Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.
New writing system: Leke (Chicken Scratch) Script, a script created in the 19th century to write Karen languages in Myanmar and Thailand.
New adapted script: Kannada for Tamil (ಕನ಼್ ನ಼ಡ ಎೞುತ್ತುಮುಱೈ), a way to write Tamil with the Kannada script devised by Aahan Kotian.
New language pages:
- Bahnar, a Central Bahnaric language spoken in central Vietnam.
- Mnong (Bu Nong / ឞូន៝ង) a South Bahnaric language spoken in southern Vietnam and eastern Cambodia.
- Kanyok (Ciin kanyòk), a Bantu language spoken in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
New numbers pages:
- Kanyok (Ciin kanyòk), a Bantu language spoken in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Kapampangan (Amánung Kapangpángan), a Central Luzon language spoken mainly on the Philippine island of Luzon.
- Ibibio, a Benue-Congo language spoken in southern Nigeria.
New Tower of Babel translation: Kalabari (Kalaḅarị), an Ijoid language spoken in southern Nigeria.
On the Omniglot blog we step into the bizarre world of Dwile Flonking, 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 British Columbia in Canada.
The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was: Nganasan (ня”), a Samoyedic language spoken on the Taymyr Peninsula in the Siberian Federal District in the north of Russia.
In this week’s episode of Celtic Pathways, Cumbersome Confluences, we disencumber the cumbersome and confluent Celtic roots of words like encumber.
It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.
On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post entitled Gnawing Bites about words for chew, bite, gnaw and related things.
Improved page: Kapampangan language page.
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