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Omniglot News (06/04/25)

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

New language pages:

  • Bembe (kiBeembe), a Bantu language spoken in the south of the Republic of the Congo.
  • Kwambi (Oshikwambi), a Southwest Bantu language spoken mainly in northern Namibia.
  • Luyana (Esiluyana), a Bantu language spoken in mainly the Western Province of Zambia.
  • Yeyi (Shiyeyi), a Bantu language spoken mainly in the northwest of Botswana, and also in the northeast of Namibia.

    • New numbers pages:

    • Alyawarr, a Pama-Nyungan language spoken mainly in the Northern Territory of Australia.
    • Kala Lagaw Ya, a Pama-Nyungan language spoken on the Torres Strait Islands between Australia and Papua New Guinea.
    • Jah Hut, an Aslian language spoken mainly in Pahang state in the south of peninsula Malaysia.

      • On the Omniglot blog we find out what the Italian word matita (pencil) has to do with blood and stones in a new post entitled Bloody Pencils, and there’s also the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

      http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz060425.mp3

      Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in the northeast of China.

      The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was: Nambikwara (Kitãulhu), a Nambikwaran language spoken in Mato Grosso in western Brazil.

      In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, we’re risking ridicule and getting rather ridiculously Ridiculous

      It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

      On the Celtiadur blog, there’s a new post about words for Malt and related things, and I made improvements to the posts about Swords and Spikes and Nails, Claws and Talons.

      In other news, I added the 8,000th page to Omniglot this week.

      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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