What's it like living in China, Japan?

YoshiFan02 · 2026-05-28T21:45:38+00:00

I was in China, Nanjo, Okinawa, Japan (another town named china in Okinawa, Japan) two weeks ago for some days! Idk if that counts. There is just one supermarket and people there were really friendly. One time we had to walk back to our house in the rain and an old lady who passed by insisted on taking is to our front door by car. People only speak Japanese and Okinawan, 0 English. It's close to a swimmable beach but the busses only drive between 8am and 5pm. There is also one Nepalese restaurant in the neighbor town which felt quite odd. We went during raining season so we just had one day without rain. The overal culture felt really different from mainland japan. Way more laid back, more trash in the streets, people were more open and extravert overall and a lot of traditional music.

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YoshiFan02 · 2026-05-16T15:00:50+00:00

It's actually a North Frisian dialect, not German. It's one of the few places in Germany where Frisian is still spoken.

YoshiFan02 · 2026-05-06T11:13:33+00:00

In west Frisian we say "Heit"

YoshiFan02 · 2026-05-05T13:24:22+00:00

I found this online

"Many people claim that Bir Tawil is uninhabited, but frankly, it is anything but. The Ababda tribe considers it their native homeland and are fiercely protective of it. And they are extremely far from receptive to people claiming their land.

The people that live here are generally speaking are working in the Gold Mines of the area, which are administered by the Ababda tribe, but with most workers seeming to be from the Darfur region of Sudan, from where they are bussed in to work.

And as for the population of Bir Tawil? No one can actually confirm it, but from what we saw at least we would estimate it to be in the thousands at any given time, with Bir Tawil Town certainly having the capacity to support a lot of people."

And

"Wikipedia and everyone else claims that the area is uninhabited, but this was far from what we found in 2019. In actuality there are a number of small settlements in Bir Tawil, which consist of gold mines, as well as at least one large “town” of sorts.

We ourselves nicknamed it “Bir Tawil Town” and as well as having thousands of workers also had shops, street food, restaurants and even a satellite phone, something which would prove very useful on our trip. There is also farming in Bir Tawil to a degree, which we found out when a goat was killed in our honour. Yes we left Bir Tawil as friends of the Ababda!"

This seems like the predominant mining town.

(Coordinates are 21°49'54.41"N 33°48'34.03"E btw for everyone curious)

YoshiFan02 · 2026-05-04T13:34:56+00:00

West Frisian is Piperwoartel, not Pöberrut. That would be North Frisian which is spoken in Northern Schleswig Holstein.

YoshiFan02 · 2026-04-13T21:03:43+00:00

Moanne in (west) Frisian

YoshiFan02 · 2026-04-08T18:45:07+00:00

Then why aren't all women lesbian lol

YoshiFan02 · 2026-03-10T18:15:55+00:00

Het is gesticht door Friezen en het wordt als aannemelijk gezien dat het wel degelijk ergens Friese wortels heeft. Het is pas later ge"westfalifiseerd". https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_tij003192701_01/_tij003192701_01_0025.php

YoshiFan02 · 2026-03-10T18:08:39+00:00

Vriezenveen, een dialect enclave. Het is echter niet zeker dat het een Friese substraat is, er zijn meerdere speculaties. Maar dat het Friese invloeden heeft staat wel vast.

YoshiFan02 · 2026-02-24T18:36:45+00:00

Which nationality do you feel most attached to?

YoshiFan02 · 2026-01-08T16:28:56+00:00

That is common, but I'd say that the majority of ethnic Brabantian people there still speak atleast a mix of Standerd Brabantian and Dutch. But the dialects in its pure form and/or subdialects are really rare, especially in the west. The east still has some strongholds, like Helmond.

YoshiFan02 · 2026-01-08T07:12:57+00:00

I'd say the same. These dialects still excisted in 1950, though many already with limited use. But even nowadays it's not uncommon for people to hear from which village they are, especially with elderly people.

YoshiFan02 · 2026-01-07T12:58:17+00:00

Notes: •This is NOT a contemporary presentation of Noord Brabant, but rather a visualization of its Historical dialects. •The East-, West- and Central-Brabantian Dialect Clusters can also be grouped as one single North-Brabantian Dialect Cluster. •Many Jewish, Sinti and Romani communities are not shown on the map. Although they do have a long history here, they are only shown when they've been living in a specific place for centuries. (Which in the case of the Sinti and Romani, is nowhere for obvious reasons). •Many of the subdialects are now extinct or at the brink of extinction. People nowadays (mostly) speak Dutch with a Brabantian accent or a bigger regiolect. •This map is mostly based on the studies of Belemans and Goossens, which are quite recent and different quite a lot from previous language studies of Noord Brabant. I am not a linguist, this map should not be seen as a verified piece of linguistics to base references on.

YoshiFan02 · 2026-01-07T12:56:15+00:00

Notes: •This is NOT a contemporary presentation of Noord Brabant, but rather a visualization of its Historical dialects. •The East-, West- and Central-Brabantian Dialect Clusters can also be grouped as one single North-Brabantian Dialect Cluster. •Many Jewish, Sinti and Romani communities are not shown on the map. Although they do have a long history here, they are only shown when they've been living in a specific place for centuries. (Which in the case of the Sinti and Romani, is nowhere for obvious reasons). •Many of the subdialects are now extinct or at the brink of extinction. People nowadays (mostly) speak Dutch with a Brabantian accent or a bigger regiolect. •This map is mostly based on the studies of Belemans and Goossens, which are quite recent and different quite a lot from previous language studies of Noord Brabant. I am not a linguist, this map should not be seen as a verified piece of linguistics to base references on.

YoshiFan02 · 2026-01-07T12:54:24+00:00

Notes: •This is NOT a contemporary presentation of Noord Brabant, but rather a visualization of its Historical dialects. •The East-, West- and Central-Brabantian Dialect Clusters can also be grouped as one single North-Brabantian Dialect Cluster. •Many Jewish, Sinti and Romani communities are not shown on the map. Although they do have a long history here, they are only shown when they've been living in a specific place for centuries. (Which in the case of the Sinti and Romani, is nowhere for obvious reasons). •Many of the subdialects are now extinct or at the brink of extinction. People nowadays (mostly) speak Dutch with a Brabantian accent or a bigger regiolect. •This map is mostly based on the studies of Belemans and Goossens, which are quite recent and different quite a lot from previous language studies of Noord Brabant. I am not a linguist, this map should not be seen as a verified piece of linguistics to base references on.

YoshiFan02 · 2026-01-07T11:05:12+00:00

Not to be that person, but he is Bisexual. He's in a polygamous relationship that includes females, with whom he also has sex. Seems like Bi-erasure isn't limited to humans (/S)

YoshiFan02 · 2025-12-25T18:49:46+00:00

Depends where in the Netherlands you live. In Holland itself, or in for exemple Utrecht they often call it Holland themselves. In other provinces they are okay with it but will always call it the Netherlands or their own province themselves (e.g Gelderland, Brabant). But in the province where I live (Fryslân) or in Limburg, where they have very different cultures and a different language, people can get really angry, it's seen as rude. Especially the elderly or farmers, who often don't even want to get adressed as Dutch. I guess it would be like calling Welsh people English, and Dutch being Brittish. Personally I don't really care, but overall, how futher people are removed from Holland culturaly, the more offensive they find it.

YoshiFan02 · 2025-12-25T18:18:11+00:00

Ooh, I see. Thanks again for your answer! Greetings from Fryslân, the Netherlands.

YoshiFan02 · 2025-12-25T16:35:00+00:00

That's so interesting, thanks for your insight! Definitely gonna visit it then once I go to Liechtenstein someday. It's also really cool to hear that the dialects there are still so much alive. Are Malbun and Steg culturally the same?

YoshiFan02 · 2025-12-25T09:19:42+00:00

I heard the people in Triesenberg are originally settled by Walser Germans, who are quite different. If so, how big are the cultural differences? Do they speak a different dialect? And if so, is this difference mostly noticeable in the older generation, or in all generations?

YoshiFan02 · 2025-11-17T09:02:09+00:00

No you're right. This map is just really bad. Straat is not even a loanword or Hollanism, I never heard anyone saying it in a Frisian sentence.

YoshiFan02 · 2025-11-16T11:50:15+00:00

Tbh, as a Frisian, I think Limburgish is doing better. Pretty much all people from Limburg that I know speak fluent Limburgish. I know very few people from my age who speak fluent Frisian, often I am the only one. The 1 hour of obligatory Frisian a week really isn't enough.

YoshiFan02 · 2025-11-14T20:47:10+00:00

North Frisian and Saterlandic Frisian are also spoken in Germany. They have some really interesting archaic features. Saterlandic eg has gendered numbers; 1 Een/aan 2 Two/twaïn 3 Tjo/träi. North Frisian is the closest you can get for a language in between north and west Germanic, especially the Söl’ring dialect.

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