The Dutch did not impose their language on Indonesia which means that they are not always wrong. They instead standadrdize the Malay language to create Indonesia which have elements of various local languages. The addition of Western European, Arabic, Sanskrit, and Chinese languages into Malay languages allows Indonesia to become a template for a neutral international language.

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm kinda shocked it's not almost entirely red across the board, to be honest.

Also, really, Austria and Switzerland?? Is this on some technicality because those countries didn't exist yet or something? If Germany did it, I would bet good money I don't have that there would be exhibits in those countries too.

[–] Barabas@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Austria and Switzerland have been around for more than 500 years longer than Germany. I’m sure more of these have had humans on exhibition to be gawked at like in fairs or circuses, but this is specifically about in a zoo.

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

That makes sense, I think that's what it is.

The technicality is that it's for exhibits in zoos specifically. I was imagining circuses traveling throughout Europe with mobile exhibits, in which case I do think we'd see more countries indicated.

[–] FALGSConaut@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

They definitely had a human zoo at the cringe International Colonial and Export Exhibition in 1883, and possibly as late as 1928 but those sources are all in dutch