Omniglot News (14/05/23)
Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. There are new language pages about: * Balantak (wurung Balantak), a Celebic language spoken in central Malekula Island in Vanuatu. * Tuamotuan (Reʻo Paʻumotu), a Polynesian language spoken in the Tuamotu archipelago in French Polynesia. * Lenakel (Netvaar), a Southern Oceanic language spoken mainly on Tanna Island in Tafea Province in southern Vanuatu. There’s a new numbers pages in: Balantak, Tuamotuan, Warlpiri and Zaza(ki). There’s a new Omniglot blog post about the French word Chez, as in chez moi and chez nous, and one about the phrase Teaching School, which sounds a bit strange to me, but apparently it’s normal in American English, and the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is: Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in Micronesia. The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was: Shawnee (Sawanwa), a Central Algonquian language spoken in Oklahoma in the USA. There’s a new Celtic Pathways podcast called Top Tips which looks into words for top, tip and related things in Celtic and other languages. On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post entitled A Pair of Twos about words for two and related things in Celtic languages. 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, PlayerFM or podtail. If you would like to support this podcast, you can make a donation via PayPal or Patreon, or contribute to Omniglot in other ways. Radio Omniglot podcasts are brought to you in association with Blubrry Podcast Hosting, a great place to host your podcasts. Get your first month free with the promo code omniglot.