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Omniglot News (24/05/26)

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

New language pages:

  • Naki, an Eastern Beboid language spoken in the Northwest Region of Cameroon.
  • Nali, an Oceanic language spoken on Manus Island in northern Papua New Guinea.
  • Ndoola (laˊ ndòòlaˋ), a Bantoid language spoken mainly in Nigeria, and also in Cameroon.
  • Chiquitano (Bésɨro), a language isolate spoken in southwestern Bolivia and western Brazil.
  • Cavineña (Kabina), a Tacanan language spoken in the Beni Department in northern Bolivia.

    • New numbers pages:

    • Nali, an Oceanic language spoken on Manus Island in northern Papua New Guinea.
    • Ndoola (laˊ ndòòlaˋ), a Bantoid language spoken mainly in Nigeria, and also in Cameroon.
    • Chiquitano (Bésɨro), a language isolate spoken in Bolivia and Brazil.
    • Cavineña (Kabina), a Tacanan language spoken in the Beni Department in northern Bolivia.

      • In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, entitled Gather Together, we’re gathering together the good roots of the word gather.

      It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

      On the Omniglot blog this week there’s a new post entitled Fire Arrows about the Chinese word 火箭 (huǒ​jiàn), which means rocket (lit. “fire arrow”) and related words, and there’s the usual language quiz. See if you guess what language this is:

      http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz240526.mp3

      Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in Bangladesh and India.

      The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Putukwam, a Southern Bantoid language spoken in Cross River State in southern Nigeria.

      On the Celtiadur blog this week there’s a new post entitled Side by Side, about words for side and related things in Celtic languages.

      For more Omniglot News, see:

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

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