By I. I. Fānene Introduction The study of linguistics reveals much about human migration, cultural evolution, and shared belief systems....

(By Iosua Ioane Fānene) THE LINGUISTIC comparison between Reo Moāna (Polynesian languages) and Semitic languages reveals a fascinating...

Sumerian: LA (𒆷) / LA-LA (𒆷𒆷) / LA₂ (𒇲) / LA₂-LA₂ (𒇲𒇲) / LAL₂ (𒇳) - "to hang; to suspend; to balance; to weigh, weigh out, pay; to...

To begin with, let us examine the Sumerian word cluster for cities. Sumerian: #IRI (𒌷) and #IRIIRI (𒌷𒌷) "city; cities; walled city"...

"In the Beginning God(s!) CREATED..." (Genesis 1:1) The Hebrew word BARA for "created" appears to be a cognate of Polynesian VALA (VĀ...

Note: Today, for a full understanding of my interpretation you need to be familiar with the biblical Flood story, i.e. "Noah's Ark", the...

(The chant of the origin of kava in Sāmoa follows at the end.) "And covered the cloud the tabernacle of meeting and the GLORY of Yahweh...

The collected words below reveal a direct correlation between Middle Egyptian, Sanskrit, and Austronesian / Polynesian words for praise,...

2500 BCE: Indus Valley civilization in India 1900 BCE: Indus Valley civilization collapses. 1600 BCE: Mt. Thera erupts and hastens the...

In Egyptian mythology, the gods came from the West from The Land of Manu, where the sun sets. The Egyptian Book of the Dead elaborates on...

Assuming “Kahiki” was “Tahiti”… Like Hawai’i / Hawaiki / Savai’i / Avaiki /… the etymology of “Kahiki” is so widely dispersed with...

NACHASH (נָחָשׁ) “serpent, serpent's, serpents, snake” https://biblehub.com/hebrew/5175.htm NACHASH (נָחַשׁ) “practice divination,...

The venerable Māori art of carving in general is called WHAKAIRO, which literally means “in the manner of worms”. The name is a compound...

There is something going on here… Middle Egyptian: 𓏎 [ini] / [yny] 𓏎𓈖 [ini] / [yny] Meaning: “bring, fetch, carry off, bring away,...

(or Bitches and Beer BCE) The oldest "recipe" for beer that we know of is in the "Hymn to Ninkasi". "Born of the flowing water...tenderly...

Enki was the god of "water" and the "father" of mankind. After the war with Nammu and Apsu, Enki resided in the Engur, a place identified...

The character named GAIO (GA'I'O) in the Sāmoan Tala o le Vava'u (ancient history) called "O Le Tupuga O Le 'Ele'Ele Ma Tagata" regarding...

The common worldwide flood story, and the word cluster (MALO / MARO / MALU / MARU / MELU / MERU / MILU / MIRU) for the flood and...

The god of the Tongan underworld was Hikule’o. The god of the Samoan underworld was Si’ule’o. HIKU (also IKU) / SI’U means “tail, end; to...

In our cosmologies, “land” is always “created” and man is often “created” directly from or for the “land”, which sounds like linguistics...