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Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.
New language pages:
- Upper Necaxa Totonac, a Central Totonac language spoken in Puebla in southeastern Mexico.
- Ngwo (Engwo), a Southern Bantoid language spoken in the North West Region of Cameroon.
- Nizaa (Nízɑɑ̀), a Mambiloid language spoken in the Adamawa Region in northern Cameroon.
New numbers page:
- Upper Necaxa Totonac, a Central Totonac language spoken in Puebla in southeastern Mexico.
- Nizaa (Nízɑɑ̀), a Mambiloid language spoken in the Adamawa Region in northern Cameroon.
Improved phrases page: Kichwa – now with translations and recordings of all the phrases.
New Tower of Babel translations:
- Orokolo, a Western Eleman language spoken in Gulf Province in Papua New Guinea.
- Khakas (Хакас тілі), a Turkic language spoken in the Republic of Khakassia in southern Russia.
In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, Yawning Hiatus, we discover what links the word hiatus with yawning.
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On the Omniglot blog we find out when a number is not a number in a post entitled Numbering Houses, and there’s the usual language quiz. See if you guess what language this is:
Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in Angola.
The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Yidgha (یدغہ), an Eastern Iranian language spoken in northern Pakistan.
On the Celtiadur blog this week there’s a new post about words for you and related things entitled You Yourself.
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