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Omniglot News (09/11/25)

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

New language pages:

  • Jarawa, a Southern Bantoid language spoken in Bauchi State in northeastern Nigeria.
  • Cypriot Greek (κυπριακά), a variety of Greek spoken in Cyprus and by the Greek Cypriot diaspora.
  • Dendi, a Southern Songhay language spoken mainly in northern Benin, and also in Niger and Nigeria.

    • New numbers pages:

    • Nez Perce (Nimipuutímt), a Plateau Penutian language spoken in Idaho, Washington and Oregon in the USA.
    • Yakama (Ichishkíin), a Plateau Penutian language spoken on the Yakima Reservation in southern Washington State in the USA.
    • Eastern Pomo (Ba·csal), a Pomoan language spoken around Clear Lake in Lake County, California in the USA

      • New constructed script: iAlphabet, an alternative way to write English, Farsi, Arabic, Russian, Croatian and Greek created by Azam Banoo Torabi.

      This week on the Omniglot blog we look into idioms meaning something that happens rarely in various languages in a post called Once in a Blue Moon, and there’s the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

      http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz091125.mp3

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

      The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Tuamotuan (Reʻo Paʻumotu), a Polynesian language spoken mainly in Tuamotu in French Polynesia.

      In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, A Little Loitering, we find out what links the words loiter, little, lout and Luxembourg.

      It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

      On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post entitled Tenacious Toughness about words for tough, tenacious, stiff and related things in Celtic languages.

      I also made improvements to the Lips, Mouths & Throats Celtiadur post.

      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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