Miriwoong: The Australian language barely anybody speaks - BBC News

European settlement wiped out half of Australia's indigenous languages, and around100 more are in serious danger of being lost.
Miriwoong is one of them. Spoken for tens of thousands of years in a part of Western Australia, the language has now just a handful of fluent speakers.
But there is a huge push to keep the miriwoong alive. So why is it so important?
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[@john-edwardpryce4821]

It's terrifying how quickly ones land can be ethnically cleansed.

[@sinhalalion1806]

@Billonaire Riches Yeah except people taking over you doesn't necessarily have to include genocide. Of course people will die in battles and armed confrontations but once one side is victorious it doesn't need to wipe out the other side. Of course cultural genocide and economic loss happens most of the time when a nation conquers another one. But that's preferable in a way than to be completely wiped out. Only place i can think of right now that has conserved their culture perfectly after being colonized is in New Zealand (Maoris) even though they never gained independence. Then you have places like Mexico who lost most of their culture and language and mixed with the colonizers. Or even places like Ireland and Scotland who got the English language and traditions imposed to them. And places like India who conserved their culture but lost millions and millions in terms of economics.

[@kckdude913]

@Billonaire Riches But only western civilizations will try to cheat and sabotage others, instead of competing with them fair and square. Just look are China and the U.S. America is crying foul in everything China does as China is now starting to lead the world in technology and innovations while the US is trying to bring back coal jobs.

[@tonymolloy2081]

@Billonaire Riches Careful with that shit eating attitude... Might bring something unforseen upon yourselves. Guns and firepower aren't the only methods of overpowering. People just need to be inspired. Careful with that inspirational attitude you have there! Nothing more dangerous and completely devastating than an unseen determined enemy...

[@tonymolloy2081]

@Billonaire Riches Reading comprehension. Give it another bash. Read what I said slowly.

[@john-edwardpryce4821]

@Good Average it was legal to hunt them as sport until 1978 you absolute belter

[@Chris0401-z5s]

Don't say european. Everybody know its you britain

[@Threezi04]

@@truth803 France??????

[@chriscepticon7054]

dutch too

[@marlene97280]

@@truth803 no French, british, scottih, irish, danish, and netherland like in South Africa

[@rosspatterson1233]

Marlène Y why include the Scottish separately from the British?

[@fightingfinn1503]

alot of butthurt redcoats

[@dotardk271]

Not only language...but also widped out most of the indigenous people

[@trollfuente8341]

Yeah European wiped out a lot of indigenous people around the world a take their land's

[@thepunisher-bu2gk]

@@johnhighwood7261 karma m8

[@AAA-ft8gs]

@@johnhighwood7261 africans country occupated by british. Now africans take thier right from europeans

[@coyotelong4349]

John Highwood Sounds like the nonsense conspiracy theories pushed by Nazis and white supremacists like the Christchurch shooter. Do you care about that?

[@crazystuff3538]

@@AAA-ft8gs So why are they moving to Western Countries?

[@VK-zc2un]

They look very similar to the indigenous peoples of South India.

[@YuckFoutube-e1z]

DNA may agree.

[@OfficialDenzy]

That’s because the people migrated from South India to South East Asia to Australia. So they look close to each other

[@kinglehar7879]

The real australians..

[@love_x_love6619]

king lehar Get ready for the comments.

[@КГБКолДжорджКостанца]

This comment went full warzone

[@thechannelforfreespeechkek524]

@King Alfreds Shieldwall It doesn't matter if they built a couple of buildings it's still not there land and never will be. The Europeans belong in their original homland.

[@thechannelforfreespeechkek524]

@Phoenix Swooping Well tough luck now you know how the native Australians feel.

[@meheretoday6968]

King Alfreds Shieldwall, You have said, 'I'm white British/European. My people built the modern world. ' Sweetie that statement alone simply shows your lack of education... Your credibility, if you actually had any to start with, was blown with that one statement of yours...have a nice day.

[@nuclearlefthook5008]

aboriginals look so different from all the other human races. It's super interesting.

[@pineconeparty]

I feel all native people from all lands look unique. but that may just be because we hardly see any depending where you live. sadly there is so few of them

[@jasonla8492]

@@franklinQR they all look like jesus

[@komutsky1879]

Aborginal skulls also look quite different from European, Asian and African peoples skulls. Look it up on google, its quite interesting

[@Spunk_cat]

Was gonna say this probably why they were so treated so bad

[@kalamay]

@@franklinQR look at your racism oozing out from you like some rotten pus. Disgusting

[@arunkumarr5452]

Real Australians.............💯💯💯

[@danidejaneiro8378]

Arunkumar R - not really. Australia as a a country was a white invention. It's a Latin word after all

[@bradley604]

@@danidejaneiro8378 those are real Australians.

[@danidejaneiro8378]

@@bradley604 - not really. Australia as a country was a white invention. It's a Latin word after all.

[@danidejaneiro8378]

@@bradley604 - thanks, but I don't need a seppo telling me my history. If Europeans had never arrived, it wouldn't be called Australia because Australia is a European invention which has only existed since 1901. It's a Latin word after all. Or did you think illiterate isolated hunter-gatherers were fluent in Latin and continent-naming hahahaha

[@bradley604]

@@danidejaneiro8378 I never said that dummy but what I said is basically the whites living in Australia are not original inhabitants but they are all Europeans who moved on to Australia in the past.

[@ucheuchendu2703]

Sometimes BBC comes back to their senses.. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@Storagrisen-s9c]

My girlfriend didn’t come back to her senses after she tried bbc:((

[@randiboston9858]

aboutthetruthmedia organization as a Black person in America who’s lived in the uk just stop. Just because you’re world view gets challenged and theBBC isn’t afraid to call out bigotry and hatred when they see it doesn’t mean they are distorting reality...truth is truth.

[@randiboston9858]

Bye now I’m going back out because I have a life and friends and I’m not a racist idiot like you

[@pinkmanlyrubberduck6164]

When you result to insults, the argument loses. So much nope

[@Competitive_Antagonist]

I think children should be taught Arabic numerals.

[@radamezprince3505]

It's heart-warming to see those beautiful children learn their mother language from their beautiful elders. Remember who u are . . .You are greatness

[@jimmydong8708]

What greatness? Aboriginals have been there for thousands of years and invented nothing.

[@yungkingdom]

@@jimmydong8708 ok and

[@meep3035]

That blonde hair blue eyed white girl isn’t aboriginal, maybe like 2% lol

[@yungkingdom]

@@meep3035 aha bro 🤣 my brother is white and both of our parents are black we come in all colours 😆🤦‍♂️

[@meep3035]

TheKunsProject lol that girl is not aboriginal lmfao cope more, her dna test would at most say 5%

[@MrBandaman]

My country of Papua New Guinea has over 800 native languages. We are facing the same problems. I hope they will still be spoken in 50 years.

[@vincentlui1456]

Studying aboard Australia for over one year, I was incredibly enchanted by the traditional culture. Many people out there are passionate, friendly and loquacious. I'm from China. Nonetheless, I was impressed by many people living in Australia as they have never taken me as strangers. That people truely appreciated all forms of nations in the world is respectable.

[@betelgezaa]

What were you studying? Australian? What is Australian?

[@vincentlui1456]

@@betelgezaa I'm an overseas student from China.

[@betelgezaa]

@@vincentlui1456 then you study English .....Australian language is the language of aboriginals !

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

Up to 30% of Australia's population are immigrants, the highest of any nation with more than 1 million people. I like to think our diverse history makes us an especially tolerant people. I'm glad you enjoyed my country, and the culture of the traditional custodians of our land.

[@betelgezaa]

@@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor since when Australians are tolerant ? What about atrocities against aboriginals?

[@desertdog8006]

Thank you from outback south australia ... need more of this as many aussies are stuck in big cities and have not been exposed to true Australian culture and spirit. Also our pride for the world to see

[@rishavrajsingh5342]

Just like we Jharkhandi people (tribal people of Indian state Jharkhand) call a bike - phatphatiya, it’s the sound that bike makes

[@RevsAndWheels]

Wo shabd pure desh me istmaal hota hai bhai..

[@nikeshkumar9925]

Ye to hamareRajasthan me bhi bolte hai aur all india me bolte hai

[@haisee1671]

Australian natives are super unique human beings.

[@shhhhh6873]

As a tamilan I feel they are related to us🤔❤️

[@eldhosesaji2327]

Is tamil the only south indian lanaguage?

[@zakuro8532]

@@eldhosesaji2327 no

[@eldhosesaji2327]

Mate i know that tamil is not the only south Indian language malayalam kannada telugu are also south Indian languages, I was talking about your comment saying " as a tamilan I fell they are related to us" tamilans are not the only dravidians out there

[@shhhhh6873]

@@eldhosesaji2327 n many dravidan languages are derived from tamil.. N tamil is oldest of all other southindian languages

[@eldhosesaji2327]

@@shhhhh6873 they may have derived from tamil but they are separate languages apart from malayalam none of the other dravidian languages even sound like tamil

[@swastikturan257]

1:05 Here European Colonist means only Britain. As no other European came to Australia except British. So accept your forefathers mistake British Broadcasting Channel (BBC)

[@sreenath2830]

in tamil nadu state of india u can see this type of aboriginal australoid people

[@lalsurya2275]

"Indigenous peoples learning their ancestral language", what a problamatic statement.

[@ted1990]

Why is that problematic...

[@lalsurya2275]

@@ted1990 the situation that made indigenous people to "learn" their native tongue under an institutional set up (school) suggests the way the external influence (colonization) has exerted it's power and authority over their lives.

[@TheAlienFleet]

@@lalsurya2275 This comment is a prime example of White Savior Complex. Stop getting so upset on behalf of other people and go outside.

[@ted1990]

@@lalsurya2275 oh i agree. The statement isn’t problematic though. The events leading up to it are.

[@Andrew-yl7lm]

Well the Romans wiped out all my Celtic ancestors and culture, people are trying to save Gaelic too.

[@shahilmisran302]

I felt a strong connection to Tamil both in the language and in the appearances...

[@DidierDubz]

She said Gayi gayi means Grandma. Reminds of isiZulu, where Gogo means Grandma. Even that uncle's word for car is similar to another Southern African tribe called the Tswana and they call a car " koloyi ".

[@sowrayouil8606]

I have nothing but full respect to the Miriwoong people I love the pride they have that runs in the community. It’s difficult when languages disappear over time because as myself who is an Assyrian from the Middle East our Language is Ancient Assyrian-Neo-Aramaic, our tribe still teach the mother tongue that’s gone on for thousands of years for the next generation as old as it is. I totally agree with the part when its mentioned that being able to speak the Miriwoong language allows you to open a world of opportunities - all in all you never forget where you come from and where you stand as a person, it’s best to embrace who your people are.

[@opiumtrail7032]

Goona.

[@sowrayouil8606]

@@opiumtrail7032 pussio

[@thommysides4616]

God bless you all for trying to keep this language and culture alive!

[@rangerofnorrath4277]

Very refreshing to see this. 😳 Where I reside, some folks only know cursing and swearing to communicate. 😞 Thank you for posting. Love from Michigan USA 💗 Peace ✌

[@fruitsarelife148]

Africa loves you❤❤❤stay strong

[@dizzledoe4510]

the native young girl has fabulous teeth.... People would pay for teeth that white and straight.

[@adonisphurailatapam4035]

I think tamil and aboriginal are related I am from northeast India(Manipur) but I used to study in south India(hyderabad) We had teacher and student(who were my friends) from tamil nadu I strongly belive their is relation between tamil and aboriginal

[@h0rn3d_h1st0r1an]

OMG I'm Assamese! I never thought I would run into another person of NE indian descent here!

[@BranchDavidian-]

don't mean this in a weird way, but Australian Aborigines have such cool features

[@zara2579]

agreed! we need more aboriginal models

[@pipsasqeak820]

Sadly my nans language (her mob is from northern territory) has been forgotten as the last speaker died in 2009 and she was stolen at a young age. Glad to see there keeping the language alive!

[@MelaniaRose]

PipSaSqeak I live in the Northern Territory as well, I’ve seen the research on languages and it’s so sad.

[@pipsasqeak820]

@Jay Jay My nan was stolen and only recently been understanding more about where I come from, my mum isn't Aboriginal either. My Father grew up mostly isolated from anything Aboriginal aside some community and relatives.

[@pipsasqeak820]

@Jay Jay she was attending school and her family ran a farm? The documents even said she was stolen because of her being half caste

[@pipsasqeak820]

@Jay Jay stolen generation documents, on specifically my nana.

[@prolificthinker7308]

They are speaking oldest Tamil dialects!!! 💯💯 Please do research

[@kabilanmahi2380]

Pls post something you know. Iam a tamil

[@theyredistortingyourrhthym8883]

How do you say scamdemic in the Miriwoong language

[@prolificthinker7308]

@@theyredistortingyourrhthym8883Google it😅

[@prolificthinker7308]

@@theyredistortingyourrhthym8883 I guess Australia was never belongs to white! Just like how Europeans landed in America and red Indians were killed...same scenario here🤨

[@M.A.Basith121]

The famous Indian traveller Mr Santhosh george explains his experience on visiting natives of Australia. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGHcnIF-gbJsrdk

[@raphaelperspective9393]

Now only 156 people speak Miriwoong.

[@seanlynch2579]

Stephen Harper so?

[@UniDeathRaven]

who cares ? humanity should speak only like 1-2 languages .

[@unknownunknown8041]

@@UniDeathRaven true not 1 2 language we need

[@qpishjunior4772]

@@UniDeathRaven you will never understand

[@dharaneedharandme020]

I never expected this from BBC at some time this happens

[@mammateegz]

it should be part of the educational curriculum to learn the native language of your part of the country, such as I am on wannaruah country, so learnt their dialect, those in wiradjuri learn theirs. It would greatly benefit everyone!

[@m.p.rajendran5068]

These peoples are looking like typical TAMILIANS, Hope they are ancient TAMILIANS

[@trilok7070]

Hey dont generalise them as tamilans they are astroloid race which are also present west and south regions of india

[@kingPrasanth786]

@@trilok7070 lol joke

[@abilashv5820]

All indigenous ppl came from Africa. Don't connect everything to tamil

[@sbagyaraj]

Abilash v. Please read about the lost continent Lemuria (Kumarikandam in Tamil). It is believed to be the cradle of civilisation. It was present in southern India extending from Madagascar in the west to Australia in the east. Scripts about this continent is mentioned in Tamil literatures which are scientifically dated 3000 to 5000 years back from now. Even recently they found more than 3 lakh years old stone tools near Chennai. You could search online for neanderthal tools near Chennai. There are always hard truths in this world which will not be spread due to the impact or changes it makes to history, ex: oldest religion practised was worship of God Shiva.

[@Tonystark.]

@Hugh Jass which language?

[@learnenglishinTamil]

The first car name as guaderi...Means horse in tamil language

[@eldhosesaji2327]

Same in malayalam as well

[@christine-ep4bx]

no native horses on this continent tho

[@shaungillingham4689]

What a pointless exercise, those children would be better served learning the main languages of the world, not some stone age dialect of a dead language in which there was never any written script & a language that has no merit anywhere else.

[@jimmydong8708]

Shh, you’ll upset the children

[@lloroshastar6347]

My friend fluently speaks a dying language after it was introduced in schools, she speak Welsh, she now works for TV in Liverpool and North Wales and presents in both English and Welsh. Not long ago that job wouldn't have even existed. Maybe one day you might see Miriwoong TV like you now see Welsh TV (or videos, streaming media, podcasts etc.)

[@palepilgrim1174]

Believe it or not Welsh is actually in quite a healthy position. It's not even listed as threatened or facing extinction like every other remaining Celtic language is.

[@Yamezzzz]

Wtf Welsh isn't dying...??? Have you never been to Wales?

[@lloroshastar6347]

@@Yamezzzz If it ain't dying I'm glad 🙂

[@Yamezzzz]

@@lloroshastar6347 I just read the rest of your comment and it got so much worse lol "Not long ago that job wouldn't have existed". By not long ago, you would mean before TV was invented, because of course. Welsh was one of the first languages in the world to have a TV channel. The first TV channel in the world was BBC, who already had lots of radio stations in Welsh, because of course they did. Do you think rural people in Wales just lived like they were in the 1800s while the rest of the UK got TV shows and movies for themselves? It's the UK's second language (and Britain's biggest fully native language). The job for a news reader in Welsh has been going for about as long as a news reader in English. Like I said, if you ever go to Wales, you'll see everything is in Welsh. The language isn't even dying in Argentina, it's growing. There are several places in South America where everyone speaks Welsh due to emigrating there from Wales a couple hundred years ago.

[@lloroshastar6347]

@@Yamezzzz Good

[@handlemeifyoucan144]

Look like early humans

[@bastianx5801]

Yep, they look even more early than africans😂😂😂😂😂

[@landz2228]

They look pure not hybrids

[@meheretoday6968]

Ian what do you call 'pure'

[@indian419]

They look extremely similar to our south indian population, wow 100% genetic similarity.

[@kalel311superman9]

just like in North and South America where certain languages are either gone or spoken by very few people

[@Yamezzzz]

Just like literally everywhere in the world. Except Australia and neighbouring Papua New Guinea have WAY WAY more language diversity than anywhere else on the planet. You can travel just down the road and the language changes completely.

[@limadaniel9096]

They speak good, socializing good. Not much tribe is like this.

[@raulepure9840]

There are some many aboriginal languages so learning one of them will give you no use outside a limited zone, so in the end they will be lost anyway This is nature

[@ELalaEm]

I hope they teach this language in modern schools in Australia - as a way to help preserve it. I would love to learn their language and have a more understanding of their culture and history

[@jimmydong8708]

No, it’s a waste of time

[@obamabinladen6618]

These guys sounds just like south indian Fun fact: Indians also add 'ji' at the end of a word to show their respect towards something or someone

[@joesmolov7877]

as an Australian i can say that one aboriginal is too many

[@harrypatt7708]

In Australia I truly believe these are the languages that should be taught in schools, I myself would have much preferred learning native languages of the land and past from this country, not stuff like Russian, German and Indonesian.. seems so far from adequate

[@DJSwezzleMusic]

Russian has been spoken in Australia for centuries

[@NikoBuraitoPinku2024]

@@DJSwezzleMusic XD

[@wyntyrr]

Why are schools not teaching us indigenous languages so they don’t die off, but are teaching us simple, boring and relatively “normal” languages?

[@bogan9396]

Do you realise how much Aboriginal languages there are it's not like new Zealand

[@christine-ep4bx]

like german which is the language of science, French the international diplomatic language handy when you have overseas holidays too, or Mandarin or Japanese because they are our big trading partners. THATS WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@AVKnecht]

Considering the few things Abos invented, built or engineered that language can't be that hard

[@Chokwik]

wow top tier reasoning

[@maxz2797]

The Miriwoong people definitely have a higher than average percentage of Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA it's crazy how similar some of them look to the reconstructions that people have done from Neanderthal skulls

[@adamcastorp6415]

They actually have the smallest percentage of Neanderthal DNA out of any major racial group (I'm generalizing here a little). Europeans tend to have the highest percentage of Neanderthal DNA.

[@ganados0]

It's a case of convergent evolution like how a shark and Dolphin have the same shape.

[@maxz2797]

@@adamcastorp6415 cool thanks for letting me know

[@shamtradtam3769]

I'm from Tamil Nadu in India. Their language sounds a bit like Tamil and there are many people in my street who look like Australian Aborigines. Even my grandpa looks 50% like them

[@davidchen3503]

Any language must develop itself with Science and Technology, if not, it can't avoid death fate.

[@vibelover5444]

Tamil and Sinhalese in Australia

[@Master13346]

People today forget that they don't have to eat bugs and live in mud huts because of European colonialization.

[@jasonla8492]

umm what about Japan more advanced than all western countries

[@Master13346]

JASON McGrath Japan did not have the same impact on the world as European colonisation.

[@Loostyc]

​@@jasonla8492 You know why Japan is advanced? What makes Japan advanced is the adoption of European/Western civilisation! Like every country in the world. There is no alternative to the European civilisation.

[@lucymasters4910]

I’m Aboriginal Australian, I wanted to share that there are HUNDREDS of different Australian Aboriginal languages, but only around 20 are only spoken a lot today- there’s not just one language and tribe. There’s hundreds of different ‘countries’ across Australia with different cultures within themselves. I’m from Kamilaroi, which is a large plains tribe in New South Wales. Nice video, thanks!

[@elenirose4945]

I’m not Aboriginal but I’ve lived in Australia my whole life and I’m so glad you pointed this out because I know that there are going to people who watch this video and think this is the sole indigenous language in Australia.

[@lucymasters4910]

@@elenirose4945 yup that’s what I was thinking 😅

[@BaddaBigBoom]

I know this. I am white (Scottish/European) I play Yidaki professionally (but not traditional style) I demonstrate the instrument in British schools and speak of its use a a sacred item. I ALWAYS use tribal names for the instrument and its uses, I also speak of the terrible damage purpetrated by my ancestors and how many tribes there used to be ..it's the least I can do. I ALWAYS mention that there were many many different tribes, not just Yolngu from whose words I quote.

[@aseriesoftriangleswecalltr6065]

@@BaddaBigBoom Sounds like cultural appropriation to me.

[@teodoracanova8921]

@@aseriesoftriangleswecalltr6065 To me cultural appropriation is more like a white American dressing up in pseudo-Native dress as if it was a costume. This man here actually knows the Australian Natives and respectfully introduces their culture to British kids, so they'll be aware of it and think it's important to protect it. Doesn't sound bad to me.

[@MHTutorials3D]

2:40 "There is research that says"... followed by not mentioning what research, by whom, when and how it was conducted as some sort of proof for all the statements afterwards.

[@tidela4714]

My thoughts exactly. I mean, the “language gives identity” part makes sense, but that isn’t research 😂

[@reivenne]

...It's a brief TV interview, not a dissertation.

[@sandeepshetty1589]

RIP all the millions of natives who have perished everywhere around the world

[@trilok7070]

Yes the their sufferings are heartbraking

[@kumar-jatin-2000]

It doesn't surprise me anymore that Homosapiens is the only Human sub-species left on Earth.

[@lamaramariewilson6746]

@shreyan kanvinde Kya Hal hei? Ha, yeh such hei☹️

[@naelyneurkopfen9741]

RIP To the millions of human beings who've parishes around the world. Stop with the bs. There's no race, no culture, no ethnicity which hasn't suffered.

[@jtrax5819]

deez nuts

[@anonanonanon2868]

Ironic how the BRITISH broadcasting company is now the trying to save the language 😂

[@bjorlam8201]

The BBC didn't even exist when the language was being suppressed so it's an extremely weak argument; "muh British". Whatever country you are from has also committed atrocities culturally and physically

[@anonanonanon2868]

Bjorlam I’m British u idiot 😂

[@blazedyoda8608]

@@bjorlam8201 you missed the key word. BRITISH. it was us british who brought english to australia and now the bbc wants to help save a language that has almost been wiped out by the english language.

[@swishyswampy489]

I'm sorry but if the language dies it won't end the world will it.

[@PikaPluff]

@@swishyswampy489 well if islam takes over, the world wont end will it? but we don't want islam to take over do we?

[@purplemanatee]

There's approximately 6,500 languages in the world. The fact that people have learned how to communicate in so many different ways is amazing.

[@JamesBond-rb1ln]

Australia was once home to 250 different languages. It was as linguistically diverse as Europe is, if not more

[@faheemsheikh8432]

​@@JamesBond-rb1lnaccording to many sources there were 300+ languages in Australia only few dozen are preserved today Europeans destroyed everything 💔

[@EIonMusk1]

America had more native tribes

[@starscream007]

The natives in Australia look like an interesting mix of Indians, Africans and Native Americans. Truly magnificent.

[@vy689k6]

They are Austroloids.

[@ovaatjayjays875]

yes because its a hot climate.... the skin adapts to be darker to stop sunburn

[@AdityaSingh-gb2lk]

@Khushi Bidhuri south maybe

[@ifyourespondyourmad.2409]

I don't see the American in them to be honest. Just the Indian and african.

[@ShivamSharma-qr1ce]

@Khushi Bidhuri north and south indians are same

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

"European colonisation wiped out many indigenous languages here" well that's a fancy way of saying the British

[@laurenamy7985]

It wasn’t just the British tho but yes mainly

[@bethymears2648]

Gaelic was also wiped out in Scotland,but because Gaelic was the universal language of the ancient world. That every nation was taught Gaelic as a second language. Aboriginals had to teach the Scottish people how to speak their own indigenous language Gaelic.

[@thatssofetch3481]

@@bethymears2648 Huh? Gaelic was not a worldwide language.

[@tenfingers9000]

I am a Tamil guy. For some reason I feel an unavoidable connection with these people. Love from India 💗

[@woofwoof3590]

Happy diwali

[@lucymasters4910]

@Vain V why don’t we share, it’s both of our homes now? What’s done is done, but we’ve made our own culture together, blacks and whites alike

[@chandranchandran9159]

watch this BBC documentary. You have your answers from 41:01 to 52:10 in this!!!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZDbhXpsi72ff7M

[@sushmithadevijawahar3232]

People all african, so called south indians, australians are lived together in leumoria continent. That got sank into sea then the people moved to different parts of world. For example child said tac chi as grandmother. In tamil we called acchi for granny so..

[@unitedthamizhkingdom3340]

தமிழர்கள்

[@lucymasters4910]

As an Aboriginal Australian, it’s nice to see *some* kind comments ❤️💛🖤 thank you

[@laki5717]

how did your people exist in Australia for 50,000 years and never develop anything?

[@lucymasters4910]

@@laki5717 developed a sustainable lifestyle that could have gone on forever without destroying the planet for a start. I’m not here to pick fights man

[@teleportedfunk]

@@laki5717 what about a boomerang??

[@laki5717]

@@teleportedfunk lmaooo

[@witachapinamk1507]

@@lucymasters4910 thus morning i ask my dad why aboriginals never develop anything. he said ' because of their lifestyle, there is no need to'

[@josephtable8489]

The saddest part is that although there are dozens of endangered languages such as Miriwoong displayed in the video, there are dozens more that have already been lost permanently.

[@laneblack9420]

Good, they’re useless lol

[@taro7145]

There is around 300 native australian language so it’s gonna be hard to preserve all of them.

[@jesussaves6625]

I don't mean any disrespect, but I really don't see any point in trying to, artificially, keep language from changing and evolving. That's simply what happens with language. What is the necessity of keeping THIS specific language around?

[@quadeevans6484]

@@jesussaves6625 i think whats happening is that theyre struggling to still keep the language alive, its not like they want to stop speaking the language its just becoming irrelevant to modern life and thats why were trying to preserve it

[@ΠαναγιωτησΜιχαλιερησ-ω5ε]

as sad as it is that we lost all the languages of cro magnon and neanderthals

[@Ramiz422]

Wow indigenous Aussies looks like something mixed between Indian and African.

[@jimmea6317]

that guy tho looked like the lorax

[@iwilitu6591]

@@jimmea6317 lmaoooo 💀

[@raykenley]

They are biologically closely related to the southern Indian, and the Easter islander. Artefacts found in the island were those of an ancient word similar found in southern India and Sri lanka too that dates back 50000 years or more.

[@lnanters]

@Jay Jay Who was it then?

[@user-rp9ix2vc4s]

They look like people from Eastern Indonesia and Papua New Guinea

[@ruberino7634]

alternate title: the language australians spoke before being colonised by britain

[@pravinbhande845]

true !

[@ruberino7634]

@karonic ゝ so your argument for defending colonisation is "they did it too so we did it". one word : childish.

[@angelofdeath275]

i love this title

[@psychedelictacos9118]

There were over 250 languages spoken by Aboriginies before it was colonised, all Aboriginies were nomadic and didn't have civilisation therefore because they were restricted to smaller tribes there was not one official language really that prevailed throughout. I guess this language would have been the most spoken out of all of them though. It's good to keep the languages going though.

[@ruberino7634]

@karonic ゝ by common you mean britain and france colonising 2/3rds of the world?

[@rahmakacem2209]

BBC: "European colonisation wiped out many languages here." THAT'S WHAT A BRITISH COMPANY WOULD SAY

[@volaalov6254]

@Vain V That's factually false, so why would you say something so incredibly stupid?

[@volaalov6254]

@Vain V 🤡

[@volaalov6254]

@Vain V 🤡🤡🤡 I'm trying to decide if you're funny or sad, but we'll stop here. You can go bait reactions from someone else now 🤡🤡🤡

[@ionidhunedoara1491]

BBC and universities stopped using the word pioneer and replaced it with coloniser.

[@colinsmith5879]

@@ionidhunedoara1491 pioneering what? Genocide, the practice of destroying cultures and languages, and erasing history? Shut the fuck up dumbass

[@RomuloDsc023]

Aboriginals look like a lost race of human beings, they are very interesting, extremely strong and adaptable, incredible people. Hugs from Brazil.

[@dantemadden1533]

@PrimaryHades colonisation hasn’t been kind to any ethnic group or culture throughout history, sadly Aboriginals are became victims of this, but that’s superpowers for you I guess, the brits were conquered for many centuries until they eventually rose up to become the biggest and most powerful Empire the world has seen so far, and in their wake left trails of destruction and death, I hope history doesn’t repeat itself but it’s a bit of a stretch to believe it won’t happen again, anyways I hope everyone can get along better moving into the future

[@opiumtrail7032]

@PrimaryHades ,they haven't been kind to themselves.

[@phanimadineni9581]

Yes they very interesting and their simplicity is awesome. Hugs from India also.

[@Ryan-eu3kp]

You don't know the truth, that's the problem. This is all propaganda. Aboriginal society now is extremely patriarchal, women have less rights than Muslim women. Forced teenage marriages to 40 year old men, murder, rape. Aboriginal men are lazy, habe zero interest in holding a job. 50,000 years being separated from the rest of us really shows. They are human yes, but less evolved.

[@shahnidismail8941]

They are the real Australians the Australians today are British

[@camerontaylor7471]

SSS PANDA EXACTLY! it’s not like the British accent doesn’t give them away! Lol I don’t get how people don’t notice that... they go oh no my accent is not “british” it’s Australian... just because they have a couple of slang words and small variation in a handful of vowels... anyways,thank you for pointing this out!

[@danidejaneiro8378]

No, wrong. Many Australians have Irish, German, Greek, Italian, Arab, Chinese or Vietnamese ancenstry. Calling all these people British, when not even their accent sounds British, is just pig ignorant.

[@januzairamli4426]

If it is Australian and American,they are so quick to defend that the Europeans living there are in fact Australians and Americans but if the person is Asian living in Britain,they are so quick to dehumanized them

[@Miquelalalaa]

Oh I thought nationality did not equal race? Besides, there was no concept of Australia before Europeans arrived.

[@shahnidismail8941]

@@Miquelalalaa Europeans arrived and exploited Australia just like they did to my country india

[@ramanidharanerd7571]

Hello guys. I am a Tamilian - a ancient race from India. After seeing this video, I feel a lot of words are connected to my language Tamil. I hope some research scholar will find the connect.

[@DLBMOS]

My son looked this up and found there is a CONNECTION...

[@avim4896]

Unmaidhan nanba

[@nathanlevesque7812]

There might already be videos about that on KZbin. I follow a channel called NativLang and it has taught me about how some languages are connected.

[@TemukanEsensiBerhidup]

For example?

[@sirishchandra91]

Yes Even though I am a Telugu guy, I understand Tamil, and I was genuinely shocked to the language the old guy is speaking. Many of the words sound Tamil. And TBH the old man looks a bit Indian too.

[@crazyshorts4278]

And now Europeans are teaching everyone about human rights 🤣

[@baileyi594]

You can't change the past but you can improve progress to the future

[@NubiansNapata]

They've always been hypocrites

[@megaedwin2363]

@It’s ya boy Who started by going to other people's land? Yes, the europeans now its time to taste your own medicine.

[@crazyshorts4278]

@@baileyi594 Yes, snd you can do it by leaving their land if you regret what your ancestors did. BTW nice line.

[@SuperLufuta]

The irony

[@KitchenKaraikudi]

They look alike Tamil people.

[@ravinunna1168]

English is going to kill all Indian languages.. unfortunately, Indians ignore this fact and fight among themselves saying Hindi is being imposed.. Telugu is being imposed.. Tamil.. etc...English and christianity is going to hijack tamil language and its culture

[@fakuri913]

They are the same, southern India first migrates to Indonesia when the land is connected due to the Ice age, Those people later Migrate to New Guinea and Australia, while the Indonesian got mixed by Asian people from Vietnam and Austronesian from Taiwan, the Aboriginals and most Papua people leave untouched, so they are technically still the same race as Southern India.

[@randomperson6141]

@@ravinunna1168 First stop imposing Hindi ! Don’t worry about Tamil ! It will survive !

[@vinushadoss4124]

@@fakuri913 no India and Australia we’re connected to kumari kandam a continent so people are same but after ice age continent submerged land split and India joined north land to form Himalayas and Australia moved further east

[@fakuri913]

@@vinushadoss4124 Lmao no, that's million years ago before human even exist

[@chipotleobsessed]

0:06 *Gay guy means grandma.* You heard it here first, folks

[@niamtxiv]

lol

[@ifrazali3052]

Hehe

[@Ayayalover727]

Hey look at my gay guy

[@AbsoluteAbsurd]

XD XD stop

[@jerknorris2483]

No you!!

[@Murugasathish]

This man is looks like Tamil man

[@dish_care]

Yes

[@mayankkumar4161]

Actually tamil and the orginal Australian are related

[@Battlebunny07]

Yes like irula tribes in Tamil Nadu -Kerala border.

[@shankarbalan3813]

Exactly like our Irulas and Kurubas and all. I ve been to Uluru to see and understand that world a little. And believe me, some of the aspects of their culture are very similar to Irula, Kuruba, Toda and all, in Tamil Nadu.

[@warnpassion]

It is believed that Australian aboriginals are our true ancestors.

[@wogboym8]

The lady beard is real... gross

[@myself5812]

Hormonal problem maybe?

[@wogboym8]

@@myself5812 it seems very common though

[@catherineallen6024]

boys, it's a completely normal thing, in women from all nations, to grow facial hair after menopause. You're not seeing it in the women around you because (a) post-menopausal women are rarely shown in mainstream media and (b) there is a strong cultural push for women to remove all hair (not just on the face).

[@wogboym8]

@@catherineallen6024 yuck

[@tsgames6083]

British invaded US. Cleansed the nstives British invaded AU. Cleansed the nstive

[@ahmetselimsavi2217]

@iuvenis animo i d not even reply just a dumb commie

[@ahmedmcfc6027]

Don’t forget Canada 😂

[@Master13346]

Also, don't forget - because of the British, you can sit at a keyboard on a comfortable chair, instead of sitting on a mud floor eating bugs.

[@RedcoatGaming]

@iuvenis animo Completely true. Apparently, King George III wanted to only hold onto the 13 Colonies and leave the rest of the land to the natives. It was the Americans after the revolution that got trigger happy and sucked up as much land as possible. I don't blame them, we the British have done terrible things.

[@jasonla8492]

@@Master13346 umm i dont think the UK invented computers

[@terribrad24]

"European colonisation wiped out ..." - Oh now it's European, and not British? Interesting.

[@jonatanlj747]

It wasn't just British settlers. For example, plenty of Germans came to Australia.

[@มาช่า-ญ9ณ]

Marc it was mostly north and Western Europe. I haven’t heard of Greeks or Eastern Europeans besides Russians who colonized

[@Aang_L._Jackson]

the pioneers of colonisation have always been the British... they are also masters of ethnic cleansing...

[@Aang_L._Jackson]

@Jay Jay Britain has always been the undisputed champion... pinoneers in those particular fields... others were just wannabes

[@Aang_L._Jackson]

@Jay Jay can't get more accurate than that

[@luxien7681]

The death of native languages inevitably results in generations of misfits.

[@dharmikpatel3941]

No wonder the US has been struggling with itself since decades now. Even the emotional capacity of a person suffers i guess

[@nikkinorman4254]

Because of the pain and hurt that comes with it. The loss of something that was once loved and cherished

[@fungus2116]

what a shit excuse lmao

[@jjj-bl8yf]

Aboriginals look incredibly different than all human races.. intresting..

[@santoshjudedsouza]

They look people from the Southern Part of India

[@candletabletop154]

@@santoshjudedsouza yeah i think it goes back to when australia was connected to india and they've been isolated since.

[@rishabkumar5656]

The phonetics is somewhat similar to Tamil(South Indian Language)

[@mj72633]

santoshjudedsouza No they don’t, not Kerala more Tamil nadu

[@eliza1826]

I wonder how a mixed aboriginals look, it looks like a nice mix. Exotic

[@aquaman1257]

That language actually sounds like tamil.

[@aniruddh1997]

The man looks so much like a South indian

[@Big_Boy_Biggins]

Fun fact dravidians and aboriginals closely related.

[@seemsokay5815]

Looks so much like a Tamil

[@TheM41a]

Genetically they’re similar to adivasis.

[@rishabkumar5656]

The sounds in their language also kinda sounds like ours(Tamil)

[@sarban1653]

I know many North Indians that look similar to him.

[@rhyfelwrDuw]

This is awesome! I'm Welsh and sometimes in the history of our language, it has been a problem if someone spoke it (in schools at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, if a child spoke Welsh, they had to wear a 'Welsh not' around their necks all day, as a punishment). Hope this language is revived fully and many thousands of people speak it, to keep it alive!

[@turkoositerapsidi]

Aboriginals should remember thei langua, also english dominance should stop so vi need not use their langua in international things, ther should be a constryucted langua for that, so enlish should learn it too and everyone keeps their own langua in their own land.

[@Yamezzzz]

Better be glad that people can actually understand this comment then because it isn't in Welsh.

[@chrismathewjoseph1283]

Really most of the people think that UK has only English as a language... When people here in India hears about UK they don't know that it comprises of Welsh and Scotland.... We mostly think that UK is homogenous in ethnicity....

[@Jou204]

Need some welsh music on the radio singing in welsh

[@hobi1kenobi112]

One side of a multifaceted story. English was itself suppressed and driven underground by French for hundreds of years, in England. That it survived is because it's so adaptable, a mongrel where everyone has a home if they want. English is fluid and friendly, many dialects, accents, pidgins and creoles. But it didn't have an easy start. You were not even a second class citizen in England when the French took over and imposed their ways upon the land and its language. Olde English was beautiful and we lost many words, phrases and sayings in the transition to a Latin base.

[@Yamezzzz]

Why do people ACTUALLY care about keeping a dozen or so people speaking an old isolated and useless language in the most diverse place of language on the planet? Britain used to have hundreds of languages, only about 6 are left and now everyone can communicate openly with eachother and actually develop and improve their lives instead of speaking an old tongue limited to an old impoverished village. If you actually care about a dying language, learn it yourself instead of saying others should. Make it your own crippling and practically useless task.

[@AsianTheDomination]

Especially when there’s no literature of any significance in that language. You’re better off bringing Latin back

[@sr.mental5876]

@@AsianTheDomination At least Latin has some purpose, I mean hell it technically never truly died since we use it in literature, law, medicine, science and so on. But to make a literal toolshed speaker population language be forced or pitied to be learned by the majority is a waste of time unless the language brings actually some advantage over others.

[@rufudaden7880]

@@sr.mental5876 what is the purpose of language my friend?

[@iammattbarker]

I am disgusted by many of the comments on this video. The Australian Aboriginal people are a beautiful people-group - imbued with all of the same dignity and rights you and I take for granted.

[@sebastianlodge7549]

I agree. But come to Darwin mate and see that belief be tested everyday. It’s hard to keep faith in them when you see the shit some of them do everyday.

[@iammattbarker]

@@sebastianlodge7549 that's a very short term view of long term oppression.

[@user-po4dv9sp3n]

@chocobonita they don’t even look the same wtf

[@vangarde0348]

@chocobonita Aborigines and Africans look completely different

[@vangarde0348]

@chocobonita Oh alright. Sorry, I didnt read the second thing you said in response to someone else.

[@tapansharma9460]

In India we have tribes who have similar facial features like the man in thumbnail in a state called Chattisgarh..

[@connlaffan6232]

Tapan Sharma yah those ancient tribes of India are very genetically similar to those native to Australia, these people groups were some of the first to leave Africa, it's amazing that some still live on today , yet sadly these indigenous populations are growing smaller. If you're interested the KZbin channel Masaman does great videos on the topic. Peace

[@HaoNguyen-nl3fz]

@@connlaffan6232 they are Austroloid

[@seemsokay5815]

Even Tamils look like him.

[@reuben7705]

@@connlaffan6232 Yup. The aborigines are directly related to the first humans to leave Africa.

[@shawnhall3849]

Rooster All people directly related, to Africa. Australians are genetically distant to Africa

[@Antagonistock]

3:05 Language means identity, well said. Most people in India don't realise that, end up imposing the majoritarian language on others.

[@michaelbutson9235]

Yet they don't have a written language. ..why

[@Mrityormokshiya]

@@michaelbutson9235 চুপ কর, বোকাচোদা। India has more written languages and scripts than you have fingers in your hands combined with the toes of your feet.

[@michaelbutson9235]

@@Mrityormokshiya thankyou for that info but we must have our lines crossed some were becuse we were talking about Australia abarigerails. .

[@ygt626]

jaihind NatrajN yes i hate hindi ill never speak it

[@ShivamPatil-zg5ck]

Everyone has right to speak and preserve there language .

[@openscholar9908]

I really like what that guy said about how if you have an identity it makes you stronger and you are less likely to feel like you need to commit a crime because you already feel like you truly possess something

[@jimlofts5433]

they speak language up the north west and aboriginal crime is out of control - next theory

[@Jaded-K]

@@jimlofts5433 its like hood culture in america. if they cant get opportunities for a life thats good they aint gonna live a good life.

[@ashokrameshkumar]

People look like Tamil. The language also sounds similar to Tamil. ❤️

[@02abishekprasad91]

Gagayi (Aayi in tamil means grandma) 😀

[@BigMoney398]

@@02abishekprasad91 also in balochi

[@02abishekprasad91]

@@BigMoney398 oh really?

[@BigMoney398]

@@02abishekprasad91 well its more like mom but we can also call grandmother as aayi

[@02abishekprasad91]

@@BigMoney398 oh nice brahui is connected to tamil tho but it's interesting to see balochi and yeah we can call mom aayi too

[@belligerent8253]

Did that grandma have a beard and mustache.

[@illegalsmirf]

hahaha

[@AC-os1he]

That's what I wanna know

[@belligerent8253]

Handsome_Hero yes brother

[@belligerent8253]

some random geek yes bro

[@candicehoneycutt4318]

It's a dude with a soft voice

[@rajmohansg]

Should compare it with some indian languages.. must be a tamil.

[@rbk9915]

No, it is more in common with language of Andamanese tribals. Generically too the Australian native people are connected to Andamanese. Tamils have W. Asian ancestry genetically.

[@rajmohansg]

@@rbk9915 basically andabmanese also from tamil background.

[@rbk9915]

@@rajmohansg No that is false. Go read up. Don;t sprout nonsense which Tamil politicians peddle.

[@rajmohansg]

@@rbk9915 do u know history of tamil? Just give a try.

[@rbk9915]

@@rajmohansg நான் தமிழன் தான் ஆனா முட்டாள் இல்ல. உங்கள மாதிரி அரசியல்வாதி சொல்ற புருடாவ நம்பறவன் இல்ல.

[@sirinsaidemre]

BBC: "European colonisation wiped out many languages here." Me: Really? I mean.. didn't you..?

[@pepe3897]

@Siha ppl in this comment section saying colonialism was all bad but we the Europeans went to their lands and improved them or else they would still be living in mud houses

[@XXX-jk5mo]

@@pepe3897 and sometimes they still are

[@tristan3801]

Says the Turk. How's the Balkans you imbecile?

[@sirinsaidemre]

@@tristan3801 It is great brother. People are still talking their OWN languages and practice their OWN religions over there after more then 500 years of ruling. By the way there are many great bridges we built which are still in use. You should check. Peace.

[@tristan3801]

@@sirinsaidemre Yeah, that's why Islam is there in Bosnia, Albania, Kosovo, etc. Stop being hypocrites, like you have some moral high ground. You don't, and that's why every Balkan nation spilled blood for their independence, right? You're such benevolent rulers, is that a joke? The Ottoman Empire is up there with the world's worst things to happen to mankind. I'm not saying the European empires aren't any better, but you have no right to lecture anyone at all.

[@aravindhasamy7357]

This language is similar to Tamil south Indian language

[@prithiviraj3070]

I am also a tamil guy but I don't find it similar to our language.

[@aravindhasamy7357]

Name tamil la irrundaa yellam thiriumm

[@prithiviraj3070]

@@aravindhasamy7357 sathiyama enaku endha vaarthayum tamil vartha mathri therla nenga edha vachi solringa

[@aravindhasamy7357]

@@prithiviraj3070 yavarum use panierrupangaa bro

[@prithiviraj3070]

@@aravindhasamy7357 tamil eh varadhu pola ungaluku XD

[@africanliving294]

This sounds very much like a nilotic African language. When I close my eyes, I hear my African grandmother. I'm shocked.

[@manager-nim2623]

They seem like an old mix of Asian and African, like they're their own race

[@LuckyDukeSeven]

@@manager-nim2623 They're actually the least related to modern Africans out of every racial group on earth

[@lilahdog568]

@manager-nim they're basically the same race as modern South indian ppl

[@nibirue]

@@LuckyDukeSeven from what I heard they're descendants of Africa and considered black.

[@Ononorium]

Genetically speaking Australian aboriginals belong to the paternal DNA Haplogroup C Haplogroup C is highest in modern day Mongolians and Siberians, lowest in Africans and Middle Easterners.

[@archanjr5184]

When that man described "everything that moves is language, has language and cannot be described in words" is the same feeling shared by Tamil community on tamil language.

[@preetamyadav7952]

lol

[@chandranchandran9159]

you are right. I felt the same way.

[@amarmahendran9120]

@@TheSmith645 nee ennatha pudingitanu solra.. Tharperumaiku artham therinchitu vada tharkuri..

[@satanshameer690]

@@preetamyadav7952 bihari

[@preetamyadav7952]

@@satanshameer690 I am haryanvi

[@Hayastantzi92]

bring back forgotten Languages!

[@deeughfolte5770]

I love your spirit and attitude. Wise. 👍

[@deeughfolte5770]

@@acetate909 They are still speaking their languages and it looks like they aren't ever going to stop. Wise of them.

[@deeughfolte5770]

@@acetate909 "Forgotten"? I personally believe it is infinitely wise of them to cherish and uphold their heritage, no matter how little of it remains still. Wise people.

[@christoschristodoulidis2004]

@@acetate909 we answered this question at school . Every language has its own character and it's own opinion about the world . Every language is like a living organism that has different opinions and ways of thinking . By losing one language you lose the variety of opinions that express different opinions about our world and society

[@deeughfolte5770]

@@acetate909 They value their wonderful heritage and culture. That will always be infinitely wise, in my humble view. Don't know why that bothers you so much. I simply will not sway from this view. Good day.

[@thiagoguss]

1:22 a man or woman?

[@IGBFB]

Sua mae

[@pronoy2108]

A woman with hormonal problems probably

[@ak_guru]

இவர்கள் பேசுவதில் தமிழோசை கேட்கிறது.

[@ajaymadhusudan2481]

Apdiye onnum ilaye.

[@sivaprakashs9082]

@@ajaymadhusudan2481 Either you should be Malayali Or Telugu ?. Correct me if I am wrong.

[@na937]

Odane tamil la relate panni vidathinga da

[@karanraghavan9069]

I am tamil, but I can't hear it 😅

[@M.A.Basith121]

The famous Indian traveller Mr Santhosh george explains his experience on visiting natives of Australia. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGHcnIF-gbJsrdk

[@GenXstacker]

Languages come and go as peoples come and go. It's interesting and dying languages should be researched and documented before they are gone forever. However, nothing can save them. Once you are down to kids learning a few words in school from their ex-hippie teacher, it's pretty much a wrap.

[@lukeysharp94]

@1:24 wait hol-up. Does that granny have a full on goatee??

[@lukeysharp94]

Oh shit, for real? Their faces all look the same!

[@illegalsmirf]

Definitely an ancient race of human beings ...

[@lukeysharp94]

@Bunker Sieben nope, I hate everyone equally.

[@anonymouse527]

@@lukeysharp94 Good lad!

[@yootantonystark2738]

@@lukeysharp94 a fellow man with culture i see. I hate em all with equal amount of hatred as well.

[@mylifemyrules308]

I am tamil And their faces are so relatable to us Omg 😳

[@IndigoXYZ18]

Dravidians are the descendants of native Australians.

[@bethymears2648]

Gondgwana desendance

[@Manisha33m]

Even i too shocked looking at them. They are looking like my relatives. Only thing they are speaking in English.

[@ThamizhiAaseevagar]

S,true, they look like my grandparents.

[@Ryanlexz]

BBC the irony wanna be the savor for these people but at the same time love and support middle east regime change and chaos😂😂😂

[@ezpzfakie]

bbc is cancer.

[@axmoylotl]

are you having a stroke?

[@mrjohnnyk]

What do you expect, they are a "news" organization which means propaganda station in 2019

[@jprathap8393]

These australian natives looks like south Indians , it seems they are the people who migrated to AUS long back.

[@pyaariiilalfromindia8716]

As a South Indian I agree

[@soneelita]

Yes they are South Indian descendants new research suggests .

[@pyaariiilalfromindia8716]

@Sahil Achary നമസ്കാരം

[@culturedvulture2015]

@@pyaariiilalfromindia8716 not really Kerala, more like Tamil Nadu look

[@pyaariiilalfromindia8716]

@@culturedvulture2015 yep. But that grandpa looked like someone who has both tamil and Kerala features. Those grannies one the other had features of both Tamil and African