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

New language pages:

• Yele, possibly a language isolate spoken on Rossel Island in the Louisiade Archipelago in east of Papua New Guinea.
• Hamtai, a Southeast Angan language spoken in Morobe and Gulf provinces in Papua New Guinea.

New constructed script: Pakis (Fern) Alphabet, which was created by Reza Sumanda for fun and as an alternative way to write Indonesian.

New constructed script: Melronian, which was invented by Murray Callahan for his conlang of the same name.

New adapted script: Tengwar for Lingala (Tengwala), a way to write Lingala with Tolkien’s Tengwar alphabet devised by Paul Mbongo.

On the Omniglot blog there’s the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what languages there are:

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

The mystery languages in last week’s language quiz were: Isnag, a member of the Northern Luzon branch of the Philippine language family spoken in the north of Luzon in the Philippines.

And Blaan (B’laan), a member of the South Mindanao branch of the Philippine language family spoken in the south of Mindanao in the Philippines.

They are related, as they both belong to the Philippine branch of the Malayo-Polynesian language family.

I forgot to mention in the recoding, but I also made improvements to the Marma language page.

If you celebrate Christmas or anything else at this time of year, I hope you had a good one, and I wish you a Happy New Year for 2025.

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

New language pages:

• Yaaku, a Lowland East Cushitic language spoken in western Kenya.
• Afitti (Dinik), an Eastern Sudanic language spoken in North Kordofan province in central Sudan.
• Daju Mongo (Dɑjiŋɡe), an Eastern Sudanic language spoken in the Gúera region in central Chad.
• Dilling (Warki), an Eastern Sudanic language spoken in the Nuba Mountains in Kordofan province in southern Sudan.
• Bube (Böbë), a Bantu language spoken mainly on Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea, and also in Gabon and Cameroon.
• Kogo (Ɓakógo), a Bantu language spoken in the Littoral and Southern Regions in southern Cameroon.
• Gaam (Gaahmg), an Eastern Sudanic language spoken in Blue Nile Province in the southeast of Sudan.

New constructed script: Hosalipi, an alternative abugida for Kannada devised by Atharva Sreekar.

New constructed script: Tehreek-istani, an alternative script for Urdu devised by Willem and based mainly on the Korean script.

New numbers pages:

• Dilling (Warki), an Eastern Sudanic language spoken in Kordofan State in southern Sudan.
• Mandailing Batak (Saro Mandailing), a Northern Batak language spoken mainly in North Sumatra Province in Indonesia.
• Batak Simalungun (Sahap Simalungun), a Southern Batak language spoken in the province of North Sumatra in Indonesia.
• Kogo (Ɓakógo), a Bantu language spoken in the Littoral and Southern Regions in southern Cameroon.

On the Omniglot blog, we discover what guillemets are, and what links chevrons to goats in a post entitled Guillemets & Goats, we find out what links the word epee/épée with the word spade in a post entitled Swords & Spades, and there’s the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what languages there are:

Here’s a clue: these languages are spoken in the Philippines.

On the Celtiadur blog there are new posts entitled Gorse & Furze and Swords & Spikes.

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

New language pages:

• Kuku (Kʊ́tʊ́k nà kùkù), an Eastern Nilotic language spoken in South Sudan and Uganda.
• Nyepu (Kútúk nà ŋyɛ́pʊ̀), an Eastern Nilotic language spoken in South Sudan.
• Ecuadorian Siona (Ba̠icoca), a Western Tucanoan language spoken mainly in northeastern Ecuador.
• Siona (Gantëya coca), a Western Tucanoan language spoken in southwestern Colombia.

New adapated script: Tengwar for Russian, a way to write Russian with Tolkein’s Tengwar script devised by Murray Callahan.

New numbers pages:

• Obolo, a Lower Cross River language spoken in southern Nigeria.
• Nuxalk (ItNuxalkmc), a Salishan language spoken in Bella Coola in British Columbia in Canada.

On the Omniglot blog this week, we discover what guillemets are, and what links chevrons to goats in a post entitled Guillemets & Goats 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 parts of Iran and Azerbaijan.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Yaaku (Mogogodo), a Lowland East Cushitic language spoken in western Kenya.

In this week’s Celtic Pathways podcast, Country Gardens, we uncover links between words for country and land in Celtic languages, and words for garden, wood and related things in other languages. It’s also available on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok

On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post entitled Cards in which we look into words for card and related things in Celtic languages.

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

New language pages:

• Yamba, a West Bamileke language spoken in southern Cameroon and eastern Nigeria.
• Tugen, a Kalenjin language spoken mainly in Baringo County in western Kenya.
• Rendille (Afi Renꞌdille), a Lowland East Cushitic language spoken in the north of the Eastern Province of Kenya.

New numbers pages:

• Wolaytta (Wolayttatto Doonaa), a North Omotic language spoken in southern Ethiopia.
• Äiwoo, an Oceanic language spoken in Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands.

New phrases page: Tugen, a Kalenjin language spoken in western Kenya.

On the Omniglot blog, there’s a new post entitled Paper Cards about the word carta which means paper in Italian and card in Spanish, and has various other meanings, another post entitled Mermaid Sirens, about differences between mermaids and sirens, 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 western Kenya.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Shawiya (Tacawit / ⵜⴰⵛⴰⵡⵉⵜ), a Northern Berber language spoken in Algeria and Tunisia, specifically the variety of Shawiya spoken in western Tunisia.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, entitled Office Opus, we find connections between the word office and words like copy, manure, opera, opulence and opus. It’s also available on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok

On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post entitled Disease about words for sickness, disease, grief and related things in Celtic languages, and I made improvements to the post about words for Death.

I also made improvements to the Wolaytta language page.

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

New language pages:

• Rongmei (Ruanglat / ꯔꯣꯡꯃꯩ), a Kuki-Chin-Naga language spoken in northeastern India.
• Kupsabiny (Kupsapiiny), a Kalenjin language spoken in the Eastern Region of Uganda.
• Lango (Laŋgo), an Eastern Nilotic language spoken in the Eastern Equatoria State of South Sudan.
• Nyangatom (Inyangatom), an Eastern Nilotic language spoken along the Omo River in southwestern Ethiopia.

New numbers pages:

• Yemba (Yɛmba), a West Bamileke language spoken in the Southwest and West regions of Cameroon.
• Xârâcùù, a Southern New Caledonian language spoken in the North Province of New Caledonia.

On the Omniglot blog, there’s a new post entitled Paved Floors, in which we investigate the Italian word pavimento (floor) and related words in 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 Tunisia.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Ladin, a Gallo-Romance language spoken in northern Italy. The recording is specifically in Col Ladin (Ladin da Col), a variety of Ladin spoken in Livinallongo del Col di Lana in the Province of Belluno in the region of Veneto in Italy.

In this week’s episode of the Celtic Pathways podcast, entitled Tan Oaks, we look into the possible Celtic roots of words such as tan, tannery and Tannenbaum. It’s also available on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok

On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post entitled Original Pedigree about words for origin, basisnobility, lineage and related things in Celtic languages, and I made improvements to the post about Oak (trees).

I also made improvements to the Yemba language page.

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