Omniglot news http://www.omniglot.com/news/ Details of new and improved material on Omniglot, the most comprehensive guide to writing systems and languages on the web. en-gb Copyright 2009 Simon Ager Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:40:00 GMT Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:40:00 GMT feedback@omniglot.com (Simon Ager) feedback@omniglot.com (Simon Ager) New con-script: Fontok http://www.omniglot.com/writing/fontok.htm http://www.omniglot.com/writing/fontok.htm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:40:00 GMT Details of Archi, a Northeast Caucasian language related to Avar and Lak and spoken by about 1,000 people in the village of Archi in southern Dagestan, Russia. New article: SLANG - Are you In or Out? http://www.omniglot.com/language/articles/slang.htm http://www.omniglot.com/language/articles/slang.htm Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:50:00 GMT An article about the pragmatics of slang by Amy Newsome, a student of English and Linguistics from South Africa. New language: Archi http://www.omniglot.com/writing/archi.htm http://www.omniglot.com/writing/archi.htm Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:20:00 GMT Details of Archi, a Northeast Caucasian language related to Avar and Lak and spoken by about 1,000 people in the village of Archi in southern Dagestan, Russia. New con-script: Tengo http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tengo.php http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tengo.php Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:40:00 GMT Tengo is an alternative alphabet for English inspired by Tenctonese and invented by Bob Weiland. New alphabet: Pallava http://www.omniglot.com/writing/pallava.htm http://www.omniglot.com/writing/pallava.htm Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:00:00 GMT Information about the Pallava script, which was developed in southern India during the 3rd century AD and used to write Sanskrit, Pali and other languages of Southeast Asia. New songs in Zulu http://www.omniglot.com/songs/african/zulu.php http://www.omniglot.com/songs/african/zulu.php Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:20:00 GMT There are two new songs from South Africa in Zulu with recordings by the Bangor Community Choir. New con-script: SIGIL http://www.omniglot.com/writing/sigil.php http://www.omniglot.com/writing/sigil.php Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT The SIGIL alphabet was invented by Ian James to write his conlang by the same name. New phrases page: Tsotsil http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/tsotsil.php http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/tsotsil.php Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:30:00 GMT There is now a page of useful phrases in Tsotsil. New language: Tsotsil http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tsotsil.htm http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tsotsil.htm Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:30:00 GMT Details of Tsotsil/Tzotzil, a Mayan language spoken in the Mexican state of Chiapas by about 330,000 people. New writing system: Bamum http://www.omniglot.com/writing/bamum.htm http://www.omniglot.com/writing/bamum.htm Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:20:00 GMT Information about the Bamum syllbary, which was invented by King Njoya in 1896 to write the Bamum language. New in writing systems: Chữ Thái Việt http://www.omniglot.com/writing/chuthaiviet.php http://www.omniglot.com/writing/chuthaiviet.php Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:50:00 GMT Chữ Thái Việt was devised by Hoang Tran as a way of writing Vietnamese with the Viet Tai alphabet. New phrases page: Amharic http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/amharic.php http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/amharic.php Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:00:00 GMT There is now a page of useful phrases in Amharic with recordings of some of them. New in writing systems: Engreellic http://www.omniglot.com/writing/engreellic.php http://www.omniglot.com/writing/engreellic.php Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:40:00 GMT The Engreellic script was devised by Derick Pinto as an alternative script for English. New language: Shabaki http://www.omniglot.com/writing/shabaki.php http://www.omniglot.com/writing/shabaki.php Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:30:00 GMT Details of Shabaki, a Northwestern Iranian language spoken by about 10-20,000 people in Mosul, Iraq. New article: Language death and revival http://www.omniglot.com/language/articles/languagerevival.php http://www.omniglot.com/language/articles/languagerevival.php Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:00:00 GMT A study of language death and revival with a particular focus on Manx Gaelic - the dissertation I wrote as part of my MA in Linguistics.