The Sound of the Marshallese language (Numbers, Greetings & The Parable)

[@ihaveaname7885]

Aye! Cool to see my language is finally on here.

[@ihaveaname7885]

@Shurkf De78rore yuh

[@motro1301]

@@ihaveaname7885 cool! Its so hard to see any person from there

[@ihaveaname7885]

Lol. Did all the Marshallese just suddenly show up?

[@ANTSEMUT1]

@@ihaveaname7885 i think they were all waiting for Marshallese language to appear in their KZbin recommendations.

[@clorisadonaie7811]

It’s crazy this my home , 😩🇲🇭 it’s so beautiful

[@uts4448]

Micronesians are not Lima gang but it’s related. Our languages have Melanesian influence. That’s why it’s different from other Austronesians. The number 5 in Micronesian languages: Lalem (Marshallese) Nimu (Chuukese) Limou (Fanapii) Limahu (Pohnpeian) Limekosr (Kosraean) Lal (Yapese) Eim (Palauan) Nimaua (I-Kiribati) Aijimo (Nauruan)

[@guirigones1252]

Awesome! I only heard of Marshallese last week. You work so fast!

[@felanieable]

This was great. Even if the greetings are using pre-standardized spellings, I'm glad for the high quality audio of the story of the Prodigal Son. Em̧m̧an am̧ kwaļo̧k kajin in.

[@eagirl960]

Save the Marshall Islands 💙💙💙 climate change is destroying them

[@lionberryofskyclan]

I wonder why in a lot of the languages I heard numbers of, 7 is longer than the rest

[@GooneyJib]

although our number 5 is Lalem... Lima is in the number 500... Lima-Bukwi - 500... 100 is Ji-Bukwi...

[@GooneyJib]

so wer'e part of the lima gang as well, it's just in the number 500😁

[@Alligator667]

Greetings from Marshallese island

[@alexgeorge8909]

yokwe

[@haydenalderson202]

I don't understand the m thing or the dots below the o, could someone explain the diacritics please?

[@monerz-03]

Bruh my language do be complicated tho!😂🤦🏾‍♂️

[@ferseirafion]

Looks like some austronesian languages mixed with korean language

[@user-hnjga8is1zr6u]

Because of its phonology, their pronunciation of b, d, j (sounds like "ty"?) somehow has a stress similar to Javanese-Madurese "məɖ̥ʰɔʔ" ("voiceless voiced plosives-affricates").

[@MeltinaGideon19000]

The thing is I went vacation to Hawaii and a lot of Hawaiian Marshallese kids don’t know how to speak our language nor eat our own foods this is a big problem for us Marshallese so thank for making this video komolol 😃

[@Alligator667]

Yes I’m happy it marshall

[@TheBag_head]

Already know how to say hello in Marshallese

[@nicholasgonzales0305]

Whe I was a kid another kid taught me bad words. The only thing I ever remembered. Something like this... Welum chinum bre bre be be e nak.

[@loganandoreo4687]

🤔 it’s not in the Lima gang Interesting 🧐 but cool it sounds a lot like Indonesian or Turkish

[@darkbloodprince2350]

jalem (lem) like in another Ausronesian language in Vanuatu (Melamesia) they say Tevelem(lem) for number five, and other lima gang squads say Aulem, Aulima etc...

[@ANTSEMUT1]

Still kind lima gang, lem is not that far from lima.

[@junjunjamore7735]

"Lima" is in words like "Lemañoul" (50) and "Limabuki" (500), so the root is still there.

[@faris110]

I'm indonesian. To me it sounds like Tagalog

[@khamsamhoang678]

It doesn't even sound like Turkish tbqh

[@Tranxhead]

Transcriptions of this have really complicated vowel clusters, but hearing the languages makes me think it was an overanalysis.

[@SquigPie]

Marshallese is weird. The difference between the phonemic (structural, abstract) level and the phonetic (how it actually sounds) is completely different. On a phonemic level the language has a tone of consonants and extremely few vowels, but on a phonetic level the language has a ludicrous number of vowels. So you have the Marshallese word for future, spelled: "naaj" On the phonemic, abstract level this is is /nʲaɰatʲ/, so Three consonants and two vowels. On a phonetic level, as in how it's actually pronounced, this is: [nʲæ͡ɑɑ͡ætʲ] So you have a short "a" in the front of you mouth that fades into a long "a" in the back of the mouth before ending in a short front "a" again. The Orthography is the result of someone trying their damnest to merge these two layers into something that's actually writeable with the latin script. Can't comment on how good a job they did, though.

[@zach0gr]

It reminds me Tamil a bit

[@ANTSEMUT1]

It's the presence of lots of retroflex consonants.

[@pearllang8375]

pov u are remarchal

[@meltinagideon2456]

yokew aolep

[@nheycastillo5065]

🇲🇭

[@jennifercoons8854]

My son is a missionary for the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints speaking Marshallese! If anyone wants to learn about the gospel of Jesus Christ taught in this amazing language. Let me know I can hook you up through zoom.

[@gabelotz4021]

That is so cool, i just got called to washington speaking Marshallese for my mission!! it’s awesome to see another person!!

[@danielhilderbrand7393]

One of my close friends served in the Marshall Islands!

[@felanieable]

That's where I learned Marshallese. More than ten years ago now. I write for a Marshallese online newspaper, Chikin Melele, and I'm working on a heritage language curriculum. Where is your son right now?

[@clorisadonaie7811]

It’s crazy this home , 🇲🇭🇲🇭

[@MrAlexanderrangel]

If someone told me this was Indonesian or Javanese I wouldn't think twice

[@wos_liwet]

As an Indonesian who understands Javanese this doesn't sound like both to me Some other people have said that Marshallese sounds like Indonesian but I can't pinpoint the similarity

[@ANTSEMUT1]

@@wos_liwet not the words but how they pronounces consonant does sound Indonesian-ish.

[@fragolegirl2002]

It sounds Filipino

[@reijinvyskra1759]

Hellllll noooo

[@Butaritari]

Austronesian language

[@minim6981]

Not at all. We have lots of vowels. This language is all mumbles

[@ilhambudi95]

Not lima.

[@ANTSEMUT1]

Lem is still kinda Lima...

[@gerardos1]

first

[@jakubpociecha8819]

Well,congrats,I guess

[@misterchrissy]

why do people do this?

[@frms7571]

first

[@jakubpociecha8819]

Nope,second