Omniglot News (01/01/23)

Here’s the latest news for the last two weeks from the world of Omniglot. There are new language pages about: * Cheke Holo, an Oceanic language spoken on Santa Isabel Island in Isabel Province of the Solomon Islands * Isoko, a Southwestern Edoid language spoken in Delta State in southern Nigeria. * Tigak, a Western Oceanic language spoken in New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea. * Urhobo, a Southwestern Edoid language spoken in the states of Delta, Bayelsa and Edo in southern Nigeria. New adapted script: Hokkien Imji / 漳泉音字 (쟝좐ˆ임찌), which is a why to write Hokkien with the Korean Hangeul script created by Lee Chun Hoe. New adapated script: Ko Āwherika Māori (ꗛ ꕉ:ꗱꔸꕪ ꕮ:ꖺꔸ), a way to write Māori with the Vai script devised by Xavier Merica. ꗛ ꗳ ꕪꗋꕉ ꖺ ꕋ ꕚꕋꕚ ꔤ ꗳ ꕘꕯꖕꕋꕚꕋ ꕮꔤ ꗡ ꕎꗳꕉ ꕉꕯ ꔤ ꕋ ꗤꗸ ꕪꗋꕉ; ꗡ ꕚꖕꔸꗳꔸꗳ ꕉꕯ ꖽꕃ ꕋ ꕮꕯ ꘈ ꕋ ꔳꕪ. ꗡ ꕘꕪꔱꔱꕉ ꕉꕯ ꖽꕃ ꕃ ꕉ ꕟꗋꖕ ꗳ ꕋꕪꖕ ꕘꔤ ꕘꕪꕉꗐ ꘈ ꗳ ꔦꘉꕋꗐ ꗞꔦꖺ ꕃ ꗳ ꔳꕪ ꘈ ꗳ ꗤ, ꕉ ꗡ ꔳꕪ ꕉꕯ ꕃꕉ ꘈꔤꕋ ꗳ ꕮꔦ ꕉ ꗳꕚꔦ ꘈ ꕮ ꗐꗋ ꕉꖤ ꔤ ꗳ ꕎꔤꖩꕉ ꖺ ꗳ ꗟꖽ ꕚꔦ, ꕉꗟ ꗤ ꗳꔤꕯ ꗤ ꖤꕉꕪꕯ ꔤ ꔸꕋ ꔤ ꗳ ꕘꕪꕉꗐ ꗛꕚꔦ. There are new numbers pages in: * Kara, an Oceanic language spoken in the Kavieng District of New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea. * Cheke Holo, an Oceanic language spoken on Santa Isabel Island in Isabel Province of the Solomon Islands * Isoko, a Southwestern Edoid language spoken in Delta State in southern Nigeria. * Tigak, a Western Oceanic language spoken in New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea. * Papapana, a Western Oceanic language spoken in Bougainville Province in Papua New Guinea. * Urhobo, a Southwestern Edoid language spoken in the states of Delta, Bayelsa and Edo in southern Nigeria. New Tower of Babel translations: Aruamu, Gapapaiwa and Urhobo. On the Omniglot blog there are posts entitled Seeding Discord, Eve and Werifesteria, and there’s the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is: Here’s a clue: this is language was spoken in parts of the USA and Canada, and is currently being revived. Here are the answers to last week’s Christmas quiz: * Japan – this tradtion started as a result of a festive marketing campaign by KFC in 1974 * Venezuela, specifically in Caracas, the capital * Sweden – the Yule Goat (Julbock) tradition goes back to at least the 11th century. Source: https://www.holidayextras.com/travel-blog/wanderlust/unusual-christmas-traditions.html The mystery language in the previous week’s language quiz was Isoko,