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

New language pages:

• Nafanan, a Southern Senufo spoken mainly in Ghana, and also Ivory Coast.
• Papapana, a Northwest Solomonic language spoken on the east coast of Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea.
• Yelmek, a Trans-Fly-Bulaka River language spoken in the Merauke Regency in South Papua Province in eastern Indonesiaa.

New constructed script: Arleng Mekʼlek. which was invented by Ripu Rahang as an alternative way to write Karbi, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in northern India.

New numbers page:

• Zarma (Zarmaciine), a member of the Songhay branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family spoken mainly in Niger.
• Sun(u)war (सुनुवार), a Kiranti language spoken mainly in eastern Nepal, and also in Sikkim in norteastern India..
• Slovio, an International Auxiliary Language based on Slavic languages invented by Mark Hucko.

On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post about the Spanish word Muchedumbre (crowd, throng, multitude, mob), and related words in other languages, and there’s also the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is related to Chechen and Ingush.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Saraiki (ਸਰਾਇਕੀ / सराइकी / سرائيكى), a Western Punjabi language spoken in parts of Pakistan and northern India.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, we look into the origins of the word door, and find links to words like forum, forensic and thyroid.

On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post entitled Similar Likeness and I made improvements to the posts about Doors and Sticks and Rods.

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

New language pages:

• Helong, a West Timor language spoken in mainly in West Timor in the Kupang Regency of East Nusa Tenggara province in southern Indonesia.
• Phom, a Brahmaputran language spoken in Nagaland in the northeast of India.
• Sursurunga, a Western Oceanic language spoken in New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea.

New numbers page:

• Jingpho (Jìngphòʔ gà / ဈိာင်ေဖါစ်), a Tibeto-Burman language spoken mainly in Kachin and Shan States in northern Myanmar.
• Guernésiais, a Romance language spoken on the Channel Island of Guernsey.
• Lavukaleve, a Central Solomons language spoken in the Russell Islands in the Central Province of the Solomon Islands.

On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Jentacularity in which we discuss things jentacular (related to breakfast) and prandial (related to dinner), 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 Pakistan and northern India.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Rangi (Kilaangi), a Southern Bantoid language spoken in central Tanzania.

In this week’s Celtic Pathways podcast, we look into the Celtic roots of words for heather and related things in some Romance languages.

On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post about words for Seeds and related things, and I made improvements to the Ceilidh Companions post.

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

New language pages:

• Jju, an Atlantic Congo language spoken in Kaduna State in central Nigeria.
• Abua, a Central Delta language spoken in Rivers State in southern Nigeria.
• Banggai, a Celebic language spoken in Central Sulawesi Province in Indonesia.
• Beami, a Trans-New Guinea language spoken in the Western Province of Papua New Guina.

New numbers page: Beami.

On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled New Old Words about my trip to Ireland and some of the things I learnt there, 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 Tanzania.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Tetum (Lia-Tetun), a Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in East Timor (Timor-Leste), and in the West Timor (Timor Barat) in Indonesia.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, we find out what links the word journey with words for day, heaven and god, and also giraffe.

On the Celtiadur blog there are new posts entitled A Shovelful of Spades and Light Lungs.

I also made improvements to the Breton language page, and found a good site for learning Breton (through French): https://desketa.bzh

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

New language pages:

• Zeme, a Kuki-Chin-Naga language spoken in Assam, Manipur and Nagaland in the northeast of India.
• Borong, a Western Huon language spoken in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea.
• Boko, an Eastern Mande language spoken in northern Benin and northern and western Nigeria.
• Vatlongos, a Southern Oceanic language spoken mainly on Ambrym Island in Malampa Province in northern Vanuatu.

New numbers pages:

• Zeme, a Kuki-Chin-Naga language spoken in Assam, Manipur and Nagaland in northeastern India.
• Northern Pomo, an extinct Pomoan language that was spoken in Lake County in California in the USA, and which is being revived.
• Lebanese Arabic, a variety of Levantine Arabic spoken mainly in Lebannon.

New Tower of Babel translations: Alur, Akha, Adhola, Dangme, Achi and Abua.

On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Speading Sweetness about how words for honey, mead and related things possibly spread throughout Europe and as far as China and Japan. There’s also the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is spoken mainly in northern India, and also in eastern Nepal.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Forest Enets (Баи), a dialect of Enets (Онэй база), a Samoyedic language spoken in Krasnoyarsk Krai in Siberia in the Russian Federation.

In this week’s Celtic Pathways podcast, Charming Witches, we look into the possible Celtic roots of words for witch in some Romance languages, such as bruja in Spanish.

On the Celtiadur blog there are a new posts about words for Mixed & Confused and Honey Wine and I improved the post about Magic and Spells.

I also improved the Maltese language page.

For more Omniglot News, see:
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https://twitter.com/Omniglossia
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https://www.facebook.com/Omniglot-100430558332117

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

New language pages:

• Lakon, a Southern Oceanic language spoken on Gaua Island in Torba Province of Vanuatu.
• Maléku (malécu jaíca) – a Chibchan language spoken in northern Costa Rica.
• Kadiwéu (Ejiwajigi) – a Guaicuruan language spoken in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul in southern Brazil
• Mocoví (moqoit) – a Southern Guaicuruan language spoken in Chaco, Santa Fe and Formosa provinces in the northeast of Argentina.

New numbers pages:

• Bosnian (bosanski), a South Slavic language spoken mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• Celtiberian – an extinct Celtic language that was spoken in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula until about the 1st century AD.

On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Super Brows about the word supercilious and other (eye)brow-related expressions in English and other languages. 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 Siberia.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Blin (ብሊና), a Central Cushitic language spoken in and around the city of Keren in central Eritrea.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, we free ourselves by looking into the word Escape and related words.

On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post about words for Eyebrows and related things.

Finally, here’s my latest song, which I finished writing and recording this week. It’s in the style of a sea shanty called Off To Sea

You can hear more songs and tunes I’ve written on SoundCloud.

For more Omniglot News, see:
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