Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.
New writing system: Khom Thai, a descendent of the Old Khmer script used mainly to write religious texts in Pali, Sanskrit, Khmer, Thai and Lao.
From: Wikimedia Commons, from the wellcome collection
New constructed script: Hunter × Hunter Alphabet (ハンター文字), an alternative script for Japanese created by Yoshiro Togashi (冨樫義博) for use in his Hunter × Hunter (ハンター×ハンター) manga series.
New language pages:
- Taita (Kitaita), a Northeast Bantu language spoken in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Suba (Olusuba), a Northeast Bantu language spoken in the southwest of Kenya.
- Zulgo-Gemzek, a Chadic language, or two closely-related Chadic languages, spoken in the Far North Province of Cameroon.
New numbers pages:
- Suba (Olusuba), a Northeast Bantu language spoken in Homa Bay County in the southwest of Kenya.
- Toba Qom (Qom Laʼaqtac), a Guaicuruan language spoken mainly in Argentina, and also in Bolivia and Paraguay.
- Serrano (Maarrênga’twich), an Uto-Aztecan language spoken in southern California in the USA.
New Tower of Babel translation: Taita (Kitaita), a Northeast Bantu language spoken in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
On the Omniglot blog we look into the origins of the phrase Pie in the Sky, and related phrases in English and other languages, 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 Bougainville in Papua New Guinea.
The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was: Ghomara (žamaεa / ⵖⵓⵎⴰⵔⴰ), a Northern Berber language spoken in northern Morocco.
In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, Enumerating Numbers, we untangle the roots of the word number and related words in English and other languages.
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On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post about words for Who?, and related things in Celtic languages.
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