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

The new language pages this week are about:

• Western Pwo (ဖျိၩ့), a Karenic language spoken in southern Myanmar.
• Sümi, a Sino-Tibetan language spoken mainly in Nagaland in the northeast of India.
• Tai Laing (တႆးလꧥင်ꩽ), a southwestern Tai language spoken in northern Myanmar.
• Northern Pwo (พลอง), a Karenic language spoken in the northwest of Thailand.

There are a new numbers pages in:

• Mikasuki, an eastern Muskogean language spoken in Southern Florida in the USA.
• Alabama (Albaamo innaaɬiilka), an eastern Muskogean language spoken in Texas in the USA.
• Chickasaw (Chikashshanompa’), a Western Muskogean language spoken mainly in Oklahoma in the USA.

There’s a new page of words about the weather in Mandarin Chinese.

There’s a new page featuring words for Metals that are cognate is some or all of the Celtic languages.

There are new Tower of Babel translations in Northern Pwo and Western Pwo.

There’s an Omniglot blog post about table football, or Babyfoot as it’s known in French, and about Accents, which discusses whether you can say you speak a foreign language well if you have such a strong foreign accent that people find you difficult to understand, and there’s the usual Language Quiz – see if you can guess what language this is.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Tlahuitoltepec Mixe (Ayuujk), a Mixe-Zoque language spoken in parts of Oaxaca in southern Mexico.

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

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology we find out what connects the word lead with words such as flood, float and Pluto.

I also made improvements to the Cree phrases page.

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

The new language pages this week are about:

• Manumanaw Karen, a Central Karen language spoken in the southwest of Kayah State in eastern Myanmar.
• Pa’O (ပအိုဝ်ႏ), a Karen language spoken in Shan, Kayin, Kayah and Mon states in eastern Myanmar.
• Huallaga Quechua (Wallaqa Runashimi), a Central Quechuan language spoken in the Department of Huánuco in central Peru.

There’s a new constructed script: Timescript, which was designed by Jacqui Fashimpur and which uses animation as a critical feature.

There are a new numbers pages in:

• Ancash Quechua (Anqas Qichwa), a Central Quechua language spoken in the Department of Ancash in northwestern Peru.
• Kichwa (Kichwa Shimi), a Northern Quechuan language spoken in southern Ecuador.

There’s also a new phrases page in Kichwa.

There are new articles, in Chinese, about:

• 单音节词根语文字拼音化问题 (Looking at the problem of pinyinization of Chinese characters from the perspective of phonetic and semantic structure)
• 从音义结构看汉字拼音化问题 (Problems of Pinyinization of Monosyllabic Root Words)

There’s an Omniglot blog post entitled Befrogged about some interesting frog-related expressions in Dutch, and there’s the usual Language Quiz – see if you can guess what language this is.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Nias (Li Niha), a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on Nias Island and the Batu Islands off the west coast of Sumartra in Indonesia.

There are new Celtiadur posts are about words for Mind & Sense, Chess and related things in Celtic languages.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology we find out what connects word such as quiet and coy, quit and tranquil in an adventure called Quiet 🤫

I wrote a new song this week: Quiet Please

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

The new language pages this week are about:

• Bagri (बागड़ी), a Rajasthani language spoken in the northwest of India and in eastern and southern Pakistan.
• Mewari (मेवाड़ी), a Rahashtani language spoken mainly in northwestern and central India, and also in southern Pakistan.
• Eastern Pwo Karen (ဖၠုံ‎), a Karenic language spoken in southern Myanmar and northern Thailand.
• Aloápam Zapotec (tizha’), a Zapotecan language spoken in the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico.

There are a new numbers pages in:

• Aloápam Zapotec (tizha’) – see above.
• Huasteco (Teenek kaaw), a Mayan language spoken mainly in the states of San Luis Potosi and Veracruz in southern Mexico.
• Burushaski (بروشسکی‎), a language isolate spoken in northern Pakistan and northern India.

There’s a new article entitled: Three Scottish Gaelic dialects and their possible relationship to ancient history.

There’s an Omniglot blog post about Japanese words for Smile 🙂😃😄😎🙃 and related things, and there’s the usual Language Quiz – see if you can guess what language this is.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Bezhta (бежкьалас миц), a Northeast Caucasian language spoken mainly in southwestern Dagestan in the southwest of the Russian Federation, and also in eastern Georiga.

There are new Celtiadur posts are about words for Bolts and Locks, Heather and related things in Celtic languages.

In the Adventure in Etymology this week we find out what connects frolics and frogs in an adventure called Frolicking Frogs 🐸

I also made improvements to the S’gaw Karen language page.

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

The new language pages this week are about:

• Eton (Ìtón), a Bantu language spoken in central Cameroon.
• Ancash Quechua (Anqas Qichwa), a variety of Quechua spoken in the Department of Ancash in northwestern Peru.
• Kamba (Kikamba), a Bantu language spoken in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania.

There are a new numbers pages in:

• Kamba (Kikamba).
• Dane-zaa / Beaver (Dane-zaa Ẕáágéʔ), an Athabaskan language spoken in parts of British Columbia and Alberta in Canada.
• Karaim (Karay dili), a Turkic language spoken in Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine.

There’s a new constructed script: Shakeel, which is a way to write English, Arabic, Persian, Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi and other languages based on Chinese characters and devised by Muhammad Shakeel. It looks like this:

There’s an Omniglot blog post about the origins of the phrase Long Time, No See, and equivalents in Japanese and Chinese, and there’s the usual Language Quiz – see if you can guess what language this is.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Numanggang, a Finisterre-Huon language spoken in Morobe Province in Papua New Guinea.

There are new Celtiadur posts are about words for nephews, nieces and related people in Celtic languages.

In the Adventure in Etymology this week we find out what connects nepotism with nephews and popes.

I also made improvements to the Võro phrases page, which new includes recordings of all the phrases.

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

This week there are new language pages about:

• Haya (OluHaya), a Bantu language spoken in the Kagera region of northern Tanzania.
• Ili Turki (İlı turkeşi), a Turkic language spoken in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the northwest of China.
• Nyukyusa (Kɨnyakyʉsa), a Bantu language spoken around the northern end of Lake Malawi in northern Malawi and southern Tanzania.

There are a new numbers pages in:

• Salar (Salarcha), an Oghuz Turkic language spoken mainly in northwestern China.
• Urum (Урум), a Kypchak Turkic language spoken in southeastern Ukraine and central Georgia.
• Kumyk (Къумукъ тил), a Turkic language spoken mainly in the Dagestan Republic of Russian Federation.
• Old Turkic, a Siberian Turkic language that was spoken in parts of East and Central Asia and Eastern Europe between the 7th and 13th centuries AD.

The new Omniglot blog post this week is called Good Pickaxes, about the French word pioche (pickaxe, chance, luck), and there’s the usual Language Quiz – see if you can guess what language this is.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Siona (Gantëya coca), a Western Tucanoan language spoken in parts of Colombia and Ecuador.

There are new Celtiadur posts are about words for brothers, sisters and related people in Celtic languages.

In the Adventure in Etymology this week we look into the origins of the word technology.

I also made improvements to the Arvanitic language page.

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

This week there are new language pages about:

• Belhare (आठपहरिया / aṭhpariya), a Kiranti language spoken in Province No. 1 in eastern Nepal.
• Bantayanon, a Central Bisayan language spoken mainly on Bantayan Island in Cebu Province the Philippines.
• Pumi (prēn mì), a Qiangic language spoken in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in southwestern China.

There’s a new constructed script called Kakemoji, an alternative way to write Japanese invented by Heesu Kim and based on the Manchu alphabet.

There are a new numbers pages in:

• Brahui (براوی), a Dravidian language spoken mainly in the Balochistan region of Pakistan.
• Susu (Sosoxui), a Mande language spoken in Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal and Sierra Leone.
• Kirundi (Ikirundi), a Bantu language spoken mainly in Burundi.

The new Omniglot blog post this week is called Together Living, about words for community and society in Dutch and English, and there’s the usual Language Quiz – see if you can guess what language this is.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Pumi (prēn mì), a Qiangic language spoken in Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces in southwestern China.

The new Celtiadur posts this week are about words for fathers, mothers and related people in Celtic languages.

In the Adventure in Etymology this week we look into the origins of the word pique.

I also made improvements to the following pages: Võro numbers, Susu language, Tower of Babel in Võro, Mandarin Chinese and Classical Chinese, and I have recordings of Võro phrases which I’ll be adding when I have a spare moment or two.

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https://www.facebook.com/Omniglot-100430558332117

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

This week there are new pages about:

• Gogo (Cigogo), a Bantu language spoken mainly in the Dodoma Region in central Tanzania.
• Kuria (Igikuria), a Bantu language spoken in Tanzania and Kenya.
• Gusii (EkeGusii), a Bantu language spoken mainly in Kenya and also in Tanzania.

There are two new scripts for Karbi, a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in northern India. These are: Arleng / Karbi alphabet, which was created by Sarthe Teron Milik

and Karbi Mek’lek, which was invented by Ripu Rahang:

There’s a new constructed script for Malay called Humaira, which was invented by Abdul Latif Hamidin and is based on the Jawi (Arabic) script for Malay.

There are a new numbers pages in:

• Lakota (Lakȟótiyapi) and Dakota (Dakhótiyapi), Siouan languages spoken in parts of the USA and Canada.
• Gusii (EkeGusii), a Bantu language spoken in Kenya and Tanzania.

The new Omniglot blog post this week is called Dawning, and there’s the usual Language Quiz as well – see if you can guess what language this is.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Kosraean (Kosrae), a Micronesian language spoken in Kosrae State in the Federated States of Micronesia.

The Celtiadur post this week is about words for dough and related things in Celtic languages.

In the Adventure in Etymology this week we look into the origins of the word anniversary, as yesterday was my birthday, or the anniversary of my birth, and anniversary is etymologically more interesting than birthday.

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

The new language pages this week are:

• Tonga (Chitonga / iciTonga), a Bantu language spoken mainly in Zambia, and also in Zimbabwe.
• Nande (Kinande), a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• Mogholi (مُغُلی), a Mongolic language spoken the Herat region of Afghanistan.

There as new constructed script – Evhmelish / Abechedário Ejméliko, which is an alternative way to write Spanish invented Arturo Jiménez Zavala and based on the Mongolian Folded Script (Evhmel Bichig).

There a new adapated script – Cyrillic for Brazilian Portuguese, which was devised by Guilherme E. S.

There are a new numbers pages in: Northern Sotho (Sesotho sa Leboa), Southern Sotho (seSotho) and Swati (siSwati), which are all Bantu languages.

The new Omniglot blog posts this week are Rush Reeds and Unapologetic Accents, and the usual Language Quiz – see if you can guess what language this is.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Turoyo (Sūrayṯ / ܛܘܪܝܐ), a Neo-Aramaic language spoken in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria.

The Celtiadur post this week is about words for knots, bulges and related things in Celtic languages.

In the Adventure in Etymology this week we look into the origins of the word fool,

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https://www.facebook.com/Omniglot-100430558332117

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