Radio Omniglot

Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. New language pages: Datooga, a Southern Nilotic language spoken in parts of northern Tanzania. Sobei, a Western Oceanic language spoken in Papua Province in eastern Indonesian. Defaka (défàkà),

In this Adventure in Etymology, we’re looking into the origins of the word origin, and randomly looking at the word random. A random and original rowing boat Origin [ˈɒɹ.ɪ.dʒɪn/ˈɔɹ.ɪ.dʒɪn] is: The beginning of something The source of a river,

Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. New language pages: Anuak (Dha-Anywaa), a Western Nilotic language spoken in western Ethiopia and eastern South Sudan. Belanda Bor (di Bor), a Western Nilotic language spoken in South Sudan. Bawm,

In this episode we discover the possible Celtic roots of the word jeans, and also the place names Genoa and Geneva. Jeans are trousers made from denim cotton, traditionally dyed dark blue, and also known as blue jeans.

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˯),