Details of the new material that appeared on Omniglot in 2008.
New language: Wakhi
New article: Databases, SQL and Foreign Character Sets: It'll be O.K. in the N
New Tower of Babel translation: Southern Min
Improved page: Maori phrases
New language: Swati
New in writing systems: Neorunic
New language: Ndebele
New phrases page: Okinawan
New in writing systems: Colorbet and Stox
New Tower of Babel translation: Irish
New in writing systems: Muplo cursive
New language: OshiWambo
New in writing systems: Zimúrán and Keltic
New in writing systems: Galdwin and Sacgul
New in writing systems: Coptic Latin and Utruscan
New constructed scripts: Alfa-kinetix and ZhongHua Yu Zi
New recordings of phrases in: Chabacano de Zamboanga and Turkish
New links page: Italian
New constructed scripts: Bulughman and Maharlikang Tagalog
New translation of the About the author text in Latin
New phrases pages: Cebuano and Jenesch
New recordings of: Catalan phrases
New constructed script: Six-Color Alphabet
New phrases page: Lakota Sioux
New article: 5 Top Tips For Learning Spanish
New phrases in: Chabacano de Cavite
New language: Aragonese
New constructed script: Taiogeuna
New language: Wayuu
New phrases pages: Chavacano and Nepali
New constructed scripts: Pictosounds and Seumul
Improved pages: Persian (Farsi),
Persian phrases and
Tower of Babel Persian - now include many new recordings
New languages: Chavacano and Nagamese Creole
New con-script: Harta (Hungarian Artifical Alphabet)
New language: Alabama
Improved phrases pages: Faroese, Xhosa and Yiddish
The About this site page is now available in Welsh
New Tower of Babel translation: Cantonese
New article: Spaced repetition learning systems (SRS)
New con-script: Šsioŵe Łuŵuŕ
New audio recordings of the Hungarian phrases
New section in the gallery: Persian calligraphy
New con-scripts: Aceri Halit and New Ceigean
Many new Scottish Gaelic songs
New article: 2008 Beijing Olympic Game Meets Challenge - Chicken without sexual life?
New language: Silesian
New Tower of Babel translation: Sorbian
New con-scripts: Library and Shiwi
New Tower of Babel translation: Maltese
New language: Cape Verdean Creole
New con-scripts: Mártölammë
New language: Guadeloupean Creole and Jamaican Creole
New language: Tetum
New con-script: Chartograph
New phrases page: Aleut
New language: Iñupiaq
New con-scripts: Cwaethra and Xylphika
New phrases pages: Basque and Iñupiaq
Improved phrases page: Inuktitut
New con-script: Reality
New translations of the Tower of Babel story: Aleut, Ewe and Inuktitut
New scripts: Cibara and Tengwar for Scottish Gaelic
I'm running a competition in which you can win online Japanese lessons over on the blog, by the way.
New con-scripts: Muplo and Phon
New language: Neapolitan
New con-scripts: Flos, Hieratic English, Kiserdő and Tower Orthography
New phrases in Western Armenian
Please note: I'm off to Nant Gwrtheyrn in Wales tomorrow to learn some more Welsh. I probably won't be able to answer your emails during the week I'm there.
New con-script: Etyantura
New page of phrases in Pashto
New page of idioms in Czech
New language: Niuean
New recordings of Romanian phrases
New con-scripts: Matoran and Spintype
New phrases page: Georgian
New con-script: Madri
New articles:
- How to choose a good Italian language school in Italy
- Studying Spanish at Spanish Universities
New phrases page: Occitan
Improved page: Low German/Low Saxon
New con-scripts: Hal and Rohal
New phrases page: Friulian
New language: Kapampangan
New pages: Months of the year and Seasons
New constructed writing system: Davé
New article: Medvedev: hard to pronounce for some!
More audio files for Cantonese and Spanish
New alphabet: Kryptonian
New language: Dholuo
New audio files for Cantonese
New article: Learn Spanish While Studying Abroad to Broaden Your Mind
New in languages: Herero and Sign Languages
New audio files for Serbian (more to follow)
New languages: Duala and Gugadja/Kukatja
New article (in Russian): Translation Market Statistics
Revised version of the: European-Ukrainian Latynka
New language Okinawan
New songs in Zulu
New audio files for Mandarin, Urdu and the Chinese version of the Tower of Babel text
New languages: Chichewa and Yukaghir
New sample texts for: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, Dzongkha and Maldivian
New phrases page: Urdu
New languages: Baluchi and Papiamento
New constructed writing system: Handwritten Braille
New constructed writing system: Reonji
New ficitional script: Yán Koryáni
New links page: Arabic
Cursive Russian alphabet added to Russian page.
New ficitional scripts: Tsolyáni & Sunúz
New phrases pages: Sesotho, Xhosa and Zulu
New phrases pages: Chamorro, Lao and Latin
New constructed writing system: Chữ Vòng
New phrases pages: Greenlandic and Inuktitut
New sound files for: Dutch
New language: Shona
New constructed alphabet: Ryakumoji
New phrases pages: Armenian
I've split the Portuguese phrases page into two: European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese
New language tips pages: How can I find time to study a language? and What materials and tools do I need to study a language?
New language: Kumyk
New constructed alphabet: Enganagri
New phrases pages: Azerbaijani, Bengali and Mongolian
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