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Omniglot News (13/04/25)

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

New language pages:

  • Yaka (Yiyáká), a Bantu language spoken mainly in Kwango Province in the southwest of the DRC.
  • Yansi (kiBeembe), a Bantu language spoken in the south of the Republic of the Congo.
  • Shatt (Caning), an Eastern Sudanic language spoken in South Kordofan Province in the south of Sudan.

    • New numbers pages:

    • Shatt (Caning), an Eastern Sudanic language spoken in South Kordofan Province of Sudan.
    • Occitan (occitan, lenga d’òc), a Gallo-Romance language spoken in southern France, Monaco, northwest Italy and northern Spain.
    • Limosin (lemosin), a variety of Occitan spoken in Limousin, Charente and Dordogne in the southwest of France.

      • On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Lord of the Marches in which we investigate the word marquis, and there’s also the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

      http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz130425.mp3

      Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in northern France.

      The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was: Monguor (Dēd Mongol), a Mongolic language spoken in Qinghai and Gansu Provinces in the of northeast of China.

      In this week’s Celtic Pathwys podcast, Crooked Rims, we discover the crooked Celtic roots of words for rim and wheel rim in French, Spanish and other languages.

      It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

      On the Celtiadur blog, there’s a new post about words for Stewards & Mayors 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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