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 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:52:00 GMT Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:52:00 GMT feedback@omniglot.com (Simon Ager) feedback@omniglot.com (Simon Ager) New language: Salar (Salırça) http://www.omniglot.com/writing/salar.htm http://www.omniglot.com/writing/salar.htm Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:52:00 GMT Salar is an Oghuz Turkic language spoken mainly in Qinghai and Gansu provinces in China by about 60,000 people. New article: Shabu Shabu http://www.omniglot.com/language/articles/shabushabu.htm http://www.omniglot.com/language/articles/shabushabu.htm Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:25:00 GMT An article about the Korean and Japanese dish, shabu shabu, which consists of beef, vegetables and noodles boiled together. New section in the gallery: Word Art http://www.omniglot.com/gallery/panagopoulos/index.php http://www.omniglot.com/gallery/panagopoulos/index.php Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:30:00 GMT Art works that incoporate words from many different languages and alphabets by Antonios Panagopoulos. New article: Free Online Resources and Tools to Learn English http://www.omniglot.com/language/articles/freeenglishtools.htm http://www.omniglot.com/language/articles/freeenglishtools.htm Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:10:00 GMT A article that provides details of online dictionaries, spell checkers and other free resources for learning English. New article: Language Learning Methods http://www.omniglot.com/language/articles/langlearning.htm http://www.omniglot.com/language/articles/langlearning.htm Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:20:00 GMT A look at a number of different approaches to learning language which discusses their strengths and weaknesses. New article: How Can I Improve My English? http://www.omniglot.com/language/articles/improveenglish.htm http://www.omniglot.com/language/articles/improveenglish.htm Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:00:00 GMT A breakthrough answer for Chinese college or university English-language nuts. New language: Mauritian Creole (Kreol Morisien) http://www.omniglot.com/writing/mauritiancreole.htm http://www.omniglot.com/writing/mauritiancreole.htm Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:00:00 GMT Mauritian Creole is a French-based Creole spoken by about 1.2 million people in Mauritius. New page: Urdu numbers http://www.omniglot.com/language/numbers/urdu.htm http://www.omniglot.com/language/numbers/urdu.htm Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:00:00 GMT There is now a page of numbers in Urdu with numerals, and numbers written out in the Urdu alphabet and transliterated. New page: Telugu numbers http://www.omniglot.com/language/numbers/telugu.htm http://www.omniglot.com/language/numbers/telugu.htm Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:30:00 GMT There is now a page of numbers in Telugu with numerals, and numbers written out in the Telugu alphabet and transliterated. New page: Tamil numbers http://www.omniglot.com/language/numbers/tamil.htm http://www.omniglot.com/language/numbers/tamil.htm Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:00:00 GMT There is now a page of numbers in Tamil with numerals, and numbers written out in the Tamil alphabet and transliterated. New page: Kannada numbers http://www.omniglot.com/language/numbers/kannada.htm http://www.omniglot.com/language/numbers/kannada.htm Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:00:00 GMT There is now a page of numbers in Kannada with numerals, and numbers written out in the Kannada alphabet and transliterated. New page: Gujarati numbers http://www.omniglot.com/language/numbers/gujarati.htm http://www.omniglot.com/language/numbers/gujarati.htm Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:30:00 GMT There is now a page of numbers in Gujarati with numerals, and numbers written out in the Gujarati alphabet and transliterated. New page: Bengali numbers http://www.omniglot.com/language/numbers/bengali.htm http://www.omniglot.com/language/numbers/bengali.htm Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:00:00 GMT There is now a page of numbers in Bengali with numerals, and numbers written out in the Bengali alphabet and transliterated. New recordings: Latvian phrases http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/latvian.php http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/latvian.php Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:35:00 GMT There are now recordings of all the useful Latvian phrases. New con-script: Knot http://www.omniglot.com/writing/knot.htm http://www.omniglot.com/writing/knot.htm Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:40:00 GMT The Knot Alphabet is a cursive featural phonetic alphasyllabary for English invented by Sheldon Ebbeler. New phrases page: Wolof http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/wolof.php http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/wolof.php Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:46:00 GMT There is now a page of useful phrases in Wolof, a Niger-Congo language spoken mainly in Senegal and Gambia.