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Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.
There are new language pages about:
- Inuktun (Avanersuarmiutut), an Inuit language spoken in northern Greenland.
- Bangi (Bobangi), a Bantu language spoken in the centre of the Republic of Congo and in west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Nzadi (Indzéé), a Bantu language spoken in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Tembo (Kitembo / Chitembo), a Bantu language spoken in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
New numbers pages:
- Inuktun (Avanersuarmiutut), an Inuit language spoken in northern Greenland.
- Aramaic (ארמית), a Semitic language that was the lingua franca of much of the Near East from about 7th century BC until the 7th century AD .
- Makah (qʷi·qʷi·diččaq), a southern Wakashan language that was spoken on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state in the USA and is being revived.
- Kwak̓wala, a northern Wakashan language spoken on Vancouver Island in Canada.
- Nuu-Chah-Nulth (Nuučaan̓uł), a southern Wakashan language spoken in British Columbia in Canada
New Tower of Babel translation: Bangi (Bobangi)
There’s a new Omniglot blog post called Hanging Nails in which we look into the origins of the wordhangnail and related words, 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 Siberia.
The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Liq’wala (Liq̓ʷala), a Northern Wakashan language spoken in British Columbia in Canada.
There’s a new Celtiadur post about words for With and Without and related things.
In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, we unwind the origins of the word Weird.
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