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:
Here’s a clue: this language is spoken mainly in Azerbaijan.
The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was: