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* Meyah, a West Papuan language spoken in eastern Indonesia.

* Izon, an Ijaw language spoken in soutern Nigeria.

* Kakwa (Kãkwã), a Puniave-Maku language spoken mainly in southeastern Colombia.

* Bori, an Eastern Tani language spoken in Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India.



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* Bori, an Eastern Tani language spoken in Arunachal Pradesh in the northeast of India.

* Izon, an Ijaw language spoken in soutern Nigeria.

* Ladino (djudeo-espanyol / ג’ודיאו-איספאנייול), a Jewish language based on Medieval Spanish and spoken mainly in Israel, Turkey and Greece.



New constructed script: Dust Witch Runes, which were invented by Kitsune Sobo as the native script of the Dust Witches in the fictional Rhodinoverse.



New constructed script: Zuravot, which was created by Eliya Gobani to write a constructed language by the same name based on Arabic.



On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post about the word Taradiddle (a trivial lie or fib) and other diddlesome words, 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 northern Germany, but isn’t a variety of German.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Batsbi (ბაცბურ მოტტ), a Northeast Caucasian language spoken in the Akhmeta distict in eastern Georgia.



In this week’s Celtic Pathways podcast, Bits & Pieces, we piece together the Celtic roots of the word piece, and related words.



On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post entitled Monday Moons, and I made improvements to the post about Parts and Portions.

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In this episode, we’re piecing together the Celtic roots of the word piece and related words.



Piece comes from Middle English pece [ˈpɛːs(ə)] (piece, morsel, bit), from Anglo-Norman piece (piece, bit, part), from Late Latin petttia (piece, portion), from Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis (piece, portion) [source].

Related words in the modern Celtic languages include:



* cuid [kɪdʲ] = part (of whole), share, portion, some in Irish

* cuid [kudʲ] = portion, share, allotment, means, belongings in Scottish Gaelic

* cooid = certain, some, stuff, assets, goods in Manx

* peth [peːθ] = thing, object, material, stuff in Welsh

* pyth, peth [pɪːθ / pɛθ] = commodity, material, matter, possession in Cornish

* pezh [peːs] = piece, bit, room, part, what in Breton [source]



Words from the same Celtic roots, via Gaulish and Latin, include pièce (room, patch, piece, play, document) in French, pieze (piece, part) in Spanish, biisi (song) in Finnish, and ピース (pīsu – piece) in Japanese [source].

The Irish word píosa (piece, bit, patch, piece-work, literary or musical composition, coin) also comes from the same roots, via Middle Irish pís(s)a (piece, fragment, coin), and Middle English pece [source].

Incidentally, the French word pièce, has ben borrowed into a variety of diffent languges, including Turkish – piyes ([theatrical] play), Russian – пьеса [ˈp⁽ʲ⁾jesə] (a play, piece [of music]), and Georgian – პიესა [pʼiesa] (a play) [source].

More about words for Parts and Portions 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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* Nafanan, a Southern Senufo spoken mainly in Ghana, and also Ivory Coast.

* Papapana, a Northwest Solomonic language spoken on the east coast of Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea.

* Yelmek, a Trans-Fly-Bulaka River language spoken in the Merauke Regency in South Papua Province in eastern Indonesiaa.



New constructed script: Arleng Mekʼlek. which was invented by Ripu Rahang as an alternative way to write Karbi, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in northern India.



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* Zarma (Zarmaciine), a member of the Songhay branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family spoken mainly in Niger.

* Sun(u)war (सुनुवार), a Kiranti language spoken mainly in eastern Nepal, and also in Sikkim in norteastern India..

* Slovio, an International Auxiliary Language based on Slavic languages invented by Mark Hucko.



On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post about the Spanish word Muchedumbre (crowd, throng, multitude, mob), and related words in other languages, and there’s also the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is related to Chechen and Ingush.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Saraiki (ਸਰਾਇਕੀ / सराइकी / سرائيكى), a Western Punjabi language spoken in parts of Pakistan and northern India.



In this week’s Adventure in Etymology, we look into the origins of the word door, and find links to words like forum, forensic and thyroid.



On the Celtiadur blog there’s a new post entitled Similar Likeness and I made improvements to the posts about Doors and Sticks and Rods.

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In this Adventure in Etymology, we’re opening doors to find the origins of the word door.



A door [dɔː / dɔɹ] is:



* A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may have a handle to help open and close, a latch to hold it closed, and a lock that ensures it cannot be opened without a key.



It comes from Middle English dor(e) [ˈdɔːr(ə)] (door), from Old English duru [ˈdu.ru] (door, opening) from Proto-West-Germanic *dur (door, hatch, flap) from Proto-Germanic *durz (door, hatch, flap), from PIE *dʰwer- (door) [source].

Words from the same roots include forum, forensic and thyroid in English, dörr (door) in Swedish, drws (door, doorway) in Welsh, dvor (court, courtyard) in Slovak and ترس (tors – shield, buckler) in Persian [source].

Incidentally, in Old English one word for window was ēagduru [ˈæ͜ɑːɡˌdu.ru], or literally “eye-door”. Another was ēagþyrel [ˈæ͜ɑːɡˌθy.rel], or “eye-hole” [source].

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New language pages:



* Helong, a West Timor language spoken in mainly in West Timor in the Kupang Regency of East Nusa Tenggara province in southern Indonesia.

* Phom, a Brahmaputran language spoken in Nagaland in the northeast of India.

* Sursurunga, a Western Oceanic language spoken in New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea.



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* Jingpho (Jìngphòʔ gà / ဈိာင်ေဖါစ်), a Tibeto-Burman language spoken mainly in Kachin and Shan States in northern Myanmar.

* Guernésiais, a Romance language spoken on the Channel Island of Guernsey.

* Lavukaleve, a Central Solomons language spoken in the Russell Islands in the Central Province of the Solomon Islands.



On the Omniglot blog there’s a new post entitled Jentacularity in which we discuss things jentacular (related to breakfast) and prandial (related to dinner), 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 Pakistan and northern India.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Rangi (Kilaangi), a Southern Bantoid language spoken in central Tanzania.



In this week’s Celtic Pathways podcast, we look into the Celtic roots of words for heather and related things in some Romance languages.



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

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In this episode we look into the Celtic roots of words for heather in some Romance languages.



The Proto-Celtic word *wroikos means heather. Its origins are uncertain, and it possibly comes from a non-Indo-European substrate source [source].

Related words in the modern Celtic languages include:



* fraoch [fˠɾˠeːx] = heather, heath, moor in Irish

* fraoch [frɯːx] = heather in Scottish Gaelic

* freoagh = heather, heath in Manx

* grug [ɡrɨːɡ / ɡriːɡ] = heather, heath in Welsh

* grug [ɡryːɡ / ɡriːɡ] = heather, heath in Cornish

* brug [bryːk] = heather in Breton



Words from the same Proto-Celtic roots, via Gaulish and Latin, include brezo (heath) in Spanish, breixo (heather) in Galician, brugo (heather) and brughiera (heath, moor) in Italian, and bruyère (heath, heather, brier) in French [source].

Related words in other languages possibly include vřes (heather) in Czech, wrzos (heather) in Polish, viržis (heather) in Lithuanian, and ericaceous (Of or pertaining to the heath family; Acid-loving, acidic) in English [source].

Incidentally, the word heather comes from Old English *hǣddre (heather), from hǣþ (wasteland, wilderness, heath), from Proto-Germanic *haiþī [ˈxɑi̯.θiː] (heath, wasteland), possibly from PIE *kóy-t-os (forest, wasteland, pasture) [source].

Other words from the same roots include heath in English, heide (heath, heathland, heather) in Dutch, Heide (heath, heathland, nation, country) in German [source], and also coed (forest, wood, trees) in Welsh, koos (forest) in Cornish, and koad (wood, forest) in Breton [source].

More about words for Heather, and Trees, Wood(s) & Forests, 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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