Omniglot News (27/09/26)

By Simon

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Omniglot News

Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.

New language pages:

  • Eipo (Lik Yuke), an Eastern Mek language spoken in the Highland Papua province in eastern Indonesian.
  • Tontemboan, a North Minahasan language spoken in northern Sulawesi in Indonesia.
  • Meru (Kĩmĩĩrũ), a Northeast Bantu language spoken in central Kenya.

New adapted script: Cyrillic-Kiswahili (Кисирили-Кису’ахили), a way to write Swahili with the Cyrillic script devised by Myles Webley.

Sample text in Cyrillic-Kiswahili

New numbers pages:

  • Michif, a mixed language combining Cree and French spoken in Canada and the USA.
  • Meru (Kĩmĩĩrũ), a Northeast Bantu language spoken in central Kenya.

New phrases pages:

  • Michif, a mixed language combining Cree and French spoken in Canada and the USA.
  • Meru (Kĩmĩĩrũ), a Northeast Bantu language spoken in central Kenya.

New Tower of Babel translations:

  • Meru (Kĩmĩĩrũ), a Northeast Bantu language spoken in central Kenya.
  • Livvi-Karelian (livvin kieli), a Finnic language spoken in northwest Russia and southeast Finland.
  • Eipo (Lik Yupe), an Eastern Mek language spoken in Highland Papua Province in eastern Indonesian.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, entitled Wending One’s Way, we wend our way through the origins of the word wend and find out what links the Vandals with the Mediterranean Sea and Andalusia in Spain.

It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

On the Omniglot blog this week we find out what slow music has to do with being at ease in a post called At Ease, and there’s the usual language quiz. See if you guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language belongs to the Philippine language family, but isn’t spoken in the Philippines.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Maliseet-Passamaquoddy, an Eastern Algonquian language spoken in New Brunswick in Canada and Maine in the USA.

On the Celtiadur blog this week there’s a new post about words for Suction and related things in Celtic languages.

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/omniglot/
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Adventures in Etymology – Wending One’s Way

By Simon

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In this Adventure in Etymology we wend our way through the origins of the word wend.

Trudging along

Wend [wɛnd] means to direct (one’s way or course), to pursue one’s way, or to proceed upon some course or way, and used to mean to turn, to change, to adapt, to veer, to pass away, to disappear, to depart or to vanish.

It usually appears in phrases like ‘to wend one’s way’, for example, We wended our weary way westward. The modern past tense form of wend is wended, however it used to be went, which became the past tense of the verb to go.

Wend comes from Middle English wenden (to walk, to travel, to move, to leave, to sail), from Old English wendan (to turn, change, translate, go, depart, happen), from Proto-West Germanic *wandijan (to turn), from Proto-Germanic *wandijaną (to turn), from *windaną (to wind, wrap) from PIE *wendʰ- (to wind, turn) [source].

Words from the same roots include wandern (to hike, migrate, wander) in German, vende (to invite, call, welcome) in Danish, wędrować (to wander, roam) in Polish, vanne (hoop, band, rim) in Finnish, and guantlet, wand, to wander, to wind and possibly and vandal in English [source].

The word vandal (a person who needlessly destroys, defaces, or damages things, especially other people’s property), comes from the Vandals, a group of Germanic peoples who are known for sacking Rome in 455 AD/CE [source].

Their name comes from Proto-Germanic *wandilaz (to wander, a Vandal), from *wandōną (to wander), from PIE *wendʰ- (to wind, turn) [source]. Alternatively, Vandal may come from PIE *wanđ- (water), which is also the root of Old English name for the Mediterranean Sea: Wendelsǣ (“Vandal sea”) [source].

Andalusia, a region in southern Spain, might also get it’s name from the Vandals. It comes from Medieval Latin Andalusia, from Arabic الأندلس [al.ʔan.da.lus], possibly from Vulgar Latin *Vandalicia (“land of the Vandals”) or from Vandalic *Wandalitia / *Vandalitia (“land of the Vandals”) [source].

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Omniglot News (20/09/26)

By Simon

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Omniglot News

Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.

New language pages:

  • Ahwai (indùn), a Plateau language spoken in Kaduna State in central Nigeria.
  • Gokana (Gòkánà), an East Ogoni language spoken in Rivers State in southern Nigeria.
  • Hasha (Hàshà), an Alumic language spoken in Nasarawa State in the North Central region of Nigeria.

New constructed script: Aksara Varadun, an alternative way to write Indonesian created by Zafran Al Fathan.

Sample text in Aksara Varadun

New numbers page: Gokana (Gòkánà), an East Ogoni language spoken in Rivers State in southern Nigeria.

New phrases page Nyamwezi, a Bantu language spoken in western Tanzania.

New Tower of Babel translations:

  • Mongo (Ngiembɔɔn), a Bamileke language spoken in the West Region in southwestern Cameroon.
  • Hanunoo (Hanunó’o), a South Mangyan language spoken in Mindoro in the Philippines.
  • Loma (Löömàgòòi), a Southwestern Mande language spoken in northern Liberia
  • Maiadomu, a Western Oceanic language spoken in Milne Bay Province in Papua New Guinea.
  • Makhuwa (Emakhuwa), a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique and Tanzania.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, entitled Gracefully Pleasing, we uncover the gratefully pleasing roots of the word grace.

It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

On the Omniglot blog this week we find out links a New World monkey, a type of cloak, an order of friars and a type of coffee in a post entitled Monks, Monkeys & Coffee, and there’s the usual language quiz. See if you guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in Canada and the USA.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Tacana, a Western Tacanan language spoken in La Paz Department in northwestern Bolivia.

On the Celtiadur blog this week there’s a new post about words for Service and related things in Celtic languages.

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Adventures in Etymology – Gracefully Pleasing

By Simon

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In this Adventure in Etymology we uncover the gratefully pleasing roots of the word grace.

Graceful...

As a noun grace [ɡɹeɪs] can mean:

  • Charming, pleasing qualities.
  • A short prayer of thanks before or after a meal.
  • Elegant movement; elegance of movement; balance or poise.
  • Favor, sanction or beneficence.

As a verb to grace can mean:

  • To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.
  • To dignify or raise by an act of favour; to honour.
  • To supply with heavenly grace.

It comes from Middle English grace [ˈɡraː(t)sə] (the grace of God, luck, destiny, niceness, goodwill), from Old French grace (grace, favour, elegance), from Latin grātia (grace, thankfulness, thanks, influnce), from grātus (pleasing, dear, grateful), from Proto-Italic *gʷrātos (grateful, thankful) from PIE *gʷr̥H-tó-s (praised), from *gʷerH- (to praise, elevate) [source].

Words from the same roots include grazie (thank you) in Italian, grish (to invite, call, welcome) in Albanian, barn (opinion, view, judgement) in Welsh, bràth (judgement, destruction) in Scottish Gaelic, and agreement, bard, congratulate, grateful, gratitude and gratuity in English [source].

Incidentally, there were several other words for grace in Middle English, which included:

  • held(e) [ˈheːld(ə)] = favour, grace, good will, duty, which is related to the Dutch word houden (to keep, care for, hold, love, like), and hold in Modern English [source].
  • este [ˈɛːst(ə)] = grace, favour, pleasure, fun, delicacy, which is related to the Icelandic word ást (love) [source].
  • ore [ˈɔ̝ːr(ə)] (honour, respect, grace, favour, respite), which is related to the German word Ehre (honour, credit) [source].

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Omniglot News (13/09/26)

By Simon

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Omniglot News

Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.

New language pages:

  • Koyra Chiini (koyra ciini / كࣷيْرَ ٺِينِ), a Songhay language spoken mainly in the Tombouctou Region in southern Mali.
  • Korandje (Kwạṛa n dzyəy), a Northern Songhay language spoken in Béchar Province in the northwest of Algeria.
  • Vagla, a Southern Gur language spoken in the Savannah Region in northern Ghana.

New constructed script: Ayneha, an alphabet created by Mahamadou Issiaka Maiga for the Songhay languages of Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso and Benin.

Sample text in Ayneha


New constructed script: Pogi, an alternative way to write Indonesian, Malay and other languages created by Marcus Tzeng.

Sample text in Pogi

New numbers page:

  • Mpade, a Chadic language spoken in the northern Cameroon and western Chad.
  • Vagla, a Southern Gur language spoken in the Savannah Region in northern Ghana.

New Tower of Babel translations:

  • Ngiemboon (Ngiembɔɔn), a Bamileke language spoken in the West Region in southwestern Cameroon.
  • Bhunjia, an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken in Odisha and Chhattisgarh in eastern India.
  • Nyamwezi (Kinyamwezi), a Bantu language spoken in the Kigoma, Rukwa and Tabora regions in western Tanzania.
  • Vagla, a Southern Gur language spoken in the Savannah Region in northern Ghana.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, entitled Beaming Trees, we discover what links the word beam with words for tree.

It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

On the Omniglot blog this week we find out what links a type of pastry with lightning, flashes and sparkles in a post entitled Lightning Pastries, and there’s the usual language quiz. See if you guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in Bolivia.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Tindi (Идараб мицци), a Northeast Caucasian language spoken in Dagestan in the Russian Republic.

On the Celtiadur blog this week there’s a new post about words for He, She, It and related pronouns in Celtic languages.

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Adventures in Etymology – Beaming Trees

By Simon

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In this Adventure in Etymology we discover what links the word beam with words for tree.

Puivert halle

Meanings of beam [ˈbiːm] include any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use; one of the transverse members of a ship’s frame on which the decks are laid; a ray or collection of approximately parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body.

It comes from Middle English be(e)m [bɛ̝ːm] (beam, pole, antler, tree), from Old English bēam [bæɑːm] (tree, beam, gallows), from Proto-West Germanic *baum (tree, beam), from Proto-Germanic *bagmaz (tree, beam), possibly from PIE *bʰuH- (to become, grow, appear) [source].

Words from the same Proto-Germanic roots include Baum (tree, boom) and beamen (to beam, teleport, project) in German (borrowed from English, popularised by Star Trek), bom (bar, barrier, beam) in Danish, boom (tree, beam, mast) in Dutch, puomi (boom, barrier, pole) in Finnish, boom in English [source].

Incidentally, in Middle English there were several words for tree, including tre (tree, plants, wood), bem (beam, a set of scales, antler, tree) and arbre (tree). The first two come from Old English and Proto-Germanic, while arbre comes from Old French arbre (tree).

Related words in English include arboretum (a place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes), arboreal (tree-like, relating to trees) [source].

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Omniglot News (06/09/26)

By Simon

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Omniglot News

Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.

New language pages:

  • Firan (Fɨràn), a West-Central Plateau language spoken in Plateau State in central Nigeria.
  • Buli, a Gur language spoken in the Upper East Region in northern Ghana.
  • Mpade (Mpadɨ), a Chadic language spoken in northern Cameroon and southwest Chad.

New numbers page:

  • Baoulé, a Kwa language spoken in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast).
  • Buli, a Gur language spoken in the Upper East Region in northern Ghana.
  • Songe (Kisonge), a Bantu language spoken in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

New phrases page: Buli, a Gur language spoken in the Upper East Region in northern Ghana.

New Tower of Babel translations:

  • Baoulé, a Kwa language spoken in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast).
  • Bilaspuri, a Western Pahari language spoken in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab in northern India.
  • Ambai, a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken mainly on the Ambai Islands in Papua province in Indonesia.
  • Anuak, a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken mainly on the Ambai Islands in Papua province in Indonesia.
  • Apali, a Trans-New Guinea language spoken in Madang Province in Papua New Guinea.
  • Buli, a Gur language spoken in the Upper East Region in northern Ghana.
  • Gourmanchéma (gùlmàncéma), a Gur language spoken in Burkina Faso, Togo, Niger and Benin.
  • Vidunda (Chividunda), a Bantu language spoken in southern Tanzania.
  • Medumba (Mə̀dʉ̂mbɑ̀), a Bamileke language spoken in the West Region in southwestern Cameroon.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, entitled Feeble Foibles, we discover what links the words feeble and foible with bleating and bells.

It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

On the Omniglot blog this week we investigate various words for Rice in Swahili, Chinese and Japanese, and there’s the usual language quiz. See if you guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in Dagestan in Russia.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Lenakel (Netvaar), a Southern Oceanic language spoken on Tanna Island in southern Vanuatu.

On the Celtiadur blog this week there’s a new post about words for we, us and related pronouns entitled We Ourselves.

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Adventures in Etymology – Feeble Foibles

By Simon

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In this Adventure in Etymology we discover what links the words feeble and foible with bleating and bells.

Feeble Foibles

Feeble [ˈfiːbəl] means deficient in physical strength; lacking force, vigour or effectiveness in action or expression, or faint.

It comes from Middle English feble [ˈfeːbəl / ˈfeːblə] (feeble, weak, insidious), from Anglo-Norman feble (weak, feeble), from Latin flēbilis (lamentable, doleful), from fleō (to weep, cry, lament), ultimately from PIE *bʰleh₁- (to bleat, cry), from *bʰel- (to sound, speak, roar, bark) [source].

Words from the same PIE roots include блеять (blejat’ – to bleat) in Russian, blaten (to bleat, to speak pointlessly) in Dutch, bjalla (bell, to be noisy, to call) in Icelandic, and bell, bleat and blatant in English [source].

Foible [ˈfɔɪbəl] means a quirk, idiosyncrasy, frailty or mannerism; an unusual habit that is slightly strange or silly, or a weakness or failing of character.

It comes from Early Modern French foible (feeble, weak), from Old French feble / foible (weak, feeble), from Latin flēbilis (lamentable, doleful), and so on – the same root as feeble [source].

Words from the same Latin roots include feble (weak, feeble) in Catalan, flébil (tearful, fragile) in Portuguese, fäbless (penchant, fondness) in Swedish, and Faible (soft spot, weakness, craze) in German [source].

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Omniglot News (30/08/26)

By Simon

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Omniglot News

Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.

New language pages:

  • Leonese (Llionés), a Ibero-Romance language spoken mainly in the northwest of Spain.
  • Angaataha (Angaatɨha), a Trans-New Guinea language spoken in Morobe Province in Papua New Guinea.
  • Northwest Gbaya (Làì / Kàrà), an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon and the Central African Republic.

New numbers page:

  • Angaataha (Angaatɨha), a Trans-New Guinea language spoken in Morobe Province in Papua New Guinea.
  • Nizaa (Nízɑɑ̀), a Mambiloid language spoken in the Adamawa Region in northern Cameroon.

New adapted script: Turkish Shavian (·𐑖𐑨𐑝𐑰 𐑑𐑳𐑮𐑒𐑗𐑧 / Şavi Türkçe), a way to write Turkish with the Shavian alphabet devised by Ethan Ikediashi.

𐑚𐑳𐑑𐑳𐑯 𐑰𐑯𐑕𐑨𐑯𐑤𐑨𐑮 𐑣𐑳𐑮, 𐑣𐑨𐑘𐑕𐑰𐑘𐑧𐑑 𐑝𐑧 𐑣𐑨𐑒𐑤𐑨𐑮 𐑚𐑨𐑒𐑦𐑥𐑦𐑯𐑛𐑨𐑯 𐑧𐑖𐑰𐑑 𐑛𐑪𐑙𐑨𐑮𐑤𐑨𐑮. 𐑨𐑒𐑦𐑤 𐑝𐑧 𐑝𐑰𐑡𐑛𐑨𐑯𐑨 𐑕𐑨𐑣𐑰𐑐𐑑𐑰𐑮𐑤𐑧𐑮 𐑝𐑧 𐑚𐑰𐑮𐑚𐑰𐑮𐑤𐑧𐑮𐑰𐑯𐑧 𐑒𐑨𐑮𐑖𐑦 𐑒𐑨𐑮𐑛𐑧𐑖𐑤𐑰𐑒 𐑟𐑰𐑣𐑯𐑰𐑘𐑧𐑑𐑰 𐑰𐑤𐑧 𐑣𐑨𐑮𐑧𐑒𐑧𐑑 𐑧𐑑𐑥𐑧𐑤𐑰𐑛𐑰𐑮𐑤𐑧𐑮.

New Tower of Babel translation: Abaza (абаза бызшва), a North West Caucasian language spoken in the Republics of Karachay-Cherkessia and Adygea in the southwest of Russia.

If someone is described as having come-hither eyes, it means their eyes are seducitve or alluring. If you tell a horse to come hither though, what would you expect it to do? Find out in this blog post Hither & Thither, and there’s the usual language quiz. See if you guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in southern Vanuatu.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Umbundu (Úmbúndú), a Bantu language spoken in western Angola.

On the Celtiadur blog this week there’s a new post about words for I, me and related pronouns entitled Me, Myself & I.

For more Omniglot News, see:
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/omniglot/
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Omniglot News (23/08/26)

By Simon

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Omniglot News

Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.

New language pages:

  • Upper Necaxa Totonac, a Central Totonac language spoken in Puebla in southeastern Mexico.
  • Ngwo (Engwo), a Southern Bantoid language spoken in the North West Region of Cameroon.
  • Nizaa (Nízɑɑ̀), a Mambiloid language spoken in the Adamawa Region in northern Cameroon.

New numbers page:

  • Upper Necaxa Totonac, a Central Totonac language spoken in Puebla in southeastern Mexico.
  • Nizaa (Nízɑɑ̀), a Mambiloid language spoken in the Adamawa Region in northern Cameroon.

Improved phrases page: Kichwa – now with translations and recordings of all the phrases.

New Tower of Babel translations:

  • Orokolo, a Western Eleman language spoken in Gulf Province in Papua New Guinea.
  • Khakas (Хакас тілі), a Turkic language spoken in the Republic of Khakassia in southern Russia.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, Yawning Hiatus, we discover what links the word hiatus with yawning.

It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

On the Omniglot blog we find out when a number is not a number in a post entitled Numbering Houses, and there’s the usual language quiz. See if you guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in western Angola.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Yidgha (یدغہ), an Eastern Iranian language spoken in northern Pakistan.

On the Celtiadur blog this week there’s a new post about words for you and related things entitled You Yourself.

For more Omniglot News, see:
https://www.omniglot.com/news/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/omniglot/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100046466483286

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