Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.
New language pages:
Bambalang (Chrambo), a Grassfields Southern Bantoid language spoken in Cameroon.
Bila (kiBila), a Bantu language spoken in Ituri Province in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Budu (Ɨbʉdhʉ), a Bantu language spoken in Orientale Province in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
New numbers pages:
Zotung (Zo), a Kuki-Chin language spoken mainly in Chin State in western Myanmar.
Yine, a Southern Arawakan language spoken mainly in eastern and southern Peru.
New constructed script: Ilo Reverse Abugida, an alternative writing system for Hawaiian invented by TheDankBoi69 and based on the Maldivian Thaana script.
New adapted script: Sawi Toki Pona, a way to write Toki Pona with the Shavian script devised by Aahan Kotian.
New article: Decoding Meanings in Spanish Color Expressions
On the Omniglot blog we find out when a tomato is not a tomato in a post entitled Foreign Eggplants, and 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 northern Queenland in Australia.
The mystery langu