American orders in forgotten Mayan language in Mexico?!

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Жыл бұрын

In Mexico I spent some time learning the Yucatec Maya language, which is indigenous to the Yucatán Peninsula and has been spoken in this area for thousands of years by the Mayan people. Even though lots of people still speak it, the younger generation is forgetting it and it was really interesting to go around and try and speak what I could speak. If you are interested in learning to speak the amazing Mayan language and help preserve Mayan culture, or just if you want to learn Spanish online or in-person with good local organizations, you can check out the schools I learned with here:
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@cameronphenix2096 Жыл бұрын

Imagine if someone came to the U.S. and just started trying to speak Cherokee to everyone they meet.

@zhain0 Жыл бұрын

Haha, never thought of it like that

@JohnJohnson-yi6jg Жыл бұрын

he didn’t just go to a random city in mexico lol, he went to a mayan area

@cameronphenix2096 Жыл бұрын

@user-nb8fm3zb8b and I live in Oklahoma and it would still be weird here.

@RobotSlaves Жыл бұрын

@@cameronphenix2096😂

@xXPridefulPandaXx Жыл бұрын

dfkm 😭😭

@slapdatcorn Жыл бұрын

imagine going to rome and greeting them in latin

@god6384 Жыл бұрын

some guy on youtube called scorpiomartianus does just that with roman legionairy cosplay 😂

@edelweiss45 Жыл бұрын

I’m sure they’d at least humor you lol

@shaquoya Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@binabina4445 Жыл бұрын

@@god6384I was just going to comment that lol. And the best part is the Italians understood him 😅

@hefty878 Жыл бұрын

It’s not the same lol. There’s a shitload of Mayans still around speaking the language in Mexico. He just guessed wrong that she would

@miketacos9034 Жыл бұрын

“And I can’t understand him” she tore out his heart like he was a sacrifice💀

@PanSaltzCaballeratos Жыл бұрын

LOL! Best comment

@criticaconstructivaparamej1072 Жыл бұрын

That is how we do it on this side of the river

@mari-067 Жыл бұрын

hillarious !

@ieroine Жыл бұрын

She just needed a cenote

@jedinxf7 Жыл бұрын

lmao

@BradWelton96 Жыл бұрын

It’s hilarious how she was more bothered than amused 😂

@rubired00910 Жыл бұрын

That's cuz mexican living in touristic areas are used to people speaking in other languages, she just wanted to sell not trying to make friends with a tourist, lmfao

@saitama9529 Жыл бұрын

@@rubired00910 true and maya is a Language that we do not use 😅 only a small group of people know that because is not used often

@timbatee7433 11 ай бұрын

Why does she kind of look like a Japanese man?

@Rolando_Cueva 11 ай бұрын

@@saitama9529 todavia hay mayas carnal, no se han extinguido aún.

@saitama9529 11 ай бұрын

@@timbatee7433 she doesn’t look but I can see it why you say that just by the eyes

@asab004 Жыл бұрын

She’s like, “bro just stop, you goin buy tamales or not”

@mojojoj0813 Жыл бұрын

She’s like, “I want to make money, but I don’t speak that language.” Is more accurate

@zlumpgod.8962 Жыл бұрын

Nah, u like that, over here getting offended for other people situations

@KhamTVinc Жыл бұрын

"Si si... ¿cuantos tamales quieres, guey?"

@Bandmanuce Жыл бұрын

On god😂💀

@jackhoff9096 Жыл бұрын

@@KhamTVinc 😂😂😂😂 she’s like “Deja de ser mamon guey”

@JCosio-bs9xr Жыл бұрын

I remember trying to speak Chinese in Hong Kong and the vendor didn't have the patience to deal with it so he just shouted "just speak English!"

@spilledsoju03 Жыл бұрын

"Dude I'm from Detroit"

@louish2037 Жыл бұрын

I once did the opposite and the guard spoke mandarin back to me because that was an area full of mainland Chinese tourists and I was Chinese💀💀💀

@Red_Redemption Жыл бұрын

@@spilledsoju03loved that scene from karate kid

@dreac6241 Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@TheDgil10 Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@juliussanchez7732 Жыл бұрын

This is like going to Taco Bell and ordering in Spanish

@dylanpires7836 Жыл бұрын

Pretty good chance someone in that Taco Bell speaks at least enough Spanish to help you is the big difference

@mari-067 Жыл бұрын

lol !!

@purotejano69 Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@barryerkelens1255 Жыл бұрын

It would be if she was running a franchised chain fast food store that sold mass-manufactured processed pretend cuisine.

@katrinakollmann5265 Жыл бұрын

This is a small business and not so close to that. :p

@TheFirstDisciple Жыл бұрын

This video was filmed in a village where many people do actually speak Mayan. The lady was able to recognize it, and likely was calling for someone who did know how to speak it. This isn't some random restaurant in Mexico City

@thepersonaloutlet Жыл бұрын

She trying to run a business and you over here playing ✨guess that language✨😭

@Backoutification Жыл бұрын

Lmaooooo

@axgarcia5654 Жыл бұрын

She dont speak Maya but her mum yes.

@axgarcia5654 Жыл бұрын

@@kicubu Es de bien educado ir a un sitio y hablar su idioma. No me parece que se las de de Moctezuma. Siempre una mosca cojonera zzzzz zzzz zzz

@user-rl7ff8om5f Жыл бұрын

Not everyone is uptight

@MelonSoda103 Жыл бұрын

No hay nada mas hermoso que un extranjero aprendiendo el idioma local especialmente cuando la mayoría de nosotros no lo sabemos

@mikekling4605 Жыл бұрын

She’s like “Bro, this aint Apocalypto, you want some tamales or not??”

@automaticwriting4220 Жыл бұрын

Lol

@KRM369 Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 #gold

@yajairabenitez7874 Жыл бұрын

This made me laugh so hard 😂

@ademirperez4874 Жыл бұрын

If this was back in Mayan time they would’ve sacrifice him to the sun

@nectar50685 Жыл бұрын

LMAO

@moetheindigomusic Жыл бұрын

It’s not forgotten, my partner’s family speaks fluent Maya

@maureen9115 11 ай бұрын

The parents of several my students in Los Angeles only spoke Mayan & didn’t speak any Spanish or English. Parent conferences were mostly sign language because no one in the district spoke their language.

@medpackpapi_ymg4556 11 ай бұрын

Oh thats cool its still a forgotten language its listed as a ancient language

@moetheindigomusic 11 ай бұрын

@@medpackpapi_ymg4556 there are 6-7 million native speakers in the world, but nice try.

@moetheindigomusic 11 ай бұрын

@@maureen9115I used to believe maya was a forgotten tongue too, that’s what they teach us in America and honestly no one speaks it openly there. But moving to Mexico opened my eyes to a lot of different cultures and tongues

@medpackpapi_ymg4556 11 ай бұрын

@@moetheindigomusic true so I'll respectfully restate my comment it's a ancient language but not forgotten 💪🏿

@callagothly Жыл бұрын

the Mayan language is so pretty

@bato4531 Ай бұрын

Yeah I thought the same

@macalloway1 26 күн бұрын

There are so many different Mayan languages that it's hard to say what a Mayan language sounds like. There are many distinct languages (not dialects)and most arent mutually intelligible

@-ram-m2664 Жыл бұрын

credit lady for recognizing a 'forgotten' language.

@jonaskatona7136 Жыл бұрын

Maybe her parents or grandparents speak/spoke it, or perhaps there are a few ppl in her town/village that know a few phrases or can converse with some difficulty. That's how it is with these languages that solely survive for cultural/heritage reasons and aren't really of administrative or political importance :(

@-ram-m2664 Жыл бұрын

@@jonaskatona7136 I understand the cultural significance and reasons. If she remembers, it isn't really, by definition, 'forgotten."

@astridcoronado4747 Жыл бұрын

Mayan is definitely not a forgotten language, most elderly people in our communities grew up speaking mayan, and most of us, the younger generations know at least a decent amount of mayan. Of course this varies along the region, but for the most part, it still is a prevalent language in our communities.

@isaiasrodriguez9503 Жыл бұрын

It’s understandable for some to not know it. Some people tend to not teach it in Mexico because their natives are looked down upon on and are treated bad

@Goodmanperson55 Жыл бұрын

She's at that point of knowing the language where I think a lot of second generation immigrants also experience. The ability to actually understand the language but somehow can't spit out the vocabulary for it. I know that feeling a lot and can make it a bit awkward when visiting my own relatives.

@tastyneck Жыл бұрын

Lady was like "dude, just speak Spanish FFS. You want tamales or not?"

@dzhouse. Жыл бұрын

This is *houla comoe extas* but with academically more steps

@iron_recluse Жыл бұрын

😂 for real

@hatebass4921 Жыл бұрын

Lady literally said “neighbor, this dude here is talking Mayan but I don’t understand”.

@ThomasBMawn Жыл бұрын

I don't think so. She seem to nice!

@dustyishere2472 Жыл бұрын

Wtf does ffs mean

@MsAddylove 21 күн бұрын

My family is from Yucatán and My dad and older family members speak Maya fluently and it’s so beautiful hearing them speak and have a full conversation in Mayan dialect❤I love that Yucatán is teaching their students Maya in school so it doesn’t get lost throughout the generations❤I wish I was thought maya growing up but unfortunately since being in California for most of my life I didn’t get a chance to.

@nheghasiajani-mq5fc 11 күн бұрын

Is it a dialect or language?

@elviramata37 Жыл бұрын

Props to you amigo for giving it a shot

@AngelGarcia-cy5tp 2 ай бұрын

Por querer llamar la atención hablando innecesariamente un idioma cuando claramente la persona habla español? Se ve bien ridículo

@noiramak Ай бұрын

@@AngelGarcia-cy5tp stop crying nobody got hurt he just wanted to speak mayan

@ivand0007 Ай бұрын

Nah he's cringe

@ivand0007 Ай бұрын

@@noiramakpayaso

@Angel-Otk Жыл бұрын

Going to Mexicans expecting them to speak Mayan is funny as fuck💀💀 especially when the lady is literally talking to you in Spanish. She was not impressed and just wanted to go on with her day

@chrisrock219 Жыл бұрын

Depends where you are. In some places in the south, you still got a decent number of people who are gonna be able to speak Tsotzil or some of the zapotec languages, especially among the older generation

@arc7853 Жыл бұрын

Well she wasn't upset or anything, if you come to Chile and speak mapudungun people won't really understand much but it will be funny as shit. So yeah

@antonioaguirre9295 Жыл бұрын

He went to the maya regions

@Angel-Otk Жыл бұрын

@@antonioaguirre9295 that’s probably why the old ass local lady didn’t speak with he language

@TheLastGotlander Жыл бұрын

why did this video upset you so much lmao

@taylorhauser3347 Жыл бұрын

Lived in the Yucatan for two years. Loved learning tidbits of mayan. Beautiful people, I really miss it. Eat some panuchos!

@guytansbariva2295 Жыл бұрын

I spent 6 months on a college archeology project in the Yucatan 15 years ago. The locals are awesome, and there's so much culture there that's never reported on. It's really sad that much of Mexico has a lot of crime. Even where we were, we we were escorted by armed guards just to go into town to get supplies. Xaiomanyc never ceases to amaze me. Ari is a special guy.

@jeanrodriguez2078 Жыл бұрын

@Miles Doyle what the heck

@CuratedVibes Жыл бұрын

💯💯 I've been living in Merida for 3 years. I love it when I occasionally meet a Yucatecan that speaks Mayan.

@taylorhauser3347 Жыл бұрын

@@guytansbariva2295 Merida is one of the safest cities in mexico but true, still need to be aware of your surroundings!

@cannedconcon7120 Жыл бұрын

Got your pocket picked

@ivan_is_sam. Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately a lot of languages in México like this one is dying because of the lack of teaching and speaking, and really it’s basically like Latin, but it’s very heartwarming seeing some people preserve it ❤🇲🇽

@janiebrewer5159 11 ай бұрын

Don't they have school for that we have that here in the United States? One of our secondary language is learning Spanish..

@ivan_is_sam. 11 ай бұрын

@@janiebrewer5159 You see these are languages from old Mexico, way before Spanish was even a thing here, there are 50 or so all different languages if I’m not incorrect so that’s the reason people just don’t learn it or speak it anymore since Spanish is the national language and English is a language that everyone is trying to learn.

@gilly_axolotl 11 ай бұрын

And then people in the comments are complaining as if theyre not white and monolingual 🙄

@InfiniteDagger Жыл бұрын

Bro Messed up so Hard he Had to Add that One Piece Sound Effect💀💀💀

@kas2047 Жыл бұрын

I went to a taco place where not a soul spoke English. I thought I'd go in confident and use every bit of Spanish I remember from high school. I said 4 words and the cashier starts talking a million miles an hour. She could see the panic in my eyes and asked the cook to come over to help me order 😅

@Mungdaal304 Жыл бұрын

That's really how I feel. Its stressful. I try my best because damn it the food is worth it. I'd move mountains to get a nibble of a taco

@user-jp5zj7hk6m Жыл бұрын

ive had the same experience but a bit different. ill say pieces of spanish i picked up over the course of my relationship,& suddenly they think im latina. i feel so bad bc they probably get embarrassed too lmaoo. it happens everytime i go to get carne asada. ill even meet ppl on tinder and they ask if im latina😭 NO IM WHITE STOP

@dashlivingston5975 Жыл бұрын

@@user-jp5zj7hk6m good girl

@nothanks9503 Жыл бұрын

That’s why you have the interact all Spanish speakers had a million times you go up like 👋 English? They’re be like yes a little as everyone on earth learns English in school and they’ll be like do you speak Spanish and you just be like si poquito boom you can work it out from there

@ryanof3004 Жыл бұрын

Dude same, when I was like 13, 14 i would go into this taco place called Jaliscos, nobody in there spoke English and always looked at my white ass funny when I walked in there but knew enough words like lengua, tacos and how many CINCO! Lol they would always have a big grin on their face but the nicest people!!

@detrimentalist_ Жыл бұрын

This is like going to Puerto Rico and trying to speak Taíno

@kuririvera973 Жыл бұрын

I fucking hate that we weren't taught much from our original language. There are more available resources out there, I've found some local dictionaries available online. Yet, we weren't taught much beyond a few words. It's sad... I think I remember reading there are less than 100 Taíno/arawak speakers in the Caribbean.... Its so fucking sad 😫😭😭😭

@detrimentalist_ Жыл бұрын

@@kuririvera973 The Taíno language has long been extinct

@detrimentalist_ Жыл бұрын

Arawakan languages are still being spoken though

@spilledsoju03 Жыл бұрын

@@kuririvera973 Why you'd only be able to communicate with like a hundred people

@detrimentalist_ Жыл бұрын

@@spilledsoju03 taino isn’t spoken but languages related to it are

@yaibanisenctien9746 Жыл бұрын

It's amazing that you know these hidden languages as a Mexican I would love to know these wonders 😅😅😅❤❤❤

@surfinairwaves9284 Жыл бұрын

I dig this video as someone who loves different cultures it’s fun to watch somebody hone their skills and experience these things. Very cool!

@jaime3465 Жыл бұрын

This guy made it harder for the lady and himself just to flex.

@kevincastelan3181 Жыл бұрын

That’s what I’m saying 😂

@gustavosalas8165 Жыл бұрын

He likes to smell his own farts

@BizzzyBee Жыл бұрын

I don't think he wanted to flex...people actually appreciate when you try to speak their language while visiting their home. His problem was assuming she spoke Mayan lol

@RM-TheOctoroon Жыл бұрын

@@BizzzyBee He assumed Mayan and when she began to speak in Spanish and he keeps speaking Mayan? He's showing off straight up.

@cel5365 Жыл бұрын

@@BizzzyBee nah, in that case he would’ve spoken spanish, people from yucatan might understand some mayan but most aren’t fluent so idk why he’d assume she was, especially considering she was speaking spanish.

@Saltyfeet89 Жыл бұрын

I can imagine this is like going to a hotdog cart downtown and ordering in latin

@noxabellus Жыл бұрын

Ordering pizza in italian

@Drowningindisappointment Жыл бұрын

that’s a completely different situation. Latin is a dead language and hasn’t been spoken casually for hundreds of years. The Mayan people and their decedents make up a good chunk of the population of Guatemala and southern Mexico, their language is still actively spoken in various communities

@Mascabar Жыл бұрын

I think there are still some speakers in that area and he was just unlucky

@Saltyfeet89 Жыл бұрын

@@Drowningindisappointment I can believe that I work with a oldhead that speak mam

@ieroine Жыл бұрын

Nah, it’s pretty common for ppl to ask how much is this or say numbers in Mayan to everyone even if you don’t know Mayan you do know those words but he mispronounced and that’s why the lady didn’t understood lol

@teresavelazquez359 Жыл бұрын

Glad he’s enjoying himself. Starts conversation in Spanish and switches to Mayan.

@andresberrelleza9813 Жыл бұрын

I admire all these people who can speak multiple languages. I really hope I can do it in the near future.

@djlifestyle2189 Жыл бұрын

As a Mexican, I don't have anyone in my family that knows Mayan just spanish. I would love to learn the forgotten language of my culture.

@hederacleion Жыл бұрын

cuánta gente de alli que se sigue quejando de los españoles habla algún idioma indígena

@neznamtija8081 Жыл бұрын

It’s not ur language … ur language is Spanish n u have aexican latin culture

@automaticwriting4220 Жыл бұрын

@@neznamtija8081 Most people of Mayan descent live in Mexico therefore making it ok to say that he’s from Mayan ancestors. It’s totally his culture, Mexico still has a lot of ancient mesoamerican culture in it. The same way that Mexico has over 60 different languages spoken in different places and at this point in time it wouldn’t be totally incorrect to say “I’m going to learn how to speak Nauhatl because it’s something that my family has forgotten about our culture” or “I’m going to learn Yucatec” for the same reason. The same way that Spanish is MY first language, if I learned Nauhatl, I would also be able to say “this is the language of my ancestors and their culture. I wish to immerse myself in a bit of it through the language.”

@neznamtija8081 Жыл бұрын

@@automaticwriting4220 it’s a very nationalistic way of thinking tbh… in the long run it divides people of the country

@christinaeldridge2623 Жыл бұрын

Many more native tongue in Mexico that just Mayan! All so beautiful and sad they are almost forgotten!

@olympiapadilla2138 Жыл бұрын

Dude you fricken rock for speaking Mayan 😢 touches me heart. ❤

@TheSololobo 11 ай бұрын

Imagine the old lady comes out looking right out of Apocalypto

@adrianjem7188 Жыл бұрын

I like how she understood him the first half and was like man fuck this shit I ain’t reading all that

@miss5O702 Жыл бұрын

She said she couldn’t understand your Mayan 😂

@Jefe2A Жыл бұрын

she don’t speak it

@kin5199 Жыл бұрын

No she didn’t

@kin5199 Жыл бұрын

She figured he was speaking Mayan and she told her friend that he was speaking Mayan

@karliereddfan Жыл бұрын

@@Jefe2Ashe speaks mayan but he butchered it so she’s having trouble understanding

@karliereddfan Жыл бұрын

@@kin5199he does not speak mayan

@pastashack3517 Жыл бұрын

Amazing h9w you speak Maya with such a strong American accent

@KhamTVinc Жыл бұрын

When I went to Mexico as a kid. My brother and I met two women who knew an old native dialect and German. No Spanish. We found out when we saw them and tried to ask which way a ranch was on the river. Brother was on leave from his German station in the U.S. Army. He asked if they spoke German. Ladies both responded "Ja" to my brothers shock. They spoke it fluently. A missionary from Germany found it too hard to learn their language. So they decided to teach them German when they were kids instead.

@eddieornelas9631 Жыл бұрын

Mexico is littered with germans all from Germany coming from Argentina from Germany 🇩🇪

@VertoxEffect Жыл бұрын

Soooo if they didn’t speak their language then how did they teach them German? 😂

@eddieornelas9631 Жыл бұрын

@@VertoxEffect you one them special kind arent you

@BarocaS2 Жыл бұрын

@@VertoxEffect ever wonder how you learned english ?

@brandonquesada5592 Жыл бұрын

Ah I think I know who were that people, but it's surprising that two women from that community were alone so I imagine they were banished from their community

@sadguy450 Жыл бұрын

Little tip to get your Spanish accent sounding better. When stalling Spanish people will no say umm, or stuff like that. They will say puuueeeesss.. or buueeenooo.. or extend the word they’re stalling on so, Ayer meee.. me voy al supermercado paraa compraaaaar, frutas.

@officialmai Жыл бұрын

Instead of 'um', we use 'em', or end on a high pitched note before looking like we're thinking. We don't really stall in that particular way too often in Mexico.

@papitashow7150 Жыл бұрын

Esteeeeeeee aaaaaa

@paulamamani4272 Жыл бұрын

I don't hear people saying "puesss" or "bueno" when people don't know what to say, the things I hear often (including myself) are "eee" or "aaa"

@scoupofnoodles4547 Жыл бұрын

yeah sometimes we also use the filler phrase “como se dice”. we say it pretty quick in between words while stalling for time as our brains turn :D

@mint0zs Жыл бұрын

@@paulamamani4272 they were just using different words and phrases as examples of their point

@tedadams1324 Жыл бұрын

Both of these two were so cute! Love this video!

@rjlovell1 Жыл бұрын

I like these type videos. If I had a chance to choose a superpower it would be that I could speak, read, wrote and understand every language in the world as I heard it spoken to me. Amazing.

@IanKayCey Жыл бұрын

Her smile is infectious. God bless you ma'am.

@potatopirate5557 Жыл бұрын

Seriously! i dont care what language anyone's speaking, i just wanna know about that lady's tamales! 🤤 i trust her already, just shut up and feed me.

@polishcow7144 6 ай бұрын

Would

@magnvss Жыл бұрын

If his mayan is like his Spanish, no wonder they didn't understand.

@kimberg5347 Жыл бұрын

It was pretty good though

@eatmopwho. Жыл бұрын

Ah, the typical delusional comment.

@IrialMiko Жыл бұрын

@@eatmopwho. he doesnt really speaks spanish

@shaunthesheep2325 Жыл бұрын

Broken Spanish with a bit of the tongue not being in the right place

@Robgeee Жыл бұрын

Facts 😂😂😂

@BluJns Жыл бұрын

I admire your ability to speak muti languages it's amazing! 🎉

@william3208 11 ай бұрын

For those who don't know. She kept speaking Spanish not knowing what he was speaking. Without the proper accent, it is hard to know if your not listening for it.

@BourdeoixEterno Жыл бұрын

Spanish would’ve been the best bet in this scenario

@SyI16 Жыл бұрын

LMAO

@josh.drk. Жыл бұрын

He knew that but he just wanted to show off

@bushsbakedbeans3777 Жыл бұрын

ita a video about the specific language that some people speak there. The people she called to actually spoke it

@beaub152 Жыл бұрын

When I went to Mexico one time I had a Mayan tour guide, he learned Mayan as his first language and that blew my mind

@duccmanz Жыл бұрын

Same lmao

@TheBHNetwork Жыл бұрын

Why did it blow your mind that your Mayan tour guide learned Mayan as his first language?

@beaub152 Жыл бұрын

@@TheBHNetwork I didn't know that people still grew up speaking Mayan, I thought it was a dead language (or family of languages)

@sycration Жыл бұрын

@@beaub152The classical Mayan culture was very expansive and relatively cohesive too. Also, the Spanish conquerors wanted to rule them (not just kill them) so the populations survived. Up until the 1880s you could do your court documents in Nahuatl.

@KevinSting Жыл бұрын

@@beaub152 millions of people still speak indigenous languages in latin america. Its not dead at all !

@quierovacaciones Ай бұрын

American orders food in forgotten Mayan language?!?! Woow dude!! So cool! This is definitely a wholesome Pog moment!

@totallylegityoutubeperson4170 11 ай бұрын

He clearly only knows these languages in the context of ordering food. People give him credit like hes fluent in the whole damn language.

@Yams-Hams7734 6 ай бұрын

Well at least he made an attempt to appreciate their culture, I don’t see how that’s a bad thing. What are you even complaining about??

@kzm-cb5mr 5 ай бұрын

@@Yams-Hams7734 when you learn a language, you learn its entirety, not only for KZfaq clips lol

@mafiabos-ok8ip Жыл бұрын

Imagine if someone went to italy and straight uo started speaking latin

@v1760side Жыл бұрын

There are videos of people doing that, and they still manage somewhat 🤣. What would be closer though, would be like speaking Napolitano to random people in Calabria.

@detrimentalist_ Жыл бұрын

That’d somewhat work but this is like going to Puerto Rico and speaking Taíno

@MeanBeanComedy Жыл бұрын

@@detrimentalist_ No, millions still speak Mayan.

@danicad.3278 Жыл бұрын

PolýMATHY does exactly that. He has a whole series on YT called "American Speaks Latin to Italians"... in Rome..in front of the Colosseum, the Vatican etc. Some have no clue it's Latin, some happily play along, some get really annoyed and angry, some are super impressed, some try to make him switch to English or Italian.

@automaticwriting4220 Жыл бұрын

You could probably get away with that. Italian is probably the closest of the romantic languages to Latin. Even Spanish speakers it’s still “kind of” clear what ideas are trying to be conveyed.

@bryan9587 Жыл бұрын

When you speak Maya but not even the locals speak Maya. A classic. 😌

@lifewk Жыл бұрын

Weird vicarious flex

@Spider-Complexion Жыл бұрын

That’s what colonizing seems to do..

@MWrath95 Жыл бұрын

@@lifewk Man of knowledge is never a flex. Just one of knowing.

@talonappleton3269 Жыл бұрын

@jacob small, local, ancient groups taking eachother over is very different than major colonial global powers that continue to create the biggest atrocities known to mankind, sorry to burst your intentionally created bubble!

@coolhyperspace Жыл бұрын

@Miles Doyle hail Satan

@rileyweisman3789 5 ай бұрын

This is actually crazy. Dude is inspiring af. These are the type of influencers I want my kids to follow.

@rayritchie8215 Жыл бұрын

You’re awesome dude. These reactions are priceless.

@montserratcastellanos3754 Жыл бұрын

Not forgotten fully, in Merida and other parts of Yucatán it is still spoken, specially by Mayans, but growing up in Merida (where there are still a lot of Mayans) mayan and Spanish are both spoken together like one language, i grew up thinking many mayan words where actually Spanish haha, that was a big culture shock when i left Merida, honestly props to you for learning mayan and for helping keep the language alive :)

@LaHorchatera Жыл бұрын

yo currently in merida right now visiting family! Unfortunately not many of my mayan-speaking relatives are still alive but i also grew up thinking some words were spanish but just mayan LOL. i remember using it with only spanish-speaking people and seeing them get all confused, only to find out it was never spanish at all. Just super cool to see someone else with family in merida and in a similar situation

@kimberlypatton205 Жыл бұрын

Thank You for resolving my question as to how she recognized it was Mayan! I think it is amazing to know. it is still spoken! Much respect for your culture and languages!

@haywardhummus8777 Жыл бұрын

I always find these types of titles pretty cringe, I seen people post themselves up with captions like “WHITE GUY SHOCKS AFRICAN TRIBE BY SPEAKING PERFECT WUMBO LANGUAGE”

@user-ym8zp6ld4e Жыл бұрын

GREEN PLANT SHOCKS MAN WITH A COOKING POT ON HIS HEAD BY SPEAKING PERFECT WEVI WAVO

@haywardhummus8777 Жыл бұрын

@@user-ym8zp6ld4e the villiage is in shock!! They have never seen such a cool intelligent white man! “He changed their lives”

@Artfan123 Жыл бұрын

White boy orders in mandarin, waiter is speechless and jaw has fallen!

@MC-ns8gb Жыл бұрын

Even more with the "forgotten language" when yucatec Maya is spoken by nearly a million people. Only beat out by nahuatl in MX🤦‍♀️

@SOLIDSNAKE. Жыл бұрын

Ima go wumbo right now

@D.VA_00 Жыл бұрын

Oh that’s some skill. I always wanted to hear Mayan because some of the words sound so unique.

@GSR8GHOST Жыл бұрын

Pretty awesome that you can speak mayan bro!

@ninja1676 Жыл бұрын

He tried to impress her but it failed 🤣

@mauriciogutierrez9340 Жыл бұрын

No he did not, she was the one who doesnt speak Mayan, he spoke it well and a perfect spanish too.

@am1nana Жыл бұрын

He tried to impress us too but it failed. LOL . can't folks just be themselves??

@gl3282 Жыл бұрын

Imagine granma comes out speaking fluent Mayan like a boss lol

@purotejano69 Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@nadianevero5512 Жыл бұрын

wow que gusto que un extranjero hable maya!! Es lo mejor que he visto

@xx-os8dz 10 ай бұрын

So much respect for this dude taking effort and initiative to learn other languages. Mad respect sir❤

@samiam7 Жыл бұрын

75 cents for a tomale?! I want to move there

@eduardochavez7889 Жыл бұрын

Food is really cheap in Mexico, you can get some nice food at a great price wherever you go. Feel free to try the local cuisine if you ever come here

@samiam7 Жыл бұрын

@@eduardochavez7889 O I would and be fat as a house lol

@wispynextrey Жыл бұрын

@@eduardochavez7889 yes but average pay wages is also cheaper

@Jay_in_Japan Жыл бұрын

@@samiam7 Every expat gains a few pounds in Mexico, jajaja

@samiam7 Жыл бұрын

@@Jay_in_Japan I can certainly believe it

@cesarperez10 Жыл бұрын

It's not forgotten and is the largest indigenous language in mexico

@IsraelCountryCube Жыл бұрын

Ah okay hablanos Espanol pero si es una lastima que no hablamos Nuestro lenguaje Viejo de nuestros ancestros antiguos

@kfiguers1166 Жыл бұрын

Bro no one speaks it just stop

@nycto5335 Жыл бұрын

@@kfiguers1166 It's a small amount but about 10% of indigenous people in Mexico speak it.

@lilbeviltwin Жыл бұрын

In Guatemala too

@corruptdevil2957 Жыл бұрын

They don't teach it in school it's pretty damn close to forgotten

@Birdperson12041 Жыл бұрын

Wow. She went to go get someone who speaks Maya instead of just saying "uh. What"

@isaburntcake Жыл бұрын

I don’t get the point of this comment? Not everyone speaks the native language of their ancestors from hundreds of years ago? I wouldn’t go around speaking old English and expect the first person I saw to know somebody who speaks old English then go fetch them for me.

@autumnphillips151 3 ай бұрын

@@isaburntcake This language isn’t from hundreds of years ago. Not any more than Modern English is, anyway. There are millions of people in the world today who speak Mayan languages. Old English hasn’t been spoken for centuries. Old English is long dead, whereas the Mayan languages are very much still alive. He wasn’t speaking Proto-Mayan.

@hannahmurray103 Жыл бұрын

I was waiting for that grandma to get out of her cave and speak Mayan to him😂

@polinal9612 Жыл бұрын

Naw I thought this was super wholesome and he was respectful when he realized she couldn't understand. But she obvi understood what language he was speaking. And I think it is a really fun way to surprise someone. And she was smiling.

@SunsetBlvd13 Жыл бұрын

Its like that guy that walked up to mexican born Chinese people and just started speaking rapid fire Mandarin. Dude had the audacity to say “they’re losing their culture”, when they were like 2nd and 3rd gen families lmaooo

@5374seth Жыл бұрын

When did he say that???

@PhongExpat Жыл бұрын

Lmao da when he say that

@SunsetBlvd13 Жыл бұрын

@@PhongExpat this uploader didn’t it was a tv interview I believe

@PhongExpat Жыл бұрын

@@SunsetBlvd13 ohh ok

@IsraelCountryCube Жыл бұрын

Yeah I guess that makes sense. Damn though Mexican chinos very cool I love Asians mixed with Hispanics. I saw a two Asians at our retreat. One hombre looking obviously chinito and a Mujer very attractive by her ojos asiaticas and there was also a Azteca looking guy that's cool to have such attractive looks I wish I was born with more distinct features as in my face which I was I look Japanese in my photo of some type of Asian which is weird idk why but yeah there's few family that have Asian gene in mixed 100% different genes in Hispanics are most inclusive than any other ethnic group and so diverse which is awesome. Not in a woke way right not as in to force but it's a loving way of conservativatively mating different breeds of human there's only raza de humanos! Pero muchos colores differentez me gusta las asiaticas hispanas but I preferred mabey a pure Japanese to mix in more I'm totally fall in love 😍😍😍😍 you know I'm tired of the latina Mujer am bored! Me go to Japan! For wifey! Jajajajaja

@krazykittymatt Жыл бұрын

If it makes her feel better, he doesn't speak Yucatec either. He's been called out so many times for faking being polyglot. He learns random words or specific phrases.

@user-yw1mo3qj5p Жыл бұрын

He himseld said that he learns words for a specific conversation for a language he doesn't speak. What are you on about ?

@rustybayonette6641 Жыл бұрын

A lot of his videos are him spending a week learning common phrases of rare languages and he doesn’t hide that at all. He speaks multiple other languages fluently just go to his channel.

@krazykittymatt Жыл бұрын

@@rustybayonette6641 I have, and many of those languages that he claims he speaks "fluently" has been debunked by not only other polyglots, people fluent in the language, but also native speakers. There's so many channels that talk about him. I'm not even just talking about these kinds of videos where he's just saying random phrases, but languages he claims he's fluent in.

@rustybayonette6641 Жыл бұрын

@@krazykittymatt could I have an example?

@krazykittymatt Жыл бұрын

@@rustybayonette6641 the little magnifying glass up to the right, that's the search bar, bud

@LegendaryGames420 6 ай бұрын

The fact that she knew it was mayan was lit

@artloverg Жыл бұрын

When I didn't think you could impress me even more 🤯

@namu32peace Жыл бұрын

I used to work as a line cook with an all Latin American team that spoke Spanish. I was the only non Spanish speaker, also the only female. Eventually I learned how to speak basic español to make it through work. But I always mocked them and playfully joked around in my regional languages (I’m Indian 🇮🇳 ), they had no upper hand anymore hahah. Three cooks here would break out in Maya and we’d always pull each others legs. Such a fun time to go back and forth in literally 6 different languages at once!!!! (Later even worked with friends from the Philippines 🇵🇭 who had multiple dialects of their own to contribute!) It’s such a beautiful thing to stay true to your roots, share it with the rest of the world, even thousands of miles away from home.

@kaleomariz1000 3 ай бұрын

Lovely testimony of humanity. Too bad in Mexico they don’t appreciate it. In Mexico indigenous cultures is looked down upon.

@khanshiranyor3974 3 ай бұрын

That must have been wonderful. which was your regional language or langueges? To my understanding, India has 21 official languages but still there are languages and dialects that are spoken by many.

@Tinyjaja Жыл бұрын

Cringe...if she was speaking to you in Spanish, then speak to her in Spanish. You could've asked in Spanish if she knew Mayan instead of making an assumption.

@divinegon4671 Жыл бұрын

I bet that woman doesn’t care as much as you do.

@getampedmiku12 Жыл бұрын

The lady is smiling The dude in the video is probably smiling Why are you grumpy?

@lisaa3957 Жыл бұрын

@GK not disagreeing but she's also trying to sell tamales so she's not abt to get after him abt it lol

@schlickmick9316 Жыл бұрын

Woosh

@lanabandzy9102 Жыл бұрын

@@getampedmiku12 exactly she was probably impressed

@TheArbiterOfTruth 12 күн бұрын

I was in the Yucatán last year in the jungle hanging out with some Mayans in the smaller towns. Really cool people.

@noesalazar460 11 ай бұрын

I hope we all get to learn our ancestry 🥺🥺🥺

@yo-yo9663 Жыл бұрын

Mayan is still widely spoke among Mayan people but it may be weird to speak it to a foreigner because it is there native and underground language and they were colonized to speak Spanish. They will gladly teach you words in Mayan and also much of their culture is preserved from the food to the language.

@aphroflame Жыл бұрын

YES, Mayan language and culture is not forgotten and your point of colonized language is 100% true.

@Cisco.94357 Жыл бұрын

That’s not true man don’t believe everything you read on the internet buddy ….

@yo-yo9663 Жыл бұрын

@@Cisco.94357 I live in Mexico

@smokecamp1347 Жыл бұрын

💯True

@Xie_Huan Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@babyfefe999 Жыл бұрын

lol this dude was struggling to speak Mayan and she was having none of that

@susanferrazzano1957 11 ай бұрын

I think it's a wonderful thing you are doing! Look how many people you make smile!

@sarahjillian7621 4 ай бұрын

She was like ok huevon I’m busy 😂

@zbsbd Жыл бұрын

The perfect awkward and uncomfortable situation to put a random person in for a video, classic

@Enthusiastic-Trainspotter-BNE Жыл бұрын

I think that I feel sorry for that lady there.

@jeanrodriguez2078 Жыл бұрын

Why

@Enthusiastic-Trainspotter-BNE Жыл бұрын

@@jeanrodriguez2078 As she looked to not have understood him speaking that ancient language and was getting very puzzled.

@missc2742 Жыл бұрын

@@Enthusiastic-Trainspotter-BNE its not an ancient language (millions still use it today) he just doesn't speak it well.

@steverobertson1729 7 күн бұрын

She was like , wait, stop🤣 youre talking above my paygrade...HELP!🤣🤣

@judygillooly Жыл бұрын

It's amazing that you speak so many languages

@youngeshmoney Жыл бұрын

This made me cringe like damn, just make her life easy and tell her how much you want, doing the most.

@kin5199 Жыл бұрын

Bro calm down maybe he thought she spoke Mayan it seems like he’s a in a little town and there’s towns that speak Mayan

@youngeshmoney Жыл бұрын

@@kin5199 clearly she didn't, you can see that after he asks the first question in mayan

@Astroponicist Жыл бұрын

It is good that the whole world is beginning to speak the same language, it is also good that some learn the old languages and remind us to remember them.

@automaticwriting4220 Жыл бұрын

You understand that that “same language” is most likely going to be English or Chinese, right?

@alyssabrhyte 11 ай бұрын

@@automaticwriting4220I feel like more likely than not it’ll be English, although not everyone speaks it, most people are exposed to it in some way regardless of what country they are from.

@Justatreecutter 11 ай бұрын

Read Genesis 11 and see what God did when people spoke the same language.

@ijustreallylikeramenokay7626 11 ай бұрын

@@automaticwriting4220 I'm a fluent speaker of both, but in what world is that "same language" gonna be Chinese :D

@Rolando_Cueva 11 ай бұрын

@@automaticwriting4220 almost no one speaks Mandarin outside of China.

@esponjososugarbaby Жыл бұрын

As a Mexican, this is amazing

@SylverFrost 11 ай бұрын

I'm so happy knowing you know Mayan. So little people speak it nowadays just like Aztec languages and dialects. For the few that do speak it you're revitalizing their hearts and spirits! I speak Spanish and was born in Mexico but damn... You made my heart melt with happiness, someone DOES care 😭😥❤️❤️❤️

@InterstellarCloudd Жыл бұрын

"it's okay, I speak Spanish too" Bro can barely ask how much for some food, and acting like he's fluent. 🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀

@evanwines688 Жыл бұрын

His Spanish is spot on. He was trying a language that is pretty much dead which is why he had a hard time. Cut homie some slack

@candyman0202 Жыл бұрын

There’s more than one dialect and some regions can’t understand the others language. This is because natives were decimated by the Spanish and catholic priests and were forbidden from speaking their native tongue along with practicing their religion. This caused the isolated groups language to develop differently. What’s worse is even now folks that speak a Mayan language deal with prejudice and and even regarded as an embarrassment holding the country back. But a white guy speaking it is cool, lol, seriously. A lot of Red Cross and Salvation Army foreigners learn it and fall in love with the culture. Side note, Germany has one of the only texts containing ancient history and language along with many artifacts they refuse to return to Guatemala and only agreed to return them as of 2021 but I’m not even sure if they’ve fallen thru. Where Dr. Henry W. Jones when u need him 😢

@microbios8586 Жыл бұрын

True. I learned a few words from a friend from Yucatán. I asked a friend from Guatemala about the same words, and he explained that it's not one language. They are dialectos with a lot of variation.

@JRSRLN Жыл бұрын

This was so funny that it tore my heart out 😂

@finalfanvii6822 Жыл бұрын

Bruh this a very weeb thing to do like if you went to Japan and started speaking Japanese to talk shit.

@crownssaint5629 Жыл бұрын

Cómo Mexicana puedo decir que es muy raro que encuentres a alguien hablar las lenguas indígenas. Nos hemos acostumbrado tanto al español que las olvidamos.

@ageeknameddavis7628 2 ай бұрын

This is the equivalent of going to someone in England and speaking to them in Anglo Saxon Old English

@arielleherrera2579 3 ай бұрын

Amazing! My chichi spoke mayan and I always wanted to learn.

@BlackKnight-ll8qh Жыл бұрын

She is so awesome and happy!

@comedyshortsinc Жыл бұрын

I did the same thing in Osaka Japan. They have their own dialect of Japanese. The locals would get so happy when I spoke it.

@willromaine2252 10 ай бұрын

Love this guy

@deborahgary562 11 ай бұрын

I have so much respect for you learning the language

@CoeurDeLaMer. 10 күн бұрын

🤡🤡🤡

@garymichael5788 Жыл бұрын

She honestly didn't gaf you spoke Mayan. like no Mexican would.

@Yams-Hams7734 Жыл бұрын

Okay and? Haven’t you ever heard of the saying if you don’t have anything good to say, don’t say it. So what? Like what was the purpose of you saying that other than to try being mean and spiteful.

@blvkfvng2727 Ай бұрын

Spaniard logic.

@charliecorleon Жыл бұрын

The natives languages from these foreign countries are dope. I’m from Peru and in the mountains they speak Quechua and some parts speak Aymara.

@m.a.d.h604 26 күн бұрын

Right on bro! 👍🏽

@toribiocontreras1862 Жыл бұрын

You know for sure this guys highly educated 🤙🏻

@SpeedyOwl Жыл бұрын

I think everyone should speak the oldest known language for a region whenever they go. You'll either make some people really happy or really confuse them. Catch me speaking Latin in Italy or Gaelic in England. Right banter.

@sycration Жыл бұрын

Difference is that there are many native speakers of mayan languages in central america. Classical mayan is dead but I think it's less different than Italian is from Latin

@SpeedyOwl Жыл бұрын

@@sycration I know, but I think it would be funny if you just did that everywhere.

@sycration Жыл бұрын

@@SpeedyOwl This guy does kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g9KEgLOovMXGh6c.html

@rustybayonette6641 Жыл бұрын

Why Gaelic in England?

@SpeedyOwl Жыл бұрын

@@rustybayonette6641 i mean, in my area the original language would've been closer to Scottish gaelic or Manx, but ur right, Welsh celtic or cornish would probably be closer approximations to old pre-roman invasion English in general.

@yyyyyk Жыл бұрын

This is like speaking ancient Latin to modern day Italians... (it's dumb)

@thecatasticjam8964 Жыл бұрын

Not exactly. Indigenous culture is still heavily rooted in mexico, theres still many areas that speak the languages.

@gils3066 Жыл бұрын

@@thecatasticjam8964 but she obviously wasn’t understanding

@rustybayonette6641 Жыл бұрын

@@gils3066 In the video he went to an area that has a large population that speaks Mayan. After seeing that the lady didn’t understand him he just spoke Spanish with her. After he finds multiple people who speak it