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Omniglot News (23/03/25)

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

New writing system: Tai Noi, a script used to write Lao and Isan in Laos and northern Thailand.

New constructed system: Aramikatavah (ארמיכתבה), an alternative way to write Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic created by Mina McVinnie.

New language pages:

  • Degema (Dẹgẹma), an Edoid language spoken in Degema LGA in Rivers states in southern Nigeria.
  • Egene (Ẹgẹnẹ), an Edoid language spoken in Rivers and Bayelsa states in southern Nigeria.
  • Esan (Ẹ̀sán), an Edoid language spoken in Edo State in southern Nigeria.

    • New numbers page:

    • Esan (Ẹ̀sán), an Edoid language spoken in Edo State in southern Nigeria.
    • Baniwa (Tapuya), an Arawakan language spoken in Brazil and Venezuela.
    • Bantayanon, a Central Bisayan language spoken in Cebu Province in the Philippines.

      • On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Breeze-Stoppers about the Spanish word limpiaparabrisas (windscreen / windshield wiper) and other compound words, and there’s also the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

      http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz230325.mp3

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

      The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was: Cia-Cia (Bahasa Ciacia / 바하사 찌아찌아), a Celebic language spoken on Buton Island in Southeast Sulawesi Province in Indonesia.

      In this week’s Adventure in Etymology we find out how wire used to bind hay bales, Haywire, came to be associated with chaos.

      It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

      On the Celtiadur blog, there are new posts about words for Night

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

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