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

There are new language pages about:

• Isthmus Mixe (Ayüük), a Mixe-Zoque language spoken in Oaxaca in southern Mexico.
• Isan (อีสาน), a Lao-Phuthai language spoken in the Isan region in northeastern Thailand.

There are new numbers pages in:

• Isthmus Mixe (Ayüük)
• Isan (อีสาน)
• Hmong Dau / White Hmong (Hmongb Dleub), a variety of Hmong spoken in Vietnam, China and Laos.

There’s a new family words page in: Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ), a Mon-Khmer language spoken mainly in Cambodia, and also in Vietnam and Thailand.

There’s a new adapted script: Tengwar for Kurdish, a way to write Kurmanji Kurdish with Tolkien’s Tengwar alphabet devised by Ersen Yeşer.

There’s an Omniglot blog post called Sleep like a …, about idioms for sleeping well, such as sleep like a log, and the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in Alaska, and he’s talking about repairing fishing nets.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was
Dagaare, a Gur language spoken in Ghana and Burkina Faso.

There are new Celtiadur posts about words for Blood, Surfaces and related things in Celtic languages.

There’s an episode of the Celtic Pathways podcast about words for Wagons and Carts.

In the Adventure in Etymology we delve into the origins of the word nostril, and find out how it’s connected to such words as hood and heed.

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

There are new language pages about:

• Gulf Arabic (خليجي‎), a variety of Arabic spoken mainly around the Persian Gulf in the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Egypt, Saudi Arabic, Oman, Qatar and other countries.
• Kusaal (Kʋsaal), a Gur language spoken mainly in northern Ghana, and also in Burkina Faso and Togo.
• Southern Birifor (Birfoɔr), a Gur language spoken in northern Ghana and northeastern Côte d’Ivoire

There are new numbers pages in:

• Proto-Polynesian, the reconstructed ancestor of all modern Polynesian languages.
• Emae (Fakamakata), a Polynesian language spoken mainly on the island of Emae in Shefa province of Vanuatu.

There are new family words pages in:

• Lao (ພາສາລາວ), a Tai-Kadai language spoken mainly in Laos, and also in Cambodia and Vietnam.
• Thai (ภาษาไทย), a Tai-Kadai language spoken mainly in Thailand

There are now recordings of all the Finnish numbers

There’s an Omniglot blog post called Apologetic Thanks, about words for thanks and apologies in Chinese and Japanese, and the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in parts of West Africa.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Isan (ภาษาอีสาน), a Lao-Phutai language spoken in the Isan region in the northeast of Thailand.

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

There’s an episode of the Celtic Pathways podcast about words for Horses.

In the Adventure in Etymology we uncover the origins of the word hat, and find out how it’s connected to such words as hood and heed.

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

We have some new adapted and constructed scripts this week:

Tiukigul (튜키글), a way to write Turkish with the Korean Hangul script created by Adiljan Barat.

Göktürkçe, an alternative way to write modern Turkish with the Old Turkish (Göktürk) alphabet devised by Gökbey Uluç.

Scorapice Shorthand, a way write English with Russian shorthand devised by Anatole Fiodorov.

Ka Hakalama Hou, an alternative way to write Hawaiian created by Seth Van Middlesworth.

There are new language pages about:

• Mampruli (Ŋmampulli), a Gur language spoken in northern Ghana.
• Frafra (ninkãrɛ / gʋrnɛ / fãrfãre), a Gur language spoken in northern Ghan and southern Burkina Faso.
• Jian’ou (建甌事 / Gṳ̿ing-é-dī), a variety of Northern Min spoken in Jian’ou city in northern Fujian province in the southeast of China.

New phrases page: Oromo (Afaan Oromoo), a Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Egypt.

There are new numbers pages in:

• Tai Nuea (ᥖᥭᥰ ᥖᥬᥲ ᥑᥨᥒᥰ), a Southwestern Tai language spoken mainly in Yunnan province in the southwest of China. /li>
• Mossi (Mòoré), a Gur language spoken in Burkina-Faso, Mali and Togo.
• Mampruli (Ŋmampulli)

There a new version of the Tower of Babel story in Mampruli.

There’s a new article about The Scottish Gaelic dialects of St Kilda.

There’s an Omniglot blog post about the expression Six Ways to Sunday, which means ‘in every possible way/direction’, and the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in northern Thailand.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was North Slavey (Sahtúotʼı̨nę Yatį́), a Northern Athabaskan language spoken in the District of Mackenzie in the Northwest Territories of Canada.

There are new Celtiadur posts are about words for Servants, Bareness and related things in Celtic languages.

There’s an episode of the Celtic Pathways podcast about words for Servant and related people.

In the Adventure in Etymology we unpeel the origins of the word library, and find out how it’s connected to such words as lobby and lodge.

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

We have several new adapted and constructed scripts this week:

Compact Morse Code, a way to write Morse Code in a condensed way devised by Zmitro Lapcionak.

Swedish Runes (ᛋᚡᛂᚿᛋᚴᛆ᛫ᚱᚢᚿᚮᚱ), a way to write Swedish with medieval runes devised by Sven Salvenson.

ᛂᚿ᛫ᛑᛆᚵ᛫ᛒᚯᚱᚤᛆᛑᛂ᛫ᛋᚮᛚᛂᚿ᛫ᚮᚴ᛫ᚡᛁᚿᛑᛂᚿ᛫ᛒᚱᚰᚴᛆ᛫ᚮᛉ᛫ᚡᛂᛉ᛫ᛆᚠ᛫ᛑᛂᛉ᛫ᛋᚮᛉ᛫ᚠᛆᚱ᛫ᛋᛐᛆᚱᚴᛆᛋᛐ᛬ᛑᛂ᛫ᚴᚢᚿᛑᛂ᛫ᛁᚿᛐᛂ᛫ᛂᚿᛆᛋ᛫ᛋᚰ᛫ᛑᛂ᛫ᛒᛂᛋᛐᛅᛉᛑᛂ᛫ᛋᛁᛦ᛫ᚠᚯᚱ᛫ᛆᛐ᛫ᚢᛚᛉᛆᚿᛆ᛫ᚡᛆᚱᛆᚿᛑᚱᛆ᛫ᛔᚰ᛫ᛂᚿ᛫ᛚᛁᛐᛂᚿ᛫ᛐᛅᚡᛚᛁᚿᚵ᛬”ᛋᛂᚱ᛫ᛑᚢ᛫ᛉᛆᚿᛂᚿ᛫ᛑᛅᚱ᛫ᚿᛂᚱᛂX”ᛋᛆᛑᛂ᛫ᚡᛁᚿᛑᛂᚿ ᛐᛁᛚ᛫ᛋᚮᛚᛂᚿ᛬”ᛚᚰᛐ᛫ᚮᛋ᛫ᛋᛂ᛫ᚡᛂᛉ᛫ᛋᚮᛉ᛫ᚴᛆᚿ᛫ᛋᛚᛁᛐᛆ᛫ᛆᚡ᛫ᛡᚮᚿᚮᛉ᛫ᚱᚮᚴᛂᚿ᛫ᛋᚿᛆᛒᚿᛋᛐ᛬”

Goulsse, a way to write the Gur languages of West Africa developed by Wenitte Apiou and Babaguioue Micareme Akouabou.

There are new language pages about:

• Tai Dón (ꪼꪕꪒꪮꪙꫀ), a Southwestern Tai language spoken in Vietnam, Laos and China.
• Láá Láá Bwamu (làa làa bũamu), a Gur language spoken in Balé Province in the Boucle du Mouhoun Region, and in the Hauts-Bassins Region of Burkina Faso.

New phrases page: Yongbei Zhuang (Cuengh), a variety of Zhuang spoken in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China.

There are new numbers pages in:

• Yongbei Zhuang (Cuengh)
• Tai Dam (ꪼꪕꪒꪾ), a Southwestern Tai language spoken in Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and China.

There’s an Omniglot blog post entitled Before the Deluge, which is about the word antediluvian and related words, 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 Canada.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Judeo-Arabic (ערבית יהודית), a variety of Arabic spoken by Jews in Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, Yemen, Israel and the USA.

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

There’s an episode of the Celtic Pathways podcast about words for Druids and related people.

In the Adventure in Etymology we look at the word photoptarmosis (a condition that involving sneezing when exposed to bright lights such as the sun).

I made improvements to the Tai Dam language page, and made a separate page about the Tai Viet script.

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

This week there are new language pages about:

• Porohanon, a Central Bisayan language spoken in the Camotes Islands in Cebu province in the Philippines.
• Athpare (आठपहरिया‎), an Eastern Kiranti language spoken in the Dhankuta District in eastern Nepal.
• Bukusu (Lubukusu), a Bantu language spoken in southwestern Kenya.

There are new numbers pages in:

• Pingelapese, a Micronesian language spoken mainly in Pingelap and Pohnpei in Micronesia.
• Bonggi, a North Bornean language spoken mainly on Banggi Island in Sabah, Malaysia.
• Tobian (ramarih Hatohobei), a Micronesian language spoken in the Hatohobei and Koro states in Palau.

There’s a new article about Scottish Gaelic dialects of Arran.

On the Omniglot blog this week we have a post about Japanese words and idioms related to tatami called Tatami Swimming, and the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is distantly related to Thai and Lao.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Ronga (XiRonga), a Central Bantu language spoken mainly in southern Mozambique, and also eastern South Africa

There are new Celtiadur posts are about words for Raw, Rotten and related things in Celtic languages.

There’s an episode of the Celtic Pathways podcast about words for person, human and related things.

In the Adventure in Etymology we find out what links the word Dean with words such as doyen, decimal and December.

During the heatwave earlier this week I wrote a new song called Melting, which goes something like this:

Normal service has been resumed and the weather, at least here in Bangor, is now it bit cooler.

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

This week there are new language pages about:

• Haroi, a Chamic language spoken in southern Vietnam.
• Palikúr (Pa’ikwaki), a Northern Arawakan language spoken in Brazil and French Guiana.
• Suwawa, a Philippine language spoken in the district of Suwawa in the Bone Bolango Regency in Gorontalo Province on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.

There are new numbers pages in:

• Bambassi (Màwés Aasʼè), an Omotic language spoken in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of western Ethiopia.
• Apurinã (ドゥナンムヌイ), an Arawakan language spoken in the states of Amazonas and Mato Grosso in Brazil.
• Ewondo, a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon.

On the Omniglot blog this week we have posts about Wurbling Wurblers, about Scots words for crawling, worms and related things; the League of the Lexicon, a new language-based game that was launched this week, and the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is spoken mainly in Mozambique.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Dogri (डोगरी / ڈوگری‬), a Western Pahari language spoken in the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab in northern India.

There are new Celtiadur posts are about words for Brushes and Broom, Ferns and Bracken and related things in Celtic languages.

I started a new series on Radio Omniglot this week called Celtic Pathways, in which I explore connections between Celtic languages, and search for Celtic roots in other languages. such as English, French and Spanish. This is something I’ve been thinking about doing for quite a while, and finally got round to. The first episode looks at words for Languages and Tongues.

In the Adventure in Etymology we’re uncovering the mysterious and puzzling origins of the word riddle.

I also made improvements to the general page about Quechua, adding details of Classical Quechua and making a separate page about Cuzco Quechua.

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

This week there are new language pages about:

• Lhowa (ॱलोवा), a Central Bodish language spoken in Gandaki Province in central Nepal
• Yola (Yola Taalke), an Anglic language that was spoken in County Wexford in the southeast of Ireland until 1998, and which is currently being revived.
• Munji (مونجى) – an Eastern Iranian language spoken in northeastern Afghanistan
• Yidgha (یدغہ) – an Eastern Iranian language spoken in northern Pakistan

New adapated script:

Głagolicy (Ⰳⱉⰰⰳⱁⰾⰹⱌⱏ), a way to write Polish with the Glagolitic alphabet devised by Allison Powell. It looks like this:

Ⰲⱎⱏⱄⱌⱏ ⰾⱆⰼⰻⰵ ⱃⱁⰷⱘ ⱎⰻⱔ ⰲⱁⰾⱀⰻ ⰹ ⱃⱆⰲⱀⰻ ⰲ ⱄⰲⱁєⰺ ⰳⱁⰴⱀⱁⱎⰻⱍⰻ ⰹ ⱂⱃⰰⰲⰰⱈ. Ⱄⱘ ⱁⰱⰴⰰⰶⰵⱀⰹ ⱃⱁⰸⱆⰿⰵⰿ ⰹ ⱄⱆⰿⰻⰵⱀⰻⰵⰿ ⰹ ⱂⱁⰲⰹⱀⱀⰻ ⱂⱁⱄⱅⱔⱂⱁⰲⰰⱍⰻ ⰲⱁⰱⰵⱌ ⱎⰻⰵⰱⰻⰵ ⰲ ⰴⱆⱈⱆ ⰱⱃⰰⱅⰵⱃⱄⱅⰲⰰ.

There are also new numbers pages in:

• Lun Bawang (Buri’ Lun Bawang), a North Bornean language spoken in Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei.
• Yola (Yola Taalke)
• Ho (𑢹𑣉𑣉 𑣎𑣋𑣜 / hōō jagara), a Munda language spoken mainly in the Indian states of Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal.

There’s an Omniglot blog post about Pseudonyms and related words, a post entitled Distreetly Discrete, which is about keeping the words discrete and discreet discrete, and the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language has the same name as a US state, although it is not spoken in that state.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Pennsylvania Dutch / German (Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch), a variety of German spoken mainly in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana in the USA, and in Ontario in Canada.

There are new Celtiadur posts are about words for Soft and Tender, Emptiness and related things in Celtic languages.

In the Adventure in Etymology we dive into the world of puffins.

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