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Omniglot News (12/05/24)

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

There are new language pages about:

  • Teanu – an Oceanic language spoken on Vanikoro Island in Temotu Province in the east of the Solomon Islands.
  • Nanggu (Engdewu) – an Oceanic language spoken on the island of Nendö in Temotu province in the east of the Solomon Islands.
  • Uneapa (Uniapa) – an Oceanic language spoken on Unea Island in West New Britain Province of Papua New Guinea.

    • Uneapa happens to be the 2,000th language on Omniglot, by the way.

    There’s a new adapted script, Turkorece (툴코레제), a way to write Turkish with the Korean Hangeul script created by Wojciech Grala.

    New numbers pages:

    • Nawat (Nāwat), an Uto-Aztecan language spoken mainly in western El Salvador.
    • Classical Nahuatl (Nāhuatlahtōlli), an Uto-Aztecan language that was spoken in the Valley of Mexico and central Mexico until about the 17th century.
    • Chakma (𑄌𑄋𑄴𑄟𑄳𑄦 𑄞𑄌𑄴 / চাাংমা ভাচ), an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken in parts of Bangladesh and India.

      • On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled 2,000 Languages!, in which I talk about some significant Omniglot-related moments from the past 26 years, including adding the 2,000th language to the site this week. There’s also the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

      http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz120524.mp3

      Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in Japan, but isn’t (standard) Japanese.

      The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Nambya, a Bantu language spoken in northwestern Zimbabwe and northeastern Botswana.

      In this week’s Celtic Pathways podcast, we find some Celtic Brio behind some vigorous Romance and English words.

      On the Celtiadur blog there are new posts entitled Bodies and Meaty Flesh, and I made improvements to the post about words for Horses and Strength.

      For more Omniglot News, see:

      https://www.omniglot.com/news/
      https://twitter.com/Omniglossia
      https://www.facebook.com/groups/omniglot/
      https://www.facebook.com/Omniglot-100430558332117

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