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

New writing system: Hurûf-ı munfasıla, a script based on the Ottoman Turkish alphabet with the letters written separately and all the vowels written devised by Enver Pasha in 1914.

New adapted script: Hengul (헨규얘 아얘푸벹), an alternative way to write English with the Korean Hangeul alphabet devised by Evan Wenning.

New language pages:

• Ivbiosakon (émáì), an Edoid language spoken in the north Edo State in southern Nigeria.
• Ososo (Ósósọ̀), an Edoid language spoken in Edo and Kogi states in southern Nigeria.
• Moro, a Talodi language spoken in Southern Kordofan state in southern Sudan.

New numbers pages:

• Narragansett (Nãikanset), an Eastern Algonquian language that was spoken in Rhode Island in the USA until the 19th century, and that is being revived.
• Konkomba (Likpakpaln), a Gur language spoken in northern Ghana and northern Togo.

On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Squally Showers about the Spanish word chubasco (shower, downpour) 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 western Brazil.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was: Budukh (Будад мез), a Lezgian language spoken mainly in northeastern Azerbaijan.

In this week’s Celtic Pathways podcast, Windy Braying, we uncover the flatulent Celtic roots of words for to bray and related things in English, French and other languages.

It’s also available on Instagram and TikTok.

On the Celtiadur blog, there are new posts entitled Night and Breaking the Wind.

New article: How to Transition from Modern Standard Arabic to Real-Life Lebanese Arabic

Improved pages: Herero and Bashkir language pages.

New song: What Are You Waiting For?, which I started writing back in November 2024, and finally finished this week.

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