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

New language pages:

• Djabugay, a Pama-Nyungan language spoken in Queensland in northeastern Australia.
• Lamalama, a Pama-Nyungan language spoken in Queensland in the northeastern Australia.
• Warao, a language isolate spoken in Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname.
• Kapóng, a Cariban language spoken in Guyana, Venezuela and Brazil.

New constructed script: Arkyn, an alternative way to write English created by Hanson Walker and designed for discreet and efficient communication.

New constructed script: Nyctography, a substitution cipher for English created by the author Lewis Carroll in 1891 to enable him to write in the dark when ideas came to him in the middle of the night.

New numbers pages:

• Arvanitic (arbërisht), a variety of Albanian spoken in southern Greece.
• Alur (Dho-Alur), a Southern Luo language spoken in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Jack Of All Trades about the origins of that saying, and related sayings 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 mainly in southwestern China and northeastern Myanmar.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Samogitian (žemaitiu kalba), an Eastern Baltic language spoken in the Samogitia region in western Lithuania.

In this week’s Celtic Pathways podcast, Garters, we discover the Celtic roots of words for garter in English and French.

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

I also made improvements to the Guugu Yimithirr language page.

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

New language pages:

• Anuak (Dha-Anywaa), a Western Nilotic language spoken in western Ethiopia and eastern South Sudan.
• Belanda Bor (di Bor), a Western Nilotic language spoken in South Sudan.
• Bawm, a Kuki-Chin-Naga language spoken mainly in Bangladesh, and also in India and Myanmar.
• Keiyo, a Southern Nilotic language spoken in western Kenya.
• Southern Oromo (Borana), a Lowland East Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia and Kenya.

New numbers pages:

• Anuak (Dha-Anywaa), a Western Nilotic language spoken in Ethiopia and South Sudan.
• Bawm, a Kuki-Chin-Naga language spoken mainly in Bangladesh, India and Myanmar.
• Southern Oromo (Borana), a Lowland East Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia and Kenya.

On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post about words for Mushroom in Spanish, French and English, and a post called Snub Nosed Simians, about the Italian word scimmia (monkey, ape), and words for monkey in 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 northern Brazil.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Deg Xinag (Degexit’ank), a Northern Athabaskan language spoken in Alsaka in the USA.

In this week’s Celtic Pathways podcast, we investigate the possible Celtic roots of the word Jeans, and also the place names Genoa and Geneva, and find out how they’re connected to words for knee

On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post entitled Voices about words for voice, word, sound and related things in Celtic languages, and I made improvements to the Heads & Brains, Hearing, fame & renown and Ears posts.

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

New language pages:

• Ngangam (miganganm), a Northern Gur language spoken in northeastern Togo and northwestern Benin.
• Mbukushu (thiMbukushu), a Bantu language spoken in Namibia, Angola, Botswana and Zambia.
• Belanda Viri, a Ubangian language spoken in the west and south of South Sudan.
• Glosa, an International Auxiliary Language based on Interglossa.

New numbers pages:

• Glosa, an International Auxiliary Language based on Interglossa.
• Interglossa, an International Auxiliary Language devised by Lancelot Hogben.
• Uropi, an International Auxiliary Language based on common Indo-European roots.
• Betawi (basè Betawi), a Malay-based creole spoken mainly in the Jakarta region of Indonesia.

On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Doorgetting about the doorway effect (forgetting why you entered a room as you walk through the door), and related things. There’s also the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this is a Polynesian language.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Bhili (भीली / ભીલી), a Western Indo-Aryan language spoken in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh in central India.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, Sadly Satisfied, we find out whether the words sad and satisfied are related.

On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post entitled Tented Pavilions about words for tents, pavilions and related things in Celtic languages

Improved page: Interglossa language page

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

New writing system: Nag Chiki, which was created by Dinesh Mudi from West Bengal in India to write Koda, a North Munda language spoken in India and Bangladesh.

New language pages:

• Koda (কোড়া), a North Munda language spoken mainly in West Bengal in northwestern India
• Nateni (Naàteǹni), a Northern Gur language spoken in the Atakora Department in the northwest of Benin.
• Mbelime bɛ̄dímɛ), a Northern Gur language spoken in the Atakora Department in the northwest of Benin.
• Hanga (Haŋa), a Northern Gur language spoken in the Savannah Region in northern Ghana.

New numbers pages:

• Hanga (Haŋa), a Northern Gur language spoken in the Savannah Region in northern Ghana.
• Sipakapense (Ri Qyolb’al), a Mayan language spoken in the San Marcos Department in western Guatemala.
• Bajaw, a Sama-Bajaw language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.

New article: Multiple Ways to Say “To Visit” in French

On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Stanzas, Cameras and Salons about the Italian word stanza (room), and related words in 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 central India.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Maay Maay (Af-Mai-Mai), a Lowland East Cushitic language spoken in southern Somlia.

In this week’s Celtic Pathways podcast, Groovy Furrows, we’re looking at Celtic words for furrow, trench, ditch and related things, and words in other languages that come from the same roots.

On the Celtiadur blog there are new posts entitled Yoked Bonds and Furrowed Trenches, and improved the post about Ditches and Trenches.

Improved page: Nüshu script page

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

New fictional script and language: High Valyrian (Valyrio), a fictional language developed for the television series Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon, and based on the few words of High Valyrian used in George R. R. Martin’s series of fantasy novels, A Song of Ice and Fire.

New constructed script: Vjøbhaž, which was created by David Kos to write his conlang, Vneghlav, and is based on the Cyrillic script.

New language pages:

• Kulango Nkuraeng), a Gur language spoken mainly in the northwest of Ivory Coast, and also in western Ghana.
• Ibinda (Chibinda), a Bantu language spoken in the Angolan province and exclave of Cabinda.
• Vwanji (Ekivwanji), a Bantu language spoken mainly in the Njombe Region in the southwest of Tanzania.
• Safwa (Kisafwa), a Bantu language spoken in the Mbeya region in the southwest of Tanzania.
• Hehe (Kihehe), a Northeast Bantu language spoken in the Iringa region in southern Tanzania.

New numbers pages:

• Ibinda (Chibinda), a Bantu language spoken in the Angolan province and exclave of Cabinda.
• High Valyrian (Valyrio), a fictional language developed for the television series Game of Thrones.
• Latino Sine Flexione, an International Auxiliary Language based on Latin without the inflections.

On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Foolish Consistency about foolishly consistent hobgoblins, insanity and misquotation. 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 Somalia.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Tundra Yukaghir (Вадул аруу), a Yukaghir language spoken in the Far East region of the Russian Federation, particularly in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, we find out whether the word Grass is connected to words like green, graze, grow and herb.

On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post entitled Grinding Mills, which is about words for grind, mill and related things in Celtic languages.

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

New language pages:

• Biatah bidayuh), a Land Dayak language spoken in Sarawak in Malaysia and West Kalimantan in Indonesia.
• Kembayan (Matéq), a Southern Land Dayak language spoken in West Kalimantan Province in Indonesia.
• Modang, a Kayanic language spoken in East Kalimantan Province in northern Indonesia.
• Maay Maay (Af-Mai-Mai), a Lowland East Cushitic language spoken mainly in southern Somlia, and also in Ethiophia and Kenya.
• Pendau (Umalasa), a Celebic language spoken in Central Sulawesi Province in Indonesia.

New numbers pages:

• Biatah (bidayuh), a Land Dayak language spoken in Sarawak in Malaysia and West Kalimantan in Indonesia.
• Modang, a Kayanic language spoken in East Kalimantan Province in Indonesia.
• Pendau (Umalasa), a Celebic language spoken in Central Sulawesi Province in Indonesia.
• Maasai (ɔl Maa), an Eastern Nilotic language spoken in central and southern Kenya and northern Tanzania.

New constructed script: Rountounge (Valkh’raash Dub Namtarak), which was invented by Kitsune Sobo as the script and language of various beings in the fictional Rhodinoverse.

On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Superfluously Redundant, .in which we dive into some redundant and superfluous words. 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 Siberia in the Far East Region of the Russian Federation.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Wichita (Kirikir’iis), a Northern Caddoan language that was spoken in western Oklahoma in the USA and which is being revived.

In this week’s episode of Celtic Pathways podcast, we look into the Celtic roots of words for Tin in some Romance languages.

On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post entitled A Meeting of Assemblies and I improved the posts about Wolves & Sea Monsters and Roundness

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