Omniglot News (05/11/23)
Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. There are new language pages about: * Sawila (Manata), an East Alor language spoken in the Alor Regency in East Nusa Tenggara Province in southern Indonesia. * Karai-karai (bo Karaikarai), a West Chadic language spoken mainly in Yobe State in the northeast of Nigeria. * Bole (bṑ pìkkà), a West Chadic language spoken mainly in Yobe and Gombe states in the northeast of Nigeria. * Zaiwa (Zaiwa mying), a Burmish language spoken in southwestern China and northeastern Myanmar. New numbers pages: * Bole (bṑ pìkkà), a West Chadic language spoken mainly in Yobe and Gombe states in the northeast of Nigeria. * Badaga (படகா / ಬಡಗ), a southern Dravidian language spoken in Tamil Nadu and Kerala in southern India. * Tokodede, a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in East Timor. There’s a new idiom page with versions of the saying As Snug as a Bug in a Rug in various languages. On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post about Snudging & Snuggling 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 Himachal Pradesh in northern India. The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Guambiano (Nam Trik), a Barbacoan language spoken in southwestern Colombia. In this week’s Adventure in Etymology podcast, we uncover the origins of the word Ghost 👻, and find out where that ghostly h comes from. On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post about words for Order and related things, and I made improvements to the posts entitled Bad, Frosty Ice and Quick, Fast & Lively. I also made separate pages for the Lisu language and the Fraser alphabet. For more Omniglot News see: https://www.omniglot.com/news/ https://twitter.com/Omniglossia https://www.facebook.com/groups/omniglot/ https://www.facebook.com/Omniglot-100430558332117 You can also listen to this podcast on: Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Stitcher, TuneIn, Podchaser,