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

New language pages:

• Lukpa, a Southern Gur language spoken in Benin and Togo.
• Chepang, a Binanderean language spoken in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea.
• Mungbam (Mùŋgbàm), a Southern Bantoid language spoken in the Northwest Region of Cameroon.
• Rengao (Rơngao), a North Bahnaric language spoken in Quảng Ngãi Province in central Vietnam.

New numbers pages:

• Rengao (Rơngao), a North Bahnaric language spoken in Quảng Ngãi Province central Vietnam.
• Northern Emberá (ẽberã bed̶ea), a Chocoan language spoken in Colombia and Panama.
• Catio (Ẽ́bẽra Katío), a Chocoan language spoken in Colombia and Panama.

New constructed script: Scrollex, an alternative way to write English with lettera shaped a bit like scrolls that was inspired partly by the Chinese Seal script.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, Burning Torrents, we uncover the burning roots of the word torrent.

It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

On the Omniglot blog this week there’s a new post entitled Ashen Hearted, in which we investigate the Chinese word 灰心 (huī​xīn), which means to lose heart, to be discouraged or to despair,and related words, and there’s the usual language quiz. See if you guess what language this is:

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

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Nisgaʼa, a Tsimshianic language spoken in British Columbia in western Canada.

On the Celtiadur blog this week there’s a new post entitled Directly Straight, about words for direct, straight and related things in Celtic languages.

Improved pages Blackfoot language page

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

New language pages:

• Maonan (Vah kiong naemz), a Kam-Sui language spoken in Guangxi and Guizhou in southern China.
• Guhu-Samane, a Binanderean language spoken in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea.
• Zyphe, a Maraic language spoken the north of Chin State in western Myanmar.
• Komi-Yazva (коми-ёдз көл), a Permic language spoken in the Perm Krai in the northwest of the Russia Federation.

New numbers pages:

• Guhu-Samane, a Binanderean language spoken in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea.
• Zyphe, a Maraic language spoken in Chin State in western Myanmar.

New idioms page: To lose one’s marbles – idioms meaning you have lost your mind, gone crazy and similar things in various languages.

New constructed script: Loopiform, an alternative way to write French and other languages devised by Filipe Reis.

New adapated script: Bodigari (བོ་དེ་གརི), a way to write English with the Tibetan script devised by Ian Bonnycastle.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, Rightly Adroit, we deftly discover the right roots of the word adroit

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On the Omniglot blog this week there’s a new post entitled Dressed to Pieces, in which we investigate the Japanese word ワンピース (wanpīsu), which means dress or one-piece bathing suit, and related words, and there’s the usual language quiz. See if you guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in western Canada.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Qabiao, a Kra language spoken in northern Vietnam and southern China.

On the Celtiadur blog this week there’s a new post entitled A Stack of Heaps about words for heap, pile, stack and related things in Celtic languages.

Improved pages: Komi language page, and made separate pages for Komi-Permyak and
Komi-Zyrian.

I wrote a new song this week called Perdre Le Nord, which was inspired by ways to say that someone has lost their marbles (lost their mind / gone crazy) in French such as perdre le nord (‘to lose the north’).

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

New language pages:

• Mundani (Mundàni), a Southern Bantoid language spoken in the Southwest Region of Cameroon.
• Amuzgo (Ñòmndaá), an Eastern Oto-Manguean language spoken in Guerrero and Oaxaca in southern Mexico.
• Cuicatec (Dibaku / Dbaku), a Mixtecan language spoken in the northwest of Oaxaca in southern Mexico.

New numbers pages:

• Saho (Saahot Af), an East Lowland Cushitic language spoken in Eritrea and Ethiopia.
• Ghomara (žamaεa / ⵖⵓⵎⴰⵔⴰ), a Northern Berber language spoken in northern Morocco.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, Frequently Crowded, we uncover the crowded roots of the word frequent.

It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

On the Omniglot blog this week there’s a new post entitled Sadly Satisfying Assets, in which we find out what connects the words asset, satisfy and sad, and there’s the usual language quiz. See if you guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in northern Vietnam and southern China.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Khinalug (каьтш мицІ) , a Northeast Caucasian language spoken in northern Azerbaijan.

On the Celtiadur blog this week there’s a new post entitled Shearing Fleeces about words for fleece, shearing and related things in Celtic languages..

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

New language pages:

• Mundabli-Mufu (Ngɔ Njan), a Western Beboid language spoken in the North West Region of Cameroon.
• Wamey (Wameỹ / Koñagi), a Senegambian language spoken in Senegal and Guinea.
• Faiwol, a Mountain Ok language spoken in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.

New numbers pages:

• Wamey, a Senegambian language spoken in Senegal and Guinea.
• Fataluku, a Trans-New Guinea language spoken on the island of Timor in East Timor and Indonesia.

New constructed script: Chivabwe, an alternative way to write Shona and other languages of Africa created by Duncan Junior Kutya.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, Entangled Perplexity, we untangle the perplexing roots of the word perplexity.

It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

This week on the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Losing Marbles about ways to say that someone has lost their marbles (gone crazy) in English and French, and there’s the usual language quiz. See if you guess what language this is:

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

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Itzaʼ, a Yucatec Mayan language spoken in the Petén Department in northern Guatemala.

On the Celtiadur blog this week there’s a new post entitled Brittle Fragility about words for brittle, fragile and related things in Celtic languages.

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

New language pages:

• Razihi (Lahjah Rāziḥīt), a South Semitic language spoken in Razihi in the Sa’adah District in northwestern Yemen.
• Mbuʼ, a Southern Bantoid language spoken in the North West Region of Cameroon.
• Seimat, an Oceanic language spoken in the Ninigo Islands in Manus Province in northern Papua New Guinea.
• Waskia, a Madang language spoken in Madang Province in the north east of Papua New Guinea.

New numbers pages:

• Seimat, an Oceanic language spoken in Manus Province in northern Papua New Guinea.
• Umatilla (Tamalúut), a Sahaptin language spoken on the Umatilla Reservation in Oregon in the USA.

New idioms page: Throw in the Towel and other ways to say to give up or quit in a variety of languages.

This week’s Adventure in Etymology, Material Matters, uncovers the maternal and woody roots of the words material and matter.

It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

This week on the Omniglot blog we consider the usefulness or otherwise of Chocolate Teapots, and there’s the usual language quiz. See if you guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in Mali, Niger and Nigeria.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Soqotri (ماتڸ دسقطري), a South Semitic language spoken in the Socotra Archipelago in Yemen.

On the Celtiadur blog this week there’s a new post entitled Thrusting Throws about words for thrust, throw and related things in Celtic languages.

Incidentally, I completed another trip around the sun this week (on Thursday), so I’m now LIV years old, or seksoghalvtreds in Danish.

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

New language pages:

• Mwesen (M̄ēsēn), a Southern Oceanic language spoken on Vanua Lava Island in northern Vanuatu.
• Wuvulu-Aua, an Oceanic language spoken on Wuluvu and Aua islands in Manus Province of Papua New Guinea.

New constructed script: Vsrc, an alternative way to write English inspired by the Arabic script created by Juan Euskalduna.

New numbers page Quiripi, an Eastern Algonquian language that was spoken in Connecticut and Long Island in the USA.

This week on the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Yexing, about the word yex, which means a hiccough / hiccup, burp or belch, and there’s the usual language quiz. See if you guess what language this is:

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

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Patamona, a dialect of Kapóng, a Cariban language spoken in Guyana.

On the Celtiadur blog this week there’s a new post about words for Roses and related things in Celtic languages.

Castell Biwmares / Beaumaris Castle, one of the places I visited this week

Incidentally, if you’re wondering why there’s less new material on Omniglot this week, it’s because some friends came to visit me, and I didn’t have as much time to work on Omniglot. With one friend from the Netherlands I spoke a mixture of English, Dutch, Welsh, French and Scottish Gaelic, and with another friend I spoke Welsh and English. We also sang songs in Welsh, English, German, Dutch and Scottish Gaelic. So it was a linguistically rich week.

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

New adapted script: Asirilik (Асирилик), a way to write Tamazight with the Cyrillic alphabet devised by Xavier Merica

New adapted script: Chukchi Latin Alphabet (Lyghorawetlhen Latinlhen Alfavit) – a way to write Chukchi with the Latin alphabet created by Dijacz.

New language pages:

• Koshin (Kɔshin), a Western Beboid language spoken in the Northwest Region of Cameroon.
• Kung (Kuŋ), a Central Ring Grassfields language spoken in the Northwest Region of Cameroon.
• Mambila, a Northern Bantoid language spoken in southeastern Nigeria and northwestern Cameroon.
• Anāl, a Northwestern Kuki-Chin language spoken in India and Myanmar.

New numbers pages:

• Epele (Ẹkpeye), an Igboid language spoken in Rivers and Bayelsa states in southern Nigeria.
• Ogba (Ọgbà), an Igboid language spoken mainly in Rivers State in southern Nigeria.
• Kharia (कोरकू), a Munda language spoken mainly in the Indian states of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Odisha.

New family words page: Lingua Franca Nova

This week on the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Mouchard, in which we investigate the French word mouchard (grass, snitch, informant), and related things, and there’s the usual language quiz. See if you guess what language this is:

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

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Daasanach (Af Daasanach), a Lowland East Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia, Kenya and South Sudan.

The recording comes from: YouTube

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology we’re Holding It Together as we uncover the origins of the words content and content.

It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

On the Celtiadur blog this week there’s a new post entitled Rushy Sedges about words for sedge, rushes and related things in Celtic languages.

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

New writing system: Quốc âm tân tự (國音新字), a syllabic script for Vietnamese based on strokes from chữ Hán and chữ Nôm characters devised during the 19th century.

New language pages:

• Reyesano, a Tacanan language spoken in José Balivián Province in Beni Department in northern Bolivia.
• Tacana, a Tacanan language spoken in La Paz Province in Beni Department in northern Bolivia.
• Yuqui (Mbiaye’), a Tupí-Guaraní spoken in the Cochabamba Department in central Boliva.

New numbers pages:

• Waata (Waatah), a Cushitic language spoken in the Coast Province in Kenya.
• Emilian (emigliân), a Romance language spoken mainly in the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy.
• Rushani (rix̌ůn ziv / риx̌ӯн зив), a Pamir language spoken mainly Badakhshan Province in northeastern Afghanistan.

New phrases page: Idaʼan, a North Bornean language spoken in Sabah in Malaysia.

This week on the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Pouring Rain, in which we look into the saying it never rains but it pours, and related sayings in English and other languages, and there’s the usual language quiz.

See if you guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language belongs to the Cushitic language family.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Pacoh (Pacóuh), a Katuic language spoken in central Vietnam and southern Laos.

Recording from: YouTube

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, entitled Flowing Floods, we find out what the word flood has to do with rivers, flowing and high tides.

It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

There’s also a new post on the Celtiadur blog this week entitled Nits about words for nit and related things in Celtic languages.

Improved pages: Emilian and Romagnol language pages.

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