Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot for the past three weeks – I was away on holiday in Scotland for a week, and didn’t 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

Heres the latest news from the world of Omniglot. There are new language pages about: Jibu, a Central Jukunoid spoken in Taraba State in eastern Nigeria. Oroha, a Southern Solomonic language spoken i

In this Adventure in Etymology were 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 boil

Heres the latest news from the world of Omniglot. New writing system: Ogan Script, which is used to write Ogan, a Central Malay language spoken in South Sumatra and Lampung in Indonesia. There are ne

In this episode we find Romance horns among Celtic peaks and mountains. In Proto-Celtic, the word *band means top, peak or horn, and *benno means peak or top. They are thought to be related, and poss

Heres the latest news from the world of Omniglot. There are new language pages about: Andoque (Paasi-ah), a language isolate or a Witotoan language spoken in southern Colombia. Berom (Cn Brom), a

In this Adventure in Etymology were looking into the origins of the word shamble (and shambles). The Shambles in York To shamble means to walk while shuffling or dragging the feet, and a shamble is o