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Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.
New phonetic script: Vniverall (Universal) Alphabet, which was created by Thomas Harriot in the 1580s as a way to write the Carolina Algonquian language.
New constructed script: Ranting Mualang, which was created by Reza Sumanda as is a way to write Mualang, a Ibanic language spoken in West Kalimantan Province in Indonesia.
New adapted script: Hindica (हिन्दिट), a way to write Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, etc with the Devanagari script devised by Melvin Hukarević.
New language pages:
- Katu (Kơtu), a Katuic language spoken in central Vietnam and southeastern Laos.
- Aushi (Ikyaushi), a Northeast Bantu language spoken in the northeast of Zambia and the southeast of the DRC.
- Pacoh, (Pacóuh), a Katuic language spoken mainly in central Vietnam, and also in southern Laos.
New numbers pages:
- Kutenai (ktunaxa), a language isolate spoken in Montana and Idaho in the USA, and British Columbia in Canada.
- Pacoh, (Pacóuh), a Katuic language spoken mainly in central Vietnam, and also in southern Laos.
On the Omniglot blog we find out whether the words show, sheen and shine are connected in a post entitled Shiny Sheens Show, 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 Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was: Nukumanu, a Polynesian language spoken on Nukumanu Island in Bougainville province in Papua New Guinea.
In this week’s Celtic Pathways podcast, Shovelling Oars, we uncover the Celtic roots of words for oar, to row and related things in Basque.
It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.
On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post about words for Barrels, Tuns & Casks, and related things in Celtic languages.
Improved Celtiadur post: Thick
Here’s a new recording of a song I wrote in July 2012 called Chaos or The Tidy Person’s Lament – now with added chaos!
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https://www.omniglot.com/news/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/omniglot/
https://www.facebook.com/Omniglot-100430558332117
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