Just How Austronesian is Japan?

[@edgelord8337]

Austronesians are some of the most interesting people groups in my opinion. without out them the world would be very very different. The actual original Taiwanese people were actually austronesians before the han chinese, dutch, and Japanese got there!

[@whoreofdragonstone1031]

edge lord Japanese were on Taiwan?

[@rauðaz]

@@whoreofdragonstone1031 Taiwan was under Japanese rule fro. The end of the 19th century to the end if WW2

[@belstar1128]

Yea i think it is very cool how they settled islands deep into the pacific ocean.

[@lobsterbalelegesse9919]

Real lineage of Japheth right there.

[@peterthespidey8505]

No I would say South Asian people are very different from others culturally and racially as well

[@mtnrth4080]

Never stop uploading. Best anthropology videos.

[@carlinthomas9482]

Agreed, these videos are fascinating.

[@LucidFL]

Really the only ones sadly

[@bhg123ful]

Masamans the man!

[@mtnrth4080]

@@bhg123ful my man, masaman

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

doesnt age well.

[@8janedoe8]

Hi, Masaman I am a Japanese from southern Kyushu. I tested my DNA and found my Maternal haprogroup is B4xxxxx which is the typical of Austronesian and Native American. They say this type is existing in Japan thousands of years from Jomon period especially in southern Kyushu. I just want to add that southern Kyushu (Kagoshima,, Miyazaki, Oita and Okinawa) people have very distinctive family name groups. I mean if rank the top ten family names of each prefecture, these prefectures have very unique family names not similar to any other area of Japan. Historically ancient Japan, each regions is very tribe oriented and did not accept or mix with outsiders. So there are something we can think. There are many sign of Austronesian culture in Japan. -- loincloth -- is the oceanic culture, not from Korea or China. Also they say repeating the same word in Japanese is similar to Austronesian culture, they say.

[@fighterfighter9340]

Japanese pronounciation is same with Buginese language. They use final open syllable. For example: Hotel Japanese: Hoteru Buginese: Hotele

[@niktan606]

I think hoteru and hotele are loaned from "Hotel". In Malay, we also call hotel as hotel lol.

[@redbenada798]

@@niktan606 I think they were talking about the words ending in vowels

[@frederikedengah4434]

@@fighterfighter9340 lol maksa banget bro jauh bunyi atau vowels dengan pengertian nya.. tapi ada bener nya juga.. that it may proves like the minahasa north selawesi tribes along with bugisnese and most philippines tribes are related with those ancestry in east asia

[@frederikedengah4434]

Eeey.. then we might be related.. regards from the minahasa tribe 😁

[@lmonk9517]

Japanese of the Ryukyu Islands certainly have some Austronesian ancestry. Northern Japanese will naturally have less.

[@Aim201]

@BenziX it were suggested that Hayato, Kumaso and Azumi tribes were Austronesian www.quora.com/Is-it-true-that-the-historical-Hayato-people-of-Japan-spoke-the-Austronesian-language/answer/Alexei-Muraki?ch=10&share=82941978&srid=uYTUl

[@TheNormal256]

I was hoping he’d talk about this

[@johnchan5914]

Ryukyu was an independent state (tributary state to the Qing Empire) before the Japanese invasion in the late nineteenth century, and it’s a shame that much of its culture has been lost since.

[@angelusvastator1297]

north japanese native are just austronesian with minor siberian influence

[@JesseSierke]

I’m fascinated by the Jōmon people. They seem to have existed since before many submerged archaeological sites disappeared under the waves.

[@brettfafata3017]

Can you elaborate on the "under the waves" part? Are you talking about the Ice age when the the coastlines were different? I read that the first humans probably came to Japan when it was connected to Korea via a land bridge during the Ice Age.

[@davidjacobs8558]

@@brettfafata3017 yes, When Japanese islands were connected not only to Korea, but to Okinawa and Taiwan and all the way down to Philiphin and other South East Asian islans too. those Jomons didn't come from Korea, but rather followed the coast line during the ice age. when the ice age was over, and the Japan became island. there was no more influx, until the continental people developed ships that were big enough to cross the strait between Korea and Japan.

[@morning3389]

that's why some Indonesians looks a like Japanese there not only Austronesian but Austroasiatic too connection thai/cambodian/viets to Japanese ..

[@robto]

@Joseph Rabozzi The Ainu are not totally descended from the Jomon as well - they later admixed with native Siberians from the mainland. When it comes to your alternative history scenario - it's very much possible that the culture in Japan would be completely different if they stayed Jomon, and by our modern racial standards they would probably be categorized as a different race from other East Asians. But I bet that Japan would be an undeveloped country like Papua New-Guinea is nowadays....

[@yayoikisaragi7968]

@Joseph Rabozzi Ainus have more Jomon gene than the modern Yamato-Japanese do but instead they have less Jomon culture...

[@snorgonofborkkad]

These videos make me realize how hilariously inadequate our modern lexicon of racial categories are. The human race is truly irreducible.

[@ForUploadin]

The speed of changing culture. The speed of changing language. The speed of changing apperance. All of them are different. For example, If you adopt a different criteria, however caucasian they become, Hungarian are Asian. Depending on criteria, everything can be classified differently. The racial lexicon from Europe is based on physical appearance and religion. For example, if somebody is caucasian and from the christian country, he/she is white. But they don’t think somebody who look European but came from the middle east and is Muslim is White.

[@anynomous7228]

The human “race” is as irreducible as color. Hurr durr, different colors do not exist because there are no clear-cut boundaries between them! Idiotic.

[@CobraRedstone]

@@anynomous7228 To reduce the different groups of people to mere colours is the peak of willing ignorance. Since ww2, with the help of corporate globalist education the study has transformed what used to be a science into cultural taboo. Just because we are different doesn't mean conflict needs to be created out of it. By trying to bury the facts of the matter, you serve an injustice to all subgroups of people. Truth triumphant!

[@CobraRedstone]

@Fuck Netanyahu What? I'm anti Mixing?

[@CobraRedstone]

@Fuck Netanyahu I just said I agree? Are you a little slow in the head mate?

[@ForUploadin]

To English speakers． Jomon- Austronesian offspring is like Celtic. Yayoi - so called East Asian is like Anglo Saxon. Modern Japanese people is mixture of Jomon and Yayoi. Ethnic minorities in Japan are more Jomonic people than the majority. But both of them share the base culture thus the country can remain united without conflicts to each other

[@davidjacobs8558]

well, more like European invasion of North America. Jomon's are Natives, and Yayoi's are Europeans. Most Jomon's are killed off, few intermarried or driven to North Eastern Corner of Japanese Islands.

[@Hydrophiidae]

@Charles Huang China never colonised Japan as Spain did to Mexico. Some Chinese certainly did settle in the Japanese archipelago, mainly are those Min Chinese in the Ryuku Islands. But it is doubtful that Yayoi people originated from Han Chinese, though there were Torajin like the Hata clan that was from China.

[@Hydrophiidae]

@Charles Huang I mean, Han Chinese have never conquered Japan successfully, both militarily, linguistically and genetically. They remained a minority within the archipelago, and they were those to be assimilated.

[@roninlibert7821]

That is too over simplified which is what I think the video illustrates...

[@ForUploadin]

You are unfortunately uneducated and you believe myths believed among Chinese. The fact is opposite. The vast amount of Chinese vocabulary today is from Japan because most of professors in Beijing University which was The China’s first modern university studied abroad in Japan when it was established in the early 20th century. Confucian never became a part of Japanese culture in general.That’s basic knowledge.What you are saying is like saying that Japan is Christian culture for the very minority who accepted Christianity. You don’t understand the definition of language. Japanese is in a completely different language family from Chinese. There was no big immigration from China into Japan You seems like believing that you are Chinese But there is no Chinese people and Chinese culture in the world just like there is no African culture and African people. China is a name of land, not a group of people.

[@rogerhinman5427]

Japan has always fascinated me.

[@ChefRafi]

The Austronesians preferred southern travel maybe because of the weather. Agbiag dagiti pulitayo! (Mabuhay ang lahi natin)

[@ikapuchino]

Lol. Because northeast people more rough, look at southern china and Taiwan now completely Han. Austronesian and Austroasiatic people more friendly, warm and avoid conflicts. That's characteristics of southeast Asian.

[@safuwanfauzi5014]

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[@ikapuchino]

@Leon Lopez they are minority and adopted Chinese culture.

[@ikapuchino]

@Leon Lopez You know the problem is why indigenous people should be minority in their homeland?

[@alsuvarnadvipadanargentum1743]

Safuwan Fauzi Woah 😨 that’s a lot, I find them informative The more that I know about my country’s relationship with our neighbors in the past (pre-colonial) the more it makes me feel so SAD 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭for my country. where did we go horribly wrong?

[@HighScienceRealms]

SEA-npai!

[@permafrost8894]

lol

[@BLACK_LIVES_MATTER64]

Masaman never once mention how East Asians have the Edar Genes and Shovel Shape Teeth that are affiliated with Edar Genes.

[@randomcommenter8797]

O U T ! !

[@MrAlipatik]

lmao!

[@azizfajar9207]

Do you Mean Kakashi senpai

[@crazykong5246]

Hey Masaman, thanks for the time and effort you put into to these videos. Perfect length, great content.

[@aimanmarzuqi4804]

Austronesian here (Malay from Malaysia), I'm always happy to hear Masaman talk about the Austronesians.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Japan has one of the most fascinating historical events in the world. The country itself is beautiful too.

[@samuelschonenberger]

Didn't expect you here since this is not an anime video

[@yeezet4592]

Hey

[@yeezet4592]

@Anthony Suarez lol

[@yuu0294]

fucking weeb

[@cjeromet1971]

You are everywhere.

[@auburntiger6829]

There were also Tungusic tribes such as the Saeki (佐伯), who were based in Kantō and Hokuriku, and Nivkh tribes such as Mishihase (粛填), who were based in northern Japan. The Nivkh people interacted with the Ainus who were also in northern Japan, and came into contact with a Southern Tungusic people known as the Orok.

[@brettfafata3017]

I'm very interested in Japanese linguistics and I've often seen the claim of Tungusic people in Japan, but I've never seen any proof of it. How do they know they were Tungusic? From what I know there are no surviving texts in these languages.

[@brettfafata3017]

@Millenial Pigeon My thinking is that because "Tungusic" is a linguistic grouping, one would have to have some record of their language before confidently classifying them. Idk, maybe there some topographic evidence or something.

[@lexi55410]

Japanese itself belongs in the macro Altaic family , but alot of intermixing with Austronesian

[@yoshida.takashi]

@@lexi55410 austronesian small influence only in kyushu not all japan.

[@kawalangdalawahan]

Hmmm, but both Japanese and Koreans have haplogroup O1b2, the para-austroasiatic lineage while the austroasiatics are O1b1. Could Japanese be a para-austroasiatic language with an Austro-Tai substrate (since both Austronesian and Tai-Kayak are O1a) (and since the Japonic languages were from the Yangtze with both the Tai-Kadai and Austronesian, and a Koreanic superstate? And is Koreanic and the Goguryeoic be Tungusic, since North Korea, where Goguryeo was, was not suitable for agriculture and thus had to be at lease semi nomadic like the Tungusics?

[@davidjacobs8558]

it's not that complicated. Jomons are people who entered Japan during the ice age, when the sea level was much lower, and humans can walk into Japan. Yayois are people who enterred Japan after the ice age, when Japan became island, and humans had to develop sea going ships to cross the strait between Korea and Japan. it took humans very long time to develop ships that are capable of crossing sea after the ice age. so Jomon people had long period of isolation from continental influence.

[@Aim201]

Well austronesian did first. The first to seafare across Pacific Ocean

[@davidjacobs8558]

@Sheila Vil Ainu people are one of the Jomon culture. These Austronesian people came into Japanese islands during the Ice Age, when there was land bridges, so they could just walk in. When the Ice Age was over, these people spread over the entire islands, but isolated, and each tribes developed their own cultures. Ainu were just one of those hundreds (if not thousands) of small tribes of Jomon people. some of them even went over to Sakhalin islans and crossed over to the Eastern shores of Siberia.

[@davidjacobs8558]

@Sheila Vil that's what I said. Jomon came from South East Asian Island, when they were connected to Japan during the Ice Age. Australia, Indonesia, Phillipins, Taiwan, Okinawa, Japan were all connected by land bridge back then.

[@davidjacobs8558]

@Sheila Vil you are mistaken. Ainus were brown skinned people. today, there is no pure blood Ainu people left. If you want to see what real Ainu looked like, you have to go back 200-300 years, at least. take a look at paitings created by Japanese artists depicting Ainu people created 300 years ago. Ainu's are always depicted as dark skinned, compare to fair skinned Japanese. today's light skinned Ainu's are mixed blood, not real Ainus.

[@davidjacobs8558]

@Sheila Vil as I said, you should search for paintings of Ainu people by Japanese artist created 300 years ago. there are several. And these Ainu people on those paintings look like Australian aboriginies with dark skin, short very cruly black hair. Ainu people today are very mixed race, and do NOT represent their true origin.

[@auburntiger6829]

Would be awesome if you could cover the Paleosiberian people and the languages they speak as they are often glossed over and rarely talked about. With many language isolates and more than several language families in the region, it is not known whether they are genetically related (linguistics). For all we know, some of these Paleosiberian languages could be related to other languages such as Korean, Nivkh, and the language spoken by the Xiongnu. AFAIK, these language families are: Chukotko-Kamchatkan, Nivkh, Yukaghir, Yeniseian, and Eskimo-Aleut. The Eskimo-Aleut family is especially an interesting one because it is spoken not just in Alaska and the Canadian Arctic but also in Siberia. In 2015, it was also noted that Northern Tungusic languages have Eskimo-Aleut loanwords, suggesting that Eskimo-Aleut was once much more widely spoken in eastern Siberia.

[@wtc5198]

Eskimo-Aleut is not usually considered Paleo-Siberian

[@karlos_infamous]

yes, i noticed that some Japanese people exhibit Austronesian features compared to their default Asian phenotypes. Particularly among the Ryukuans and Okinawans, some have natural tanned skin complexion and facial hair.

[@nenabunena]

Austronesians aren't hairy

[@fighterfighter9340]

@@nenabunena Austroasiatic speakers are more hairy like Thais and Cambodian.

[@nenabunena]

By Asian you mean Mongoloid? Austronesians are Mongoloid

[@rittikraith7050]

Muhammad Saufi Thais aren’t hairy at all.

[@jivanjovan]

I'm Indonesian and the people here can barely grow a beard, let alone chest hair lol. It looks like the Japanese get their hair from the Jomon

[@AnOriginalYouTuber]

Wonder if sumo wrestling is related to Polynesian wrestling.

[@ForUploadin]

Can be. Everything that has to do with primitive Shinto, not Shinto ordered by the ancient government can be related to Austronesian heritage.

[@tsopmocful1958]

Probably more inspired by earthquakes.

[@Mtrl-new]

No, it's Yayoi that brought this to Japan.

[@chonulgwiin5051]

Sumo is a Goguryeo's origin!

[@MarkWhippy]

I don’t think Polynesians had ancient wrestling traditions.

[@Demographiaanthropology]

I had never even heard of the Hayato/Kumaso until today

[@ForUploadin]

Japanese thinks people from southern Kyushu often have distinct face and the image about them is unconscious remain of sense of being different.

[@ForUploadin]

@Daisy Wong. First of all, I think that Han Chinese is a self brainwashed term to define themselves. I have been travelled many regions in China and from the view point of anthropology, roughly speaking, depending on regions , they are living like different ethnic groups and I believe the true Han is only from 華北. The southern Chinese who believe that they were Han can be classified into different ethnic groups from anthropology viewpoint. Speaking accurately, all thorough History, Han from west-north gradually has been conquering different groups of people in South. I know that they feel they are so different to each other even today. I think that demographically, prehistoric immigration from China was not big but big impact on diet like rice harvesting came from Chiang Jiang river down stream area. When I travelled the Chiang Jiang river down stream area, I admit that influence on diet from the area to Japan was big although demographically not so many people seemed not to have come to Japan from there because compared to the big impact on diet, there is no linguistic influence from China. If prehistoric immigration from China has been big, Japanese language would have been in Sino-Tibetan family. But that never happened. In Japan, we still eat of a lot of taro. this is a remain of diet before rice coming.

[@ForUploadin]

I generally agree with you. The idea ‘ Chinese people’ or ‘ Chinese culture ‘ was coined by 孫文. Before 孫文, roughly speaking, China was just a name of land. But now political ideology is making a fiction that ‘ Chines history was 5000 years but that’s not true. In the land of China, history is about 3700 years. Even if you include 夏, it won’t be up to 4000 years. In prehistoric era, There were neither a country China nor country Japan nor a country Korea. We are often biased so much by the modern concept of country and ethnicity.

[@Demographiaanthropology]

@@ForUploadin I agree

[@Innomenatus]

@Daisy Wong There is no Chinese ethnic group. It isn't even a linguistic group as well. And the Japanese royal family have not been dna tested yet. However, it is true that the Yayoi assimilated the Jomon. about 90% of Japanese DNA is of Yayoi origin.

[@vtron9832]

Dear Mason, please make a video solely regarding the indigenous peoples of Melanesia, papua, Australia, and Tasmania.

[@Masaman]

Next video is most likely going to be over Pacific Islanders

[@libbystwinfreelibby1839]

I second this!!

[@vtron9832]

PM ScroMo but the very concept of a racial group is sketchy at the very least and terribly vague and unhelpful at worst.

[@vtron9832]

PM ScroMo theres is a simple solution: Koori is that person’s ethnic group. Their ancestry is based on their genes which we can mark based on haplogroups.

[@nenabunena]

@@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns it's Polynesians and Melanesian, those are the 2 racial groupings of the Pacific

[@charleyjr.iriarte7428]

Man! If the whole of Austronesia gets united, you would be a valuable factor!

[@charleyjr.iriarte7428]

@ family... Not religion

[@TechOtakuYT]

Malayo-Austronesia (Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia) already tried it once but failed due to stuff, search up maphilindo.

[@epg96]

Wow cool, thanks for accepting my req, dude. Btw as an Indonesian native speaker, i watched many Japanese movies or animes for many years and i found some simmiliar words in Indonesian and Japanese such as aku, boku, ikan, sakana, baik, hai, siji (javanese), ichi, anda, anata, suka, suki

[@Masaman]

Thanks for being a loyal viewer. It took me a while, but I got to it haha

[@follymetric]

@@Masaman lmao the way you edited the video made it seem like this dude died

[@amirsur2750]

Why don't you reach out for Paul from Langfocus for a video on Indonesian-Japanese linguistic connections? :p He's just published a video on Indenesian/Filipino, so why not

[@jrhermosura4600]

In filipino we have karaoke, tansan, shabu, kirey, kampay, among others.

[@duckyuu5900]

This is trivial, but there are also some Javanese words that sound Japanese but don’t mean the same thing like: saiki=now iki=this ora=no

[@safuwanfauzi5014]

If Japan never go to WW2, Taiwan, South half of Sakhalin and all Kuril Island chain will be part of Japan, at least All Kuril Island not just original 4 Island. Sakhalin and kuril island where Ainu lives, Some japanese have Ainu blood, or Ainu who are became assilimate into Japanese and Intermarried with Japanese.

[@noticemesenpai69]

They didn’t have a choice in the matter. It was go to war or roll over for the US

[@AyueKodamaes]

Not sure about sakhalin islands,but the rest yes. Tojo was not the smartest person out there,the greedy spoke louder to him. Japan is really lucky to still have Okinawa and Hokkaido today.

[@faanengaaw7357]

Austronesian speaker here frm Micronesia❤️

[@vernicethompson4825]

The Yayoi are the most interesting to me because they introduced bronze and horses to Japan. I have wondered about their origins, since their culture was like that of much of East Asia at the time, and they must have contributed their language to the islands. There are so many similarities between modern Japanese and the Altaic and Finno-Ugric languages that suggest to me a common origin. The Tibetan connection is truly ancient but recorded in their genes, and which means any language influence must also be ancient. Your video does a great job summarizing all the genetics and various influences on Japan, and I greatly appreciate all your research into this fascinating topic.

[@비열한거리-i1o]

Yaoi is korean

[@vernicethompson4825]

@@비열한거리-i1o The Yayoi had to pass through Korea to get to Japan.

[@비열한거리-i1o]

@@vernicethompson4825 It's simple. Just people moving to Japan were korea peninsula residents

[@sheilavil3244]

@@비열한거리-i1o yatoi are chineae

[@Lysol-2004]

As a Japanese, I love Altaic more than Austronesian.

[@oschits-sentai2127]

Modern Japanese are para-Austroasiatic (haplogroup O1b2) with Jōmon substrate (haplogroup D1a2a and C1a1)

[@onelove637]

@masaman great job! I love your videos, I don't know of anywhere else one can study this kind of information wrapped into a video.

[@Ilovepizzandnb]

I did the 23andme and I just got my results, I'm a 5th Japanese American with all my relatives from Hawaii. They migrated in the late 1890's to Hawaii from Japan. It says I'm 93% Japanese, 7%Korean with no recent Korean ancestry, my Paternal Haplogroup was D, subgroup D-M55, Subgroup D-M125 which was linked to the original migrants to Japan with the Jomon/Ainu from Hokkaido in the North. My Maternal Haplogroup was G which was also found in Hokkaido and is frequent in the Jomon/Ainu. Somewhat different than other Japanese with different Haplogroups.

[@Ilovepizzandnb]

it explains why my Dad, Grandpa, Great Grandpa didn't look like your typical Japanese/East Asian person.

[@lobsterbalelegesse9919]

Shalawam, you may be an Isrealite of Gad or Dan of the north kingdom. There is lots of facts on this, Shinto religion, certain traditions and language. Many Japanese (the non-Korean types) went through the curses of Deuteronomy 28.

[@Ilovepizzandnb]

@@lobsterbalelegesse9919 i really have no idea of the Shinto religion, didn't really grow up knowing much about Japanese culture or history except for the food.

[@jacobjche]

@Daisy Wong imperial line is mixed with o and d and isnt linear. Went from o to d to o back to d

[@斯卡蕾特芙兰朵露-x1i]

Historical cause At that time, the Xia Dynasty had not been established, and there was no concept of a country. Before the Xia Dynasty, some brown races in Fujian developed slowly, and the Central Plains culture did not involve the Fujian region. Around the Spring and Autumn Period, the first slavery country, the "Kuo Lou Kingdom", was established in Fujian. Until the early years of the Qin Dynasty, after the Qin destroyed Chu and Yue, it continued to invade the Fujian region. At that time, the southernmost point of the Yue Kingdom was Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province, and further south was the category of the "Bulou Kingdom". "The Kingdom of Bulou" all over the country desperately resisted the invasion of the Qin Dynasty, but it was ultimately defeated. Part of the brown race fled to Taiwan, and the remaining "Gulou citizens" accepted the subsidiary rule of the Qin Dynasty. After the fall of Qin, the "King of Fulou" was free again, but the time limit was short. Soon Liu Bang's army invaded the border of the Kingdom of Fulou. Due to the great disparity in power, the "Kuo Lou Kingdom" was defeated again and became a dependent country of the Han Dynasty, and was renamed "Min Yue Kingdom". In the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Minyue State was abolished and became a county. Since then, Minyue State has been destroyed and became part of the Han Dynasty. In order to disintegrate the survivors of Fujian and Vietnam, Emperor Wu of the Han killed their nobles and elders. Some of the survivors fled to the Taiwan area, while the remaining part was isolated by the northern races, and finally disappeared in the Fujian area due to various reasons. This is why modern Fujianese contain a large amount of O3 in the north and a small part of O2 in Baiyue, but not M1 and M2 in the South Island. Today's Fujianese belong to the yellow race, the descendants of the fusion of the northern Han and Baiyue people, but not the descendants of the Austronesians. The Austronesians belong to the brown race or the brown white race, and their genetics are different from the modern Fujianese. The mystery of continental distribution

[@ProximaCentauri88]

When I first heard the Maori language, I was like "It sounds like Japanese."

[@003mohamud]

They even have the Japanese R/L phoneme.

[@kaiushijima7060]

Also Hawaiian language.

[@fighterfighter9340]

@My OM Japanese language syllable almost same with Buginese Language in Sulawesi. Both languages have final open syllable.😅

[@fighterfighter9340]

@Saudi King Volintine Ander of Arabia Buginese Language in Sulawesi also have final open syllable. 😁

[@ProximaCentauri88]

The most striking Austronesian connection for me as Filipino is the "na" connector. ▪︎Japanese: "Kirei na hana" = beautiful (connector) flower ▪︎Tagalog: "Marikit na bulaklak" = beautiful (connector) flower

[@jamesgollop4555]

Living in Hawaii where we have large populations of people of Okinawan, Polynesian and Filipino descent, many of us have noted clear similarities between these groups. Consumption of pork, traditional tattooing, darker complexion, larger eyes, and wavy hair, are some clear connections. In comparison with North East Asians, that is to say.

[@nenabunena]

Wavy hair? There are a lot more wavy or curly hair amongst Koreans than Filipinos imo. Also Filipino women used to dye their teeth black which strengthened it and they considered it aesthetically beautiful, it it a common practice amongst Austronesians and japanese

[@jamesgollop4555]

The Filipinos in Hawaii are mostly Ilokanos from Northern Luzon. I think they do tend to have wavier hair. That is interesting historically about the teeth blackening. I had forgotten reading about that.

I think Ilocanos have a distinct look, even in the Philippines we can point out which ones are Ilocanos.

[@KimAhrina11]

Polynesian literally are Asian

[@KimAhrina11]

more like a tan complexion

[@unstoppableExodia]

I love how Japan is kinda like the UK of Asia

[@Tempus0ptic]

Then that makes Philippines the Ireland of Asia since they love to drink at parties, were both colonized in the past and are both strongly influenced by the Roman Catholic church

[@lissandrafreljord7913]

But with much better food culture.

[@justfrank5661]

Cryo Optic I think the Koreans are the Irish of Asia because oh my god do they hate the Japanese!!!!

[@Tempus0ptic]

@@justfrank5661 Korea is more like the France of Asia because like the Japanese and Koreans the Brits and the French also have a long history of rivalry

[@lissandrafreljord7913]

@@Tempus0ptic South Korea is also turning into the fashion capital of Asia with the popularization of KBeauty and KPop fashion, though Shiseido still bigger than AmorePacific. There was even a proposal to build a chunnel that would connect Japan with South Korea, at Busan, like the Chunnel in England and France, though it looks like it won't happen anytime soon since Korean and Japanese government still don't get along so well. Japan and Britain are similar in the sense they are both island nations that drive on the left side of the road, with a still existing royal family, and a natural tendency to be good at queueing, apologizing for anything, and being super polite but very indirect people. However in the food and art scene, Japan is more like France. It has the most Michellin 3 star restaurants in the world, even ahead of France. Some Japanese sakes are made to be like luxury items like French wines are. Even some fruits and fungi. Japan also admires French cuisine, hailing it as the golden standard of Western cuisine. They love the French pastries, and implemented a lot of their technique into their own Japanese pastries, though baking was introduced to East Asia by the Portuguese. Japan has also produced prominent fashion designers like Rei Kawakubo, Yohji Yamamoto, Junya Watanabe, Issey Miyake, and Kenzo Takada who have built a career in Paris doing haute-couture and ready-to-wear. In terms of cleanliness, Japan is closer to Switzerland, and Scandinavian countries though (too much graffitti, cigarette buds, litter, trash, homeless people, pickpocketers, and dog shit in the streets of Paris compared to Tokyo). And in industrial might, it is closer to Germany, with a strong manufacturing economy. Not to mention, both Japan and Germany are rule obsessed, with a dark past in the 40s. Korea too is similar to Germany in this aspect, as they are an engineering powerhouse, not to mention Korea is divided into capitalist South and communist North, like how Germany was divided into capitalist West and communist East. In terms of attitude though, Korean probably closer to Polish people. They know what is like to be sandwiched between two great powers, being invaded by them, and now recently get the recognition they deserve in the world stage after years of hard work to rebuild their country. Many Koreans, like Poles, had to emmigrate their country in order to find a better future, and that they did, as their hard work has payed off, allowing them to assimilate well into their new homes, and improve their socioeconomic situation. They also have an intense drinking culture of hard liquor (soju and vodka are readily available), and have a cold and hot personality mix, as they may come off as a bit reserved and introverted sometimes (you know, the type of people who are not used to smiling to strangers and doing small talk with them), but once you get to know them closely, they a firecracker with an explosive firey temperament (Koreans and Poles seem to be rather impatient, especially when they teach, they don't wait for the slow student).

[@Bbuffalofan1]

Always excited for a new vid

[@hilmilutfi568]

Keren! great job masaman, For felow Austronesian, love from Indonesia

[@MrYukew]

Fellow Austronesian (3/4 Sundanese, 1/4 Javanese) here. It's always nice to see someone talking about our people. Hatur Nuhun!

[@flippgoofman1868]

I am quite fascinated by this topic. When I visited Taiwan in the 1990s I met an older gentleman up in the mountains who was speaking Japanese with his wife. I asked him in Japanese if he was Japanese. I was surprised when he told me he was a Christian missionary and member of one of the Taiwanese tribal peoples . . . not a Japanese man. Back in those days (the 1990s) there were still a lot of older men in Taiwan who spoke fluent Japanese. Any older men in their 80s almost invariably were fluent in Japanese. I guess nowadays that most of them are gone or extremely old. What happened in prehistory in the islands of Japan is murky. The Japanese archipelago was clearly populated from the south, north and east. Modern Japanese vary a lot in their appearance. This attests to the various migrations to the islands from Mainland Asia and elsewhere.

[@r.m.pereira5958]

Please, a video on the paleo-Siberians, Tungusic peoples and the proto-Mongols; another on the Sardinians and the ancient Nuragians; and about the Mande peoples of West Africa!

[@redkittyshop]

Your content is so interesting. I’ve always been curious about geography and demography.

[@CallemJayNZ]

I'm a mixture of Polynesian (Māori) and European (Scottish, German, French and Croatian) There's actually quite a lot of Māori that have a mixture of one or two of those European groups. Māori/Croatian families are common in the far north of the North island New Zealand, while Maori from the Southern portion of the North island have a lot of Māori/German plus Maori/British. The Maori of the mid east coast of the South Island around Akaroa had a lot of contact with the French. In fact, the British and the French were both rushing to get Māori on their side to aid them with their attempts of settlement and colonisation, the Union Jack on our flag makes it obvious that the British prevailed, and to that I say, God save the King and long may he reign ♥️🇳🇿♥️🇬🇧♥️🇳🇿

[@Demographiaanthropology]

Interetsing topic. I had no idea that Japan had any Austronesian influence

[@Taffee]

Bro these videos are awesome! There's nobody else that I can think of that does videos on this kind of stuff. Keep going with the content mate 👌 In relation to the video, I think it's quite interesting to learn of potential similarities and roots that Austronesian groups share with some Japanese (particularly in the south as explained in the video). I've always thought Japan was more isolated and had no thought of it being related to the wider world. (The Altaic connection was a bit... unconvincing). Anyway love from Indonesia 🇮🇩❤️

[@lukeshdoesntknow]

Just a side note but the Altaic theory is considered a bit of a joke among linguist circles nowadays

[@SinicizedTurk]

Well we have to leave some scraps for those hungry Turanists

[@vercingetorixbretwalda1325]

thank you, i was wondering if someone was going to say that.

[@ANTSEMUT1]

@@SinicizedTurk lol

[@lexi55410]

oh plz. >_>

[@yoshida.takashi]

yes and no. new model exists call transeurasian and is highly accept and has more results. you can see results in Cambridge University Press.

[@kigas24]

That haplogroup D fact is wild

[@kivloli8385]

Brother of Haplogroup E so they are linked to us.

[@hokkaidosnow6643]

You should make a video about how East Asian are Vietnamese(Kinh) people.

[@robloxvids2233]

And their French genetics/cultural influence. I'd also like a video about the Native American Inuit connection with Norway and moreso Denmark, born out of their control of Greenland going back to the 1700s. Euros are confused when native American DNA shows up in their DNA tests lol.

[@janishy.4392]

there are many websites that explained how the Kinh (京) people were formed as a result of multiple waves of Northern Han Chinese people in modern-day North Vietnam.

[@李承勳-o9y]

The similarities between verbal(language family) and human(ethnic)dna are bound to coincide. But even though some of the Japanese and Austronesian are similar, majorities of dna are completely different.

[@Lysol-2004]

I'm Japanese I agree with you. Just because there are similarities that doesnt mean that they are related. But I can see the relationship with SE Asians and South of Japan like Okinawa. But the rest of Japan is completely different. You are the only SE Asian person I know who trust evidence provided by Science. Majority of JP DNA is completey different from SE Asians.

[@alifxzzclan1955]

Cool! Greetings from Melayu Kedah Malaysia! Austronesiaa

[@Thudothwacker]

Japanese travel to the Philippines to trade. They buy earthen jar and its called "Luzon" in Japan.

[@chad_dogedoge]

Southern part of Japan is definitely Austranesian , like okinawa , but the mainland is altaic-tungustic.

[@Lysol-2004]

Yep

[@AyueKodamaes]

I don't think so. There's not altaic-tungusic influences in Japan. Only ainu. Also,Kyushu is part of the mainland.

[@LingkunganSekitarKu]

In North Japan Maybe

[@kawalangdalawahan]

Can you please do a video on the origins of Korea and/or the origins of the mysterious O1b2 M-176 haplogroup? It’s so interesting how it’s a para-austroasiatic lineage that moved so far away from the austroasiatic O1b1 lineage!

[@SargentoBonzo]

I always think of modern Japan as a country with five ethnicities: The Wajin (Yamato), the Ainu, the Ryukyan (Okinawan), the Zainichi and the Hafu. ... and yeah, I know Hafu (mixed japanese and non-asian) is just a term that englobes a diverse people from different background, and they are not even so together to form a particular culture like is the case of Zainichi, but some japanese (including hafu) friends told me they stick out from the rest so I see them as a peculiar group.

[@boycottnok1466]

Remove the racist Zainichi out they don't except Japanese nationality due to high pride and causes big problems in Japan. Zainichi stick out only because of there anti-japanese tendencies caused by feeding Korean media and practicing isolation tendencies among there own group, in other words problem makers.

[@nakpin5230]

@@boycottnok1466 Even Koreans don't like the Zainichi, especially Chongryon Zainichi. Nobody likes troublemakers.

[@craigcollinsjr]

Could you do an episode or series on an particular ethnic group, civilization, or race wipped out by disease? Very relevant during these times. I appreciate your work!

[@AlteredState1123]

Great topic and great presentation.

[@jhaarbur]

Very nice! Usual suggestions: 1. Explaining the relation between sub-Saharan Africans and Indigenous Australians as there is a lot of misunderstanding about that. In addition, is there any Australian Aboriginal diaspora in the world? Torres Strait Islanders? 2. The connection between the Frisians and the "Old English" 3. Baltic TRIBES 4. Yennish 5. Maori (specific) 6. How much of an Antarctican "culture" exists among the researchers and professionals there? This is an interesting topic to analyze ethno-genesis in a very small sense. 7. One thing I've been curious about that I have not been able to find much information on: Malagasy diaspora in the world 8. The possible un-contacted tribes that might exist in the Congo River Basin in the DRC. 9. People's of Amazonia-Is it true that they lost the ability to perspire because of the climate? 10. The most modern creole groups 11. The HUMAN population of the Galapagos Islands 12. Inuit connection with modern Siberian populations

[@kivloli8385]

Bantus culture is hebrew culture thepatriot.com.na/index.php/2018/06/15/the-hebrew-heritage-of-africans/

[@yodorob]

A video on the differences between ethnic group members in their homeland vs. in the diaspora would be interesting. For example, contrasting Jews in the US or Argentina or South Africa or France or Russia with those in Israel, or Armenians in the US or France or Russia vs. those in Armenia, or Japanese in the US or Brazil or Peru vs. those in Japan.

[@jhaarbur]

@@yodorob He already did a videos on that: 1. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqCxnn6Mbq1jrKc 2.kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3XcnZmQmNuZrdU

[@quadeevans6484]

I can already tell you there is no connection to sub saharan africa in Australia they share Papuan descent and are more related to melanesians

[@yodorob]

@@jhaarbur Those videos you mentioned deal with, respectively, genetic differences among different groups of Jews (e.g. Ashkenazi vs. Sephardi vs. Mizrahi Jews) and the amount of Jewish blood among Latin Americans. What I was referring to was the theme of diaspora vs. homeland, in the sense that differences exist between, for example, Japanese-Americans or Japanese-Brazilians and Japanese in Japan, or Armenians in France or in the US vs. Armenians in Armenia, or American or Argentine or Russian Jews vs. Israelis.

[@ZELLIS]

I LOVE UR CHANNEL

[@KaliG01]

Your video on the Ainu was great and I want to know more! Part 2? 🤷🏽‍♀️ It’s difficult trying to figure out “who” exactly they are. I only recently found out my grandmother’s haplogroup (G1a1a) links us to them. Melanesian and Siberian come and go in my DNA results so this kind of connected everything together. Thanks!

[@andriwahyudani1302]

Seriously? Are you Indonesian who migrate to russia or something??

[@motorola9956]

@@andriwahyudani1302 Denisovans (proto aborigines/melanosoid) originate in Russia duh

[@turanatomeko]

Entertaining as always and I always learn something new I didn't know before.

[@naniwakkohafu]

Hey there I’m Samoan and Japanese with 10% Melanesian according to 23andMe. I grew up in Osaka. I wish your could’ve covered more on the ancient artifacts from the Jomon period 縄文土器 and the kofun pyramids (or just simply tombs?) that’s shaped like giant keyholes, pretty trippy. Which the Japanese government prohibits the excavation on, even trippier. But I guess your contents are more linguistic based. Regardless I’m always enjoying your videos so thank you.

[@marionetteproject508]

that is interesting. I'm tongan who has 80% austronesian genes

[@bredmond812]

I find the Jomon to be the most interesting because they invented Sheikah technology.

[@LimeBoy-oo6ph]

I think native Japanese words sound similar to native Maori words. Examples of Maori place names: Taranaki, Kaimanawa, Matawai, etc.. Maori are also a Pacific Islander culture.

[@Leo-us4wd]

Could you do a video on the dna of Minoans please

[@sean1139]

Japanese language is similar a bit to some Austronesian (possibly Formosan languages) the southern islands have Japonic languages that's closer to them, the Jomon r a mix of the austros and the language today is still Altaic but with a bit of Austro influence like words like hapa(a Hawaiian word which is Polynesian) and hafu(part of the japanese

[@Lysol-2004]

not all Japanese are Austronesian really. Only in Southern parts of Japan like Okinawa, But the rest of Japan is completely different

[@sean1139]

@@Lysol-2004 i didn't say all

[@Lysol-2004]

@@sean1139 Oh ok. You could've specified it in the first place lol.

[@kelvin-uh7tf]

@@sean1139 japanese language are closer to korean. in reality jomon are native in japan which consist of many tribes. only tribes from southern like kyushu that has austronesian gene. most japan dont.

[@Lysol-2004]

@@kelvin-uh7tf facts. these people really likes to claim Japan as a whole to be austronesian which is ofc untrue.

[@ericksanthiago1952]

Have you ever thought about doing a video on the Gaúchos of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay?

[@miguelmejia4656]

not gonna happen

[@SinicizedTurk]

@@miguelmejia4656 porque?

[@yodorob]

The gauchos are simply the Rioplatense/Rio Grande do Sul version of cowboys, vaqueros, etc., not a distinct ethnicity at all.

[@miguelmejia4656]

@Hülegü El Khazar its such a small segment of these countries that it will go unnoticed.

[@ericksanthiago1952]

@@yodorob Yes, but there's elements that unite them as a people. In Brazil, it's a distinct people group, and spanish/native ancestry unite them. To us southern brazilians, it's a very important identity, since we are mostly more similar to argentinians and uruguayans than other brazilians.

[@Artexerxes101]

Great video and very informative! But, a slight correction: some linguists that do consider Japanese to be a mixed language don't mean that it has many influences from other languages. Rather, they mean that it developed as a contact language between Austronesian and Koreanic language speakers.

[@Lysol-2004]

I'm Japanese. I prefer Koreanic.

[@wtc5198]

@@Lysol-2004 linguistics doesn't care which you prefer

[@masin2671]

@@Lysol-2004 あなたは絶対日本人じゃないね。あなたは韓国人だ。

[@kawalangdalawahan]

Could the Yayoi and thus Koreans be austroasiatic, due to haplogroup O1B2? Here’s my hypothesis: Yayoi started out as the Majiabang culture around Lake Tai at the mouth of the Yangtze River, being one of the Baiyue as one of many Yangtze River civilizations. The Majiabang, or proto-Yayoi, originally spoke a para-Austroasiatic language, as the O1b2 haplogroup is para-austroasiatic. Living alongside them were the Austro-Tai peoples, which later split into Kra-Dai and Austronesian. The proto-Yayoi language then became heavily intermixed with Austro-Tai, as they lived side by side with the austro-tai Hemudu culture. From there, the Austro-Tai family split into the Kra-Dai and Austronesian branches, with the Austronesian branch fleeing into Taiwan, and eventually parts of the Ryukyu Islands and Kyushu. During the Spring-and-Autumn period, the ruling para-Austronesians created the first Wu state, while the Kra-Dai peoples created the Chu state. and as such the language was mandated, having a lasting effect on the proto Yayoi’s para-Austroasiatic language. Thus, before the Han invasions, the original Japonic languages spoke by the Yayoi are a para-Austroasiatic language heavily influenced by Austronesian in its grammar and vocabulary. After the collapse of the Wu state, the Yayoi, and therefore carriers of haplogroup O1B2, fled by boat to the southern Korean Peninsula and Liaoning. In the southern Korean Peninsula, the Yayoi’s para-Austroasiatic language with an Austro-Tai substrate brought rice to the Koreanic (including the Goguryeoic) peoples, exchanging some vocabulary and becoming the same in grammar. Since the Koreanic peoples came from Manchuria and the Manchus also have O1B2, The Koreanic and Goguryeoic languages have got to be Para-Tungusic. This explains why Japanese is now an agglutinative SOV language and why Korean has seemingly Austronesian-like vocabulary for things relating to rice. This Yayoi language, a para-Austroasiatic language with an Austro-Tai substrate gained a Koreanic (and ultimately Kogureyoic, which all are Para-Tungusic), creating Pre-Proto-Japonic, and it’s sister Peninsular Japonic. During the Yayoi migration, the Yayoi came in contact with the Jomon, (Ainu must be some kind of Para-Eskimo-Aleut, which is probably also Para-Uralic) and the Hayato, which is Austronesian. Thus, Japonic gained another Austronesian Layer on top of its ancient Austro-Tai layer. In conclusion, the Japonic Languages are a Para-Austroasiatic language with an Austro-Tai substrate and Koreanic grammar with another layer of Austronesian from the Hayato and Para-Eskimo-Aleut/Para-Uralic from the Jomon.

[@thatboy27506]

Hi i have a question, do Malays have Mongoloid DNA?

[@kawalangdalawahan]

@@thatboy27506 im not a geneticist but the “mongoloid” or “Asian” DNA is represented by the O haplogroup. Malays have more O1a while Mongols have C3c and O3. But yes Malays and other austronesian are related to other East Asians.

[@thatboy27506]

@@kawalangdalawahan Thanks for the answer🙏🏼

[@simba9889]

@@thatboy27506 is it the Mongoloid DNA that makes East Asian eyes slanted ?? so nope, that gene is not dominant to majority of Malays or Austronesian. though one dominant trait of Austronesian is brown skin & short stature.

[@kawabewa_8w8]

Racist Koreans and Korean Americans would hate that

[@Ladyleemega7]

Very interesting

[@omggiiirl2077]

If you study Chinese, Mongol and Korean history you'll see that none of the three nations are actually of pure ancestry. Japan is not actually special in this. All this Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Mongol "pure race" mythology is just that. This has been happening for thousands of years

[@003mohamud]

This is true for all peoples though. Most people have some genes from the neighboring peoples they traded and interacted with.

[@SargentoBonzo]

Agree

[@SargentoBonzo]

Agree

[@SargentoBonzo]

Agree

[@omggiiirl2077]

@@003mohamud exactly. The only pure racial group I've seen is individual people from Pacific Islands, and tg he Sentinel islanders. And maybe just maybe very isolated tribal groups in the Amazon, Continental Africa, the Artic, and central Asia. But everyone else has been in contact for too long too often for there to be a y pure races.

[@crystaluwu1012]

1:40 Korean and Japanese are not related in anyway, linguistics have failed to develope any linguistic evidence that can connect the two aside from gramatical similarities, vocabulary wise the cognates of Japanese and Korean are mostly borrowed words from each other or shared loanwords from China there are no words that seem to share common descent from a common ancestor, you could see what i mean if you look further at Korea native numbering system as compared to Japan Japan has 1. Ichi 2. Ni 3. San 4. Shi/Yon 5. Go 6. Roku 7. Shichi/Nana 8. Hachi 9. Kyuu 10. Juu While Korea has 1. Hana 2. Dul 3. Set 4. Net 5. Daseot 6. Yeoseot 7. Ilgop 8. Yeodeol 9. Ahop 10. Yeol Aside from two the Hana and Nana phonological similarities which can be explained by either contact or influence majority of the numbers seem to not come from a common ancestor due to lack of any phonological consistency for example Indo European languages all pronounce two/duo/dua in a very similar way or how Austronesians all call five lima , Korean also uses alot of "Eol" at the end of the numbers and in alot of words which is a huge phonological problem if you are trying to relate it to japonic. The theory goes is the Japonic existed in the southern half of Korea only due to evidence of Japonic place name in modern SK while this is not prominant in the north who mostly had Koreanic place names during ancient times as we know place names are conservative and easily preserved like for example Misisipi in the US is from native americans, meaning the original people in southern Koreans were Japonic speaking and were forced to either migrate or assimilate to the Korean speaking people, eventually Koreans will move southward along with the arrival of the Koreanic speaking rulers of the Three kingdoms and spread out the language and force Japonic into an island. Gaya and Tamna were probably the last bastions of Peninsular Japonic before being absorbed by Silla and Baekji whos some of the commoners probably spoke japonic bit they were forced to assimilate and there last spoken inside this 2 kingdoms until 4th ce.

[@angelusvastator1297]

Yes. The Jomon were Austronesians but have minor Siberian admixture. They also resemble Polynesians, who have a pseudo Mediterranean appearance like them.

[@SatoriBeats]

Nicely done! Have found out my paternal side is of Sakhalin island lineage. i.e. Ainus

[@blackwater7183]

Man, Filipinos are everywhere. Lol. They definitely like migrating since ancient times.

[@AyueKodamaes]

Austronesian doesn't mean Filipino. There are other austronesian ethnic groups out there.

[@blackwater7183]

@@AyueKodamaes Look at "austronesian" people in google images they basically look Filipino. Lol. Or do you like to make people separated. We are all just basically related on Earth. It's what's causing conflicts in some countries, "There's our tribe...then there's them" mentality.

[@matahari8673]

Filipino named by Spanish King Philips😅

[@CSZeraphyr]

IDK HOW IM NOT SUBSCRIBED TO YOU YET. I WILL SUBCRIBE NOW!

[@SuperHenntaiShichowshar]

The Ainu are a mixture of Okhotsk people and Jomon Japanese. The Yayoi are the Jomon of the western regions. The only difference is culture. It is wrong to confuse the Yayoi people with the people who came to Japan.

[@絶望ガール-v3s]

縄文人は縄文時代に日本列島にいた人で、弥生人は弥生時代に日本列島にいた人ね。つまり、縄文人でもあったし、弥生人でもあった人もいたということ。

[@faanengaaw7357]

Im Micronesian & even before Japan invaded the Pacific we already knew Japan existed. Our ancestors traded with them for items we did not have on our islands. In fact in ancient times Pacific islanders from the Marianas islands called Chamorros in Micronesia would sail all they to the RYUKYU islands of Japan to quarry stones that they did not have on their islands to carve them into small disks to use as money. Since it was quarried so far away it did cost alot in those days. Alot of those small islands near Japan were also inhabited by Austronesians frm Micronesia.

[@ANTSEMUT1]

Oooh i didn't know that, makes sense now that I think of it especially the Northern Marianas are quite close to Japan.

[@faanengaaw7357]

Anthony Ngu yes if u look at it closely from Guam all the way up to the Ryukyu islands it looks like stepping stones. One island after another all the way to Japan.

[@ANTSEMUT1]

@@faanengaaw7357 yeah oh and the Izu Islands of Japan are super close to you guys too.

[@curumipon7089]

In ancient Japan, there was a tribe called the “Azumi” people that inhabited Kyushu and the Ryukyu islands. They were known for their navigation skills and often sailed in the ocean to trade. I wouldnt be surprised if they had close connections with the tribes in Micronesia.

[@faanengaaw7357]

Curumy Ponchy trading stopped when colonization of the Pacific started. Christian missionaries were one of the greatest influence.

[@paulphelps7809]

I have often thought that Japanese people align more correctly as a Pacific people rather than Asian; your research seems to confirm this. I greatly enjoy your videos.

[@ForUploadin]

Japanese anthropologists often refer Japan as Japonesia. Japanese anthropologists pointed about that much earlier than historians because is is easier to approach the fact that Japanese were originally most northern pacific islanders by anthropology which studies soft sides than historians who studies mainly about written history and archaeologists who studies about physical items.

[@nenabunena]

There are 2 types of Pacific people: Polynesians and Melanesian, Polynesians are East Asians originating from pre-Han China

[@jivanjovan]

@chonburi11 Weren't they stuck in Taiwan after the ice melted and separated it from the mainland?

[@yoshida.takashi]

japan is no austronesian and nothing to do with pacific people. kyushu has small austronesian influence not japan.

[@gerald8209]

Austronesians are HUGELY Asian if not one of thee most prolific Asian progenitors

[@BumblebeeTuna8]

Obviously some Japanese have some Austronesian admixture because their Jomon Ancestors interacted with the Bai Yue/Proto Malayo Polynesian Peoples of Coastal Southern China before they conquered Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and Oceania mixing with the Black Inhabitants.

[@문기강-v2i]

The old Japanese language originated from the Korean, Kara(伽羅) language. But the Japanese government artificially changed the old Japanese language into the present one. For example, The following Korean verbs were transliterated into the old Japanese verbs: 달(다)(tal)→taru(たる(垂る))(Old Japanese)→tareru(たれる(垂れる))(Present Japanese) 굽(다)(kup)→kubu(くぶ(燒ぶ))(kubu)(Old Japanese)→kuberu(くべる(燒べる))(Present Japanese) 갈(다)(kal)(the Kara language=Kyeongnam Dialect)→karu(枯る)→kareru( 枯れる))(Present Japanese) The above Old Japanese verbs are the Kara language verbs, themselves, but the Present Japanese verbs are quite different from the old Japanese verbs. Some words the Japanese language can’t explain can be explained by the Korean language. Take a look at the following words: はるさめ(春雨)(harusame)=はる(春)(haru)+s+あめ(雨) ひさめ(氷雨)(hisame)=ひ(氷)(hi)+s+あめ(雨) The Japanese language can’t explain what /s/ is but the /s/ is a Korean genitive case, ㅅ(=s) as in 나뭇닢(namusnipʰ): 나뭇닢(namusnipʰ)=나무(namu)+ㅅ(s)+닢(nipʰ). If the Japanese language didn’t originate from the Korean language, this /s/ can’t be explained. If you want to know more, read the book, 강낙중의 ‘일본어의 기원-일본어는 가야어다(2012)(Kang Nak-Joong’s ‘The Origin of the Japanese Language-the Japanese language is the Kara language). You will know all the phonological rules which changed the Kara language into the Japanese language. Thanks for your reading.

[@kn2549]

“But the Japanese government artificially changed the old Japanese language into the present one” Any legitimate sources for this?

[@nissannismo4007]

Nope

[@flyingzone356]

Fascinating!

[@zens554]

- jomon people originally from southeast asia/austronesian (malay, javanese, sundanese) about 13,000 BC and it has been tested from jomon people skull that the DNA of jomon people and malay/javanese people is 100 percent identical, the characteristic of jomon people was they have round eyes, brown skin, not too tall, very identical with malay/javanese people right now - yayoi people originally from east asia about 300 BC especially from chinese han and korean and it has been tested from yayoi DNA that they DNA is 100 percent identical with the chinese, the characteristic of yayoi people was they have slit eyed, white skin, very identical with chinese or korean people right now - so, the modern of japanese people right now is the mixture of jomon and yayoi maybe from intermarriage although yayoi more dominant maybe 90 percent yayoi and only 10 percent jomon. so, if you see japanese people right now they have characteristic of yayoi such as slit eyed, white skin but also inherit jomon characteristics such as round eyes, not too tall - it also can be traced from their names, japanese names usually use many "o" such as otomo, tono, mizuno, higashino, almost similar with javanese names : sugiyono, joko, widodo, yudhoyono, wibowo (just kidding hehehe)

[@harukrentz435]

Wkwkwk your last point got me chuckled 😂

[@Lysol-2004]

You're right about the Yayoi part. The Yayoi originated in the North though. And they dominated Japanese genes. Except for the southern tip of Japan like Okinawa have dominant Southern genes.

[@raymondabella4684]

I am 2nd generation Filipino in America. I took the 23 and Me genetic test to find out that I am mostly of Austronesian decent with the usual small mixes of Chinese and Spanish. It was no surprise that we had some from India being that it was suspected and rumored that one of my grand parents had some genes from India. A very pleasant surprise that we are proud of (A shout out to my Indian Brothers and sisters!) The thing that blew us away was that there was traces of genes that suggest we have traces of Japanese in my profile. Our family tree going back 200 years shows no known Japanese in our family line and we definately didn't get it from what happened in WW2. It is a big mystery where this came from. We always joke about how this my be the reason everyone in my family loves to eat mochie! and why my favorite Metal band from the 80s is Loudness! LOL! PS. Also love the Japanese band, Band Maid!🤘

[@user-rp9ix2vc4s]

I think Japanese languange vocal sounds is far from Chinese or Korean

[@NoName-if7of]

It's called influence

[@BloodRider1914]

Finally, 1080p

[@brettfafata3017]

Here are some likely borrowings between Proto-Austronesian and Proto-Japanese. pAN *lusuŋ "mortar" pJ *usu "mortar" pAN *hemay "cooked rice" pJ *kəmai "dehusked rice" pAN *baCaR "Panicum miliaceum" pJ *wasara "early ripening crop" These words suggest some early contact between the two groups, but a lack of cognates among basic vocabulary (as opposed to cultural vocabulary) indicates that the languages are probably not related. In my view, the similarities come from contact, not common descent.

[@davidjacobs8558]

Brett Fafata when you compare Japanese words, first you have to remove all chinese derived words. And there are shit ton of them in Japanese language.

[@ryotakus.1560]

Now, I think it's most likely. I guess the Yayoi people ( possibly Altaic speaking) became kind of ruling position ( most nobles had Yayoi-like face ), maybe for the superiority in the social system, but lack of the population make them to accept lots of vocabulary except the basic grammar from the Jomon residents ( possibly speaking Austronesian). Though, this is nothing but a guess. Here is another example about colors (white/black/red/blue) (Sakiyama 2012). The comparison is rather with proto-(West)-Malay-Polynesian but still makes sense. *sinaR (pMP)/ *silak(PWMP) (light)> sira,siro (white, whiten) *gəlap (pWMP) (darkness) > kura (dark) / kuro (black) / kure (sunset) *a(ŋ)kat (pMP) (rising) > aka (red, bright) / ake ( open/daybreak ) *awaŋ (pMP) (hollow/midair) > awa ( feint ) / awo (blue)

[@davidjacobs8558]

@@ryotakus.1560 problem was, Yayoi did not have their own written language. They borrowed Chinese writing system. Chinese language is compeletely different from Yayoi or Jomon language. So their situation was much different from any other foreign ruler - native population situation elsewhere in history of the world.

[@yamnueva2932]

Luzon name came from. the land of mortars

[@OBGynKenobi]

Did you colaborate with NativLang in this? They just put out a similar video on Japanese/Ainu, and at least one image used is the same.

[@Shyaiful1]

Japanese Tribe : Hayato (Austronesian), Azumi (Austronesian), Kumaso, Emishi @ Ebisu @ Ainu

[@shibodira]

My fathers haplogroup is D which is the lineage of the Negritos in the Philippines and the indigenous of Japan (Ainu) and the people in the Andaman Islands. Edit: Haplogroup D is apparently very old and still exists in a small percentage of tested Nigerians today!

[@nenabunena]

Negritos aren't D

[@shibodira]

nenabunena one of the lineages is. DM me I’ll screen shot my genetics test. You an expert? Lol.

[@shibodira]

Sheila Vil Some are D.

[@shibodira]

Sheila Vil I honestly didn’t know E was also a part of it cause, obviously, I only got my fathers lineage. I love that I learned something new. 🙏🏾

[@shibodira]

Sheila Vil I wish there bigger sampler sizes of negrito peoples in general. I feel like people are slowly starting to realize their part in history!

[@walwaal3533]

Masaman can you please make video about Y-DNA T ?

[@LaSpataCaroli]

Nice from Philippines

[@shinasuka1799]

I'm Malay from Malaysia we are Austronesian race

[@cjeromet1971]

[1]youre the only austronesian race or [2]youre part of the austronesian race? cuz if you say 1 then youre an idiot , also just cuz your name is Malaysian and people call you Malay or Malaysians , dont mean youre the only Malays here.

[@wayner396]

I'm American but lived in the Philippines for a few years as a missionary and I find the austronesian peoples and their migration so fascinating. If they spread so far east and and west and having ancient connections to mainland China. I'm absolutely sure that at least some of them spread northward up through okinawa and it's islands.

[@MTC008]

there is a clear evidence that austronesian people settled in the island of eastern asia, of course, japanese people are also part of austronesian people , japanese is an austronesian language that absorbed chinese cultural aspects, it is the only the austronesian language that uses sinitic alphabetical writing system

[@wayner396]

@@MTC008 I'll have to politely disagree with you on that one. The (modern at least) Japanese people are absolutely not Austronesians. Neither their genetics, language, or culture reflect much if any mixture beyond possibly a little bit in ryukyu Islands.

[@MTC008]

@@wayner396 their language words are almost identical to that tagalog words

[@wayner396]

@@MTC008 I speak tagalog and a little Japanese and they are nothing alike

[@MTC008]

@@wayner396 in words of their language yes and some does both people are asian

[@simba9889]

Jomon people are from Philippines. Here are the evidences. - Japanese settlements in Luzon pre-colonial PH. - Funerary figurines Haniwa for Elite Japanese tombs ancient artifacts found in Luzon PH, dated 250 AD. - Jomon pottery similar swirl patterned jars & method of manufacture, found in Luzon PH, dated late Jomon. - Lastly and the most epic, Chuku-Dogu hollow clay figurine, designated important Cultural Property of Japan declared as National Treasure, has a twin brother Chuku-Dogu found in Luzon PH, similar dismembered clay doll figurines ritual before burial in Jomon period, dated 1,500 BC. There are some 187 languages existing in PH, Japan could probably trace theirs in at least one of those. Mystery solve, done. Thank you!

[@Lysol-2004]

ew

[@jade5202]

filipinos and other austronesians came from taiwan

[@simba9889]

@@jade5202 Taiwan is not a country. Their National language is not even Austronesian-based but Northern mainland Asian “Mandarin”. Austronesian is just a minority tribe in Taiwan that doesnt have the voice or weight in any of their State affairs, sadly. so Taiwan is just riding on Austronesian wave to gain Independence from mainland China.

[@bmona7550]

​@@simba9889That's the Chinese majority in Taiwan. They probably meant the minority Taiwanese indegenious groups who were the original inhabitants of Taiwan and the true Taiwanese.

[@kuroazrem5376]

I've actually heard that theory about the origin of the Japanese in a history radio show they used to transmit here.

[@morning3389]

that's why some Indonesians looks a like Japanese there not only Austronesian but Austroasiatic too connection thai/cambodian/viets to Japanese ..

[@makatadaito1351]

Lol

[@morning3389]

@@huangkinzi6138 huh

[@uglybepis3571]

Tai, Austro-asiatics, and Austronesian are definitely the same people with the same origins they just speak different languages, just like Germans, French, English they're the same people that speak different languages

[@NoName-if7of]

@@uglybepis3571 i agree

[@NoName-if7of]

@@makatadaito1351 what?

[@simonnono1238]

You are my hero please keep up the good work

[@jadefields9020]

Hey masaman do a video on this topic why do some japanese words sound like words from the african or should i say yoruba language

[@ahmadhassan8466]

Proto Japanese people are said to have settled in south Korea before moving into Japan The story is likely far more complex The origin of Japanese language is certainly a great mystery. Who knows where it (and Japanese people) came from

[@permafrost8894]

idk but i read somewhere that the proto koreans? (or japanese) people settled in the korean penninsula before the northerners came down to the peninsula and pushed them to migrate to japan. not sure if this is due to cultural exchange in the old times but there are also some common words that exist between korean and japanese and said to be that japanese was spoken by the early koreans. although korean and japanese are both considered to be language isolates ( japanese has its own japonic family ) edit: I wrote this before i watched the video lol

[@AD-yq8rl]

Of course they were not come from the space, so they are most probably related with aggregate of Altaic+Siberian+Chienese+Austronesian people.

[@permafrost8894]

@@AD-yq8rl i think thats basically all east asians. The difference between south east and north east asians are how much austronesian&siberian admixture they have

[@AD-yq8rl]

watif fff simply yeah, but for the Japanese people, I think they are more related with Altaic peoples.So as Masaman mentioned, they are just like British people who are mostly Germanic but have Celtic and Latin genes too.

[@permafrost8894]

@@AD-yq8rl ah i see your a supporter of the altaic family hypothesis ( both linguistically and genetically) lol

[@epg96]

You should make video about How Siberians are Koreans or how East Asian are East Europeans

[@AviChetriArtwork]

The Huns are probably a good example of the East entering the West into Europe. The language of Hungarian is oddly different from the surrounding languages as well.

[@Vitalis94]

@@AviChetriArtwork "Oddly different"? What? We know that the Magyars were the nomads speaking an Uralic language, because they used to live near Volga or even further east originally? So what's really so suprising, or "oddly" about that?

[@КИБАРКУБИЦА-с4д]

Yes, and Russians are a good example of European entering into North Asia.

[@ForUploadin]

Korean has little influence from Austronesian. They came from Siberia and the closer people to Korean is Evenki people in Siberia.

[@AviChetriArtwork]

@@Vitalis94 From my understanding Hungarian is not like any Baltic, Romantic, Germanic languages. But I'm just guessing from my memories, because I've heard Hungarian is very hard to learn, according to polyglots.

[@hiphopandpop]

Proto Austronesians were originally from Fujian area in South China, while Japanese is believe to be originally homeland is in Shanghai area... Means both proto Austronesians and japonics live side by side in the past. Proto Austronesian carry DNA paternal O1a while proto Japonics carry DNA paternal O1b

[@alissacuriel6784]

Stop calling o1b Proto Japonic. These guys are fake Japanese. They are Korean imposters.

[@japanesefilipinorinsan]

We are not Ainu, but we are mixed of Yayoi and Uchina ( ´∀｀) 【Edo】Nagoya 名古屋→Okinawa 沖縄

[@azizfajar9207]

You Mean uchiha clan and senju klan

[@noahrodriguez293]

2:16 Love these guys and their music

[@hellogin0077]

Filipino 🇵🇭 have more Japanese ancestry in South East Asia with majority are Austronesian people , altaic people ,Tai kadai and the smallest is the negritos

[@cjeromet1971]

really? source?

[@NoName-if7of]

I believe that thai and vietnamese are closer to chinese not japanese instead austronesia for example ,taiwan aboriginals(formosan) are closer to japanese

[@simba9889]

@@cjeromet1971 look at the map & Geography. if everything in ancient is by land travel or by boat, you think Japan will fly first to Indonesia or Thailand ?? if it says Taiwan and Japan is different to Chinese, its instead easier for Chinese migration to go Westward through Indo-China region via Vietnam and Thailand. while Japan’s route would be same as Austronesian, via Taiwan down to Philippines.

[@Lysol-2004]

@@NoName-if7of No. Just the small part in the South of Japan. Not entirely :)

[@NoName-if7of]

@@Lysol-2004 yeah that's what I mean South japan

[@turtlemarino3028]

One of the best evidence that Japan, Southeast asia and South China is connected is the practice of teeth blackening

[@Lysol-2004]

Teeth blackening in Japan is only around the Meiji era. And it was short-lived

[@turtlemarino3028]

@@Lysol-2004 based on research it started on the 8th century Heian and continued until Meiji 19th century. It started as dental seal to prevent tooth decay and is possible the technique started from Japan before it spread to Southeast Asia since it was prevalent mostly to places traded with Japan.

[@Lysol-2004]

@@turtlemarino3028 Yeah it was definetely just influenced. But Japan by nature, don't practice teeth blackening at first. My grandma told me that it was only exported in Japan and that people also trying to use it.

[@cigarettes_and_lollipops]

not only that but also indigenious animistic belief, tattooing, rice cultivation, language, jar burials, and jade pendants even indigenious clothing

[@cigarettes_and_lollipops]

​@@turtlemarino3028 it started from southeast asia by taiwanese aborigine then spread to japan starting from southern japan especially kyushu

[@karlnz1471]

Austronesian countries from SEA have a long history spanning back about a thousand years, where Japaneae and Chinese pirates attack local voyagers and take their loot. They also took some land and settled there.