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

New language pages:

• Adhola (DhoPadhola), a Western Nilotic language spoken in the Eastern Region of Uganda.


• Ntcham (ncam), a Northern Gur language spoken in Togo and Ghana.


• Akha (A˯ka˯daw˯), a Southern Loloish language spoken in China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.

New constructed script and language: Yufrabiz, which was created by Max Greiner.

New constructed script: Western Script, which was invented by Julius Alfred Cordova as an alternative way to write English and Spanish.

New numbers pages:

• Adhola (DhoPadhola), a Western Nilotic language spoken in the Eastern Region of Uganda.


• Akha (A˯ka˯daw˯), a Southern Loloish language spoken in China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.


• Achang (Ngachang), a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Yunnan province in southern China.

On the Omniglot blog we find out whether the French word heurter (door knocker) is related to the English word hurt in a post entitled Battering Down the Door. There’s also the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in Alaska in the USA.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Maung (Mawng Ngaralk), an Iwaidjan language spoken on Goulburn Island in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Austalia.

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In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, we find out what the word Swan has to do with sonnets, sonatas and bells.

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On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post entitled Leader in Chief about words for leader, chief, president and so on in Celtic languages.

Improved page: New Akha con-script page.

I forgot to mention on the recording, but here’s a new song I wrote recently called Cats & Dogs:

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