Omniglot News (15/10/23)
Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. New constructed script: Soneka, which was devised by Paul Mbongo as an alternative way to write Lingala. New constructed script: Oktyr, which was created by Gruzijslav Zistoksovshvili (გრუზისლავი ზისტოქსოვშვილი) to write a constructed language by the same name. New adapated script: Tengwar for Greek, a way to write Greek with Tolkien’s Tengwar script created by Stavros and Nikos Neofotistos. There are new language pages about: * Urak Lawoi’ (อูรักลาโวยจ), a Malayic language spoken in Phuket, Krabi and Satun provinces in southern Thailand. * Bengkulu (Baso Bengkulu), a Malayic language spoken in the southwest of Sumatra in Indonesia. * Tobelo, an West Papuan language spoken in North Maluku Province in eastern Indonesia. * Galela (Hadiyyisa) – a West Papuan language spoken in North Maluku Province of Indonesia. New numbers pages: * Urak Lawoi’ (อูรักลาโวยจ), a Malayic language spoken in Phuket, Krabi and Satun provinces in southern Thailand. * Heiltsuk (Haiɫzaqvla), a northern Wakashan language spoken in British Colimbia in Canada. * Haisla (X̄a’’islak̓ala), a northern Wakashan language spoken in British Colimbia in Canada. There’s a new Omniglot blog post about the expression Jot & Tittle, which refers to the the smallest details, 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 Norway and Sweden. The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Carolinian (Refalúwasch), a Micronesian language spoken in the Northern Mariana Islands. There’s a new Celtiadur post entitled Haughty Pride and I improved the post about words for Right & South. In this week’s Celtic Pathways podcast, we find connections between words for Big in Celtic languages and words related to chestnuts in other 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,