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Omniglot News (11/05/25)

Radio Omniglot
Radio Omniglot
Episode • May 11 • 2m

Omniglot News

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.

In this week’s Celtic Pathways podca

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