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

New language pages:

• Bujeba (Bisio), a Bantu language spoken in the Litoral Province in the west of Equatorial Guinea.
• Gyele (gyɛ̀lì), a Bantu language spoken in the Océan Department in the South Province of Cameroon.
• Kwasio, a Bantu language spoken along the coast of south western Cameroon and north western Equatorial Guinea.
• Mbosi (Embɔ́si), a Bantu language spoken in the Cuvette and Plateaux departments in the Republic of the Congo.

New numbers pages:

• Hadza (Hadzane), a language isolate spoken near Lake Eyasi in northern Tanzania.
• Gascon (Gascoun), a variety of Occitan spoken mainly in southwestern France and northeastern Spain.
• Bearnese (biarnés / bearnés), a variety of Gascon spoken in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.

On the Omniglot blog we find out what the words knot and knit have to do with King Canute, and how they connect to Bluetooth in a post entitled Knotted Knitting, and there’s also the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

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

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was: Sar(a) (Madjingay), a Central Sudanic language spoken in southern Chad.

In this week’s Celtic Pathways podcast, Bearing Cradles, we discover the Celtic roots of words for cradle, crib and related things in Portuguese and other languages.

It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post entitled Saponaceous Soap about words for soap and related things in Celtic languages.

I also made improvements to the Celtiadur post entitled Ceilidh Companions, and improved the Daggers Alphabet page.

For more Omniglot News, see:
https://www.omniglot.com/news/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/omniglot/
https://www.facebook.com/Omniglot-100430558332117

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

New language pages:

• Masalit (Masaraa / Masarak), a Maban language spoken in southeastern Chad and southwestern Sudan.
• Maba (buraa mabaŋ / بُرَا مَبَݝ‎), a Maban language spoken mainly in Ouaddaï Province in southwestern Chad.
• Guerrero Nahuatl (Mēxihcatlācatl), an Aztecan (Nahuan) language spoken in the state of Guerrero in west-central Mexico.
• Tetelcingo Nahuatl (Mösiehuali̱), an Aztecan (Nahuan) language spoken in the state of Morelos in south-central Mexico.
• Myene (Omyènè), a Bantu language spoken in western Gabon.

New numbers pages:

• Bribri (se’ie), a Chibchan language spoken in Limón and Puntarenas provinces in southern Costa Rica.
• Teribe (Naso), a Chibchan language spoken in Bocas del Toro province in northwestern Panama.
• Tetelcingo Nahuatl (Mösiehuali̱), an Aztecan (Nahuan) language spoken in the state of Morelos in south-central Mexico.

On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Dog Days about some dog-related words and expressions, such as canicule (heat wave) in French, and there’s also the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

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

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was: Dhundari (ढूंढाड़ी), a Rajasthani language spoken in the Dhundhar region of Rajasthan in the northwest of India.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology we find out where the word Spring springs from.

It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

On the Celtiadur blog, we get granular looking into words for Grain and related things in Celtic languages.

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/omniglot/
https://www.facebook.com/Omniglot-100430558332117

You can also listen to this podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Stitcher, TuneIn, Podchaser, PlayerFM or podtail.

If you would like to support this podcast, you can make a donation via PayPal or Patreon, or contribute to Omniglot in other ways.

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

New language pages:

• Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl, an Aztec / Nahuan language spoken in the state of Veracruz in southern Mexico.
• Ngwii (Engwíí), a Bantu language spoken in Kwilu Province in the Democratic Repubic of the Congo.
• Njebi (Yinzèbi), a Bantu language spoken in southern Gabon and the southwest of the Repubic of the Congo.
• Seki (Sekiyani), a Bantu language spoken in northwestern Equatorial Guinea and western Gabon.

New numbers pages:

• Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl, an Aztec / Nahuan language spoken in the state of Veracruz in southern Mexico.
• Njebi (Yinzèbi), a Bantu language spoken in southern Gabon and the southwest of the Repubic of the Congo.
• Northern Paiute (Numu), an Uto-Aztecan language spoken in Nevada, California, Oregon and Idaho in the USA.

New adapted script: Nuevoladino (נוֵבָלַדִנָו / נויבולאדינו), a way to write Spanish with the Hebrew abjad developed by Murray Callahan.

On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Calm Heat in which we uncover the hot roots of the word calm, there’s another post about the word Piecemeal, and there’s also the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in the northeast of India.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was: Huasteco (Teenek kaaw), a Mayan language spoken mainly in the states of San Luis Potosi, Veracruz and Tamaulipas in eastern Mexico.

In this week’s Celtic Pathways podcast, entitled Floors, we unearth the possible Celtic roots of words for field and related things in Galician and other languages.

It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

On the Celtiadur blog, there’s a new post entitled Monastic Monks about words for monk, nun, monastery and related things in Celtic languages.

For more Omniglot News, see:
https://www.omniglot.com/news/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/omniglot/
https://www.facebook.com/Omniglot-100430558332117

You can also listen to this podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Stitcher, TuneIn, Podchaser, PlayerFM or podtail.

If you would like to support this podcast, you can make a donation via PayPal or Patreon, or contribute to Omniglot in other ways.

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

New language pages:

• Tai Yo (ไทญ้อ), a Southwestern Tai language spoken in Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.
• Vili (Civili), a Bantu language spoken mainly in the Republic of the Congo, and also in Gabon and Angola.

New adapted script: Vietnamese Arabic Script (چىٰٖ جاوي تيٛەٖڭ ۏیٔەٖط), a way to write Vietnamese with the Arabic script created by Nima Farid.

On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Jolly Jaunts about the words jaunt and jaunty (which are not related), and there’s also the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

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

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was: Norman (Normaund), a Gallo-Romance language spoken in Normandy in northern France.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, entitled Theoretical Theatre, we find out what links the words theory and theatre.

It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

On the Celtiadur blog, there’s a new post about words for Masters and related things, and there’s a new Celtic cognates page about words for Vehicles in Celtic languages.

In other news, I went to London this week to see The Warning, a fantastic rock band from Monterrey, Mexico. They put on an incredible show – the best I’ve seen – and looked like they enjoyed it as much as the 5,000 of us in the audience did. They sang mainly in English, with a few songs in Spanish, and on my way to and from the concert, I heard a variety of languages, including Spanish, Portuguese, German, Welsh and Swedish, and even some English.

Here’s a little video I made:

For more Omniglot News, see:
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/omniglot/
https://www.facebook.com/Omniglot-100430558332117

You can also listen to this podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Stitcher, TuneIn, Podchaser, PlayerFM or podtail.

If you would like to support this podcast, you can make a donation via PayPal or Patreon, or contribute to Omniglot in other ways.

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

New language pages:

• Yaka (Yiyáká), a Bantu language spoken mainly in Kwango Province in the southwest of the DRC.
• Yansi (kiBeembe), a Bantu language spoken in the south of the Republic of the Congo.
• Shatt (Caning), an Eastern Sudanic language spoken in South Kordofan Province in the south of Sudan.

New numbers pages:

• Shatt (Caning), an Eastern Sudanic language spoken in South Kordofan Province of Sudan.
• Occitan (occitan, lenga d’òc), a Gallo-Romance language spoken in southern France, Monaco, northwest Italy and northern Spain.
• Limosin (lemosin), a variety of Occitan spoken in Limousin, Charente and Dordogne in the southwest of France.

On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Lord of the Marches in which we investigate the word marquis, and there’s also the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

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

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was: Monguor (Dēd Mongol), a Mongolic language spoken in Qinghai and Gansu Provinces in the of northeast of China.

In this week’s Celtic Pathwys podcast, Crooked Rims, we discover the crooked Celtic roots of words for rim and wheel rim in French, Spanish and other languages.

It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

On the Celtiadur blog, there’s a new post about words for Stewards & Mayors and related things.

For more Omniglot News, see:
https://www.omniglot.com/news/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/omniglot/
https://www.facebook.com/Omniglot-100430558332117

You can also listen to this podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Stitcher, TuneIn, Podchaser, PlayerFM or podtail.

If you would like to support this podcast, you can make a donation via PayPal or Patreon, or contribute to Omniglot in other ways.

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