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* Ambo-Pasco Quechua (Kichwa), a Central Quechua language spoken in central Peru.

* Matsés, a Panonan language spoken mainly in Brazil and Peru.

* Yine, a Southern Arawakan language spoken in eastern and southern Peru.



New constructed script: Skyling Script, which was invented by Kitsune Sobo for his fictional Rhodinoverse.



New constructed script: Japonesian, which created by Aiden Neuding as an alternative way to write Japanese and Indonesian.



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* Chuj (Koti’), a Mayan language spoken in western Guatemala and southern Mexico.

* Tzotzil (Batsʼi kʼop), a Mayan language spoken mainly in the Mexican state of Chiapas.

* Tzeltal (Bats’i k’op), a Mayan language spoken in the Mexican state of Chiapas.



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Here’s a clue: this is an International Auxiliary Language (IAL).

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Khanty (Ханты), a Ob Ugric language spoken in the Khanty-Mansi and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrugs in the west and north of the Russian Federation.



In this week’s Celtic Pathways podcast, entitled Fortified Dunes, we uncover Celtic fortresses among the sand dunes.



On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post about words for Blessings and related things, and I made improvements to the post about words for Talkative.

I also made improvements to the Tzotzil, Tzeltal and Kubachi language pages.

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In this episode we uncover Celtic fortresses among the sand dunes.



A dune is a ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind. It comes from Proto-West Germanic *dūn(ā) (sand dune, hill), via French or Dutch, from Proto-Germanic *dūnaz (accumulation, pile, heap, mound), or from Gaulish dunum (hill), from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (stronghold, rampart), all of which come from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuHnom (enclosure) [source].

Related words in the modern Celtic languages include:



* dún [d̪ˠuːnˠ] (fort(ress), place of refuge, residence, house) in Irish

* dùn [duːn] (fortress, heap) in Scottish Gaelic

* doon [duːn] (fort, stronghold) in Manx

* din [dɪn] (city, fortress, stronghold), and dinas (city) in Welsh

* din [di:n] (fort) in Cornish

* din [ˈdĩːn] (fortress) in Breton



Apart from dinas in Welsh, these words are mostly found in placenames, such as Dún Dealgan (Dundalk) in Ireland, Dún Dè(agh) (Dundee) in Scotland, Dinbych (Denbigh) in Wales, Dinmeur (Dunmere) in Cornwall, and Dinan in Brittany.

Words from the same Celtic roots possibly include town and down (a [chalk] hill, rolling grassland) in English, tuin (garden, yard) in Dutch, tún (hayfield) in Icelandic, and тын [tɨn] (fence [especially one made of twigs]) in Russian [source].

Words same PIE roots include dusk, dust and fume in English, dagg (dew) and dy (mud, mire, sludge) in Swedish, and fem (dung, manure) in Catalan [source].

More about words for Castles & fortresses and related things in Celtic languages.

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There are new language pages about:



* Jibu, a Central Jukunoid spoken in Taraba State in eastern Nigeria.

* Oroha, a Southern Solomonic language spoken in the south of Small Malaita Island in Malaita Province in the east of the Solomon Islands.



There’s a new page about Neolatin, an international auxiliary language designed to be used by speakers of different Romance languages to communicate with one another, and also Phrases, Numbers, Time, Family words and Weather pages in Neolatin

New constructed script: Script of the All-Seers (Lishan Oiad), which was invented by Kitsune Sobo as the native script of the alien All-Seers in the fictional Rhodinoverse.



New numbers pages:



* Jibu, a Central Jukunoid spoken in Taraba State in eastern Nigeria.

* Oroha, a Southern Solomonic language spoken on Small Malaita Island in the east of the Solomon Islands.

* Kryts (цIека meз), a Northeast Caucasian language spoken in the Quba district in the northeast of Azerbaijan.



On the Omniglot blog we’re Noodling About Nurdles, and there’s the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is distantly related to Finnish and is spoken in Russia.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Achuar-Shiwiar (Achuár chícham), a Chicham language spoken in Peru and Ecuador.

The recording comes from YouTube



In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, we’re Noodling About Noodles.



On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post about words for heart, centre and related things, and I made improvements to the posts about words for Streets and Ants.

Finally, with all this noodling about, I was inspired to write a new song called Noodling. It goes something like this:



Simon Ager · Noodling

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In this Adventure in Etymology we’re noodling around with the word noodle.



As a noun, a noodle can refer to:



* A string or flat strip of pasta or other dough, usually cooked (at least initially) by boiling, and served in soup or in a dry form mixed with a sauce and other ingredients.

* An object which is long and thin like a noodle.



It comes from Dutch noedel (noodle), or from German Nudel (a piece of pasta, noodle). The origin of these words is uncertain [source].

Apparently in the USA noodle can refer to Asian noodles and Italian pasta, whereas in the UK, noodle only refers to Asian noodles.

As a verb, to noodle can mean:



* To play a musical instrument or to sing in an improvisatory or light-hearted manner

* To ponder or think, especially in an unproductive or unsystematic manner

* To attempt in an informal or uncertain manner; to fiddle.



In Shetland dialect, to noddle means to hum or sing (a tune) at a low pitch or volume. This may be a blend of the Shetland word nune (to sing softly, croon, hum) and doodle (to play the bagpipes) in Scottish English.

The English verb to noodle may come from the Shetland word, or from German nudeln (to make music or sing listlessly, at a low pitch or volume, or in an improvisatory manner). It was possibly influenced by doodle (to draw or scribble aimlessly).

In informal British English, to noodle can also mean to engage in frivolous behaviour, or to fool around or waste time, and it used to mean a person with poor judgement, a fool, or to fool or trick someone.

Other meanings of noodle are available.

Incidentally, I like to noodle on my various musical instruments, and with my voice, and wrote a little ditty about this the other day, which goes something like this:

I’m just noodling away quite happily

and nothing can get in my way

I could noodle all day down by the bay

and noodle all through the night

Will you noodle with me down by the sea?

Will you noodle along the shore?

Will you noodle and moodle and all that caboodle?

We’ll have a lot of fun you’ll see

We can noodle and doodle and eat some strudel

with oodles of custard and cream

And then noodle some more it won’t be a bore

Just noodling down on the shore

Just noodling down on the shore

Just noodling down on the shore

Just noodling down on the shore

Just noodling down on the shore



Simon Ager · Noodling

To moodle means to dawdle aimlessly, to idle time away [source], oodles means an unspecified large amount, number, or quantity; lots, tons [source], and cabdoodle means any large collection of things or people [source]

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New writing system: Ogan Script, which is used to write Ogan, a Central Malay language spoken in South Sumatra and Lampung in Indonesia.

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* Ogan (Base Ugan / بهاس اوڬن), a Central Malay language spoken along the Ogan River in South Sumatra and Lampung provinces in eastern Indonesia.

* Longgu, a Southeast Solomonic language spoken on the northeast coast of Guadalcanal Island in the Solomon Islands.

* Lop (Ľor télé / لوپنۇر تېلې), a Karluk Turkish language spoken in the Lop Nur region in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the northwest of China.



New numbers pages:



* Kongo (Kikongo), a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo and Angola.

* Northern Ndebele (isiNdebele), a Bantu language spoken in southwestern Zimbabwe and northeastern Botswana.

* Lozi (siLozi), a Bantu language spoken mainly in the southwest of Zambia, and in neighbouring countries.



On the Omniglot blog, may I ask you to read, comment on and share a new post about imperatives phrased as questions, a.k.a. Whimperatives, and there’s the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in Peru and Ecuador.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Soninke (Sooninkanxanne), a Mande language spoken mainly in Mali, and other parts of West Africa.



In this week’s episode of the Celtic Pathways podcast, Horny Peaks we find Romance horns among Celtic peaks and mountains.



On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post about words for Thin and Slender and related things, and I made improvements to the posts about words for Mountains and Roads.

I also made improvements to the Soninke language page.

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In this episode we find Romance horns among Celtic peaks and mountains.



In Proto-Celtic, the word *bandā means top, peak or horn, and *benno means peak or top. They are thought to be related, and possibly come from the PIE *bendʰ- (pin, point).

Related words in the modern Celtic languages include:



* beann = horn, antler or fork prong in Irish

* beann [bjaun̪ˠ] = horn, peak or top; and beinn [bein̪ʲ] = mountain or high hill in Scottish Gaelic

* beinn = mountain, summit or pinnacle in Manx

* ban [ban] = top, tip, summit or peak in Welsh

* ban = prominence in Cornish

* bann = rising, uphill, post or column in Breton



Words from the same Celtic roots include ben (mountain, hill) in Scots, as in Ben Nevis (Beinn Nibheis), etc, banya (horn) and banyut (horned, unfaithful) in Catalan, and bana (horn) in Occitan [source].

Words same PIE roots include peak and pin in English, pinne (chopstick, perch, point) in Swedish, pind (stick, perch, peg) in Danish, and pin (peg, pin) in Dutch [source].

More about words for Peaks and related things in Celtic languages.

You can find more connections between Celtic languages on the Celtiadur blog. I also write about words, etymology and other language-related topics on the Omniglot Blog.

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