Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.

New language pages:

• Ngangam (miganganm), a Northern Gur language spoken in northeastern Togo and northwestern Benin.


• Mbukushu (thiMbukushu), a Bantu language spoken in Namibia, Angola, Botswana and Zambia.


• Belanda Viri, a Ubangian language spoken in the west and south of South Sudan.


• Glosa, an International Auxiliary Language based on Interglossa.

New numbers pages:

• Glosa, an International Auxiliary Language based on Interglossa.


• Interglossa, an International Auxiliary Language devised by Lancelot Hogben.


• Uropi, an International Auxiliary Language based on common Indo-European roots.


• Betawi (basè Betawi), a Malay-based creole spoken mainly in the Jakarta region of Indonesia.

On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Doorgetting about the doorway effect (forgetting why you entered a room as you walk through the door), and related things. There’s also the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this is a Polynesian language.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Bhili (भीली / ભીલી), a Western Indo-Aryan language spoken in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh in central India.

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In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, Sadly Satisfied, we find out whether the words sad and satisfied are related.

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On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post entitled Tented Pavilions about words for tents, pavilions and related things in Celtic languages

Improved page: Interglossa language page

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