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, 19 Nov 2009 16:40:00 GMT Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:40:00 GMT feedback@omniglot.com (Simon Ager) feedback@omniglot.com (Simon Ager) New con-script: Europaphon http://www.omniglot.com/writing/europaphon.htm http://www.omniglot.com/writing/europaphon.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:40:00 GMT Europaphon is a phonetic alphabet invented by Joel Tashinian as an alternative and more efficient way to write American English. New phrases page: Bosnian http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/bosnian.php http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/bosnian.php Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:40:00 GMT There is now a page of useful phrases in Bosnian. New article: The language learning classroom http://www.omniglot.com/language/articles/classroom.htm http://www.omniglot.com/language/articles/classroom.htm Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:30:00 GMT An article about how to get the most about of language lessons and what to look for in foreign language schools. New language: Mundari http://www.omniglot.com/writing/mundari.htm http://www.omniglot.com/writing/mundari.htm Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT Information about Mundari, a Munda language spoken by about 2 million people in eastern India, Bangladesh and Nepal. It is written with the Bengali, Devanagari, Oriya or Latin alphabets in different regions. Improved page: Galician phraess http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/galician.php http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/galician.php Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:30:00 GMT The Galician phrases page now features translations of all the phrases, and recordings should be available soon. New recordings: Egyptian Arabic http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/arabic_egyptian.php http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/arabic_egyptian.php Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:40:00 GMT There are some new recordings of the useful phrases in Egyptian Arabic. 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.