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Omniglot News (15/03/26)

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

New writing system: Quốc âm tân tự (國音新字), a syllabic script for Vietnamese based on strokes from chữ Hán and chữ Nôm characters devised during the 19th century.

New language pages:

  • Reyesano, a Tacanan language spoken in José Balivián Province in Beni Department in northern Bolivia.
  • Tacana, a Tacanan language spoken in La Paz Province in Beni Department in northern Bolivia.
  • Yuqui (Mbiaye’), a Tupí-Guaraní spoken in the Cochabamba Department in central Boliva.

    • New numbers pages:

    • Waata (Waatah), a Cushitic language spoken in the Coast Province in Kenya.
    • Emilian (emigliân), a Romance language spoken mainly in the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy.
    • Rushani (rix̌ůn ziv / риx̌ӯн зив), a Pamir language spoken mainly Badakhshan Province in northeastern Afghanistan.

      • New phrases page: Idaʼan, a North Bornean language spoken in Sabah in Malaysia.

      This week on the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Pouring Rain, in which we look into the saying it never rains but it pours, and related sayings in English and other languages, and there’s the usual language quiz.

      See if you guess what language this is:

      http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz150326.mp3

      Here’s a clue: this language belongs to the Cushitic language family.

      The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Pacoh (Pacóuh), a Katuic language spoken in central Vietnam and southern Laos.

      Recording from: YouTube

      In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, entitled Flowing Floods, we find out what the word flood has to do with rivers, flowing and high tides.

      It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

      There’s also a new post on the Celtiadur blog this week entitled Nits about words for nit and related things in Celtic languages.

      Improved pages: Emilian and Romagnol language pages.

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

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