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Omniglot News (04/05/25)

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Episode • May 4

Omniglot News

Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.

New language pages:

  • Masalit (Masaraa / Masarak), a Maban language spoken in southeastern Chad and southwestern Sudan.
  • Maba (buraa mabaŋ / بُرَا مَبَݝ‎), a Maban language spoken mainly in Ouaddaï Province in southwestern Chad.
  • Guerrero Nahuatl (Mēxihcatlācatl), an Aztecan (Nahuan) language spoken in the state of Guerrero in west-central Mexico.
  • Tetelcingo Nahuatl (Mösiehuali̱), an Aztecan (Nahuan) language spoken in the state of Morelos in south-central Mexico.
  • Myene (Omyènè), a Bantu language spoken in western Gabon.

New numbers pages:

  • Bribri (se’ie), a Chibchan language spoken in Limón and Puntarenas provinces in southern Costa Rica.
  • Teribe (Naso), a Chibchan language spoken in Bocas del Toro province in northwestern Panama.
  • Tetelcingo Nahuatl (Mösiehuali̱), an Aztecan (Nahuan) language spoken in the state of Morelos in south-central Mexico.

On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Dog Days about some dog-related words and expressions, such as canicule (heat wave) in French, 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 southern Chad.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was: Dhundari (ढूंढाड़ी), a Rajasthani language spoken in the Dhundhar region of Rajasthan in the northwest of India.

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