Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. There are new language pages about: Hakha (Laiholh), a Kuki-Chin language spoken mainly in Chin State in western Myanmar. Falam (Lai ṭong), a Kuki-Ch

In this episode were gazing into the origins of the words whisk(e)y and bourbon, both of which have Celtic roots. Whisk(e)y is a liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (such as barley, rye

Heres the latest news from the world of Omniglot. There are new language pages about: Nukumanu, a Polynesian language spoken on Nukumanu Island in Bougainville province in eastern Papua New Guinea. M

In this adventure were uncovering the origins of the word bone. A bone is: A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates. An

Heres the latest news from the world of Omniglot. There are new language pages about: Waorani (Wao Terero), a languge isolate spoken in eastern Ecuador and also in Peru. Lhao Vo (Lhaovo), a Burmish l

In this episode were getting to grips with words for holding and and related things. A Proto-Celtic word for to grab, seize, take or hold is *gabyeti, which comes from the Proto-Indo-European *gehb

Heres the latest news from the world of Omniglot. There are new language pages about: Sawila (Manata), an East Alor language spoken in the Alor Regency in East Nusa Tenggara Province in southern Indo

In this adventure were uncovering the origins of the word ghost. A ghost is: The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death Any faint shadowy semblance;

Heres the latest news from the world of Omniglot. There are new language pages about: Arhuaco (Ik), a Chibchan language spoken in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta region in northern Colombia. Mussau

In this episode were looking at Celtic words for hill and breast and related things. A Proto-Celtic word for hill is *brusnyos, which comes from Proto-Celtic *brus (belly, abdomen, breast), possibly