Omniglot News (19/09/21)

There is a new writing system on Omniglot this week: The Global Alphabet, which was devised in 1944 by Robert Latham Owen as an alternative way to write English and other languages. There’s a new adapted script: Türk Uygur Alfabesi, which is a way to write Turkish using the Uyghur version of the Arabic alphabet devised by Muhammad Shakeel. There are three new languages on Omniglot this week: * Maguindanao (Magindanawn), a Central Philippine language spoken mainly in Maguindanao province in the south of Mindanao island in the Philippines. * Tonsawang (Toundanow), a Minahasan language spoken in the Southeast Minahasa Tenggara regency in North Sulawesi province of Indonesia. * Rinconada Bikol, a Central Philippine language spoken in the Bicol region in the southeast of Luzon in the Philippines. There are Omniglot blog posts about being Quobbled and Kvetching, as well as the usual language quiz. The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Wayuu (Wayuunaiki), an Arawakan language spoken in northwestern Venezuela and northeastern Colombia. The Celtiadur post this week is about words for battle and related things in Celtic languages. This week’s Adventure in Etymology looks into the origins of the word bucket. Versions can be found on Instagram and TikTok and YouTube, which includes some extras bits. On Friday afternoon I wrote a new tune called Friday Afternoon or Prynhawn Dydd Gwener, which goes something like this: Another version is available on Tiktok and Instagram View this post on Instagram A post shared by Simon Ager (@ieithgi) For more Omniglot News see: https://www.omniglot.com/news/