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

There are new language pages about:

• Kwaio, a Southeast Solomonic language spoken on Malaita Island in Malaita Province of the Solomon Islands.
• Gela (Nggela), a Southeast Solomonic language spoken in the Nggela (Florida) Islands in the Central Province of the Solomon Islands.
• Arosi, a Southeast Solomonic language spoken on Makira Island in Makira-Ulawa Province in the east of the Solomon Islands.
• Touo, a Central Solomonic language spoken in the south of Rendova Island in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands.

New constructed script: Thieṛian Hieroglyphs, which were invented by Kitsune Sobo as a script for the constructed language Thieṛian.

New adapted script: Tengwar Persian, a way to write the Persian (Farsi) language with Tolkien’s Tengwar script devised by Daniyal Motamedi (دانیال معتمدی نیا).

New phrases page: Duala (Duálá), a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon in West Africa.

New numbers pages:

• Duala (Duálá), a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon in West Africa.
• Kikuyu (Gĩkũyũ), a Bantu language spoken mainly in the Central Province of Kenya.
• Gela (Nggela), a Southeast Solomonic language spoken in the Nggela (Florida) Islands in the Central Province of the Solomon Islands.
• Arosi, a Southeast Solomonic language spoken on Makira Island in Makira-Ulawa Province in the east of the Solomon Islands.

There’s a new Omniglot blog post entitled Various Verses about words for the world beyond your screen, and there’s the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in southern China but isn’t related to Chinese.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Deg Xinag (Degexit’an), a Northern Athabaskan language spoken along the lower Yukon River in Alaska in the USA

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, we look into the origins of the word Guide.

On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post entitled A Bit of Bitterness about words for bitter, sour and related things, and I made improvements to the post about words for Honey, Sweet and related things.

New interview with me: https://www.twinkl.co.uk/blog/polyglots-why-languages-are-important

I also made improvements to the Duala language page.

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

There are new language pages about:

• Mono-Alu, a Northwest Solomonic language spoken on Mono, Alu and Fauro islands in the Solomon Islands.
• Marovo, a Northwest Solomonic language spoken mainly in Marovo Lagoon in the Solomon Islands.
• Nduke, a Northwest Solomonic language spoken on Kolombangara Island in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands.
• Babatana, a Northwest Solomonic language spoken on Choiseul Island in the north of the Solomon Islands.

New numbers pages:

• Nduke, a Northwest Solomonic language spoken on Kolombangara Island in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands.
• Babatana, a Northwest Solomonic language spoken on Choiseul Island in the north of the Solomon Islands.
• Hoava, a Northwest Solomonic language spoken mainly in New Georgia Island in the Solomon Islands.
• Nishi (Nyishi / न्यिसि), a Western Tani language spoken in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam in the northeast of India.

There’s a new Omniglot blog post entitled Fictile Dairymaids about the shared origins of the words fictile, dairy and lady, and there’s the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is spoken along the Yukon River in Alaska in the USA.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Santa / Dongxiang (Sarta kelen / لھجکءاءل), a Mongolic language spoken in Gansu and Xinjiang provinces in the northwest of China.

In this week’s Celtic Pathways podcast, Needles and Scythes, we discover some Romance scythes in a heap of Celtic pins and needles.

On the Celtiadur blog there are new posts entitled Pins & Needles and Muddy Mires, and I made improvements to the posts about words for Red and Blue / Black / Dark.

I also made improvements to the Mundari Bani script page.

In other news, my current streak on Duolingo reached 2,400 days this week, and I finished all the Scottish Gaelic lessons. I’m currently studying Japanese, Spanish and Irish, and sometimes dipping into other languages, particularly Dutch.

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

There are new language pages about:

• Iranun, a Danao language spoken mainly in the southwest of Mindanao island in the south of the Philippines.
• Onhan (Inonhan​), a Western Bisayan language spoken mainly in the Province of Romblon in the Mimaropa region of the Philippines.
• Southern Sorsogon, a Central Bisayan language spoken in the south of Sorsogon Province in the Bicol Region of the Philippines.

New numbers pages:

• Onhan (Inonhan​), a Western Bisayan language spoken mainly in the Province of Romblon in the Mimaropa region of the Philippines.
• Shompen, a Nicobarese language spoken in Great Nicobar Island, part of the Indian union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

New phrases page: Gallo (galo), a Romance language spoken in parts of Brittany and Normandy in the northwest of France.

There’s a new Omniglot blog post entitled Mud Glorious Mud, which is about some mud-related words such as lutarious (of, pertaining to, or like, mud; living in mud), and there’s the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in the northwest of China.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Murrinh-Patha, an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on the west coast of Australia’s Northern Territory.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, we look into the marshy origins of the word Quagmire.

On the Celtiadur blog there are new posts entitled Through and Through and Betwixt and Between, and I made improvements to the Green & Verdant and Blue / Green / Grey posts.

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

There are new language pages about:

• Bahing (बायुङ्), a Western Kiranti language spoken in the west of Koshi Province in eastern Nepal.
• Jirel (ཇི་རེ་ལ་ / जिरेल), a Southern Tibetic language spoken mainly in Bagmati Province in eastern Nepal.
• Kahua (Anganiwai), a Southeast Solomonic language spoken on Makira island in the Solomon Islands

New writing system: Meetei Yelhou Mayek, a way to write Manipuri revived / created by Naoriya Phulo in the 1930s.

New phrases pages:

• Korku (कोरकू), a Munda language spoken mainly in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in central India.
• Kagate (स्युबा), a Tibetic language spoken in Bagmati Province in eastern Nepal.
• Samogitian (žemaitiu kalba), an Eastern Baltic language spoken in the Samogitia region in western Lithuania.

New numbers pages: Samogitian (žemaitiu kalba), an Eastern Baltic language spoken in the Samogitia region in western Lithuania.

There are new Omniglot blog posts about Duostories – translations of the stories from Duolingo in many languages, including ones not featured on Duolingo, and World Endangered Writing Day, a day to celebrate the world’s minority and indigenous scripts and communities, and there’s the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is spoken mainly in Togo in West Africa.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Interlingue (Occidental), an international auxiliary language based on Western European languages that was developed by Edgar von Wahl in the 1920s.

Since it’s been quite stormy here in the UK recently, in this week’s Adventure in Etymology, we look into the origins of the word Storm.

On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post about words for Stormy Weather and related things, and I made improvements to the posts about words for Black and White and related things.

I also made improvements to the Kabiye language page, and I made a separte page for the Tartessian language.

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

There are new language pages about:

• Kagate / Syuba (स्युबा), a Tibetic language spoken in Bagmati Province in eastern Nepal.
• Chaná (Lanték Yañá), a Charruan language spoken in Argentina.
• Chocha Ngacha (ཁྱོད་ཅ་ང་ཅ་ཁ་), a Tibetic language spoken in eastern Bhutan.

New constructed script: Sonos, an alternative phonetically-based script for English devised by C. Seguin and inspired by the Shavian alphabet.

New English spelling system: New Franklin Alphabet (Nju Fraŋklin Alfybet), an alternative way to write English devised by Haley Wakamatsu and based on Benjamin Franklin’s Phonetic Alphabet.

New numbers pages:

• Kagate / Syuba (स्युबा), a Tibetic language spoken in Bagmati Province in eastern Nepal.
• Korku (कोरकू), a Munda language spoken mainly in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in central India.
• Malinaltepec Tlapanec (Me̱ꞌphaa Mañuwìín), a variety of Tlapanec, an Oto-Manguean language spoken mainly in Guerrero in southern Mexico.

There’s a new Omniglot blog post entitled Lady Gunilda about the origins of the word gun, and there’s the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this is an International Auxiliary Language based on Romance languages.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Khasi (Ka Ktien Khasi / ক ক্ত্যেন খসি), an Austroasiatic language spoken mainly in Meghalaya state in northeastern India.

In this week’s Celtic Pathways podcast, we discover the soft and tender Celtic roots of the word Bog.

On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post about words for Bees and related beasts, and I made improvements to the posts about words for Lord, Ruler and To Read.

Improved page: Timbisha, Tiwi and Tlapanec language pages.

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

There are new language pages about:

• Darmiya (Dar’ma), a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in the state of Uttarakhand in northern India.
• Sengele (kɛsɛ́ngɛlɛ), a Bantu language spoken in southwest of the Democratic Repubic of the Congo.
• Mongo (Lɔmɔ́ngɔ), a Bantu language spoken in northwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• Gawri (ګاوری), a Dardic language spoken in the northwest of Pakistan.

New numbers pages:

• Sengele (kɛsɛ́ngɛlɛ), a Bantu language spoken in southwest of the Democratic Repubic of the Congo.
• Benga, a Bantu language spoken in southwestern Equatorial Guinea and northwestern Gabon.
• Kimbundu, a Bantu language spoken in the northwest of Angola.

There’s a new Omniglot blog post about Interlinguistic Conflicts, which is about how closely-related, or even unrelated, languages might fight for dominance in your head, and there’s 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 Provençal (prouvençau), a variety of Occitan spoken in Provence in the southeast of France.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, we’re dawdling, dilly-dallying and shilly-shallying as we look into the origins of the word Procrastination.

On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post entitled Modestly Humble, and I made improvements to the post about words for Free and related things.

Improved page: Bisu language page.

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

There are new language pages about:

• North Teke (Latege), a Bantu language spoken mainly in the southeast of Gabon, and also in the east of The Republic of the Congo.
• Benga, a Bantu language spoken in southwestern Equatorial Guinea and northwestern Gabon.
• Bamunka (Ŋgieməkɔʼkə), a Central Ring Grassfields language spoken mainly in the North West Region of Cameroon.

New numerals page: Kaktovik (Iñupiaq) numerals, a numerical system for Iñupiaq created in the early 1990s by middle school students in Kaktovik, Alaska, guided by their teacher.

New numbers page: Sikkimese (འབྲས་ལྗོངས་སྐད་), a Southern Tibetic language spoken in Sikkim in northeastern India, and in eastern Nepal.

There’s a new Omniglot blog post about Decals, and there’s the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Benga (bɛŋga), a Bantu language spoken in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

The recording comes from YouTube

In this week’s Celtic Pathways podcast, entitled Badgered Brochures, we discover the possible Celtic origins of words like brochure and brooch and find a link to badgers.

On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post about words for Worms & Maggots, and I made improvements to the post about words for Old and related things.

I also made improvements to the Ojibwe phrases page.

🎅 Merry (Multilingual) Christmas 🎄 to all who celebrate it! ☃️

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

There are new language pages about:

• Oku (əblam əbkwo), a Central Ring Grassfields language spoken in the Bui Division of the North West Region of Cameroon.
• Mmen (Mə̂nə̀), a Central Ring Grassfields language spoken in the Menchum Division of the Northwest Region of Cameroon.

New adapted script: Elifbaja Arabo-Shqip (ئەلیفبایا ئارابوَ-شچیپ), a way to write Albanian with the Arabic script devised by A. Elbrens.

New adapted script: Surat Tana, a way to write Indonesian and Malay with the Maldivian Thaana script devised by Xavier Merica.

New phrases page: Wayuu (Wayuunaiki), an Arawakan language spoken in northwestern Venezuela and northeastern Colombia.

New numbers page: Mmen (Mə̂nə̀), a Central Ring Grassfields language spoken in the Menchum Division of the Northwest Region of Cameroon.

There’s a new Omniglot blog post about the word Goosnargh, which is a village in Lancashire in the northwest of England, and has other meanings, and there’s the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Naskapi (ᓇᔅᑲᐱ‎), a Cree-Montagnais language spoken in northern Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology we’re examining the origins of the word Virus, because I seem to have picked up a bit of coronavirus 😷 this week, or possibly last week. I’m feeling better now, at the time of writing this, but not completely yet.

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

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