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Omniglot News (10/08/25)
Season 1 Episode 205
Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.
New constructed script: Urup Bidayuh’, which was created by Reza Sumanda as a way to write Biatah (Bidayuh), a Land Dayak language spoken in West Kalimantan in Indonesia, and Sarawak in Malaysia.
New language pages:
- Luang (Letri Lgona), a Timoric language spoken in the Leti and Babar Islands in Maluku Province in southern Indonesia.
- Tsudaqar (цӀудхърила мец), a Northeast Caucasian language spoken in southern Dagestan in the southwest of the Russian Federation.
- Bukar-Sadong (Bidayŭh Bukar-Sadung), a Land Dayak language spoken in Sarawak in Malaysia, and in West Kalimantan in Indonesia.
New numbers pages:
- Bukar–Sadong (Bidayŭh Bukar-Sadung), a Land Dayak language spoken in Sarawak in Malaysia, and in West Kalimantan in Indonesia.
- Kim (kwasap), an Mbum-Day language spoken in southwestern Chad.
- Xong (Dut Xonb), a Hmong-Mien language spoken mainly in Hunan Province in southern China.
On the Omniglot blog we discover whether the words cargo and car are related in post called A Cargo of Cars, and there’s the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:
Here’s a clue: this language was spoken in Ontario in Canada and Oklahoma in the USA, and is currently being revived.
The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Rutul (мыхӏабишды), a Lezgic language spoken in the Republic of Dagestan in the southwest of Russia.
In this week’s Adventure in Etymology we find out what links helicopters, Roger Federer and Feathers.
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