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

New language pages:

• Ngangam (miganganm), a Northern Gur language spoken in northeastern Togo and northwestern Benin.
• Mbukushu (thiMbukushu), a Bantu language spoken in Namibia, Angola, Botswana and Zambia.
• Belanda Viri, a Ubangian language spoken in the west and south of South Sudan.
• Glosa, an International Auxiliary Language based on Interglossa.

New numbers pages:

• Glosa, an International Auxiliary Language based on Interglossa.
• Interglossa, an International Auxiliary Language devised by Lancelot Hogben.
• Uropi, an International Auxiliary Language based on common Indo-European roots.
• Betawi (basè Betawi), a Malay-based creole spoken mainly in the Jakarta region of Indonesia.

On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Doorgetting about the doorway effect (forgetting why you entered a room as you walk through the door), and related things. There’s also the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

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

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Bhili (भीली / ભીલી), a Western Indo-Aryan language spoken in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh in central India.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, Sadly Satisfied, we find out whether the words sad and satisfied are related.

On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post entitled Tented Pavilions about words for tents, pavilions and related things in Celtic languages

Improved page: Interglossa language page

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