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Omniglot News (17/05/26)

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

New language pages:

  • Lukpa, a Southern Gur language spoken in Benin and Togo.
  • Chepang, a Binanderean language spoken in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea.
  • Mungbam (Mùŋgbàm), a Southern Bantoid language spoken in the Northwest Region of Cameroon.
  • Rengao (Rơngao), a North Bahnaric language spoken in Quảng Ngãi Province in central Vietnam.

    • New numbers pages:

    • Rengao (Rơngao), a North Bahnaric language spoken in Quảng Ngãi Province central Vietnam.
    • Northern Emberá (ẽberã bed̶ea), a Chocoan language spoken in Colombia and Panama.
    • Catio (Ẽ́bẽra Katío), a Chocoan language spoken in Colombia and Panama.

      • New constructed script: Scrollex, an alternative way to write English with lettera shaped a bit like scrolls that was inspired partly by the Chinese Seal script.

      In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, Burning Torrents, we uncover the burning roots of the word torrent.

      It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

      On the Omniglot blog this week there’s a new post entitled Ashen Hearted, in which we investigate the Chinese word 灰心 (huī​xīn), which means to lose heart, to be discouraged or to despair,and related words, and there’s the usual language quiz. See if you guess what language this is:

      http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz170526.mp3

      Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in southern Nigeria.

      The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Nisgaʼa, a Tsimshianic language spoken in British Columbia in western Canada.

      On the Celtiadur blog this week there’s a new post entitled Directly Straight, about words for direct, straight and related things in Celtic languages.

      Improved pages Blackfoot language page

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