Inside Nauru - World's Least Visited Country

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OMG GUYS! The last 3 days of my life have been spent in the world's least visited country called Nauru in the Pacific Islands. Have you ever heard of Nauru before? Less than 200 tourists a YEAR visit this tiny-island nation called Nauru of 10,000 residents, and it's a fascinating place.
If you know me, then you'll know that nothing excites me more than visiting obscure places… Nauru is my 155th country, and maybe the most interesting one yet, and I cannot wait to tell you all about it!! PSA: NAURU IS AMAZING!
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[@ethanbates7734]

Just took a quick jog across the country this morning

[@fvn55yearsago57]

Ethan Bates lol

[@mikedukes4915]

😁

[@zach6867]

looks like the population isn't doing much of that

[@imonicheeguaoje6982]

Ethan Bates 😅😂😂

[@brianm2881]

Nauru is the only country I've ever seen where the map listed showed buildings rather than towns and cities.

[@benhalsey7310]

*Nauruan* spelled backwards is Nauruan.

[@marcusianaviation9372]

Holy shoot! Nice!

[@goodlovely8513]

Kim Halsey !nam eciM

[@siebrenbe79]

@@goodlovely8513 eciN*

[@laralawrence22]

Woooow

[@Terrus_38]

RKyt Mice man?

[@Sof1a510]

THIS VIDEO LITERALLY HAS MORE VIEWS THAN THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF NAURU!!!

[@izimations]

Like 10,000x more XD

[@waterpuppies]

So true, but some other countries too like saint kits and Nevis or Monaco or Vatican

[@GregorioStyreco]

its not that hard itsn it?

[@tonylogan6460]

And Samoa

[@frankmiranda707]

Scary

[@miikavalo8324]

I first fell in love with this country when I was a kid because Nauru means ”laughter” in my first language Finnish. Happy to say I finally got to visit this country last year.

[@whats241]

Nice!

[@asadbekotaboev4930]

​@@whats241where did you get visa?

[@plokij-oe5cl]

@@asadbekotaboev4930so you basically gotta-

[@dsjc_]

They are gonna get more than 200 visitors this year because of your videos and also because of Geography Now videos

[@L-Ristola]

Hopefully

[@interceptassistgoal9744]

I thought the same

[@travel9two557]

Facts! Geography Now just dropped there episode on it not too long ago lol

[@mohamalumi6903]

Damn i found one the Geograpeeps here🤘🏻😁

[@aaronhurst4379]

Would love to see a travel collab featuring Drew Binsky and Barby from Geography Now

[@johnnyradchenko9474]

Nauru actually has a really interesting history that isn't mentioned in this video: In the 70s and 80s it was very wealthy, one of the highest GDP per capita in the world. They were rich because the whole island was sitting on phosphate (valuable fertilizer) . The phosphate was mined and brought extreme wealth to the country. With wealth came a lot of corruption and mismanagement. The island ran out of phosphate and the country had no other economy. It's obese because they can't grow anything on the land that was mined and they have to import processed food. It was a money laundering haven for a while and it now has a refugee detention center for Australia's unwanted refugees. It's really interesting history not sure why it isn't mentioned in the video

[@PNW_Chemist]

Damn, stories like this always make me sad. To hear of a once prosperous place, now fallen is always sort of depressing. Thanks for the quick history!

[@misanthrope8803]

That's so sad

[@jasonburbank2047]

@@misanthrope8803 I was also wondering why Drew didn't mention the most important facts about the history of Nauru.

[@akbarpashtun]

Thanks for telling

[@TheDonkey666]

Well he probably didn't know it either 🤷

[@addysaw]

Everyone: *omg corona we gonna die!!* Nauru: corowhat?

[@mustafaalbanna6827]

Adnan Sawaf bahahahahaha 😂😂

[@davidsolecki4782]

Nauru is actually one of the few nations with no cases

[@Missfenyxx]

Every Refugee detained on Nauru: omg we're all gonna get raped, be locked up for years, & or die!! This douchebag channel, the AU & Nauru govt: refu-who?

[@QuynhNguyen-oq4pz]

Stephanie FeNyxx wth?

[@wytdmikey]

@@Missfenyxx "douchebag channel"? who?

[@Patrixcz69]

As a Nauruan im happy that you enjoyed your stay🇳🇷😁♥️

[@slavianalbanovich9025]

👍

[@bri......]

what- do you guys even have internet?

[@unowen7591]

@@bri...... that’s gotta be one of the most ignorant things i’ve read lmao

[@firegaming2030]

Are u obese?

[@randomgirl1868]

​@@unowen7591 ikr

[@watchdealer11]

😂😂😂😂 most people visiting Nauru are on quests to visit every country

[@amazingabby25]

It’s been my dream to go there for 20 years. I studied pacific islands in college

[@abbad707]

@@amazingabby25 OwO nice my dream is to go to Alert,Nunavut,Canada,Northern most settlement in the world.And also Greenland,my mom wants to go to Switzerland so I also wanna

[@NRooster]

@@abbad707 Switzerland? It's not so northern :D

[@emppuv6083]

Socialist Rooster I think they meant Nunavut in Canada is the most northern settlement :)

[@two3298]

I used to visit Nauru every morning when I step outside

[@elmokelmu]

Todays fact: *Nauru* means *Laugh* In Finnish.

[@vekomeister735]

Laugh*

[@benkku713]

Racist

[@HornetCucumber]

I knew that you are not believe it's because Bill Gates cannot make comment such a lame comment

[@elmokelmu]

@@HornetCucumber You're not making much sense my dude...

[@Shubham_Bahirat]

@@vekomeister735 I can feel your pain if u corrects someone's grammar and then he edits. Your comment will make no sense

[@gufu21]

To everyone commenting that the Nauruan word _ego_ "I" resembles a word in Greek or Latin, it's actually a native Nauruan word. Nauruan, like other Oceanic languages (including Polynesian languages), is part of the Austronesian language family. This group includes languages such as Malagasy, Malay, Philippine languages, Marshallese, Fijian, and Polynesian languages like Maori, Tahitian, Tongan, Samoan, and Hawaiian. Nauruan is related to all of these (mostly closely to Marshallese). I'm not sure what it means for a language to be "totally unique": the vast majority of languages are related to other languages, and Nauruan is no exception. The first-person singular pronoun in Proto-Austronesian, the reconstructed ancestor of all Austronesian languages, was "aku." Over time, this word changed in different ways in each Austronesian language. Sometimes the vowels or the consonant changed or dropped, but this original form remains easily seen: Malagasy: aho Malay: aku Tagalog (Filipino): ako Fijian, Maori, Tahitian: au Tongan: u, ou, ku Samoan, Hawaiian: a'u Marshallese: eo Nauruan: ego Sorry to be pedantic, but languages are my jam, especially Austronesian languages. (I learned Tagalog as a second language, and I did a little research on the Austronesian language family while getting a degree in linguistics.)

[@ImperatorGrausam]

Love languages too. It's a strange false cognate.

[@Cjnw]

#LegoMyEgo

[@themaninthetube1]

I really love reading these kinds of stuff. Feel ko dami ko ng natutunan. hahaha

[@zee9735]

@Greg Scoggin thanks for that info! Love learning new things specially about Polynesian language and culture. I noticed that beside Tagalog you placed Filipino so I just wanted to clarify that Tagalog is not the same as Filipino. Tagalog is a language spoken mostly in Luzon but is understood by most Filipinos. Filipino is a language of its own. It's a combination of Tagalog, Bisaya, Kapampangan, and other languages spoken in the Philippines. 😊

[@gufu21]

​@@zee9735 Hi! I'm aware that many people believe that Tagalog is not the same language as Filipino. This is what the government officially says, and it's what Filipino teachers tell their students. But linguistically speaking, it's simply not true. From a linguistic perspective, if there is any substantive distinction at all, Filipino could be described as a speech variety (or at most, a prestige dialect) of Tagalog. The motivation for distinguishing Filipino from Tagalog is political, not linguistic. As you know, when trying to forge some sense of national identity out of a diverse archipelago of different ethnic groups with their own languages, elevating one ethnic group's language to official status seemed problematic. So the solution was simply to rename that language "Filipino." By edict in 1987, Tagalog speakers instantly became Filipino speakers. But the language Manilenyos were speaking everyday didn't change; only its name did. Setting aside whether the stipulated admixture of other Philippine languages into Filipino is actually real or pretended (how many Kapampangan-, Ilokano-, or Hiligaynon-derived words do you know of in Filipino?), a language borrowing words from other languages doesn't make it a different language. A third of the vocabulary I'm using in this sentence derives from languages other than English. That doesn't mean that I'm no longer speaking English. And well before 1987, Tagalog had already borrowed hundreds of words from Spanish (kumusta, etc.), English (pulis, okey, etc.), Malay (e.g., tanghali, usap, dalamhati), Sanskrit (e.g., guro, basa, budhi), Tamil (e.g., bagay, gulay, mangga), Arabic (e.g., alak, hukom, salamat), and Hokkien Chinese (e.g., Ate, ginto, pansit), and others. And it was still Tagalog. (See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_loanwords_in_Tagalog.) In 2007, Dr. Ricardo Ma. Nolasco, then chair of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, wrote this explanation: "Are 'Tagalog,' 'Pilipino,' and Filipino' different languages? No, they are mutually intelligible varieties, and therefore belong to one language. According to the KWF, Filipino is that speech variety spoken in Metro Manila and other urban centers where different ethnic groups meet. It is the most prestigious variety of Tagalog and the language used by the national mass media. The other yardstick for distinguishing a language from a dialect is: different grammar, different language. 'Filipino,' 'Pilipino' and 'Tagalog' share identical grammar. They have the same determiners (ang, ng and sa); the same personal pronouns (siya, ako, niya, kanila, etc); the same demonstrative pronouns (ito, iyan, doon, etc); the same linkers (na, at and ay); the same particles (na and pa); and the same verbal affixes (-in, -an, i- and -um-). In short, same grammar, same language" ("Filipino and Tagalog, Not So Simple / How to Value our Languages," web.archive.org/web/20141129035247/svillafania.philippinepen.ph/2007/08/articles-filipino-and-tagalog-not-so.html). So that is why, linguistically speaking, I treat Tagalog and Filipino as different names for what is essentially the same language.

[@MM-my3pc]

Love you Drew and was so excited to meet you in person - I think saying the people of Nauru being lazy may be unfair … I’m sure its complicated to articulate and understand our definition of lazy in respect to how their culture has changed as a reflection of our culture in North America.

[@MrSavvy-eo8cp]

Smaller than pubg map😂

[@stupss]

Actually it’s like ruins👀

[@flyer_452official9]

@cool beans sanhok, but much bigger

[@thechosenone9390]

1:18 that bike is from Kmart

[@thechosenone9390]

In australia

[@thechosenone9390]

I have the same bike

[@Goffas_and_gumpys]

Spent 5 years on Nauru from 2012 to 2017. Great people, government is rough as guts and they've stripped the whole place of its beauty through phosphate mining. One of the hardest languages to learn too. The national dish, if you ask a Nauruan, is whatever the Chinese are cooking LOL, and if you lift weights they'll love you. They're mad for lifting. Enjoyed my time there and respect the people a lot.

[@ChibiTalha]

Ayeee, imma live somewhere like this too

[@kurn2505]

Lions man.

[@faheemsheikh8432]

The reason why nauruan is one of the hardest language to learn is because of their isolation from the world in history even other neighbouring islanders can't understand their language

[@massaroni6903]

Is it only difficult to learn because of how little it is spoken??

[@lowread9]

I was thinking of how I'd love a place like this but was afraid there would be no gym. Then he mentioned powerlifting. It's on my bucket list now!

[@urangames457]

I remember looking at atlas and finding out about Nauru for the 1st time when i was 7 or 8. Since then i've always been fascinated by the country, from its size to its people. I would love to visit it one day.

[@viktigboy1976]

Yes they have prisons where innocent imigrants gets tortured.

[@urangames457]

@@viktigboy1976 well that's sad to hear, but i am still fascinated by the country.

[@mihailoaleksic3330]

Me too, first I liked it because it's smallest country but now I also like it because of its uniqueness, except the fact that people are obese, of course.

[@baris3138]

"There are beautiful beaches" Proceeds to show deadly sharp looking rocks coming out of the sand

[@hardeeharhar18]

💀

[@arack071]

💀

[@svt9924]

💀

[@tjn7608]

💀

[@CASTIEL93]

💀

[@moneymule8209]

*Who's watching this semi-educated after watching Geography now's episode on Nauru?*

[@Tarszx]

me, I'm not alone!! :)

[@dima12130]

Me

[@MidhunMuraleedharan]

ikr! had that Deja Vu moment :P

[@borntowild480]

I am watching

[@dratopia7268]

Me :))

[@JoeyDrawTunes]

I'm Australian and our government has heaps of detention camps on Nauru that most of the world is not aware of. Its sickening.

[@resumepeacetalks600]

Yeah, and Drew doesn't also talk about them.

[@konnar6392]

Thing is the detention camps are not bad and refugees are not held captive in them you just have never seen it first person and only blinded by the media’s twisted views

[@embira4256]

Oh we are aware of it :) I agree, totally sickening.

[@jacobc590]

Mellivora Capensis they’re not cunts they’re just escaping war and fear. They deserve to live in australia more than you do

[@nicklane9032]

@Mellivora Capensis I'd rather have these 'cunts' than a xenophobic little shit like you in Australia

[@bedlover9273]

Honestly, even it is very least visited, it is actually a beautiful island I would definitely visit this one day if I get a chance

[@winterkrash]

I love the accent of the person Drew’s talking to.

[@Cxnvict]

He sounds like an Australian

[@a.j.marcantonio153]

@@Cxnvict A lot of Nauruans sound Australian.

[@ogpeter2822]

@@a.j.marcantonio153 haha funny but not lot of them sounds Australian

[@thedictationofallah]

he spent most of his life in Australia, most nauruans do that

[@nazaliafritz2752]

@@ogpeter2822 from what I know of all of us sound like Australian ✌️

[@sharsasuke01]

That guy definitely spent more than 10 years in Australia. lol

[@omomohoho]

His English just perfect with sexy accent :D

[@hutch022]

Most people have Aussie accents on Nauru it’s pretty much part of Aus. Just has lower human rights standards so asylum seekers get sent there. It’s the Australian version of Guantanamo Bay

[@otto-ye8jk]

@@hutch022 true

[@tonyshu6052]

I wonder how crowded your passport is ?

the first page must be a bunch of colors together

[@ByWayOfDeception]

I think you are going to give him a video idea.

[@masterticcu]

Not crowded at all most likely. Most foreign countries require a specific number of blank visa pages in a passport as an entry requirement. Some airlines will not allow you to board if this requirement is not met. He just gets a new passport every ten trips or so, if the countries even stamp his passport. Only time I got stamped was in Thailand

[@mohammedtaher3717]

The only reason how Nauru survive through is because they get funded by big powerful countries to vote for them in UN for political reasons.

[@XXX-jk5mo]

@@mohammedtaher3717 you nailed it

[@pappubaklolva7069]

Example of How a 2nd most rich country became least visited country. 😢

[@tufail1823]

These small countries like Nauru and Tuvalu must've got some increase in tourists visiting after Drew's vlogs. Next time, Drew should ask his friends in these countries about this.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Nauru is the most obese country...I approve

[@fmym9923]

I doubt maybe u r also nauru descendant

[@partizanishqipetar4663]

Hello papa

[@PissMenn]

While NK is the most starving country

[@omomohoho]

I love your name XD

[@chessverse1]

@@omomohoho where do you live?

[@hemasingh8033]

Least visited place = *north Sentinel island* Go there

[@ferozeahamed9452]

Shahid Singh wants to shahid drew

[@primaandolini8408]

it is not country, it is islands

[@hemasingh8033]

@@primaandolini8408 I have never said it's a country ...

[@primaandolini8408]

@@hemasingh8033 yes you did not mention but the video title is wold least visited country, so sentinel could not compared to nauru since sentinel not a country

[@radianzero]

Not a COUNTRY

[@Dragonfly434]

Seems like a really chill place 💚

[@riteshpahladsingh3819]

The people of this funny little island looks very hospitable and friendly.

[@shanechenmusic1804]

Their country has such a high obesity rate that they literally hold the world record for *weight lifting*

[@ritakapia7140]

Lol

[@DanteJ1s]

Highlands Honey it’s probably because they have similar genes to Maori people from New Zealand

[@now591]

No its their garbage diets, such as sweetened condensed milk with tinned corned beef

[@ruahinecain686]

Okayyy... tinned corn beef? Yes. corned beef with condensed milk? No.

[@dirtygrimerxr7026]

Nauru: Most obese country inthe world Also Nauru: Most weights lifted at one time

[@atifshaikhashrafi]

As a geography buff I was always interested in this country...Thank you Drew for giving us a tour.😊

[@heynicedingalingthere7153]

That is such a cute country ☺️ 🥰

[@shuaibalrashid6029]

Drew is gonna be the coolest grandpa with all these stories!

[@MisterLetsPlayDE]

omg i've waited soo long for this video! thank you drew!

[@ronelnudalo2507]

Nauru is a rich island before. But because of corruption and mismanage of their money.

[@miraflordelrio6813]

WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@haroldsen4238]

@@miraflordelrio6813 No

[@tigervalley62]

You mean like Zimbabwe?

[@Emsyaz]

And Lazy population

[@enggelintungadi8729]

@@miraflordelrio6813 go learn about nauru in 2020

[@sandeeppatilnlsn6159]

Anyone here after DHRUV RATHI's recent video? :P

[@fitnesscat761]

Yes you

[@chillNinjaLowSkill]

Looks like a really wholesome country.

[@ArwingPilot28]

One of your best videos in a while, love seeing little known or little visited corners of the world. Plus, hearing about not only the good but also the bad, and getting a taste of the local life really make these videos unique on KZbin and makes this video very refreshing. I hope all your Pacific Islands videos are structured like this one!

[@arashnoori3748]

Seems to be a pretty chill place

[@ReeseJamPiece.]

I hope someday to visit every country like Drew is. I want to also visit the indigenous and less recognized regions of the countries too.

[@honeybadger1626]

Thank you Drew for making this video.i like this country.

[@ariprabowo85]

For a nation that has gone and is still going through so much, I see quite a lot of smiling faces. Gotta love the Nauru people!

[@jordanlevy1235]

Finally, I have been waiting for such a long time for any KZbinr to go to the small countries in Oceania which I am extremely fascinated with. I have been a subscriber since you were at 100k and I am looking back on how much you have improved and expanded .

[@secondbest2877]

I’m sure the reason for lack of visitors is that there’s not really much to do there. With family being a primary component of their lives you can really feel like an outsider quickly there.

[@mrconfusion87]

Yup! People who visit Nauru as tourists are the superlative-loving, novelty-seeker types!

[@Invin.]

As someone who went to school in australia, we do get taught a little bit about the detention centre in Nauru run by the australian government and how much of a cruel place it is but I never realised how much of a lovely place it is as well.

[@staggeringdeath8479]

The people in Australian detention centres get treated better than most poor Australians....I remember one of Australia's detention centres getting burned down by its occupants because they ran out of Nutella ....hardly victims (which most aren't)if they are doing that over chocolate spread!

[@someguy8273]

Damn. That moment when a prison colony on an island needs to start a prison colony on an island to put all their bad actors

[@AD-sk6nz]

@@someguy8273not really. The people in the detention centres in Nauru are illegal immigrants stopped at Australian Coasts

[@nikhilrajpurohit3461]

New country on my list Nauru

[@mischkin3588]

nothing against the people of Nauru. but the goverment first stripped the landscape of the country with excessive mining. now they make their money with being australia's hub for immigrants and refugees that spend their days locked up in container housing. fun thing that the guy mentions being in the UN. Nauru basically sells their voting rights to the highest bidder. it has also been alleged that Nauruan Diplomatic passports are being sold to whoever wants one. they made a ton of cash during the mining days and they blew it all. now they just find every shady trick in the book to keep making cash. all that being said. I'd still visit it. and i am sure the people are nice and friendly, like they are everywhere. but we should be aware of the places we visit.

[@infinitasalo472]

Interesting, I was wondering how a small country got so well-off. It usually happens because they sell out to a larger world power. Of course, these decisions are made by some of the rulers, not the majority of the Nauruan people.

[@mischkin3588]

@@infinitasalo472 at the peak of their wealth they gave everybody an income and as the story goes. everybody on the island had a goverment maid come over once a week. they drove around the tiny island in big ass trucks and when they broke down they just left them to rot by the side of the road. i mean there is just a ton of stories like this. there's a book on it. dont know if its available in english. but anyway... this infl is out there. after their industry fell away and they have nothing to show for at all, and all the money had been spend like there is no tomorrow. there really was no more tomorrow and they had to resort to all sorts of weird tricks.

[@supermojo9672]

So True. Drew really misrepresented the ISLAND.

[@TM686K]

My Mum who worked there for a few years told me stories about how people would buy clothes for a day and then throw them away and buy new clothes the next day.

[@semiramisbonaparte1627]

HOW MUCH ARE THE DIPLOMATIC PASSPORTS...IM ASKING FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES... LOL

[@nellymaria6480]

I like to live in Nauru. A small country and peace. It's so beautiful.

[@CASTIEL93]

what do you do there? type: work and have fun..

[@icebird8575]

@@CASTIEL93 how do you know how it’s like in Nauru huh?

[@pitzboechannel]

“Ego” is “I/me” also in Latin. As a result, we still use it in some Italian local languages.

[@isabel.8525]

That's what I noticed!

[@siriusblack1326]

its actually greek but used in latin too

[@rojak2008]

Nauruan language is a part of Austronesian language family. Ego comes from a word "aku/ako".

[@ajk_91]

Egō

[@matthewsaints350]

@@siriusblack1326 Wrong. They both come from the same root.

[@Weekly_Doze]

It's great to see such places through your platform which we have not even seen on the maps, specially Nauru, I have heard it for the first time and glad to see how people live in isolation so nicely and love it.

[@OOOUZ]

1st comment from a Nauruan :) btw, Nauru actually means "bird shit" in Nauruan language!

[@FlyleafOwO]

nauru made a living from bird poop and they wasted all of their money on a terrible musical

[@Nooticus]

HAI !!!

[@Luzt]

Nauru was rich because of bird shit

[@two3298]

Hello fellow Nauruan! you are literally the first person on the internet I've found that is also from here. (To be fair I haven't done much looking but I've been on here for years)

[@owenmitchell1469]

Are you seriously Nauruan?

[@irfanumrani7360]

Who is here after dhurve Rathe video 😅

[@mohammadfaysalreza324]

The people looks so humble... !!

[@dflatt1783]

To be able to visit every country in the world .... what a dream. Enjoy it man, wish I was like you :) :) :) Take care and be safe.

[@rumelhussain6008]

Willing to see a 10$/100$ show on this country as you said it's a bit expensive.

[@MarieThePetLady]

So glad I found your channel! I love how not stuffy your narration is. Didn't even know there was a country named Nauru!👍

[@louarre6060]

Beautiful country. Thanks for sharing.

[@mamoo5769]

0:37 how to avoid studying...😂😂😂

[@michaellawson6533]

Thanks to the then leader of Nauru in 1990 , I was put up for one night in the best hotel for free. It happened after I was informed at Fiji that the Nauru airport stays open all night . After the landing they closed the airport and took me to the police station where the leader was also the head of police and present at the station . So they dropped me off at his hotel for free stay and collected me early the next morning to the airport where I boarded Air Nauru again for the second leg to Manila . Thanks to the leader . I wont forget your hospitality .

[@iseedeadpeoplethrucatseyes1162]

Didn't know that Nauru have flight to Philippines or vice versa.

[@mrconfusion87]

​@@iseedeadpeoplethrucatseyes1162We used to (at least pre-Pandemic)!

[@HappyToursAfrica]

Happy Tours Africa is following you from UGANDA. Enjoy Nauru

[@Bella_forever_]

The happiest kindest place I've seen

[@TM686K]

"Kamawir Omo" sounds very similar to "Kam uara moa" in Kiribati which means "How are you all". Although historically we have always had contact with each other even before colonial times.

[@martywarner1779]

All Pasifika People are connected....

[@lerinhar]

Very interesting. Did you know that Nauru originally had 12 matrilineal clans but two of those clans are now extinct. One of those clans is known as the Iruwa clan and Iruwa means stranger or foreigner in the Nauruan language. Long story short, per the legends of the Nauruans, most of the Iruwa are descended from a handful of shipwrecked I-Kiribati women. The Iruwa clan is now the largest clan in Nauru. I know that both the Nauruan and I-Kiribati languages are both categorized as Micronesian languages and there are a sizable I-Kiribati loan words in the Nauruan. I believe these I-Kiribati loan words came via the Iruwa clan rather than from an even earlier contact with the I-Kiribati. I believe this because when you compare some of the words borrowed from I-Kiribati and compare it to their I-Kiribati equivalents, you can see Polynesian morphological features in the I-Kiribati languages. This means that the Iruwa clan came from post Polynesian influenced Kiribati. Examples of Nauruan loan words that came from I-Kiribati are: English: Fowl,Nauruan:Domo, I-Kiribati:Te moa; English:Altar, Nauruan:Dagarae, I-Kiribati: Te karea; English:Ancestor, Nauruan: Bagadugu, I-Kiribati:Bakatibu; English:Large canoe, Nauruan:Tebaurua, I-Kiribati: Te baurua; English:Chief, lord,Nauruan: Demoniba, I-Kiribati: Te moaniba.

[@TM686K]

@@lerinhar Oh wow thanks for the information! I read in traditional Banaban folklore that the original Kiribati people (pre-Austronesian/Micronesian and pre-Polynesian migration) came from Melanesia via Nauru and Banaba. What is noteworthy is that in both Nauruan and Kiribati there is an indigenous word for a "crocodile" which cannot be found anywhere in either coutnries. "Te Kekenu" in Kiribati and "Do Gogenu" in Nauruan which is almost identical to the name of a crocodile in the Orokaiva Language of Papua New Guinea "Kekeru".

[@lerinhar]

@@TM686K yw! Thank you for the information! Due to the proximity between Banaba Island and Nauru, I've been wondering if there was a link between the inhabitants of both islands and you've provided strong evidence of this. It seems that Nauruans and the I-Kiribati are a mixture between proto-Micronesians and Melanesians that were already living in Banaba and presumably Nauru. Which route do you think proto-Micronesians used to colonize Central-Eastern Micronesia? Btw are you from Kiribati? I have so many questions as I love studying Southeast Asia and Oceania the most.

[@maddyg3208]

You can see the Australian influence, not just in the currency but also in the Bendigo Bank and the Richmond and Carlton AFL footy jumpers. Also, driving on the left, and even the light switch looked Australian.

[@michaelr.7805]

So true!

[@Whyinem]

Awesome work

[@superjelo]

in my language "Ego" means money😂😂😂 Gad damn😂😂 "EGO DREW" would mean "Drew's money" in the igbo (ibo/ebo) language far off in Nigeria, West-Africa.

[@originalmayor6400]

Eze ego 1 tho am a Ghanaian

[@unlockedaccount]

igbo *

[@05r41]

Ego also means I in Latin... so I wonder if their language has some Latin roots

[@sneakerhead6625]

as soon as i read the first line i could tell u were igbo lol

[@vack_blain]

@@05r41 ego also means I in greek

[@kait2104]

3:59 that is so true it's always a 98% chance they come back because despite the publicity we've been getting it's our home even if we migrate to other countries/islands we always come back for holidays

[@alijafar2222]

This is a Very positive message for particular views

[@chehakbansal1185]

Looking at that one direction disc makes me so happy 😁

[@LindaCasey]

Thanks for introducing me to a country I didn't know existed. 💞

[@kashmiriafghan]

Who come here after watching druve rathe sir video on Nauru country

[@bluebull399]

I like what he said about nauruans being homing pigeons. There are certain places that draw people back, even after they've migrated elsewhere for work etc.

[@CCTB5436]

1994 my first time booking an international flight. I flew to Fiji from the Philippines and lay over in Nauru to meet my ex before flying to the US. I might have gotten confused w/ the date. I thought I only had 5 hrs lay over in Nauru. I did not realized my flight was actually the following day omg. Good samaritan in Nauru reported to a Filipino family who has been residing in Nauru about me. They picked me up and let me stay in their house for a night. I lost their address so I lost contact with them. I hope to visit Nauru one day.

[@chadfourie2742]

wow they have the New Zealand accent interesting country I see that they even play rugby here..all the love coming from South Africa beautiful country

[@mrconfusion87]

They do but Aussie Rules Football is the KING in the said island country!

[@ZOCCOK]

I'm no gym trainer but the guy in the gym is basically writing his own death sentence by bench pressing without any spotters

[@user-qb4on2qm7z]

Uh, you really don't go to the gym.

[@MohammedAlBaraka]

Yeah you dont go to the gym at all lmfao. You dont need a spotter if you are a professional weightlifter, unless you are maxing out.

[@mr.viktorious4894]

Gyms in Nauru, we always use spotters even you are very confident that you are able to lift. However this guy is Jezza Uepa. The room goes silent when he asks for a spotter

[@Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong]

As long as you're doing a weight you're comfortable with you don't really need a spotter.

[@jarrynmcintosh4468]

Loving the videos bro :)

[@robertsilva8097]

Keep up the Great work

[@aldenasuemia]

Really special place that you called dark and eerie on Instagram and voted second worst in your little trip.

[@ashsqx3246]

You should have spoken about the amazing history of Nauru! Like how in the 70s it was the second richest country in the world after Kuwait in terms of per capita wealth etc.

[@paulcleary7437]

That’s great Drew

[@lerosism]

Love the background music like jazz at the beginning.

[@heisenberg3409]

When there is more views in this video than people in Nauru

[@benboyce5509]

It's practically an extension of Australia

[@jacobc590]

Ben Boyce no it’s not it’s an expansion of New Zealand

[@sobored9317]

Yes, which he somehow missed lol

[@michaelforbes659]

Blessed Drew i suggest you organize a cruise ship tour to Nauru . A ship with say 4000 passengers would bring 20 times the average visits per year with just 1 trip.

[@michaelforbes659]

Blessed Drew from Jamaica 🇯🇲

[@Eisvogelllpoem]

I love the language, it’s sounds so beautiful:o

[@satyabobby1]

Hey Drew, you should have covered the phosphate mining history of Nauru. Would have been really informational and educational.

[@ansaraziz123]

Awesome, great videos.

[@pm2881]

Seems like a really cute and charming place!!

[@embira4256]

Looking forward to your videos on Pitcairn, Tristan Da Cuhna, Gough Island, Tokelau, and maybe Mog mog - I'd love to see Mog Mog ;) (Im from St Helena Island, South Atlantic - we get more tourists now that the airport is open).

[@thedictationofallah]

no airport and hard to get to

[@thedictationofallah]

tristan da cunha is so isolated, i dont think drew will be able to reach there

[@louie1977]

I would also like to see him go to the Pitcairn Islands 🇵🇳

[@shre_shrey]

Hi Drew, Please visit St. Helena island. Not just main island, travel to other 2 of it (Tristin De Cunha & Ascension Island). Show us the life style of those ppl.. St. Helena is most remotest island in the world and it has population of just around 4k (including all 3 island) and they have their own currency St. Helena Pound (it is british overseas territory). To reach there, you have to travel a week from Cape town

[@stef7138]

Beauvais island is more isolated

[@shre_shrey]

meme man am talking about remotest not isolated ! By the on the island you mentioned no one lives there and nothing is there but here in the islands which i mentioned humans have inhabited for 3 centuries

[@stef7138]

@@shre_shrey I was just joking

[@armwrestlingfan6804]

You are wrrrong. It's Pitcairn islands. Takes months to get there.

[@shre_shrey]

0 0 to your surprise, no it is not. Nearest airport to Pitcairn island is at Totegegie island airport which is around 600 KM away by sea. Once you land in airport, 30 hours boat journey will take you to Pitcairn island wikitravel.org/en/Pitcairn_Islands Still Tristin De Cunha remains the remotest inhabited island in the world

[@paulyiustravelogue]

Nice video, and I love the bite size length, short and sweet.

[@Crypto-Tourism-Trade]

Wow. Great Video... Thanks

[@lizu47]

This country was the 2ns richest country in the world after Saudi in 1978, now its quiet dead because of phosphate mining.

[@robertsilva8097]

Thank you for the Great video

[@JLT0602]

Your channel is very interesting 💖

[@suhailshafi]

In my opinion, Nauru has a lot of tourism potential. They should consider building hotels and resorts and offering visitors guided tours. They also could generate all their electricity from wind farms to avoid the use of fossil fuels. They also should consider reforesting the areas previously used for phosphate mining. Small countries often can make a lot through relatively simple innovations.

[@YTTRUTH91]

There’s no where to go tho

[@Rastei]

haha how old are you baby where is your mom?

[@kait2104]

bro!! take me back i miss nauru!!😭😭

[@NewHaven203]

Looks like a chill place to live your life

[@chika12314]

great video!

[@ESC_jackqulen]

Thank you Drew for this video. Since you said that they're on the internet a lot, I wonder if there will be any Nauruans in the comment haha 🇳🇷 🇳🇷 🇳🇷

[@jferida8053]

🇳🇷🇳🇷🇳🇷 Nauruan here !

[@ESC_jackqulen]

@@jferida8053 nice to meet you!

[@deepapatel5059]

@@jferida8053 hey nice to meet U.. love from ondia

[@evalynedetenamo118]

Nauruan here

[@plobploub3464]

Congrats! You just met 0.0001 of their population

[@m.moonsie]

Drew: There's nothing to do here. also Drew: There's a lot of surprises here. Kek