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Omniglot News (08/06/25)

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

New language pages:

  • Bushong (Bushɔ́ɔ́ng), a Bantu language spoken in Kasai Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • Guro, a Mande language spoken in the regions of Haut-Sassandra and Marahoué in central Ivory Coast.
  • Bissa (Bɩsa), a Mande language spoken in mainly in Burkina Faso and Ghana, and also in Togo and Ivory Coast.
  • Fuliiru (Kifuliiru), a Great Lakes Bantu language spoken in South Kivu Province in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

    • New numbers pages:

    • Rajasthani (राजस्थानी), a Western Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in Rajasthan in northern India, and also in Pakistan.
    • Yabem (Jabêm), a Western Oceanic language spoken in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea.
    • Bissa (Bɩsa), a Mande language spoken in mainly in Burkina Faso and Ghana, and also in Togo and Ivory Coast.

      • New Tower of Babel translation: Guro, a Mande language spoken in central Ivory Coast.

      On the Omniglot blog we find connections between names such as Cathal, Ronald, Valerie and Walter in a post entitled Strong Names, and there’s also the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

      http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz080625.mp3

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

      The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was: Wik-Mungkan, a Pama-Nyungan language spoken on the Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland in the northeast of Australia.

      In this week’s Celtic Pathways podcast, Celtic Carpenters, we drill down to the Celtic roots of words for carpenter and related things in English and other languages.

      It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

      On the Celtiadur blog there’s a Particularly Special new post about words for special, particular, different and related things.

      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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