Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.
New writing system: Hurûf-ı munfasıla, a script based on the Ottoman Turkish alphabet with the letters written separately and all the vowels written devised by Enver Pasha in 1914.
New adapted script: Hengul (헨규얘 아얘푸벹), an alternative way to write English with the Korean Hangeul alphabet devised by Evan Wenning.
New language pages:
- Ivbiosakon (émáì), an Edoid language spoken in the north Edo State in southern Nigeria.
- Ososo (Ósósọ̀), an Edoid language spoken in Edo and Kogi states in southern Nigeria.
- Moro, a Talodi language spoken in Southern Kordofan state in southern Sudan.
New numbers pages:
- Narragansett (Nãikanset), an Eastern Algonquian language that was spoken in Rhode Island in the USA until the 19th century, and that is being revived.
- Konkomba (Likpakpaln), a Gur language spoken in northern Ghana and northern Togo.
On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Squally Showers about the Spanish word chubasco (shower, downpour) 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 in western Brazil.
The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was:
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