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Omniglot News (24/08/25)

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

New language pages:

• Kwangali (Rukwangali), a Bantu language spoken in northern Namibia and southern Angola.
• Lega (Kilega), a Bantu language spoken in the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• Lomwe (Elomwe / Emakhuwa), a Bantu language spoken in northern Mozambique and southern Malawi.

New numbers pages:

• Kwangali (Rukwangali), a Bantu language spoken in northern Namibia and southern Angola.
• Lomwe (Elomwe / Emakhuwa), a Bantu language spoken in northern Mozambique and southern Malawi.
• Lhomi (ल्होमी‎), a Central Bodish language spoken mainly in eastern Nepal, and also in China and India.
• Makassarese (Basa Mangkasara’ / ᨅᨔ ᨆᨀᨔᨑ), a South-Sulawesi language spoken in South Sulawesi Province in Indonesia.

New phrases pages:

• Kwangali (Rukwangali), a Bantu language spoken in northern Namibia and southern Angola.
• Bless you! – phrases to use when someone sneezes in many languages.

New Tower of Babel translation:

• Kwangali (Rukwangali), a Bantu language spoken in northern Namibia and southern Angola.
• Lomwe (Elomwe / Emakhuwa), a Bantu language spoken in northern Mozambique and southern Malawi.

On the Omniglot blog there a new post entitled Knobbly Monsters about the creative ways journalists use to avoid repeating key words in their articles, and there’s the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in Tanzania.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Aheri Gondi (कोयम‎ / गोंडी‎), a Dravidian language spoken mainly in the Indian states of Maharashtra and Telangana.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, Sticky Climbs, we uncover the sticky roots of the word climb.