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Omniglot News (15/02/26)

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

New alphabet page: Berati, an alternative way to write Albanian used during the 19th century.

New constructed script: Cartierian, which created by Michael Kohlman to write his constructed language of the same name.

New language pages:

  • Bumthang ( བུམ་ཐང་ཁ་), an Eastern Bodic language spoken mainly in Bumthang District in northern Bhutan.
  • Daka, a Northern Bantoid language spoken in Adamawa State in northeastern Nigeria.
  • Dza (nnwa’ dzâ), a Bambukic language spoken in Gomba, Taraba and Adamawa states in northeastern Nigeria.

    • New numbers pages:

    • Dza (nnwa’ dzâ), a Bambukic language spoken in Gomba, Taraba and Adamawa states in northeast Nigeria.
    • Haryanvi (हरयाणवी), an Indo-Aryan language spoken mainly in Haryana State in northern India.
    • Batak Angkola (ᯅᯖᯄ᯦᯲ ᯀᯰᯄ᯦ᯬᯞ), a Southern Batak language spoken in North Sumatra in Indonesia.

      • New phrases page: Hmar (Hmar Țawng), a Northern Mizo language spoken mainly in Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram in northeast India.

      On the Omniglot blog this week there’s a new post entitled Omphaloskepsis about words for navel gazing in various languages, and there’s the usual language quiz.

      See if you guess what language this is:

      http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz080226.mp3

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

      The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Ndali (Chindali), a Bantu language spoken in Tanzania and Malawi.

      In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, entitled Channelling Reeds, we find out if the words channel, canal and cane connected.

      It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

      There’s also a new post on the Celtiadur blog this week entitled Central Navels about words for navel, centre, core and related things in Celtic languages.

      Improved pages: Sukhothai script and Tibetan phrases

      For more Omniglot News, see:

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

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