Afleveringen
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Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. New writing system: Kodava Lipi, or Muthanna Script, was created in 1970 by Dr. I M Muthanna to write Kodava, a Dravidian language spoken in Karnataka in the southwest of India. It was chosen as the official script for Kodava in 2022. New language pages: Mbama […]
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In this episode we discover the possible Celtic roots of English and French words for seagull. The Proto-Celtic word *wailannā means seagull, and possibly comes from the Proto-Indo-European *wáy (oh! ah! woe! alas!), and maybe related to *waylos (howler, wolf) [source]. Related words in the modern Celtic languages include: faoileán = gull, seagull in Irish […]
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Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. New language pages: Bafaw-Balong (lèfɔ́’, bàlòŋ), a Bantu language (or two closely-related languages) spoken in the Southwest and Littoral regions of Cameroon. Dciriku (Gciriku), a Central Sudanic language spoken mainly in southwestern Chad, and also in Nigeria. Kako (Mkako), a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon, the […]
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In this Adventure in Etymology, we find connections between words for bottle, boot and butt in various languages. Meanings of bottle [ˈbɔtɫ̩ / ˈbɑ.təl] include: A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids. The contents of such a container. It comes from Middle English botel […]
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Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. New language pages: Kabwa (Ekikabwa), a Northeast Bantu language spoken in the Mara Region in northern Tanzania. Bagirmi (tàrà ɓármà), a Central Sudanic language spoken mainly in southwestern Chad, and also in Nigeria. Naba (Tar Melbene), a Central Sudanic language spoken mainly in Batha-Est Prefecture in […]
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Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. New language pages: Waiwai, a Cariban language spoken mainly in northern Brazil, and also in Guyana and Suirname. Enawene Nawe (Enawenê-Nawê), a Southern Arawakan language spoken in State of Mato Grosso in western Brazil. Jah Hut, an Aslian language spoken mainly in Pahang state in the […]
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In this episode we discover the possible Celtic roots of some words for sword, hammer and related things in Romance and Slavic languages. The Proto-Celtic word *kladiwos means sword, and comes from Proto-Celtic *kladeti (to stab, dig), from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₂dʰ-é-ti, from *kelh₂- (to beat, strike) [source]. Related words in the modern Celtic languages include: claíomh […]
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Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. New language pages: Lawangan, an East Barito language spoken in Central Kalimantan Province in Indonesia. Belait, a North Bornean language spoken mainly in Brunei, and also in northern Sarawak in Malaysia. I started putting together a new phrases page containing translations of the phrase ‘So long, […]
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In this Adventure in Etymology, we find connections between clutter, clods and klutzes. My cluttered kitchen part way through its current renovation Clutter [ˈklʌtə(ɹ) / ˈklʌtɚ] is: A confused disordered jumble of things Background echoes, from clouds etc., on a radar or sonar screen. Clatter; confused noise. (obsolete) It comes from Middle English cloteren (to […]
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Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. New language pages: Sambas Malay (Base Melayu Sambas), a Malayic language spoken mainly in the Sambas Regency in West Kalimantan Province of Indonesia. Brunei Malay (Bahasa Melayu Brunei), a Malayic language spoken mainly in Brunei Darussalam, and nearby parts of East Malaysia. Enggano, a Malayo-Polynesian language […]
