There are three new language pages on Omniglot this week: Tukang Besi, a Celebic language spoken mainly in the Tukangbesi Islands in Wakatobi district...

In today’s Adventure in Etymology we are looking at the origins of the word word [wɜːd/wɝd]. A word is: a unit of language, consisting of one or more ...

There are four new language pages on Omniglot this week: Mori Atas and Mori Bawah, closely related Celebic languages spoken in the southeast of Sulawe...

In today’s Adventure in Etymology we’re finding out what walls, whelks and helicopters have in common. A wall [wɔːl/wɔl/wɑl] is: a vertical constructi...

There are three new languages on Omniglot this week: Kusunda (मिहाक / कुसान्डा), a language isolate spoken in the southern Rolpa District of Lumbini p...

As quite a bit of wet stuff has been falling out of the sky this week, and it’s raining as I write this, I thought I’d look into the the origins of th...

Today we are looking at the origins and use of emoji, those little symbols that appear in text messages, emails and other electronic communications. A...

There are three new languages on Omniglot this week: Kambera (hilu Humba), a Sumba-Flores language spoken mainly in the east of Sumba Island in the Le...

As I got to know some of my neighbours better this week I thought I’d look into the the origins of the word neighbour [ˈneɪbə] / neighbor [ˈneɪbɚ]. De...

There is a new writing system on Omniglot this week: The Global Alphabet, which was devised in 1944 by Robert Latham Owen as an alternative way to wri...