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Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.
New constructed script: Soneka, which was devised by Paul Mbongo as an alternative way to write Lingala.
New constructed script: Oktyr, which was created by Gruzijslav Zistoksovshvili (გრუზისლავი ზისტოქსოვშვილი) to write a constructed language by the same name.
New adapated script: Tengwar for Greek, a way to write Greek with Tolkien’s Tengwar script created by Stavros and Nikos Neofotistos.
There are new language pages about:
- Urak Lawoi’ (อูรักลาโวยจ), a Malayic language spoken in Phuket, Krabi and Satun provinces in southern Thailand.
- Bengkulu (Baso Bengkulu), a Malayic language spoken in the southwest of Sumatra in Indonesia.
- Tobelo, an West Papuan language spoken in North Maluku Province in eastern Indonesia.
- Galela (Hadiyyisa) – a West Papuan language spoken in North Maluku Province of Indonesia.
New numbers pages:
- Urak Lawoi’ (อูรักลาโวยจ), a Malayic language spoken in Phuket, Krabi and Satun provinces in southern Thailand.
- Heiltsuk (Haiɫzaqvla), a northern Wakashan language spoken in British Colimbia in Canada.
- Haisla (X̄a’’islak̓ala), a northern Wakashan language spoken in British Colimbia in Canada.
There’s a new Omniglot blog post about the expression Jot & Tittle, which refers to the the smallest details, 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 Norway and Sweden.
The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Carolinian (Refalúwasch), a Micronesian language spoken in the Northern Mariana Islands.
There’s a new Celtiadur post entitled Haughty Pride and I improved the post about words for Right & South.
In this week’s Celtic Pathways podcast, we find connections between words for Big in Celtic languages and words related to chestnuts in other languages.
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