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Omniglot News (02/03/25)

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Omniglot News

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

New language pages:

  • Mbuun (kiMbuun), a western Bantu language spoken in Kwilu Province in the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • Aka, a Bantu language spoken the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • Komo (Kikomo), a Bantu language spoken in Tshopo Province in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

New constructed script: Θũʘṵʢṳ / Old Speech, a script and language developed by Kitsune Sobo and Charlie Chey for ‘The Song of Eternavis’, a multimedia project detailing the fictional world of Eternavis.

Sample text in Θũʘṵʢṳ / Old Speech

New constructed script: Saturnian, an alternative alphabet for English and Italian designed by Murray Callahan, which is partly based on Tolkien’s Tengwar script.

Sample text in Saturnian

New adapted script: Neo-Tifinagh for Arabic (ⴻⴰⵍⴽⵉⵜⴰⴰⴱⴰⵜ ⴻⴰⵏⵄⴰⵎⴰⴰⵣⵉⵖⵉⵢⵢⴰ), a way to write Arabic with the Neo-Tifinagh script devised by Aahan Kotian.

ⵢⵓⵓⵍⴰⴷⵓ ⴵⴰⵎⵉⵉⵄⵓ ⴰⵏ ⵏⴰⴰⵙⵉ ⴻⴰⵃⵔⴰⴰⵔⴰⵏ ⵎⵓⵜⴰⵙⴰⴰⵡⵉⵉⵏⴰ ⴼⵉⵉ ⴰⵍ ⴽⴰⵔⴰⴰⵎⴰⵜⵉ ⵡⴰ ⴰⵍ ⵃⵓⵇⵓⵓⵇ. ⵡⴰ ⵇⴰⴷ ⵡⵓⵀⵉⴱⵓⵓ ⵄⴰⵇⵍⴰⵏ ⵡⴰ ⴹⴰⵎⵉⵉⵔⴰⵏ ⵡⴰ ⵄⴰⵍⴰⵢⵀⵉⵎ ⵄⴰⵏ ⵢⵓⵄⴰⴰⵎⵉⵍⴰ ⴱⴰⵄⴹⵓⵀⵓⵎ ⴱⴰⵄⴹⴰⵏ ⴱⵉⵔⵓⵓⵃⵉ ⴰⵍ ⵉⵅⴰⴰⴻ.

New numbers pages:

  • Jirel (जिरेल), a Southern Tibetic language spoken mainly in Bagmati Province in eastern Nepal.
  • Itbayat (Itbayatan), a Batanic language spoken mainly on Itbayat Island in the Batanes Islands in the Philippines.
  • Palauan (a tekoi er a Belau), a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Palau, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Improved numbers page:

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