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Omniglot News (14/12/25)


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

New language pages:

  • Neo-Brittonic (Brettica), a reconstructed version of Common Brittonic, a Celtic language once spoken in southern England.
  • Ngomba (cú mbɔ́ndaa), a Bamileke language spoken mainly in the Bamboutos Department in the West Region of Cameroon.
  • Ngombale (Ngeombale), a Bamileke language spoken in the Bamboutos Department in the West Region of Cameroon.
  • Hachijō (島言葉 / shima-kotoba), a Japonic language spoken mainly in the Izu Islands, part of Tokyo Prefecture in Japan.
  • Tày (Tiểng Tày), a Central Tai language spoken mainly in northeastern Vietnam, and also in northern Laos.
  • New constructed script: Hedhgadē, a script for Proto-Indo-Euopean created by Hebrejinia.

    New phrases page: Föhr North Frisian, a West Germanic language spoken in North Frisia in northern Germany.

    New numbers page: Jamaican (Jimiekn / Patwah), an English-based creole spoken mainly in Jamaica.

    On the Omniglot blog this week there’s a new post entitled Oceanic Lutes about some words for Chinese and Western instruments, and related things.

    There’s a new post entitled Shady Shadows on the Celtiadur blog about words for shadow, shade and related things in Celtic languages.


    The gateway to the road up Jiangjun Mountain

    In other news, this week I explored part of Jiangjun Mountain (将军山 – jiāngjūnshān) and got some great views of Zhaoqing from up high. There is a temple on the mountain that is lit up at night, and since coming here, we’ve been planning to visit it. We found a way up yesterday. The electric scooters had a hard time climbing up the steeper parts of the road, but we got there eventually, and it was well worth the effort. The temple itself is impressive, and the views from it are spectacular. Unfortunately, it was rather wet, cold and windy up there, so we didn’t stay long.


    The temple on Jiangjun Mountain


    A view of Zhaoqing from Jiangjun Mountain

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