Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.
New writing system: Tai Noi, a script used to write Lao and Isan in Laos and northern Thailand.
New constructed system: Aramikatavah (ארמיכתבה), an alternative way to write Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic created by Mina McVinnie.
New language pages:
- Degema (Dẹgẹma), an Edoid language spoken in Degema LGA in Rivers states in southern Nigeria.
- Egene (Ẹgẹnẹ), an Edoid language spoken in Rivers and Bayelsa states in southern Nigeria.
- Esan (Ẹ̀sán), an Edoid language spoken in Edo State in southern Nigeria.
New numbers page:
- Esan (Ẹ̀sán), an Edoid language spoken in Edo State in southern Nigeria.
- Baniwa (Tapuya), an Arawakan language spoken in Brazil and Venezuela.
- Bantayanon, a Central Bisayan language spoken in Cebu Province in the Philippines.
On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Breeze-Stoppers about the Spanish word limpiaparabrisas (windscreen / windshield wiper) and other compound words, 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 mainly in Azerbaijan.
The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was:
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