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Omniglot News (21/09/25)

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

New language pages:

  • Shambala (Kisambaa), a Bantu language spoken in the Tanga Region in northern Tanzania.
  • Suabo (nidáibo), a Trans-New Guinea language spoken in Southwest Papua Province in eastern Indonesia.
  • Tongwe (Sitongwe), a Bantu language spoken in the Kigoma Region in northwestern Tanzania.

    • New numbers pages:

    • Bamunka (Ŋgieməkɔʼkə), a Southern Bantoid language spoken mainly in the North West Region of Cameroon.
    • Fon (Fɔngbè), a Niger-Congo language spoken in southern Benin and southern Togo.
    • Seychelles Creole (Seselwa), a French-based creole spoken in the Seychelles.

      • New adapted script: Angerthas Rossiya (Ангертас Россия), a way to write Russian with Tolkien’s Cirth alphabet devised by Murray Callahan.

      New adapted script: Modern Arabic Latin Script (Al-Ƹarabijà al-Latinijjà al-moƹaṣir), a way to write Arabic with the Latin script devised by Sheth Al-Ghamidi.

      On the Omniglot blog there a new post entitled Good Intentions we look into the origins of the expression the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and there’s the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

      http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz210925.mp3

      Here’s a clue: this language is spoken mainly in Colombia.

      The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Liangmai (Lianglad), a Kuki-Chin-Naga language spoken in Nagaland and Manipur in the northeast of India.

      In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, Rest Awhile, we take awhile to unravel the roots of the word while, and discover what it has to do with resting.

      It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

      On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post entitled Whey about words for whey and related things in Celtic languages

      Improved pages: Cirth script and Garhwali phrases

      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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