Omniglot News (22/10/23)
Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. There are new language pages about: * Lavukaleve, a Central Solomons language spoken in the Russell Islands in the Central Province of the Solomon Islands. * Cocama (Kokáma), a Tupi-Guarani language spoken mainly in northwestern Peru, and also in Brazil and Colombia. * Nùng, an Central Tai language spoken mainly in northeastern Vietnam, and also in southern China. * Cua – an East Bahnaric language spoken in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam. * Ta’Oi (ຕາໂອ້ຍອ໌) – a Katuic language spoken in southern Laos and central Vietnam. Also this week, the number of language profiles on Omniglot reached 1,900! Which seems like a bit of an achievement. It’s now at 1,903. New numbers pages: * Cocama (Kokáma), a Tupi-Guarani language spoken mainly in northwestern Peru, and also in Brazil and Colombia. * Paicî, a New Caledonian language spoken on the east coast of New Caledonia. * Cèmuhî, a Northern New Caledonian language spoken in the North Province of New Caledonia. Meanwhile on the Omniglot blog we ask ‘How much is a smidgen? How about a tad, dash, drop or pinch?’ in a post entitled Just a Smidgen, 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 southwestern China and eastern Myanmar (Burma). The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Lule Sámi (julevsámegiella), a Western Sámi language spoken in Norway and Sweden . There’s a new Celtiadur post about words for Size & Quantity and related things, and I improved the post about words for Good, Left & North In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, we untangle the ruddy roots of the word Robust. I also made improvements to the Georgian numbers page. 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