I couldn’t find any words of Celtic origin in non-Celtic languages for this week’s Celtic Pathways podcast, so after 94 episodes, I’ve decided to take a break. I’ll be back with more Adventures in Etymology next week.
There are plenty of place names throughout Europe that have Celtic roots – see Celtic toponymy on Wikipedia. However, for the Celtic Pathways podcasts, I like to find words that have descendants in at least some of the modern Celtic languages, as well as words from the same Celtic roots in other languages. If I find any more like this, I will make more episodes of Celtic Pathways.
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New language pages:
Ushoji (اُݜوجو), an Eastern Dardic language spoken mainly in the Swat District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in northwest Pakistan.
Aer (آیر), a Western Indo-Aryan language spoken in Sindh in Pakistan and Gujarat in India.
Dameli (دمیلی), a Dardic language spoken in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in northwest Pakistan.
Wandala, a Chadic language spoken in northern Cameroon and northwestern Nigeria.
New numbers pages:
Ushoji (اُݜوجو), an Eastern Dardic language spoken in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in northwest Pakistan.
Dameli (دمیلی), a Dardic language spoken in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in northwest Pakistan.
Secoya (Paikoka), a Tucanoan language spoken in northern Ecuador and northern Peru.
New adapted script: Cyrilice (Цырилице), a way to write Czech with the Cyrillic script devised by Marc Mundet.
On the Omniglot blog there a new post entitled Shearing Scissors in which we find out why word scissors have a silent c in it, and whether it’s related to the word shears, 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 the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia.
The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Gottscheerish (Göttscheabarisch), a West Germanic language spoken mainly in southern Slovenia, and in New York in the USA.
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New language pages:
Turu (Kιnyatυrυ, Kιrιmi), a Bantu language spoken in the Singida Region in central Tanzania.
Pnar (Ka Ktien Pnar), a Khasi-Palaungic language spoken in northeastern India and northeastern Bangladesh.
Wenzi (LiWenzi), a Bantu language spoken in the Kigoma Region in northwestern Tanzania.
Dimasa (Grao-Dima), a Brahmaputran language spoken in Assam, Nagaland and Manipur in the northeast of India.
New numbers pages:
Tz’utujil (Tz’utujiil), a Mayan language spoken in the Western Highlands of Guatemala.
Dimasa (Grao-Dima), a Brahmaputran language spoken in Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya and Mizoram in the northeast of India.
Tuyuca (Docapúaraye), an Eastern Tucanoan language spoken mainly in southeastern Colombia, and also in northwestern Brazil.
New constructed script: Latillawa, an alternative way to write Hindi inspired by the Pallawa script devised by Ezekiel-James.
New adapted script: Cirth for Hungarian, a way to write Hungarian using Tolkien’s Cirth alphabet devised by Murray Callahan.
On the Omniglot blog there a new post entitled Select Choices in which we look at some Swahili words for selection, choice, listening and related things, and there’s the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:
Here’s a clue: this language is spoken mainly in New York in the USA.
The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Awa Pit (Cuaiquer), a Barbacoan language spoken in southern Colombia and northern Ecuador.
In this week’s Celtic Pathways podcast, Rich Kingdoms, we discover the Celtic roots of words for kingdom, rich and related things in Germanic, Romance and other languages.
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New language pages:
Rangi (Kɨlaangi), a Bantu language spoken in the Kondoa District of the Dodoma Region in central Tanzania.
Suabo (nidáibo), a Trans-New Guinea language spoken in Southwest Papua Province in eastern Indonesia.
Oko (Ọ̀kọ), a Volta-Niger language spoken mainly in the Ogori-Magongo LGA in Kogi State in the south of Nigeria.
Northern Popoloca (Ngigua / Ngiiwa̱), a Popolocan language spoken in the state of Puebla in southern Mexico.
New numbers pages:
Suabo (nidáibo), a Trans-New Guinea language spoken in Southwest Papua Province in eastern Indonesia.
Oko (Ọ̀kọ), a Volta-Niger language spoken mainly in the Ogori-Magongo LGA in Kogi State in the south of Nigeria.
Tai Laing (တႆးလꧥင်ꩽ), a Southwestern Tai language spoken in the Sagaing Region and in Kachin State in northern Myanmar.
New adapted script: Finnish Runes (ᛋᚢᚮᛗᛆᛚᛆᛁᛋᛖᛏ ᚱᛁᛁᛗᚢᛏ), a way to write Finnish using the Runic alphabet devised by Murray Callahan.
New adapted script: Katalog (𑼒𑼔𑼭𑼴𑼔𑽁), a way to write Tagalog with the Kawi script divised by Chen Carson D. Callueng.
On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Nesting Niches in which we find connections between the words niche and nest, 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 the northeast of India.
The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Even (эвэды торэн), a Northern Tungusic language spoken mainly in the Sakha, Northern Magadan, Chukot and Koryak regions in the Far Eastern Federal District of the Russian Federation.
In this week’s Celtic Pathways podcast, Engaged Hostages, we discover the Celtic roots of words for hostage in Germanic languages, and words related to engagement in Finnic languages.
In other news, the number of subscribers to the Omniglot YouTube channel passed 3,000 this week, and I’d like to thank everyone who has subscribed to the channel. If you’re not aware of the channel, it’s been there since 2007, you can find it at youtube.com/@omniglot. It contains videos versions of Adventures in Etymology, Celtic Pathways and other Radio Omniglot podcasts, videos of songs and tunes I’ve written, and videos of linguistic and musical events I’ve taken part in.
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New language pages:
Inuinnaqtun (ᐃᓄᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᓐ), an Inuit language spoken in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories in northern Canada.
Pare (Kipare), a Northeast Coast Bantu language spoken the Kilimanjaro Region in northeastern Tanzania.
Kwamera (Nɨninɨfe), a Southern Oceanic language spoken on Tanna Island in Tafea Province in the south of Vanuatu.
New numbers pages:
Inuinnaqtun (ᐃᓄᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᓐ), an Inuit language spoken in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories in northern Canada.
Kwamera (Nɨninɨfe), a Southern Oceanic language spoken on Tanna Island in Tafea Province in the south of Vanuatu.
Luchazi (Chiluchazi), a Bantu language spoken mainly in Angola, and also in Zambia and Namibia.
New constructed script: Mata Kain, an alternative script for Malay and Indonesian created by Muhammad Rasyid Taufiqul Hafidz and inspired by traditional Malay weaving patterns.
New constructed script: Artist’s Neo-English, an alternative way to write English designed by Nixon Nguyen.
On the Omniglot blog there a new post entitled Yielding Payment in which we find connections between the word yield and payments, tax and gold, 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 Siberia.
The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Xârâcùù, a Southern New Caledonian language spoken in the North Province of New Caledonia.
In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, Unkempt Combs, we find links between the words unkempt, comb and cam, and find out whether you be just kempt.
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New language pages:
Naman, a Southern Oceanic language spoken on Malekula Island in central Vanuatu.
Mbugu (kiMbugu) / Maʼa (kiMaʼa), a Bantu language spoken in the Lushoto District in the Tanga Region in the northeast of Tanzania.
Mwerlap (N̄wërlap), a Southern Oceanic language spoken in the Banks Islands in Torba Province of Vanuatu.
New adapted script: Tang-galog (𗒨𗓸𗈒𗄀𗄻𗄀𗈒), a way to write Tagalog with the Tangut script devised by Chen Carson D. Callueng.
New adapted script: New Futhorch (ᚾᚣᚹ ᚠᚢᚧᚩᚱᚳ), a way to write Modern English with Old English / Anglo-Saxon runes devised by John Higgins.
New numbers pages:
Naman, a Southern Oceanic language spoken on Malekula Island in central Vanuatu.
Mwerlap (N̄wërlap), a Southern Oceanic language spoken in the Banks Islands in Torba Province of Vanuatu.
Newar (नेपाल भाषा), a Tibeto-Burman language spoken mainly in central Nepal, and also in northern India.
On the Omniglot blog there a new post entitled Facting Facts about the verbification of the word fact, and other fact-related factlets, factettes and factoids, 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 New Caledonia.
The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Iramba (Nilamba), a Bantu language spoken in the Singida Region in central Tanzania.
In this week’s Celtic Pathways podcast, Birches, we unearth the Celtic roots of words birch (tree) in various languages.
On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post entitled Coughing about words for cough and various other things in Celtic languages, and I made improvements to the posts entitled To Choke and Birch (Trees).
In other news, I spent yesterday exploring Chester with Richard Simcott and Israel Lai (see photo below), friends I know from language-related events. Richard was our guide – he grew up in Chester and has relatives there, although he lives in North Macedonia. He’s studied even more languages than I have, runs the Speaking Fluently blog, and is the organiser of the Polyglot Conference and other language-related events. Israel is a composer, language enthusiast and podcaster from Hong Kong, who lives in Mancester, where he did a PhD in music composition. He has also studied many languages, including Welsh, and runs the blog Rhapsody in Lingo and a podcast 絮言．狂想 (seoi5jin4 kwong4soeng2), which discusses language and linguistics in Cantonese. We had a great time exploring the city and nerding out about language-related things.
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New language pages:
Kwangali (Rukwangali), a Bantu language spoken in northern Namibia and southern Angola.
Lega (Kilega), a Bantu language spoken in the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Lomwe (Elomwe / Emakhuwa), a Bantu language spoken in northern Mozambique and southern Malawi.
New numbers pages:
Kwangali (Rukwangali), a Bantu language spoken in northern Namibia and southern Angola.
Lomwe (Elomwe / Emakhuwa), a Bantu language spoken in northern Mozambique and southern Malawi.
Lhomi (ल्होमी), a Central Bodish language spoken mainly in eastern Nepal, and also in China and India.
Makassarese (Basa Mangkasara’ / ᨅᨔ ᨆᨀᨔᨑ), a South-Sulawesi language spoken in South Sulawesi Province in Indonesia.
New phrases pages:
Kwangali (Rukwangali), a Bantu language spoken in northern Namibia and southern Angola.
Bless you! – phrases to use when someone sneezes in many languages.
New Tower of Babel translation:
Kwangali (Rukwangali), a Bantu language spoken in northern Namibia and southern Angola.
Lomwe (Elomwe / Emakhuwa), a Bantu language spoken in northern Mozambique and southern Malawi.
On the Omniglot blog there a new post entitled Knobbly Monsters about the creative ways journalists use to avoid repeating key words in their articles, 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 Tanzania.
The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Aheri Gondi (कोयम / गोंडी), a Dravidian language spoken mainly in the Indian states of Maharashtra and Telangana.
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New constructed script: Urup Bidayuh’, which was created by Reza Sumanda as a way to write Biatah (Bidayuh), a Land Dayak language spoken in West Kalimantan in Indonesia, and Sarawak in Malaysia.
New language pages:
Luang (Letri Lgona), a Timoric language spoken in the Leti and Babar Islands in Maluku Province in southern Indonesia.
Tsudaqar (цӀудхърила мец), a Northeast Caucasian language spoken in southern Dagestan in the southwest of the Russian Federation.
Bukar-Sadong (Bidayŭh Bukar-Sadung), a Land Dayak language spoken in Sarawak in Malaysia, and in West Kalimantan in Indonesia.
New numbers pages:
Bukar–Sadong (Bidayŭh Bukar-Sadung), a Land Dayak language spoken in Sarawak in Malaysia, and in West Kalimantan in Indonesia.
Kim (kwasap), an Mbum-Day language spoken in southwestern Chad.
Xong (Dut Xonb), a Hmong-Mien language spoken mainly in Hunan Province in southern China.
On the Omniglot blog we discover whether the words cargo and car are related in post called A Cargo of Cars, and there’s the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:
Here’s a clue: this language was spoken in Ontario in Canada and Oklahoma in the USA, and is currently being revived.
The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Rutul (мыхӏабишды), a Lezgic language spoken in the Republic of Dagestan in the southwest of Russia.
On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post entitled Ashy Embers about words for ash, embers, cinders etc, and I made improvements to the post about Wings and related things.
In other news, I finished all the Italian lessons on Duolingo this week, and I’m continuing to study Swahili. I may learn some more of one of the languages I’ve already studied in the past, or try a new language. I haven’t decided which one yet. So far, I’ve completed Duolingo courses in Spanish, Japanese, Italian, Scottish Gaelic, Danish, Swedish, Dutch, Irish, Finnish, Czech, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Esperanto and Romanian.
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New constructed script: Urup Bakatiʼ, which was created by Reza Sumanda as a way to write Bakatiʼ, a Land Dayak language spoken in West Kalimantan in Indonesia.
New language pages:
Bakatiʼ, a Land Dayak language spoken in West Kalimantan in Indonesia.
Koro (Kōrō), a North-Central Vanuatu language spoken on Gaua Island in Torba Province in northern Vanuatu.
Mota, a North-Central Vanuatu language spoken on Mota Island in Torba Province in northern Vanuatu.
Guna (Dulegaya), a Chibchan language spoken in northern Colombia and southern Panama.
New numbers pages:
Batak Karo (cakap Karo), a Northern Batak language spoken in the provinces of Aceh and North Sumatra in Indonesia.
Bouyei (Haausqyaix), a Tai-Kaidai language spoken mainly in Guizhou Province in southern China, and also in northern Vietnam.
Dioula (Julakan), a Western Mande language spoken in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Mali.
On the Omniglot blog we look at the world through rose-tinted spectacles and discover that everything is coming up roses as we investigate some rose-related expressions in a post entitled Rose-Tinted, 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 the southwest of Russia.
The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was: North Ambryn (Ranon) a North-Central Vanuatu language spoken on Ambryn Island in Malampa Province in the north of Vanuatu.
In this week’s Celtic Pathways podcast, Sunwise, we unravel the Celtic origins of the English word desieal (the direction of the sun, right-hand side).
On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post entitled First Things First about words for first, before, previous and related things, and I made improvements to the post about words for To Seek and related things in Celtic languages.
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New constructed script: Saramukhi, an alternative script for Indonesian and English created by Reza Sumanda and inspired by the Devanagari and Marchen scripts.
New adapted script: Groeg (κροηκ), a way to write Welsh with the Greek alphabet devised by Xavier Merica.
New language pages:
Fwe (Chifwe), a Bantu language spoken in northeast Namibia and southwest Zambia.
Giryama (Kigiryama), a Bantu language spoken in Kilifi County in southeast Kenya.
Kalanga, (TjiKalanga / Ikalanga), a Southern Bantu language spoken in southwestern Zimbabwe and northeastern Botswana.
New numbers pages:
Giryama (Kigiryama), a Bantu language spoken in Kilifi County in southeast Kenya.
Isinai, a Northern Luzon language spoken in Nueva Vizcaya Province in Luzon in the Philippines.
Karai-Karai (bo Karaikarai), a West Chadic language spoken mainly in Yobe State in the northeast of Nigeria.
On the Omniglot blog we find out whether the words gig, jig and the German word Geige (violin) are connected in a post entitled Gigs, Jigs & Fiddles, 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 Vanuatu.
The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was: Kituba, a Kikongo-based creole spoken in Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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