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Omniglot News (22/12/24)

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

New language pages:

  • Yaaku, a Lowland East Cushitic language spoken in western Kenya.
  • Afitti (Dinik), an Eastern Sudanic language spoken in North Kordofan province in central Sudan.
  • Daju Mongo (Dɑjiŋɡe), an Eastern Sudanic language spoken in the Gúera region in central Chad.
  • Dilling (Warki), an Eastern Sudanic language spoken in the Nuba Mountains in Kordofan province in southern Sudan.
  • Bube (Böbë), a Bantu language spoken mainly on Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea, and also in Gabon and Cameroon.
  • Kogo (Ɓakógo), a Bantu language spoken in the Littoral and Southern Regions in southern Cameroon.
  • Gaam (Gaahmg), an Eastern Sudanic language spoken in Blue Nile Province in the southeast of Sudan.

    • New constructed script: Hosalipi, an alternative abugida for Kannada devised by Atharva Sreekar.

    New constructed script: Tehreek-istani, an alternative script for Urdu devised by Willem and based mainly on the Korean script.

    New numbers pages:

    • Dilling (Warki), an Eastern Sudanic language spoken in Kordofan State in southern Sudan.
    • Mandailing Batak (Saro Mandailing), a Northern Batak language spoken mainly in North Sumatra Province in Indonesia.
    • Batak Simalungun (Sahap Simalungun), a Southern Batak language spoken in the province of North Sumatra in Indonesia.
    • Kogo (Ɓakógo), a Bantu language spoken in the Littoral and Southern Regions in southern Cameroon.

      • On the Omniglot blog, we discover what guillemets are, and what links chevrons to goats in a post entitled Guillemets & Goats, we find out what links the word epee/épée with the word spade in a post entitled Swords & Spades, and there’s the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what languages there are:

      http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz221224.mp3

      Here’s a clue: these languages are spoken in the Philippines.

      On the Celtiadur blog there are new posts entitled Gorse & Furze and Swords & Spikes.

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      https://www.omniglot.com/news/
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      https://www.facebook.com/Omniglot-100430558332117

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