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Omniglot News (01/02/26)

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

New language pages:

  • Wooi, an Eastern Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on Yapen Island in Papua Province in eastern Indonesia.
  • Adi, an Eastern Tani language spoken in Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India.
  • Bebe (Naami), an Eastern Beboid language spoken in the North West Region of Cameroon.
  • Louisiana Creole (kouri-vini), a French-basd creole language spoken mainly in southern Louisiana in the USA.

    • New numbers pages:

    • Nlakaʼpamux (Thompson), an Interior Salishan language spoken in Canada and in the USA.
    • Louisiana Creole (kouri-vini), a French-basd creole language spoken mainly in southern Louisiana in the USA.
    • Baure, a Southern Arawakan language spoken in northeastern Bolivia.
    • Saraiki (سرائيكى), a Lahnda language spoken in Pakistan and northern India.

      • New phrases pages:

      • Nlakaʼpamux, an Interior Salishan language spoken in Canada and in the USA.
      • Bonggi, a North Bornean language spoken mainly on Banggi Island in Sabah in East Malaysia.

        • New family words page: Bonggi.

        On the Omniglot blog this week there’s a new post entitled Ideophones about ideophonic words in Bebe (Naami), Japanese, Korea, Tamil and Zulu, and there’s a new language quiz. Can you guess what language this is?

        http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz010226.mp3

        Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in the Russian Far East region.

        The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Ajië (Waawilûû), a New Caledonian language spoken on the east coast of New Caledonia.

        In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, Strong Comfort, we get comfortable and investigate the word comfort and related things.

        It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

        There’s also a new post on the Celtiadur blog this week entitled Separation about words for to separate, to split and related things in Celtic languages.

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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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