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| jan Misali | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | Mitchell John Halley[1] |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Other names | HBMmaster |
| Occupation | YouTuber |
| Website | www |
| YouTube information | |
| Channel | |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Genre(s) | Edutainment, video essays |
| Subscribers | 319k[2] |
| Total views | 42.7 million[2] |
| Associated acts | Artifexian |
Last updated: January 8th 2024 | |
Mitchell John Halley, known online as jan Misali (/jɒn misəli/, yon MEE-sə-lee) or HBMmaster, is an American Youtuber and video essayist. He[note 1] is most well known for his videos on linguistics, particularly the constructed language Toki Pona. He also creates music, some being his own original compositions and some being parodies, mashups, or remixes.
YouTube career
[edit]Halley's channel was originally named "HBMmaster".[citation needed] The "HBM" stands for "Happy Birthday Mario".
The username "jan Misali" comes from a translation of Halley's name into Toki Pona, jan meaning 'person' and Misali being a respelling of 'Mitch Halley' using the phonotactics of the language. The capitalization is intentional, as in Toki Pona the first word in a sentence is not capitalized by default, while proper nouns are.
Halley's first YouTube video was uploaded on June 28th, 2011.
His flagship series is Conlang Critic, in which he discusses constructed languages. Some of the conlangs he has covered are Lojban, aUI, Ithkuil, Esperanto, and— most notably— Toki Pona.
Personal life
[edit]Halley is non-binary and uses he/they pronouns, and is aromantic and asexual. He is autistic.[3]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Halley uses he/they pronouns. This article will use he/him for consistency.
References
[edit]- ^ "Mitch Halley - creating jan Misali videos". Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- ^ a b "About jan Misali". YouTube.
- ^ jan Misali (2023-03-29). the /hj tone indicator is worse than useless. Event occurs at 0:45. Retrieved 2024-10-21 – via YouTube.