Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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

New language pages:

• Ahwai (indùn), a Plateau language spoken in Kaduna State in central Nigeria.
• Gokana (Gòkánà), an East Ogoni language spoken in Rivers State in southern Nigeria.
• Hasha (Hàshà), an Alumic language spoken in Nasarawa State in the North Central region of Nigeria.

New constructed script: Aksara Varadun, an alternative way to write Indonesian created by Zafran Al Fathan.

New numbers page: Gokana (Gòkánà), an East Ogoni language spoken in Rivers State in southern Nigeria.

New phrases page Nyamwezi, a Bantu language spoken in western Tanzania.

New Tower of Babel translations:

• Mongo (Ngiembɔɔn), a Bamileke language spoken in the West Region in southwestern Cameroon.
• Hanunoo (Hanunó’o), a South Mangyan language spoken in Mindoro in the Philippines.
• Loma (Löömàgòòi), a Southwestern Mande language spoken in northern Liberia
• Maiadomu, a Western Oceanic language spoken in Milne Bay Province in Papua New Guinea.
• Makhuwa (Emakhuwa), a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique and Tanzania.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, entitled Gracefully Pleasing, we uncover the gratefully pleasing roots of the word grace.

It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

On the Omniglot blog this week we find out links a New World monkey, a type of cloak, an order of friars and a type of coffee in a post entitled Monks, Monkeys & Coffee, and there’s the usual language quiz. See if you guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in Canada and the USA.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Tacana, a Western Tacanan language spoken in La Paz Department in northwestern Bolivia.

On the Celtiadur blog this week there’s a new post about words for Service 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/profile.php?id=100046466483286

You can also listen to this podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, TuneIn and Podchaser.

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

Radio Omniglot podcasts are brought to you in association with Blubrry Podcast Hosting, a great place to host your podcasts. Get your first month free with the promo code omniglot.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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

New language pages:

• Firan (Fɨràn), a West-Central Plateau language spoken in Plateau State in central Nigeria.
• Buli, a Gur language spoken in the Upper East Region in northern Ghana.
• Mpade (Mpadɨ), a Chadic language spoken in northern Cameroon and southwest Chad.

New numbers page:

• Baoulé, a Kwa language spoken in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast).
• Buli, a Gur language spoken in the Upper East Region in northern Ghana.
• Songe (Kisonge), a Bantu language spoken in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

New phrases page: Buli, a Gur language spoken in the Upper East Region in northern Ghana.

New Tower of Babel translations:

• Baoulé, a Kwa language spoken in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast).
• Bilaspuri, a Western Pahari language spoken in Himachal Pradesh and Punjab in northern India.
• Ambai, a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken mainly on the Ambai Islands in Papua province in Indonesia.
• Anuak, a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken mainly on the Ambai Islands in Papua province in Indonesia.
• Apali, a Trans-New Guinea language spoken in Madang Province in Papua New Guinea.
• Buli, a Gur language spoken in the Upper East Region in northern Ghana.
• Gourmanchéma (gùlmàncéma), a Gur language spoken in Burkina Faso, Togo, Niger and Benin.
• Vidunda (Chividunda), a Bantu language spoken in southern Tanzania.
• Medumba (Mə̀dʉ̂mbɑ̀), a Bamileke language spoken in the West Region in southwestern Cameroon.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, entitled Feeble Foibles, we discover what links the words feeble and foible with bleating and bells.

It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

On the Omniglot blog this week we investigate various words for Rice in Swahili, Chinese and Japanese, and there’s the usual language quiz. See if you guess what language this is:

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

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Lenakel (Netvaar), a Southern Oceanic language spoken on Tanna Island in southern Vanuatu.

On the Celtiadur blog this week there’s a new post about words for we, us and related pronouns entitled We Ourselves.

For more Omniglot News, see:
https://www.omniglot.com/news/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/omniglot/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100046466483286

You can also listen to this podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, TuneIn and Podchaser.

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

Radio Omniglot podcasts are brought to you in association with Blubrry Podcast Hosting, a great place to host your podcasts. Get your first month free with the promo code omniglot.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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

New language pages:

• Leonese (Llionés), a Ibero-Romance language spoken mainly in the northwest of Spain.
• Angaataha (Angaatɨha), a Trans-New Guinea language spoken in Morobe Province in Papua New Guinea.
• Northwest Gbaya (Làì / Kàrà), an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon and the Central African Republic.

New numbers page:

• Angaataha (Angaatɨha), a Trans-New Guinea language spoken in Morobe Province in Papua New Guinea.
• Nizaa (Nízɑɑ̀), a Mambiloid language spoken in the Adamawa Region in northern Cameroon.

New adapted script: Turkish Shavian (·𐑖𐑨𐑝𐑰 𐑑𐑳𐑮𐑒𐑗𐑧 / Şavi Türkçe), a way to write Turkish with the Shavian alphabet devised by Ethan Ikediashi.

New Tower of Babel translation: Abaza (абаза бызшва), a North West Caucasian language spoken in the Republics of Karachay-Cherkessia and Adygea in the southwest of Russia.

If someone is described as having come-hither eyes, it means their eyes are seducitve or alluring. If you tell a horse to come hither though, what would you expect it to do? Find out in this blog post Hither & Thither, 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 Vanuatu.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Umbundu (Úmbúndú), a Bantu language spoken in western Angola.

On the Celtiadur blog this week there’s a new post about words for I, me and related pronouns entitled Me, Myself & I.

For more Omniglot News, see:
https://www.omniglot.com/news/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/omniglot/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100046466483286

You can also listen to this podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, TuneIn and Podchaser.

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

Radio Omniglot podcasts are brought to you in association with Blubrry Podcast Hosting, a great place to host your podcasts. Get your first month free with the promo code omniglot.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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

New language pages:

• Koyrasboro Senni (كࣷيْرَبࣷرࣷ سٜنِّ), a Southern Songhay language spoken in southern Mali.
• Tuwali, a Philippine language spoken the Province of Ifugao in northern Luzon in the Philippines.
• Nga La (Matu), a Southern Kuki-Chin language spoken western Myanmar and northeastern India.

New numbers page:

• Tuwali, a Philippine language spoken the Province of Ifugao northern Luzon in the Philippines.
• Nga La, a Southern Kuki-Chin language spoken western Myanmar and northeastern India.

New phrases page: Nga La, a Southern Kuki-Chin language spoken western Myanmar and northeastern India.

New Tower of Babel translations pages:

• Udi (удин муз / udin muz), a Northeast Caucasian language spoken in Azerbaijan, Russia, Georgia and Armenia.
• Wandala, a Chadic language spoken in northern Cameroon and northwestern Nigeria.
• Talinga, a Bantu language spoken in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• Tamahaq, a Northern Berber language spoken in Algeria, Libya and Niger.
• Tandroy, a Southern Kuki-Chin language spoken in Chin State in western Myanmar.
• Tsakhur, a northeast Caucasian language spoken in Azerbaijan and Russia
• Ut Main, a Northwest Kainji language spoken in northern Nigeria.

New constructed script: Simgeul, a way to write Korean with a “simplified” version of the Korean Hangeul script created by Ajn.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, we point out the origins of the word Index.

It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

On the Omniglot blog we discover what griffons have to do with messy writing in a post entitled Griffonage, and there’s the usual language quiz. See if you guess what language this is:

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

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Chakhar (ᠴᠠᠬᠠᠷ), a variety of Mongolian spoken in the Inner Mongolia Region in northern China.

On the Celtiadur blog this week there’s a new post entitled Confluent Ravines about words for ravine, confluence 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/profile.php?id=100046466483286

You can also listen to this podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, TuneIn and Podchaser.

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

Radio Omniglot podcasts are brought to you in association with Blubrry Podcast Hosting, a great place to host your podcasts. Get your first month free with the promo code omniglot.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

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

New language pages:

• Shi (Mashi), a Northeast Bantu language spoken in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• Ikwo, an Igboid language spoken in Ebonyi and Cross River states in southern Nigeria.
• Ngaing, a Finisterre language spoken in the south of Madang Province of Papua New Guinea.

New numbers page:

• Ngaing, a Finisterre language spoken in the south of Madang Province of Papua New Guinea.

New Tower of Babel translations pages:

• Shi (Mashi), a Northeast Bantu language spoken in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• Nga La (Matu), a Southern Kuki-Chin language spoken in western Myanmar.
• Gofa (Goofatho / የጎፋ-ቋንቋ), a North Omotic language spoken in southwest of Ethiopia.
• Safen (Saafi-Saafi), a Senegambian language spoken in western Senegal.
• Koyraboro Senni, a Songhay language spoken in southern Mali.
• Thaiphum, a Southern Kuki-Chin language spoken in Chin State in western Myanmar.

New adapted script: Sitelen kana (写太 / してれん かな / シテレン カナ), a way to write Toki Pona with Japanese scripts.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, entitled Awkwardly Odd, we discover the odd roots of the word awkward.

It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

On the Omniglot blog we fribble about some fribblish words in a post entitled Fribblish Fribblers, 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 China.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Malaweg, a Northern Luzon language spoken in Luzon in the Philippines.

On the Celtiadur blog this week there’s a new post entitled Awkwardly Clumsy, about words for clumsy, awkward and related things in Celtic languages.

Incidentally, this is episode 250 of the Omniglot news.

For more Omniglot News, see:
https://www.omniglot.com/news/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/omniglot/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100046466483286

You can also listen to this podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, TuneIn and Podchaser.

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

Radio Omniglot podcasts are brought to you in association with Blubrry Podcast Hosting, a great place to host your podcasts. Get your first month free with the promo code omniglot.