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Omniglot News (12/10/25)
Season 1 Episode 214
Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.
New language pages:
- Baba (Supapyag), an Eastern Grassfields language spoken in the North West Region of Cameroon.
- Bamukumbit (Maŋkɔŋ), an Eastern Grassfields language spoken in the North West Region of Cameroon.
- Sawai, a South Halmahera language spoken on Halmahera island in North Maluku Province in Indonesia.
New numbers pages:
- Khowar (کھووار), a Dardic language spoken mainly in northern Pakistan, and also in India.
- Baba (Supapyag), a Bantu language spoken in the North West Region of Cameroon.
- Sawai), a South Halmahera language spoken on Halmahera island in North Maluku Province in Indonesia.
New idiom: When the Cat’s Away (the mice will play)
New constructed script: Atʼákaz bee yádeiiltiʼí, an alternative script for Navajo invented by Nicholas Fox.
On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Gluten Glue in which we find links between the words glue, gluten and clay, 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 British Colombia in Canada.
The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Dhao, a Sumba-Flores language spoken on Ndao, one of the Lesser Sunda Islands in East Nusa Tenggara Province in Indonesia.
Unfortunately I couldn’t find any words of Celtic origin in non-Celtic languages for this week’s Celtic Pathways podcast, so after 94 episodes, I’ve decided to take a break. I’ll be back with more Adventures in Etymology next week.
On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post about words for Awls & Bodkins in Celtic languages.
Improved pages: Phoenician numbers and Khowar language pages
In other news, my Duolingo streak re
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