Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.
New language pages:
Bujeba (Bisio), a Bantu language spoken in the Litoral Province in the west of Equatorial Guinea.
Gyele (gyɛ̀lì), a Bantu language spoken in the Océan Department in the South Province of Cameroon.
Kwasio, a Bantu language spoken along the coast of south western Cameroon and north western Equatorial Guinea.
Mbosi (Embɔ́si), a Bantu language spoken in the Cuvette and Plateaux departments in the Republic of the Congo.
New numbers pages:
Hadza (Hadzane), a language isolate spoken near Lake Eyasi in northern Tanzania.
Gascon (Gascoun), a variety of Occitan spoken mainly in southwestern France and northeastern Spain.
Bearnese (biarnés / bearnés), a variety of Gascon spoken in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
On the Omniglot blog we find out what the words knot and knit have to do with King Canute, and how they connect to Bluetooth in a post entitled Knotted Knitting, 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 Sumatra in Indonesia.
The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was: Sar(a) (Madjingay), a Central Sudanic language spoken in southern Chad.