Omniglot News (08/10/23)

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

There are new language pages about:

  • Igala (Ígáláà), a Northern Vanuatu language spoken in Gaua, one of the Banks Islands in Torba Province in the north of Vanuatu.
  • Daasanach (Af Daasanach), a Lowland East Cushitic language spoken in the Meka area in the southeast of Cameroon.
  • Waata (Waatah), an East Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia, Kenya and South Sudan.
  • Hadiyya (Hadiyyisa) – a Highland East Cushitic language spoken in southwestern Ethiopia.

New numbers pages:

  • Igala (Ígáláà), a Northern Vanuatu language spoken in Gaua, one of the Banks Islands in Torba Province in the north of Vanuatu.
  • Iraqw (Kángw Iraqw), a Cushitic language spoken in northern Tanzania
  • Hän (Häł gołan), a Northern Athabaskan language spoken in Alaska in the USA, and the Yukon Territory in Canada.

There’s a new Omniglot blog post called Gaga, about the dialect of Saint-Étienne in the southeast of France, and there’s the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this is a Micronesian language.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Katcha, a variety of Kadugli (a Central Kadu language) spoken in southern Sudan.

There’s a new Celtiadur post entitled Rewarding Gifts and I improved the posts about words for Speckled and Spotted and Heavy.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology podcast, we’re wondering about the wandering origins of the word Extravagant.

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