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Omniglot News (14/09/25)

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

New language pages:

  • Rangi (Kɨlaangi), a Bantu language spoken in the Kondoa District of the Dodoma Region in central Tanzania.
  • Suabo (nidáibo), a Trans-New Guinea language spoken in Southwest Papua Province in eastern Indonesia.
  • Oko (Ọ̀kọ), a Volta-Niger language spoken mainly in the Ogori-Magongo LGA in Kogi State in the south of Nigeria.
  • Northern Popoloca (Ngigua / Ngiiwa̱), a Popolocan language spoken in the state of Puebla in southern Mexico.

    • New numbers pages:

    • Suabo (nidáibo), a Trans-New Guinea language spoken in Southwest Papua Province in eastern Indonesia.
    • Oko (Ọ̀kọ), a Volta-Niger language spoken mainly in the Ogori-Magongo LGA in Kogi State in the south of Nigeria.
    • Tai Laing (တႆးလꧥင်ꩽ), a Southwestern Tai language spoken in the Sagaing Region and in Kachin State in northern Myanmar.

      • New adapted script: Finnish Runes (ᛋᚢᚮᛗᛆᛚᛆᛁᛋᛖᛏ ᚱᛁᛁᛗᚢᛏ), a way to write Finnish using the Runic alphabet devised by Murray Callahan.

      New adapted script: Katalog (𑼒𑼔𑼭𑼴𑼔𑽁), a way to write Tagalog with the Kawi script divised by Chen Carson D. Callueng.

      On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Nesting Niches in which we find connections between the words niche and nest, and there’s the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

      http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz140925.mp3

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

      The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Even (эвэды торэн), a Northern Tungusic language spoken mainly in the Sakha, Northern Magadan, Chukot and Koryak regions in the Far Eastern Federal District of the Russian Federation.

      In this week’s Celtic Pathways podcast, Engaged Hostages, we discover the Celtic roots of words for hostage in Germanic languages, and words related to engagement in Finnic languages.

      It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

      On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post entitled Winnowing Wheat about words for wheat, winnowing and related things in Celtic languages

      Improved page: Kawi script.

      In other news, the number of subscribers to the Omniglot YouTube channel passed 3,000 this week, and I’d like to thank everyone who has subscribed to the channel. If you’re not aware of the channel, it’s been there since 2007, you can find it at youtube.com/@omniglot. It contains videos versions of Adventures in Etymology, Celtic Pathways and other Radio Omniglot podcasts, videos of songs and tunes I’ve written, and videos of linguistic and musical events I’ve taken part in.

      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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