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

There are new language pages about:

• Nahavaq (Lhiimaqalhqamaꞌ), a Southern Oceanic spoken on Malekula Island in Malampa Province of Vanuatu.
• Noakhailla (নোয়াখাইল্লা), an eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in the southeast of Bangladesh, and also in the northeast of India
• Mamasa, a South Sulawesi language spoken in West Sulawesi Province in central Indonesia.

New constructed script: Terraphon, which is an alternative way to write American English devised by Earthcat Terrence.

New numbers pages:

• Nahavaq (Lhiimaqalhqamaꞌ), a Southern Oceanic spoken on Malekula Island in Malampa Province of Vanuatu.
• Zaghawa (Beria), an Eastern Saharan language spoken mainly in parts of Chad and Sudan.
• Istriot (Lèngua Eîstriota), a Romance language spoken in the south west of the Istrian Peninsula in Croatia

On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post called Hiding in Caves in which we find out what links the word grotesque with caves and hiding., 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 Philippines.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Limbu (ᤕᤠᤰᤌᤢᤱ ᤐᤠᤴ), a Kiranti language spoken in eastern Nepal and northeastern India.

There’s a new Celtiadur post about the words companion, ceilidh and related things in Celtic languages, and I made improvements to posts about words for https://www.omniglot.com/celtiadur/2020/03/22/badgers/Badgers, and Circles.

In the Celtic Pathways podcast we investigate the possible Celtic origins of the word Phon(e)y and find out how it is connect to words for ring and related things.

I also made improvements to the Zaghawa, Uzbek, Karakalpak, Uyghur, Kazakh and Tatar language pages.

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

There are new language pages about:

• Huehuetla Tepehua (Lhiimaqalhqamaꞌ), a Totonacan spoken in central Mexico.
• Pááfang, a Micronesian language spoken in Chuuk State in the Federated States of Micronesia
• Tai Hongjin (Taj₄hong₆tjin₃), a Southwestern Tai language spoken mainly in Yunan Province in the southwest of China, and also in Chiang Rai Province in northern Thailand.

New constructed script: Kanabasic, which is an alternative way to write Japanese created by Safebox that is half-way between romaji and kana.

New numbers pages:

• Huehuetla Tepehua (Lhiimaqalhqamaꞌ), a Totonacan spoken in central Mexico.
• Tai Hongjin (Taj₄hong₆tjin₃), a Southwestern Tai language spoken mainly in Yunan Province in the southwest of China
• Karachay-Balkar (Къарачай-Малкъар тил), a Turkic language spoken mainly in Kabardino-Balkaria, in the Russia Federation.

On the Omniglot blog we find out what conects the word gossamer with the words Goose and Summer, 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 Nepal and India.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Yucuna (Jukuna), a Northern Maipurean or Arawakan language spoken in the south of Colombia

There’s a new Celtiadur post about words for Near and Close and related things in Celtic languages, and I made improvements to the posts about words for Gods and Goddesses, Small and Big, Large and Great.

In the Adventure in Etymology we investigate the origins of the word Twilight and related words.

I also wrote a new song this week called Farewell that goes something like this:

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

There are new language pages about:

• Thai Song (ꪩꪱꪫꪶꪎ꫁ꪉ / ลาวโซ่ง), a Southwestern Tai language spoken in central Thailand
• Oroko, a Bantu language spoken in southern Cameroon.
• Ninde, a Southern Oceanic language spoken in central Vanuatu.

New fictional script: Sheikah, which is used to write English and Japanese in the games The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity.

New numbers pages:

• Kupsabiny, a Southern Nilotic language spoken in eastern Uganda.
• Ludic (lüüdin kiel’), a Finnic language spoken in part of the Republic of Karelia in Russia
• Qashqai (Qaşqay dili), a Western Oghuz Turkic language spoken mainly in the Fars region of Iran.
• Western Yugur (yoɣïr lar), a North East Turkic language spoken in Gansu Province in northwestern China.
• Ili Turki (İlı turkeşi), a Turkic language spoken in northwestern China and Kazakhstan.

On the Omniglot blog there’s a post entitled Smiling Hum about the Finnish word hymy (smile), and related words, 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 Colombia

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Gawwada, a Cushitic language spoken in southern Ethiopia.

There’s a new Celtiadur post about words for Blind and related things in Celtic languages, and I made improvements to the post about words for Kings and related things.

In the Celtic Pathways podcast we uncover the Celtic roots of the word Cream.

In other news, I went to two French conversation groups this week – the usual one on Thursday night in Bangor, and another one on Wednesday night in Dinas Dinlle. It was nice to meet some new people and to see a place I hadn’t been to before.

For more Omniglot News see:
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https://twitter.com/Omniglossia
https://www.facebook.com/groups/omniglot/
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Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.

There are new language pages about:

• West Uvean (Fagauvéa), a Polynesian language spoken on the island of Uvea in New Caledonia.
• Krache (Krakye), a North Guang language spoken in eastern Ghana.
• Wayampi (Wajãpi), a Northern Tupí-Guarani language spoken in northern Brazil and the southeast of French Guiana.

New adapted script: Latvilica, a way to write Latvian with the Cyrillic alphabet created by Wojciech Grala

Виси цилвеьки пиеѕимст бриьви ун виенлиьѕиьги саваь пашциењаь ун тиесиьбаьс. Вињи ир апвелтиьти ар сапраьту ун сирдсапзињу, ун вињием яьизтурас цитам прет циту браьлиьбас гараь.

New numbers pages:

• West Uvean (Fagauvéa), a Polynesian language spoken on the island of Uvea in New Caledonia.
• Ndyuka (Aukans), an English-based creole spoken in parts of Suriname and French Guiana.
• Saramaccan (Saamáka), a Portuguese-based creole spoken in Suriname and French Guiana.
• Bislama, an English-based creole language spoken in Vanuatu.

On the Omniglot blog there’s a post entitled Singing Cows about the origins of the word bazooka, 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 Ethiopia

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Ravula (യേരവാ / ಯೇರವಾ), a Dravidian language spoken in Karnataka and Kerala in southern India

There are new Celtiadur posts about words for Wheels and Hard and related things in Celtic languages, and I made improvements to the posts about Hills and Elbows

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology we uncover the woody origins of the word Busk.

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

There’s a new writing system: Fox alphabet, which was used to write Fox, an Algonquian language spoken in parts of Oklahoma, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska in the USA.

There are new language pages about:

• Kyode (Gikyode), a North Guang language spoken in eastern Ghana.
• Emerillon (Teko), a Tupian language spoken in southern French Guiana.
• Sauk (Thâkiwâtowêweni), an Algonquian language spoken in parts of Oklahoma, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska in the USA.

New phrases pages: Silly Finnish and Sauk.

New numbers pages:

• Kyode (Gikyode), a North Guang language spoken in eastern Ghana.
• Aiton (တႝ ဢႝတွꩫ်), a Southwestern Tai language spoken in the state of Assam in the northeast of India.
• Caucasian Albanian (𐔰𐕅𐕒𐕡𐔰𐕎𐔼𐔿 𐔲𐔼𐕙𐕎 𐔶), a northeast Caucasian language once spoken in Azerbaijan and Daghestan.

On the Omniglot blog there’s a post about the word Asunto and related words in Finnish and other languages, 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 India.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Fox / Meskwaki (Meshkwahkihaki), an Algonquian language spoken in parts of Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa in the USA.

There are new Celtiadur posts about words for Beaks and Snouts, the number Hundred and related things in Celtic languages.

In the Celtic Pathways podcast we discover the Celtic roots of words like Gob and Beak.

Improved page: Fox language, and I added some code to the languages, phrases, numbers and constructed scripts index pages so that you can see which pages have been added recently.

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

You can also listen to this podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Stitcher, TuneIn, Podchaser, PlayerFM or podtail.

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

There are new language pages about:

• Kafa (kafí noonoó / የከፋ-ቋንቋ), a North Omotic language spoken in the Keffa Zone in the south west of Ethiopia.
• she shashishalhem (She Sháshishálhem), a Coast Salishan language spoken in the southwest of British Columbia in Canada.
• Nooksack (Lhéchalosem), a Coast Salishan language spoken in the northwest Washington State in the USA.

New numbers pages:

• Sinte Romani, (Sintitikes), a Romani language spoken in Germany, France, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy.
• Welsh Romani, (Romnimus / Kååle), a Romani language that was spoken in Wales until about 1968.
• Finnish Kalo (kaalengo tšimb), a Northwestern Romani language spoken mainly in Finland and Sweden.
• Caló (kaalengo tšimb), a mixed Iberian-Romani language spoken in Brazil, Spain, France, Portugual and Columbia.

On the Omniglot blog there’s a post called Moon’s Ear, about the names of the @ symbol in various langauges, 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 on one small island in the South Pacific Ocean.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Hill Mari (Кырык мары йӹлмӹ), a Uralic language spoken mainly in the Mari El Republic in the Russian Federation.

There are new Celtiadur posts about words for Spears and Javelins and the number Ten, and related things, in Celtic languages.

The Celtic Pathways podcast this week, Spears and Sceptres, discovers links between words for spears and related things in Celtic languages with words for arrows and sceptres in Basque and Armenian.

In other news, Duolingo appear to have suspended their ‘refer a friend’ offer. This was a way to get Super Duolingo, the paid version of their app, for free. For every person who signed up via your referal link, you got a free week of Super Duolingo. I put links on Omniglot, and have enjoyed many months of using Super Duolingo. It reverted back to the free version for me this morning, with all the tedious ads, and limited hearts and other restrictions. I’ve got so used to using the paid version, that I might have to start paying for it now. I’ve just signed up for the free 2 week trial. My current streak reached 2,178 days (nearly 6 years) today, by the way, and I have no intention of stopping any time soon.

For more Omniglot News see:
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/omniglot/
https://www.facebook.com/Omniglot-100430558332117

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

New page: Armeno-Turkish (Էրմէնի խարֆլի Թիւրգչէ), a way to write Ottoman Turkish with the Armenian alphabet that was used in the Ottoman Empire until 1928.

Պիւթիւն ինսանլար հիւր, հաեսիեէթ վէ հաքլար պաքըմընտան էշիթ տoղարլար. Աքըլ վէ վիճտանա սահիփթիրլէր վէ պիրպիրլէրինէ քարշը քարտէշլիք զիհնիեէթի իլէ հարէքէթ էթմէլիտիրլէր.

There are new language pages about:

• Kar (kar / kái yor), a Senufo language spoken in the southwest of Burkina Faso.
• Cebaara (senã́rì), a Senufo language spoken in northern Ivory Coast
• Dan, a Southeastern Mande language spoken in Ivory Coast, Libera and Guinea.

New phrases page: I’m learning [your language] – how to tell people that you’re learning their language in their language.

New numbers pages:

• Waama, a Gur language spoken in Atakora Department in the northwest of Benin.
• Kabiye (kabɩyɛ), a Gur language spoken in Togo, Benin and Ghana.

New Tower of Babel translation: Cebaara

On the Omniglot blog there’s a post called Oof! What a Hash!, about the origins and names of the # symbol, 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 west of the Russian Federation.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Konobo, a Western Kru language spoken in Liberia.

There’s a new Celtiadur post about words for Nine and related things in Celtic languages.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology we take a seat to uncover the origins of the the word Chair, and find out how it’s connected to words like cathedral, catastrophe and cataract.

In other news: I was interviewed by Carlos Yerba López for his Hyperpolyglot Activist channel on YouTube:

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

New writing system: Komering, a traditional script from the province of South Sumatra in Indonesia that was used to write Komering, a Lampungic language spoken along the Komering River.

There are new language pages about:

• Yamdena (Yakw), a Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian spoken mainly on Yamdena and Selaru islands in the Tanimbar archipelago in Maluku Province in eastern Indonesia.
• Kei (Veveu Evav), a Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian spoken in the Kei Islands in Maluku Province in eastern Indonesia.
• Fordata (vaidida), a Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian spoken in the Tanimbar archipelago in Maluku Province in eastern Indonesia.

New fictional script: Nunkish, which appears in the Violet Evergarden (ヴァイオレット・エヴァーガーデン) anime TV series, and is used to write Nunkish, an encrypted version of Tamil.

New constructed script: Urin Qichwa Simipaq Musuq Qillqa, an alternative way to write Southern Quechua invented by TheDankBoi69.

New numbers page: Yamdena, Lampung and Komering

On the Omniglot blog we find out what links the words Croissant and Cereal, 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 mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Dolgan (Дулҕан), a northern Turkic language spoken in the Taymyr Peninsula in the far north of the Russian Federation.

There’s a new Celtiadur post about words for Eight and related things, and I made improvements to the posts about words for Pigs and the number four.

The Celtic Pathways podcast this week, Hogging Sockets, uncovers links between words for pigs in Celtic languages with words like hog and socket in English.

I also improved the Somali language page and made separate pages for the Osmanya, Borama / Gadabuursi and Kaddare alphabets.

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

You can also listen to this podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Stitcher, TuneIn, Podchaser, PlayerFM or podtail.

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

There are new language pages about:

• Fordata (vaidida), a Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian spoken in the Tanimbar archipelago in the province of Maluku in eastern Indonesia.
• Lamaholot, a Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian spoken on Flores, Solor and nearby islands in the province of East Nusa Tengara in eastern Indonesia.
• Alorese, a Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian spoken in the Alor Regency in East Nusa Tenggara Province in eastern Indonesia.

New constructed script: Lofrati, a script invented by Sahin Ozmen that is modelled on Arabic and Hebrew scripts, and is used to write a constructed language by the same name.

New constructed script: Our Secret Garden, a script based on flowers created by Rodrigo Witzel.

New constructed script: Plutonian, an alternative alphabet for English devised by Aiden Neuding.

New numbers page: Fordata, Lamaholot, Alorese, Bunun, Tsou and Kerinci.

There’s a new Omniglot blog post about called Roses (薔薇), about kanji (characters) that Japanese people struggle to write, and the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in the far north of the Russian Federation.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Butuanon, a Southern Bisayan language spoken in Agusan del Norte and Agusan de Sul provinces in Mindanao in the Philippines.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology we uncover the fiery origins of the word Bureau.

There are new Celtiadur posts about words for Booths and Seven and related things in Celtic languages.

I also created separate pages the Lota Ende and Incung scripts, and for the Lio and Ende languages, and improved the Kerinci language page.

For more Omniglot News see:
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https://twitter.com/Omniglossia
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