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Omniglot News (05/07/26)

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

New language pages:

  • Anaang (Anaañ), a Cross River language spoken in Akwa Ibom State in the southeast of Nigeria.
  • Kilivila (Kiriwana), a Western Oceanic language spoken in the Trobriand Islands in Papua New Guinea.
  • Sudest (Vanatɨna), a Western Oceanic language spoken on Sudest Island in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea.
  • Bwanabwana, a Western Oceanic language spoken in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea.

    • New numbers pages:

    • Kilivila (Kiriwina), a Southern Oceanic language spoken on Ambae Island in Vanuatu.
    • Sudest (Vanatɨna), a Western Oceanic language spoken on Sudest Island in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea.

      • New Tower of Babel translations:

      • Kilivila, a Western Oceanic language spoken in the Trobriand Islands in Papua New Guinea.
      • Mato, a Western Oceanic language spoken in Morobe Province in Papua New Guinea.
      • Sembeleke, which is spoken in Papua New Guinea.
      • Sudest, a Western Oceanic language spoken in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea.
      • Bwanabwana, a Western Oceanic language spoken in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea.

        • New constructed script: Amai, was created by Alex Krylov to write his constructed language called Bearnese.

        New constructed script: Celestial alphabet, which was created by myAphelion to write his constructed language Kelixal [ʧɛɭiˈʃæɭ], a fan language for One Piece.

        In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, entitled Odd Umpires, we discover the odd roots of the word umpire.

        It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

        On the Omniglot blog we investigate words for tsunami in Chinese and Japanese in a post entitled Roaring Ocean, and there’s the usual language quiz. See if you guess what language this is:

        http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz050726.mp3

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

        The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Wiyot (Soulatluk), an Algic language that was spoken in northern California in the USA, and which is being revived.

        On the Celtiadur blog this week there’s a new post entitled Boards & Planks, about words for board, plank and related things in Celtic languages.

        New song: Delays Expected, a song I wrote recently about train delays.

        Simon Ager · Delays Expected

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