Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.
There are new language pages about:
New constructed script: Kanabasic, which is an alternative way to write Japanese created by Safebox that is half-way between romaji and kana.
New numbers pages:
On the Omniglot blog we find out what conects the word gossamer with the words Goose and Summer, and there’s the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:
Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in Nepal and India.
The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Yucuna (Jukuna), a Northern Maipurean or Arawakan language spoken in the south of Colombia
There’s a new Celtiadur post about words for Near and Close and related things in Celtic languages, and I made improvements to the posts about words for Gods and Goddesses, Small and Big, Large and Great.
In the Adventure in Etymology we investigate the origins of the word Twilight and related words.
I also wrote a new song this week called Fa