{"id":3815,"date":"2025-03-02T13:58:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T13:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3815"},"modified":"2025-03-02T13:58:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T13:58:30","slug":"omniglot-news-02-03-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3815","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (02\/03\/25)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (02\/03\/25)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-03-02T13:58:30+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M53S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew language pages: \n\n\n Mbuun (kiMbuun), a western Bantu language spoken in Kwilu Province in the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.\n Aka, a Bantu language spoken the Central African Re...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news020325.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"3.0\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7062\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3815-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news020325.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news020325.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news020325.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news020325.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3815-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news020325.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news020325.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/logos\/logo_omniglotnews-small.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px;\" alt=\"Omniglot News\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.<\/p>\n<p>New language pages: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/mbuun.htm\">Mbuun<\/a> (kiMbuun), a western Bantu language spoken in Kwilu Province in the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/aka.htm\">Aka<\/a>, a Bantu language spoken the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/komo.htm\">Komo<\/a> (Kikomo), a Bantu language spoken in Tshopo Province in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New constructed script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/oldspeech.htm\">\u0398\u0169\u0298\u1e75\u02a2\u1e73 \/ Old Speech<\/a>, a script and language developed by Kitsune Sobo and Charlie Chey for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldanvil.com\/w\/song-of-eternavis-thejacobitethief\/\"><em>&#8216;The Song of Eternavis&#8217;<\/em><\/a>, a multimedia project detailing the fictional world of Eternavis.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/udhr_oldspeech.jpg\" width=\"591\" height=\"73\" alt=\"Sample text in \u0398\u0169\u0298\u1e75\u02a2\u1e73 \/ Old Speech\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New constructed script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/saturnian.htm\">Saturnian<\/a>, an alternative alphabet for English and Italian designed by Murray Callahan, which is partly based on Tolkien&#8217;s Tengwar script.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/udhr_saturnian.jpg\" width=\"591\" height=\"73\" alt=\"Sample text in Saturnian\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New adapted script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/ntarabic.htm\">Neo-Tifinagh for Arabic (\u2d3b\u2d30\u2d4d\u2d3d\u2d49\u2d5c\u2d30\u2d30\u2d31\u2d30\u2d5c \u2d3b\u2d30\u2d4f\u2d44\u2d30\u2d4e\u2d30\u2d30\u2d63\u2d49\u2d56\u2d49\u2d62\u2d62\u2d30)<\/a>, a way to write Arabic with the Neo-Tifinagh script devised by Aahan Kotian.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/udhr_ntarabic.jpg\" width=\"592\" height=\"104\" title=\"Sample text in Neo-Tiginagh for Arabic\" alt=\"\u2d62\u2d53\u2d53\u2d4d\u2d30\u2d37\u2d53 \u2d35\u2d30\u2d4e\u2d49\u2d49\u2d44\u2d53 \u2d30\u2d4f \u2d4f\u2d30\u2d30\u2d59\u2d49 \u2d3b\u2d30\u2d43\u2d54\u2d30\u2d30\u2d54\u2d30\u2d4f \u2d4e\u2d53\u2d5c\u2d30\u2d59\u2d30\u2d30\u2d61\u2d49\u2d49\u2d4f\u2d30 \u2d3c\u2d49\u2d49 \u2d30\u2d4d \u2d3d\u2d30\u2d54\u2d30\u2d30\u2d4e\u2d30\u2d5c\u2d49 \u2d61\u2d30 \u2d30\u2d4d \u2d43\u2d53\u2d47\u2d53\u2d53\u2d47. \u2d61\u2d30 \u2d47\u2d30\u2d37 \u2d61\u2d53\u2d40\u2d49\u2d31\u2d53\u2d53 \u2d44\u2d30\u2d47\u2d4d\u2d30\u2d4f \u2d61\u2d30 \u2d39\u2d30\u2d4e\u2d49\u2d49\u2d54\u2d30\u2d4f \u2d61\u2d30 \u2d44\u2d30\u2d4d\u2d30\u2d62\u2d40\u2d49\u2d4e \u2d44\u2d30\u2d4f \u2d62\u2d53\u2d44\u2d30\u2d30\u2d4e\u2d49\u2d4d\u2d30 \u2d31\u2d30\u2d44\u2d39\u2d53\u2d40\u2d53\u2d4e \u2d31\u2d30\u2d44\u2d39\u2d30\u2d4f \u2d31\u2d49\u2d54\u2d53\u2d53\u2d43\u2d49 \u2d30\u2d4d \u2d49\u2d45\u2d30\u2d30\u2d3b.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New numbers pages: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/jirel.htm\">Jirel<\/a> (\u091c\u093f\u0930\u0947\u0932), a Southern Tibetic language spoken mainly in Bagmati Province in eastern Nepal.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/itbayat.htm\">Itbayat<\/a> (Itbayatan), a Batanic language spoken mainly on Itbayat Island in the Batanes Islands in the Philippines.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/palauan.htm\">Palauan<\/a> (a tekoi er a Belau), a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Palau, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Improved numbers page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/sundanese.htm\">Sundanese<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the Omniglot blog there\u2019s a new post entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23922\">Swallowing Camels<\/a> about some interesting Danish idioms, and there\u2019s also the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23926\">Language Quiz<\/a>. See if you can guess what language this is:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3815-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz020325.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz020325.mp3\">http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz020325.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a clue: this language is spoken mainly in northern India, and also in Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery language in last week\u2019s language quiz was:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/ikwerre.htm\">Ikwerre<\/a>, an Igboid language spoken mainly in River State in southern Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OFEQzqlaA1I?si=DqgJOyB8qyXi1x1K\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?page_id=2644\">Celtic Pathways<\/a> podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3809\">Quays<\/a>, we uncover the Celtic roots of words for <strong>quay<\/strong>, <strong>jetty<\/strong>, <strong>pier<\/strong>, etc. in English, French and other languages.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S34_R6LZsVM?si=TTqviBRKcuxr2XnX\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DGqFg81RcD_\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ommiglot\/video\/7476826865798270230\">TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the Celtiadur blog, there\u2019s a new post about words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2025\/02\/26\/bishops\/\">Bishop<\/a> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p>For more Omniglot News, see:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/\">https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/omniglot\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/omniglot\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Omniglot-100430558332117\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Omniglot-100430558332117<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=759259&#038;i=b0\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/japanesepod101.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" style=\"float:right; margin: 0 0 0 15px;\" alt=\"JapanesePod101.com\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also listen to this podcast on: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/id1432641094\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/8b1b1d1b-b39e-4277-b28d-479a3b5043b3\/radio-omniglot\">Amazon Music<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Education-Podcasts\/Radio-Omniglot-p1154145\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.podchaser.com\/podcasts\/radio-omniglot-716327\">Podchaser<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/player.fm\/series\/radio-omniglot\">PlayerFM<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/podtail.com\/da\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/\">podtail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to support this podcast, you can make a donation via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/uk\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_flow&#038;SESSION=aLjPfXL-vP_1gQ_U23Iz8_hSWLlhzLHPMFZrt32dIEfG8htoNFLYaPoWkv8&#038;dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8def8934b92a630e40b7fef61ab7e9fe63\">PayPal<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/omniglot\">Patreon<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/donations.htm\">contribute to Omniglot in other ways<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Radio Omniglot podcasts are brought to you in association with <a href=\"https:\/\/blubrry.com\/services\/podcast-hosting\/?code=omniglot\">Blubrry Podcast Hosting<\/a>, a great place to host your podcasts. Get your first month free with the promo code <strong>omniglot<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/my.kualo.com\/uk\/go\/00572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.kualo.com\/rewards\/uk-unlimited2-468x60.gif\" width=\"468\" height=\"60\" border=\"0\"\nalt=\"Unlimited Web Hosting - Kualo\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (02\/03\/25)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-03-02T13:58:30+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M53S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew language pages: \n\n\n Mbuun (kiMbuun), a western Bantu language spoken in Kwilu Province in the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.\n Aka, a Bantu language spoken the Central African Re...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news020325.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"3.0\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7063\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3815-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news020325.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news020325.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news020325.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news020325.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3815-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news020325.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news020325.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. New language pages: Mbuun (kiMbuun), a western Bantu language spoken in Kwilu Province in the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Aka, a Bantu language spoken the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 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