Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.
New language pages:
New constructed script and language: Yufrabiz, which was created by Max Greiner.
New constructed script: Western Script, which was invented by Julius Alfred Cordova as an alternative way to write English and Spanish.
New numbers pages:
On the Omniglot blog we find out whether the French word heurter (door knocker) is related to the English word hurt in a post entitled Battering Down the Door. 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 Alaska in the USA.
The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Maung (Mawng Ngaralk), an Iwaidjan language spoken on Goulburn Island in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Austalia.
In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, we find out what the word Swan has to do with sonnets, sonatas and bells.