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Omniglot News (04/05/25)

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

New language pages:

  • Masalit (Masaraa / Masarak), a Maban language spoken in southeastern Chad and southwestern Sudan.
  • Maba (buraa mabaŋ / بُرَا مَبَݝ‎), a Maban language spoken mainly in Ouaddaï Province in southwestern Chad.
  • Guerrero Nahuatl (Mēxihcatlācatl), an Aztecan (Nahuan) language spoken in the state of Guerrero in west-central Mexico.
  • Tetelcingo Nahuatl (Mösiehuali̱), an Aztecan (Nahuan) language spoken in the state of Morelos in south-central Mexico.
  • Myene (Omyènè), a Bantu language spoken in western Gabon.

    • New numbers pages:

    • Bribri (se’ie), a Chibchan language spoken in Limón and Puntarenas provinces in southern Costa Rica.
    • Teribe (Naso), a Chibchan language spoken in Bocas del Toro province in northwestern Panama.
    • Tetelcingo Nahuatl (Mösiehuali̱), an Aztecan (Nahuan) language spoken in the state of Morelos in south-central Mexico.

      • On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Dog Days about some dog-related words and expressions, such as canicule (heat wave) in French, and there’s also the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

      http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz040525.mp3

      Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in southern Chad.

      The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was: Dhundari (ढूंढाड़ी), a Rajasthani language spoken in the Dhundhar region of Rajasthan in the northwest of India.

      In this week’s Adventure in Etymology we find out where the word Spring springs from.

      It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

      On the Celtiadur blog, we get granular looking into words for Grain 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/Omniglot-100430558332117

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