Caribbean history needs to be rewritten.

[@TheBeck60]

@@HostileLemons Europe stole from and destroyed a civilization that numbered over 3 million with the dirty disease they brought to those islands. It's nothing to be proud of, and nothing we should center on.

[@KI-xt7mg]

The Arawak and the Caribs are the same people and often lived among each other, it's disrespectful to say we are not peaceful. You're letting me down not getting the perspective of a real Carib/Arawak (We're still here). In history, we've been commonly confused with the Kalinago who were war-like Indians of the South Americas. Honestly, thanks to them we survived Columbuse's ambush. No one tribe is better than the other and it's about time we set the record straight between us. You can reference the book Kabethchino by John Peter Bennett ( An Arawak) and Richard Hart. No, the Taino don't make the whole Arawak Nation and it is wrong that they are the only ones getting that recognition as the nation is an umbrella to multiple tribes, not just Porto Ricans.

[@kaitokofuku6500]

Very well detailed video about the indigenous names of the Caribbean Islands!

[@YohanPartap]

thanks!

[@KI-xt7mg]

The Arawak and the Caribs are the same people and often lived among each other, it's disrespectful to say we are not peaceful. You're letting me down not getting the perspective of a real Carib/Arawak (We're still here). In history, we've been commonly confused with the Kalinago who were war-like Indians of the South Americas. Honestly, thanks to them we survived Columbuse's ambush. No one tribe is better than the other and it's about time we set the record straight between us. You can reference the book Kabethchino by John Peter Bennett ( An Arawak) and Richard Hart. No, the Taino don't make the whole Arawak Nation and it is wrong that they are the only ones getting that recognition as the nation is an umbrella to multiple tribes, not just Porto Ricans.

[@vincygarifuna]

In St Vincent everyone knows our name. It is also the name of our beer. But we also have another name and that name is Yurumein. This is the name given to the island by the Garifuna people. The Garifuna history is rich

[@YohanPartap]

that is good that everyone knows the original name! thanks for watching!

[@annwilson9446]

I found this to be very informative and I think you should keep doing more of these videos

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks! I always appreciate the support!

[@KI-xt7mg]

The Arawak and the Caribs are the same people and often lived among each other, it's disrespectful to say we are not peaceful. You're letting me down not getting the perspective of a real Carib/Arawak (We're still here). In history, we've been commonly confused with the Kalinago who were war-like Indians of the South Americas. Honestly, thanks to them we survived Columbuse's ambush. No one tribe is better than the other and it's about time we set the record straight between us. You can reference the book Kabethchino by John Peter Bennett ( An Arawak) and Richard Hart. No, the Taino don't make the whole Arawak Nation and it is wrong that they are the only ones getting that recognition as the nation is an umbrella to multiple tribes, not just Porto Ricans.

[@sand-sun-and-rum]

Looking forward to sharing your video with my 8 year old to teach her about Caribbean history and her Trinidadian roots.

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@Verdeverso]

I really like Xamayca!

[@YohanPartap]

I like it also, thanks for watching!

[@louisanna30]

Thank you. Trini Carib descendant here. This ought to be taught in our schools.

[@YohanPartap]

I think so also, thanks for watching!

[@aga6104]

as a European, I was fascinated to learn about the Arawaks and the tribes of Taino and Caribs, you, indeed, should indulge in the indigenous roots and learn it from level 1 school :) The Caribbean history is fascinating, greetings from Poland :)

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching!

[@KI-xt7mg]

The Arawak and the Caribs are the same people and often lived among each other, it's disrespectful to say we are not peaceful. You're letting me down not getting the perspective of a real Carib/Arawak (We're still here). In history, we've been commonly confused with the Kalinago who were war-like Indians of the South Americas. Honestly, thanks to them we survived Columbuse's ambush. No one tribe is better than the other and it's about time we set the record straight between us. You can reference the book Kabethchino by John Peter Bennett ( An Arawak) and Richard Hart. No, the Taino don't make the whole Arawak Nation and it is wrong that they are the only ones getting that recognition as the nation is an umbrella to multiple tribes, not just Porto Ricans.

[@KI-xt7mg]

@@YohanPartap The Arawak and the Caribs are the same people and often lived among each other, it's disrespectful to say we are not peaceful. You're letting me down not getting the perspective of a real Carib/Arawak (We're still here). In history, we've been commonly confused with the Kalinago who were war-like Indians of the South Americas. Honestly, thanks to them we survived Columbuse's ambush. No one tribe is better than the other and it's about time we set the record straight between us. You can reference the book Kabethchino by John Peter Bennett ( An Arawak) and Richard Hart. No, the Taino don't make the whole Arawak Nation and it is wrong that they are the only ones getting that recognition as the nation is an umbrella to multiple tribes, not just Porto Ricans.

[@caribbeanbreeze_868]

Carib and Arawak were the names given by the Europeans to the two most prominent tribes in the Caribbean.. i.e. Kalinago andTaino.

[@gideonhunte919]

That’s the History we should be teaching our children. And we should be proud of our Native History.

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching!

[@williamh.campbell12]

You have taught me what I always wanted to know. Thank you so much for your heart into making sure we know where we are actually from in names of our indigenous names

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks so much for the support and watching!

[@KI-xt7mg]

@@YohanPartap The Arawak and the Caribs are the same people and often lived among each other, it's disrespectful to say we are not peaceful. You're letting me down not getting the perspective of a real Carib/Arawak (We're still here). In history, we've been commonly confused with the Kalinago who were war-like Indians of the South Americas. Honestly, thanks to them we survived Columbuse's ambush. No one tribe is better than the other and it's about time we set the record straight between us. You can reference the book Kabethchino by John Peter Bennett ( An Arawak) and Richard Hart. No, the Taino don't make the whole Arawak Nation and it is wrong that they are the only ones getting that recognition as the nation is an umbrella to multiple tribes, not just Porto Ricans.

[@RIOBTN]

Excellent and informative video. Looking at the comments, most have already mentioned to you another name for St. Vincent and the Grenadines besides Hairouna. Vincentian here 🇻🇨 currently living in Canada 🇨🇦. Bless 🤜🏿🤛🏿

[@islandboy71]

Love the video I'm from "Oualie" we should teach and remember are history and honor those that came before use.

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching and yes we need to honor those that came before.

[@Deco_2k]

Soy de xaymaca

[@Fan2zeal]

I absolutely agree with you on that. These things should've been taught to us from school day. Continue on research and keep us educated

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching!

[@ArtbyGretaMichelle]

I have shared with my students because I have been trying to teach them the original names of the islands before the Europeans so thank you! Do more!

[@YohanPartap]

SO happy that my video is being used in this way!!! Thanks so much! and yes, will do more!

[@armandodelafonte5630]

I'm so glad KZbin got started because now we can learn about our history the right way

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching!

[@muselala6997]

I'm trying to revitalize the language , whose with me???!

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching and i am with you!

[@DavidRodriguez-jt1ns]

I'm with you.

[@yolandelewis1711]

Thanks for doing this I from Trinidad and I does teach my children everything about we home.

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks and yes it is so important to pass this on!

[@Cibafricanizando]

The national anthem for the Dominican Republic starts with the original name for it's inhabitants "Kiskeyanos" Thanks for the video.

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks is awesome!!! thanks for watching!

[@raymondhayes6155]

Thank you for hard work,the original names are like a breath of .fresh air

[@tweetytweet2257]

Beautiful video 💯 I'm Amerindian from the states purely. However when I vacationed in St.Martin I had an overwhelming feeling of the past people. I just knew in that moment it was the ancestors Soualiga looking at me. It was spooky for a moment because this feeling woke me at 3am which I never awake in my sleep. It's a feeling I can't explain and feeling some people won't relate to whatsoever

[@YohanPartap]

Wow, glad you had the chance to connect on that level.

[@tweetytweet2257]

@@YohanPartap thanks for the video !! Wasn't until after that experience did I want to learn more about the original ancestors. It's so amazing to think how beautiful the islands are now but how they looked before the Europeans had to be amazing as well.

[@Deco_2k]

I feel you, i can relate cause i always wanna know who is lying, and I am slowly figuring it out, but i have to do some more research,

[@Shazzyhtown]

The original names all precisely each islands. Amazing!! 😊

[@mypanexogamouslineage965]

The Carib people still live in Guyana. And they call their country & land inside country Gueeanna. Which is also Spanish for Guyana. Suriname is also a Carib name. The Lesser Antilles amerindians still live on Guyana & Suriname.

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for the information and for watching!

[@Lanie-sl9ne]

Very interesting my husband is also Carib Indian. I am Chotaw 😎🕺🏾💃🏽🕺🏾💃🏽🕺🏾💃🏽

[@YohanPartap]

Great that to have such a direct link to the history of the region!

[@KarenLondon]

Love this! Both my parents from Hairoun. Keep up the great work!

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching!

[@Stick3x]

They were way older than 4000 years old my brother way older, there are so many scholarly works that were left out of the curriculum to make your head spin. My grandmother, who raised me was from Jamaica.

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for this info!

[@kingrastatv802]

Give thanks my Brudda love from Xaymaca 🇯🇲🙌🏿🙏🏿

[@YohanPartap]

Big up

[@marilynharripersad3257]

So interesting !!! I remembered primary school days when I learnt the poem...Trinidad Iere..Land of the humming bird by Allister MacMillan 😊. Way back in1963 in std 3

[@YohanPartap]

Interesting!

[@emsd2307]

Thank you thank you for this rare info. I will be practicing my pronunciation I want to keep the names alive. We learn so much about post columbus events and very little about the indegenous people who are also our ancestors.

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for the kind words and for watching!!

[@selinaBARMAR2565]

Thank I have Caribbean heritage and I didn't know all of this, some but not all and it's true it needs to be taught more in schools, such a rich history too.

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching!

[@fayanisxm4739]

hi, lovely video i'm from saint martin and just wanted to add that actually each names have two different meanings.... Oualichi (“the island of women”) and Soualiga (“land of salt”) . SOUALIGUA by the way is pronounced [ Ooh] *almost like yuh pronouncing who* /[A] /[lyce] like the fruit. i learned alot from this video ; it was cultivating and inspiring.

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching and for the information!!!!!!!!!

[@yadielnieves2894]

Seneko Kakona butainowaria borikenroku. (Many Blessings from your relatives (Taíno) in PR).

[@localtwelve1138]

❤

[@Anon13100]

I guess ka(i) means hand and kona means angle. Kakona appears to refer to hands in the worshipping/greeting position. Please correct me if I am mistaken. Or perhaps it refers to hand kept in the blessing position, as an elder would do to a child.

[@brandon9874]

Greeting to all from Borinken. Just wanted to say that you made a great informative video about our amazing region! Caribbean people have so much much history and culture. we dont know about and are not thought in school and sadly this is because the people in power in all of our island where subdued yo foreign powers outside of our control.

[@YohanPartap]

Thank you so much!

[@MyNatasha73]

Wait wait wait! I grew up and went to primary school in Trinidad and Tobago and was taught this. If you go to a Pitch Lake Tour, you would learn all about it! Haitians still use and pronounce their country's name like this ... Still. St. Lucia's airport Hewanorra, is named after their Carib name. Boriquen is sooooo Puerto Rico and is still used, in the US and worldwide as an identifier. Dominicans still use their name because of their thriving, Carib nation and reservations.. I learn Guadeloupe's original name Karuhera when I visited! So yes, we were thought! Thank you for this!

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching and it is great you where taught this is primary school. that is excellent news, i also grew up and was schooled in Trinidad and was never exposed to any of this. And its great that other Caribbean countries still used the original names, hope it catches on.

[@Kenny-Alpha]

I'm from the island of Barbuda (Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇬). Our native name is Wadadli/Waladi (Antigua) and Wa'moni (Barbuda).

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks!

[@johnperez7044]

Thank you

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching!

[@ceceliagrant-peters2496]

Loved the video, very informative and love your Trini accent, my great grandmother originated from Trinidad and my Grandmother from St Vincent.

[@YohanPartap]

Nice mix! thanks for watching.

[@geoffreyburton4638]

Thank you for honouring the indigenous peoples of our islands. Please update with a more careful attention to the pronunciations. My sincere KUDOS to you for taking the time to enlighten us.

[@HOPROPHETA]

I only know the indigenous name for St Vincent as Yurumein. Nice video!

[@YohanPartap]

Great info, it is very possible that an island can have more than one name or even be mixed up. thanks for watching!

[@safarahmatthews4002]

@@YohanPartap it’s wasn’t mixed up the caribs and garifuna ppl gave it different names

[@safarahmatthews4002]

Their two different group of ppl/tribes

[@arlenedrakes3620]

Barbados's name that so fantastic - the obvious reason we were not taught this in school no books were available to know either, but now we can learn. truth has to come out! Thank you and who else would do such a great job with an accent but a Trini

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for the kind words and for watching!

[@caribbeanman3379]

He said "Monster Rat"! LOL.

[@YohanPartap]

And here I was worried i would not pronounce the Amerindian names properly.... thanks for watching!

[@i.r.6397]

Lmao 😂😂😂 he didn't lie when he said he can't not pronounce those words. He absolutely butchered Boriken and Boricuas. I am Boricua soy I know what I am talking about. However. it's a cute video. I love my history. #TAINA #BORICUA.#PUERTO RICO #BORINQUEN (BORIKEN) IN ARAWAK LANGUAGE #CASIQUE

[@Anon13100]

@@i.r.6397 I wonder if tai refers to 'mother'; ara to 'noble' or 'half'; and wak to 'speech' or 'language'.

[@adrianmartin1475]

I really enjoyed this video very informative

[@YohanPartap]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@zolakhadijah7634]

This is beautiful wonderful educational I love it thank you.

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching!

[@duck1x]

Half trinidadian Half venezuelan herr trying to learn about my ancestors and history. Thanks for this video!

[@sherenemark7464]

Hi, this is really lovely and I'm happy you did this!! For Grenada they also say Camerhogne...it could just be a mixup in spelling, not sure. But it means Conception Island.

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for the info!

[@robertcorbie5218]

Dis is very informative....didn't kno dis ...n...I'm ah native Trinidadian...keep up d information sharin...kudos.

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching

[@iXChels]

Thanks for sharing. I was wondering how the indigenous Arawak, taino got there, its great to know they came from Central America, and other parts, i also seen a recent video where indigenous African traveled the islands of Central America and America and also traded with goods, and gave gifts to each other and teach each other things. Christopher Columbus was the last to discover our ancestors already owned, lived in these beautiful islands peaceful. He didn’t discover anything at all, but we all know they the true devils. Thanks for sharing. I feel like as time goes by more and more the truth is waking us up, and the spirits of the indigenous will be more at peace on the land when people know its original name, please share more videos like this. I enjoyed it, as a truth seeker, and a first generation Ayiti American. I consider the Arawak to be a major part of my ancestors so we are not only africa origins but Central America where all the original First Nations came from across the planet. Thank you

[@YohanPartap]

Yes we really need to teach the native history as it continues to shape us. Thanks for watching!

[@aspiedeninjathescorpiopheo3594]

She is right we are not only and not from Africa origins , buy us saying we are from africa gives them the rights to say they where on the other lands first, also we calling out selves african Americans or Black makes us dead stock or under there spell , cause black has no standing in law , and this is why we are being advantage or never respect, we need to know ourstory and not his story (history) but ours , i am currently seeking on KZbin any piece of information and can get me close to reveling truths that is being forgotten, so i came up on this page , they ha e flooded this place all about carnival crap , but it should not continue like this , we cant go out forgotten plz help , we need to denounce the name given to us and reclaim out indigenous status, plz tell me its possible kairi 🙌🏾🌞

[@italis2542]

Your video is intriguingly informative for which I am very grateful! Thanks! It Trini to the bone! Walk Good!

[@YohanPartap]

You are so welcome!

[@rhenaenunez3250]

I am Garifuna from Belize and I speak my native language. I am very much intrigued by your presentation. The there are variations of some of the names you gave in my language and their meanings are also similar. One difference is the name for St. Vincent which we "Garinagu" know and still call "Yurumein" is "Hairouna" in your presentation. Curious about that.

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for sharing! great information, remember that the language is not written and there is a possibility that the names can be mixed up especially with islands close to each other.

[@Mexcoatl819]

With one exception hermano Columbus never discovered because he was lost and or Amerindians lived there before him which you obviously know, really like your lessons

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks!

[@GenevieveWaller-pk3xg]

He did say, they say that Christopher Columbus discovered the Caribbean but there were people in the Caribbean for 4,000 years Long before Christopher Columbus arrived. They are teaching extensive history of the islands at our Caribbean Universities now. I guess the names are difficult to remember as they are not used. I am a descendant of the Kalinago by paternal, maternal great, great grandmother only. I am happy to learn Trinidad's original name Kaira. Maybe the area Kaura is a corrupted part of the name.

[@domoniqueharris7392]

I love this! Ty 🇰🇳❤️

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching!!

[@Melanin_Move]

Thanks for sharing 😎. Let me add: *Karriba (a people in Southern and Central to East Africa) *Taino: Tano speakers of West Africa and or "Taino" or "Tay aino" of Yoruba. *Cherokee: "Sheraki" of Kenya or SE among Kikuyu people. *Brazil: Brazaville and the people amongst that area. *Oualichi: Igbo *Ali Bama: Ali and Bamas people. *Tobago: Bantu word "Tebago" or "Tabago" which is also "Nguni" (original form of New Guinea). *Bermuda: a Nigerian name "Agobemuda" or "Bamun" people close to Cameroon/Kamerun and Congo. *Bahama: Baha or Bama people in SE an Western Africa close to Congo. *Domingo: a people in SE Africa. *Aruba: once spelled "Uruba". Origin "Yoruba". *Borica: old antique maps shows them in West and Central Africa. *Barbados: Barriba (N. Africa) *Haiti: Hitti (Hitite) (Ayiti) *Venezuela: "Venda" South and Eastern Africa *SAN: The Sans (Zoan) people. * "Capoeira": Capernaum (Caffir) people of Southern Africa. ....................

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for the extra information!!

[@sassyt6345]

Very informative, love your videos..subbed

[@YohanPartap]

thanks for the support!

[@lynnwegner3186]

I'm a Scandinavian-American whose ancestors all came from Sweden and Norway, but I was fascinated by this excellent video and was so glad to get this bit of education! The gentleman who presented was excellent! Hope you'll have more of the same in the future!

[@YohanPartap]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@RIOBTN]

You forgot the ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao), the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Virgin Islands and Turks and Caicos, but I guess you didn't have enough time to look for their native names.....no worries and again great video.

[@49dodgeguy]

Thank you for sharing,,,,,I love the Caribbean,,,,,the people ,,,,the beautiful ocean and beaches

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching!

[@hadalikathi6402]

Omg your accent is beautiful

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks !!!!!

[@nextgenownage]

Thanks for this dude. Most of my family are from Grenada and Trinidad so I found this really insightful. I think in the future I’ll be calling them by their original names from now on.

[@YohanPartap]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@smiles6393]

ayee me too 🇬🇩🇹🇹

[@KI-xt7mg]

The Arawak and the Caribs are the same people and often lived among each other, it's disrespectful to say we are not peaceful. You're letting me down not getting the perspective of a real Carib/Arawak (We're still here). In history, we've been commonly confused with the Kalinago who were war-like Indians of the South Americas. Honestly, thanks to them we survived Columbuse's ambush. No one tribe is better than the other and it's about time we set the record straight between us. You can reference the book Kabethchino by John Peter Bennett ( An Arawak) and Richard Hart. No, the Taino don't make the whole Arawak Nation and it is wrong that they are the only ones getting that recognition as the nation is an umbrella to multiple tribes, not just Porto Ricans.

We all the Carribbean people are brothers. We have a common history.

[@YohanPartap]

Brother we are for sure, thanks for watching!

[@natalieparchment4036]

Brother. Thank you so much for putting together all of this knowledge for us. My Kingman sent me this link and I adore him even more for sharing this knowledge with me. Thank you for all your work, it's much appreciated😁😁😁

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching and the kind words.

[@reggiestokes8187]

Hey I love your video can you lead me in the study indigenous names of the americas

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks so much for watching, the information is out there, you just have to be willing to spend time to fine it.

[@KolussuslifeKB]

Very interesting my friend. I really enjoyed this video.👊🏿⭐️🙏🏿

[@YohanPartap]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@kimstyleznfilez9956]

I definitely enjoyed very informative

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks!!

[@tradingwithbots4707]

Ty! So many taino names have been lost. Ty for this.

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching!

[@Zens.garden]

Thank you so much for this video, it's so informative and I've been wanting to learn more about my roots!🖤 #Boriken

[@YohanPartap]

Glad you liked it!

[@KI-xt7mg]

@@YohanPartap The Arawak and the Caribs are the same people and often lived among each other, it's disrespectful to say we are not peaceful. You're letting me down not getting the perspective of a real Carib/Arawak (We're still here). In history, we've been commonly confused with the Kalinago who were war-like Indians of the South Americas. Honestly, thanks to them we survived Columbuse's ambush. No one tribe is better than the other and it's about time we set the record straight between us. You can reference the book Kabethchino by John Peter Bennett ( An Arawak) and Richard Hart. No, the Taino don't make the whole Arawak Nation and it is wrong that they are the only ones getting that recognition as the nation is an umbrella to multiple tribes, not just Porto Ricans.

[@TheRasta4ri]

Some of the islands still have an indigenous native taino population can't remember which ones but they're existence should be celebrated as they maintain the old ways

[@YohanPartap]

Agreed!

[@marlene97280]

For you maybe you don't know but every french speaker island use the native name as official like Haiti or in Martinique and Guadeloupe is very common tu use thats native name. Others island they clearly don't care !

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for the the information and watching, its great the French Speaking islands still use the native names. I wont say the English speaking island don't care, it just the information was passed not passed down, the British did a great job of removing that history.

[@INA1111TUBE]

Yes, please continue... You are correct we need to know our country's aboriginal names to better understand our history. Thank you for the great work you have done, please continue 😃.

[@KI-xt7mg]

The Arawak and the Caribs are the same people and often lived among each other, it's disrespectful to say we are not peaceful. You're letting me down not getting the perspective of a real Carib/Arawak (We're still here). In history, we've been commonly confused with the Kalinago who were war-like Indians of the South Americas. Honestly, thanks to them we survived Columbuse's ambush. No one tribe is better than the other and it's about time we set the record straight between us. You can reference the book Kabethchino by John Peter Bennett ( An Arawak) and Richard Hart. No, the Taino don't make the whole Arawak Nation and it is wrong that they are the only ones getting that recognition as the nation is an umbrella to multiple tribes, not just Porto Ricans.

[@marie-lamberttheodose8971]

Très intéressant , la Martinique s'appelait Jouanacaera : soit l'île aux Iguanes, et Sainte Lucie, sa voisine s'appelait Hewanorra qui veut dire aussi île aux Iguanes ? Deux pays proches avec les mêmes peuples ayant a peu près les mêmes langues, ont des noms différents qui veulent dire la même chose ? C'est étonnant.

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching!!! Yes very interesting, remember also these languages where not written, so the smaller, closer island, the names can be mixed up.

[@ttp436]

This is very interesting. I had thought what were the original names of the Islands. Thank you. You are also wry handsome so it made it even more interesting. Love your accent

[@YohanPartap]

Oh you are too kind. Thanks so much for watching!

[@matthewmann8969]

From Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Haiti, Trinidad And Tabogo, Bahamas and other Caribbean islands Amerindians there are not very talked about much

[@YohanPartap]

Hope this changes. Thanks for watching!

[@tedfebo1741]

In Puerto Rico they are always talked about.

[@kamiaperez8807]

Wow. The original names are so beautiful and exotic with such wonderful meanings. I'm so upset that the names were changed.

[@YohanPartap]

Times change and we move with history, but as long as we remember whee we came from!

[@aprilday9322]

Wadali is what i was told, maybe the spelling change over time, still thanks very much great video...

[@YohanPartap]

You could be correct, remember the languages used was mostly spoken, so we are just phonetically spelling the names. Thanks for watching!

[@thomasvictoria475]

Very very detailed and precise. Thank you

[@YohanPartap]

You're very welcome!

[@louisafelix6190]

Thank you.. Keep these coming.. They have corrupted so much of our history and told His-Story.. Their- Story. Did the same with the Bible.. Blessings..👏👏👏👍

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks fro watching!!!

[@cousinmartin]

Great Research and Great Presentation. Thank You for this Video. Cheers. 👍🙏

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching!

[@monstaro19]

VERY GOOD HISTORY I WISHED I WOULDVE KNOWN THIS.. IM CALLING THESE LINES BY THERE NAME ..KALINAGO..

[@YohanPartap]

Glad you liked it!

[@killerb187r.o.dstunna9]

Interesting good to know Trinidad and Tobago is the most interesting Caribbean island that because I'm from here especially Tobago there's a lot of people from all different Caribbean islands in it who run away from slavery

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching!

[@deedee8043]

I would love to know more about the kalinagos. I wish if this history was passed down to the generations in my family 😢 it's so sad I am mix and have indigenous blood on both side of my family. I wish I knew more

[@iva-lisahussein8021]

Kalinagos are the combination of Lokono( arawak) and Kalina ( south american carib) tribes.

[@deedee8043]

@@iva-lisahussein8021 that is so cool i never knew i thought kalinago was another name for carib

[@iva-lisahussein8021]

@@deedee8043 kalinago is sub group of the Kalina- Carib...:)

[@deedee8043]

@@iva-lisahussein8021 thanks for the info this was really interesting to learn everyday we learn something new

[@DavidRodriguez-jt1ns]

This was amazing, to learn more of our Arawakan names for the islands was a beautiful thing, just knew of my Borikén but not the others, pleasant eye opener, great video.

[@YohanPartap]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@KI-xt7mg]

@@YohanPartap The Arawak and the Caribs are the same people and often lived among each other, it's disrespectful to say we are not peaceful. You're letting me down not getting the perspective of a real Carib/Arawak (We're still here). In history, we've been commonly confused with the Kalinago who were war-like Indians of the South Americas. Honestly, thanks to them we survived Columbuse's ambush. No one tribe is better than the other and it's about time we set the record straight between us. You can reference the book Kabethchino by John Peter Bennett ( An Arawak) and Richard Hart. No, the Taino don't make the whole Arawak Nation and it is wrong that they are the only ones getting that recognition as the nation is an umbrella to multiple tribes, not just Porto Ricans.

[@p.iastrology4587]

What about bahamas. Ik Exuma (island in Bahamas) original name is Suma

[@YohanPartap]

thanks for the info. There are so many island, it hard to mention all. Will try to do a part 2.

[@yadielnieves2894]

Ba-ha-ma Large-upper-middle From Lucayan Arawak

[@AmericanMayan]

Never too late or outdated info. Giving thanks for your dedication to teach this important information

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching!

[@mmichels3662]

Good vid and info. Thanks But as Haitian (Ayiti/Kiskeya) i wonder why you came with mentioning every country/state apart but make no distinction between Haiti and Dominican Republic. Seems arbitrary to choose the name Hispaniola instead, especially as it was also called Saint-Domingue, Haiti etc. The name 'his-spaniola"'literally means 'Little Spain', a name the indigenous Amerindian people surely did not know before their demise. shalawam

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching! All other country/states mentioned all have different names for each island, eg Trinidad and Tobago etc. Haiti and The Dominican Republic share the same island and its the island names i wanted to highlight. I did speak to both nations sharing the same island. Hispaniola is "colonial" name with Ayiti/Kiskeya being the original, indigenous names for the island. Thanks for your interest and hope this helps you understand my approach.

[@Verdeverso]

Thanks!

[@Verdeverso]

Regardless! Haitians and Dominicans should be proud of our country! We should be proud for the island we occupy! Blessed to be Caribbean!

[@Verdeverso]

It is important to embrace our history but it is just as important to cherish the present and work for a better future!

[@AmericanMayan]

Sprinkling love on this thread. We're waking up either way. All praises due 🙌

[@tentenmedia]

Thank you! Will teach my daughter all these things.

[@YohanPartap]

Wow what a compliment, thanks for watching!

[@donnaspence8352]

Informative, eccentric subjects should be open in classrooms and school discussions

[@YohanPartap]

Yes it should, Thanks for watching!

[@leeloxleigh1471]

I love this, I have been aware of Alliouagana, as my mother referred to montserrat as that. Alliouagana being our island. I think that we should adopt the indigenous names of the islands, as a matter of taking back control of our history. And not being beholden to the Euro centric history that we have been forced to except. I would like to see the governments and people's of the caribbean break the Columbus strangle hold that deliberately says nothing was in the caribbean until Columbus named it.

[@YohanPartap]

Agreed.

[@goodnewsyah5515]

ONLY HAITI STILL HAS TAINO NAME 'S

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching!

[@DavidRodriguez-jt1ns]

Not really, we Boriquas still use Borinquen from our Taíno name Borikén which we use with pride.

[@danroydsbarbadostravelvlog3057]

Very informative. Thanks for sharing

[@YohanPartap]

My pleasure

[@giannamoree9517]

U forgot the Bahamas

[@YohanPartap]

There are so many islands in the Bahamas it might need it own video.

[@JustMe-ws2pe]

The Bahamas is not part of the Caribbean but we do share indigenous Indians as other island in the Caribbean.

[@janicefitzgerald5163]

@@JustMe-ws2pe The Bahamas is a part of the carribean Nassau is one of the 700 Island it 's original name is Lucaya from the lucayan arawark /Tainos people's you should look it up sometime try Bahamianoelgy.com for some history. Know thyself!!!!!

[@simonramkissoon5657]

Hey great work we need more of this! Thank you but may I add TOBAGO’s indigenous name was ALUBERA.

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for the info!