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Omniglot News (12/04/26)

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

New language pages:

  • Razihi (Lahjah Rāziḥīt), a South Semitic language spoken in Razihi in the Sa’adah District in northwestern Yemen.
  • Mbuʼ, a Southern Bantoid language spoken in the North West Region of Cameroon.
  • Seimat, an Oceanic language spoken in the Ninigo Islands in Manus Province in northern Papua New Guinea.
  • Waskia, a Madang language spoken in Madang Province in the north east of Papua New Guinea.

    • New numbers pages:

    • Seimat, an Oceanic language spoken in Manus Province in northern Papua New Guinea.
    • Umatilla (Tamalúut), a Sahaptin language spoken on the Umatilla Reservation in Oregon in the USA.

      • New idioms page: Throw in the Towel and other ways to say to give up or quit in a variety of languages.

      This week’s Adventure in Etymology, Material Matters, uncovers the maternal and woody roots of the words material and matter.

      It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

      This week on the Omniglot blog we consider the usefulness or otherwise of Chocolate Teapots, and there’s the usual language quiz. See if you guess what language this is:

      http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz120426.mp3

      Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in Mali, Niger and Nigeria.

      The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Soqotri (ماتڸ دسقطري), a South Semitic language spoken in the Socotra Archipelago in Yemen.

      On the Celtiadur blog this week there’s a new post entitled Thrusting Throws about words for thrust, throw and related things in Celtic languages.

      Incidentally, I completed another trip around the sun this week (on Thursday), so I’m now LIV years old, or seksoghalvtreds in Danish.

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      https://www.omniglot.com/news/
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      https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100046466483286

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