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Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.
There are new language pages about:
- Dorig (Dōrig), a Southern Oceanic language spoken on the island of Gaua in Vanuatu.
- Siwu, a Kwa language spoken in the Volta Region in the southeast of Ghana.
- Logba (Ikpana), a Kwa language spoken in the Volta Region in the southeast of Ghana.
New constructed script: Trunic, which was created by Andrew Shouldice as an alternative way to write English in the game Tunic.
There are new numbers pages in:
- Dorig (Dōrig), a Southern Oceanic language spoken on the island of Gaua in Vanuatu.
- Logba (Ikpana), a Kwa language spoken in the Volta Region in the southeast of Ghana.
- Hiw, a Southern Oceanic language spoken on Hiw island in Vanuatu.
New family words page in Persian (Farsi)
On the Omniglot blog there’s a post about Valentine’s Day called Kissing Day, which is what it’s called in Scottish Gaelic (Là nam Pòg), and 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 Sinitic.
The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Tlapanec (Me̱ꞌpha̱a̱), an Oto-Manguean language spoken in the State of Guerrero in southern Mexico.
In this week’s Adventure in Etymology we’re giving Peace a chance, and finding out how it’s linked to words like pay, pact and fair.
On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post about words for Early and Soon and related things in Celtic languages.
There’s a new Celtic Pathways podcast about words for Land and related things in Celtic languages.
I also made improvements to the page of Numerals in various writing systems, and the Celtiadur posts about Days, Cattle and Land, Parishes & Enclosures.
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