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

New writing system: Basahan, a version of Baybayin script that was used to write Bikol languages until the mid-19th century.

There are new language pages about:

• Mavea, a Southern Oceanic language spoken on the island of Mavea in northern Vanuatu.
• Ske, a Southern Oceanic language spoken in the southwest of Pentecost Island in Vanuatu.
• Lo-Toga, a Southern Oceanic language spoken on the islands of Lo and Toga, which are part of the Torres group of islands in northern Vanuatu.

New page about: Medefaidrin, a language and script that was created in the 1930s by two church leaders in a congregation of Ibibio speakers in southern Nigeria.

Aksara Naon, which was created by Ahmad Syibli as an alternative way to write Sundanese and Indonesian.

New constructed script: Semanggi, which was created by Pardomuan Harahap as an alternative way to write Indonesian.

There are new numbers pages in:

• Lo-Toga, a Southern Oceanic language spoken on the islands of Lo and Toga in northern Vanuatu.
• Lakon, a Southern Oceanic language spoken on Gaua island in Vanuatu.

On the Omniglot blog there’s a post about the Dutch word Ietsiepietsie, which means a little, a little bit, or a teeny tiny bit, and the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

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

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was
She (Ho Ne), a Hmong-Mien language spoken in Guangdong Province in southern China.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology we’re unraveling the origins of the word Wicker.

On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post about words for Baskets and related things in Celtic languages.

There’s a new Celtic Pathways podcast about words for Hurdles and related things in Celtic languages.

I also made improvements to the Dives Akuru page.

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