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Omniglot News (27/07/25)
Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.
New constructed script: Saramukhi, an alternative script for Indonesian and English created by Reza Sumanda and inspired by the Devanagari and Marchen scripts.
New adapted script: Groeg (κροηκ), a way to write Welsh with the Greek alphabet devised by Xavier Merica.
New language pages:
New numbers pages:
On the Omniglot blog we find out whether the words gig, jig and the German word Geige (violin) are connected in a post entitled Gigs, Jigs & Fiddles, and there’s the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:
http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz270725.mp3
Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in Vanuatu.
The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was: Kituba, a Kikongo-based creole spoken in Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, Discombobulation, we investigate the word discombobulate and related words.
It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.
On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post entitled Each & Every about words for each, every, all 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/Omniglot-100430558332117
You can also listen to this podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Stitcher, TuneIn, Podchaser, PlayerFM or podtail.
If you would like to support this podcast, you can make a donation via PayPal or Patreon, or contribute to Omniglot in other ways.
Radio Omniglot podcasts are brought to you in association with Blubrry Podcast Hosting, a great place to host your podcasts. Get your first month free with the promo code omniglot.
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Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.
New constructed script: Saramukhi, an alternative script for Indonesian and English created by Reza Sumanda and inspired by the Devanagari and Marchen scripts.
New adapted script: Groeg (κροηκ), a way to write Welsh with the Greek alphabet devised by Xavier Merica.
New language pages:
New numbers pages:
On the Omniglot blog we find out whether the words gig, jig and the German word Geige (violin) are connected in a post entitled Gigs, Jigs & Fiddles, and there’s the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:
http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz270725.mp3
Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in Vanuatu.
The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was: Kituba, a Kikongo-based creole spoken in Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, Discombobulation, we investigate the word discombobulate and related words.
It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.
On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post entitled Each & Every about words for each, every, all 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/Omniglot-100430558332117
You can also listen to this podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Stitcher, TuneIn, Podchaser, PlayerFM or podtail.
If you would like to support this podcast, you can make a donation via PayPal or Patreon, or contribute to Omniglot in other ways.
Radio Omniglot podcasts are brought to you in association with Blubrry Podcast Hosting, a great place to host your podcasts. Get your first month free with the promo code omniglot.