Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. There are new language pages about: Teanu – an Oceanic language spoken on Vanikoro Island in Temotu Province in the east of the Solomon Islands. Nang

In this episode we discover the Celtic power behind some vigorous Romance and English words. The English word brio [bio] means vigour or vivacity. When used in musical directions, as con brio, it

Heres the latest news from the world of Omniglot. There are new language pages about: Saa (Tg) a Southeast Solomonic language spoken on South Malaita and Ulawa islands in Makira Ulawa Province o

In this Adventure in Etymology we find out what the dickens a dinkus is, and what to do with an asterism. A dinkus is: A small drawing or artwork used for decoration in a magazine or periodical. A sma

Heres the latest news from the world of Omniglot. There are new language pages about: Central Teke (Tg) a Bantu language spoken in the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Con

In this episode were sweeping French floors with Celtic shrubs. The Proto-Celtic word *banatlo- means broom, as in the shrub Cytisus scoparius (a.k.a. common broom / Scotch broom) or similar plants.

Heres the latest news from the world of Omniglot for the past three weeks I was away on holiday in Scotland for a week, and didnt have time to record newscasts during that time. (More on that late

In this Adventure in Etymology we find out whether the words stable (a building for horses) and stable (steady, permanent) are related. A stable is: a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, c

Heres the latest news from the world of Omniglot. There are new language pages about: Ambo-Pasco Quechua (Kichwa), a Central Quechua language spoken in central Peru. Matss, a Panonan language spoken

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 *dn() (sand dune, hill), via French or Du