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Omniglot News (01/03/26)

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

New language pages:

  • Jagham (Ejagham), an Ekoid language spoken in southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon.
  • Bobongko, a Central Tivoid language spoken in the Menchum Department of the Northwest Region of Cameroon.
  • Gaʼdang, a Northern Luzon language spoken in Luzon in the Philippines.
  • Kemezung (Kɨmədzuŋ), an Eastern Beboid language spoken in the Northwest Region of Cameroon.
  • Ese Ejja (Eseʼejja), a Tacanan spoken in northern Bolivia and southern Peru.

    • New adapated script: Coptic for Esperanto, a way to write Esperanto with the Coptic script devised by Ethon Musk.

    New numbers pages:

    • Jagham (Ejagham), an Ekoid language spoken in southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon.
    • Gaʼdang, a Northern Luzon language spoken in Luzon in the Philippines.
    • Kemezung (Kɨmədzuŋ), an Eastern Beboid language spoken in the Northwest Region of Cameroon.

      • New phrases page: Tombonuwo (Tambonuo), a North Bornean language spoken in Sabah in East Malaysia.

      This week on the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Silly Madness, in which we investigate the word mishegoss, and related words in English and other languages, and there’s the usual language quiz.

      See if you guess what language this is:

      http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz010326.mp3

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

      The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Rabha (Rabha khurang), a member of the Sal branch of the Tibeto-Burman language family spoken in Assam, West Bengal & Maghalaya in northeastern India.

      In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, entitled Flowing Rhythms, we find out what the word rhythm has to do with flowing.

      It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

      There’s also a new post on the Celtiadur blog this week entitled Childish Infants about words for baby, child and related things in Celtic languages.

      For more Omniglot News, see:

      https://www.omniglot.com/news/
      https://www.facebook.com/groups/omniglot/
      https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100046466483286

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