Omniglot News (15/09/24)

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

New language pages:

• Moma (Mobaha), a Celebic language spoken in Central Sulawesi Province in northern Indonesia.
• Burum (Mindik), a Western Huon language spoken on the Huon Peninsula in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea.
• Ternate (bhsua ternente), a West Papuan language spoken mainly on Ternate island in North Maluku Province of Indonesia.
• Tidore, a West Papuan language spoken mainly on the island of Tidore in North Maluku Province of Indonesia.
• Thadou (Thadou pao), a Kuki-Chin-Naga language spoken in Manipur and Assam in the northeast of India.

New numbers pages: in Ternate (bhsua ternente), a West Papuan language spoken mainly on Ternate island in North Maluku Province of Indonesia.

New Numbers and Phrases pages in Mirandese (mirandés), a Western Ibero-Romance language spoken mainly in northern Portugal.

On the Omniglot blog this we investigate the Italian word rumore in a post entitled What’s that noise?. There’s also the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/blog/quiz150924.mp3

Here’s a clue: this is an Australian aboriginal language.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Mangareva (Te Reo Magareva), a Polynesian language spoken on the islands of Gambier and Mangareva in French Polynesia.

In this week’s Celtic Pathways podcast, we discover the possible Celtic roots of words for Leather in English and other Germanic languages.

On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post entitled Leathery Hide about words for leather, hide and related things, and I made improvements to the Surfaces and Calling Words posts.

Improved page: Mirandese language page.

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