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

New language pages:

• Ahwai (indùn), a Plateau language spoken in Kaduna State in central Nigeria.
• Gokana (Gòkánà), an East Ogoni language spoken in Rivers State in southern Nigeria.
• Hasha (Hàshà), an Alumic language spoken in Nasarawa State in the North Central region of Nigeria.

New constructed script: Aksara Varadun, an alternative way to write Indonesian created by Zafran Al Fathan.

New numbers page: Gokana (Gòkánà), an East Ogoni language spoken in Rivers State in southern Nigeria.

New phrases page Nyamwezi, a Bantu language spoken in western Tanzania.

New Tower of Babel translations:

• Mongo (Ngiembɔɔn), a Bamileke language spoken in the West Region in southwestern Cameroon.
• Hanunoo (Hanunó’o), a South Mangyan language spoken in Mindoro in the Philippines.
• Loma (Löömàgòòi), a Southwestern Mande language spoken in northern Liberia
• Maiadomu, a Western Oceanic language spoken in Milne Bay Province in Papua New Guinea.
• Makhuwa (Emakhuwa), a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique and Tanzania.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, entitled Gracefully Pleasing, we uncover the gratefully pleasing roots of the word grace.

It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

On the Omniglot blog this week we find out links a New World monkey, a type of cloak, an order of friars and a type of coffee in a post entitled Monks, Monkeys & Coffee, and there’s the usual language quiz. See if you guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in Canada and the USA.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Tacana, a Western Tacanan language spoken in La Paz Department in northwestern Bolivia.

On the Celtiadur blog this week there’s a new post about words for Service and related things in Celtic languages.

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