{"id":3894,"date":"2025-04-27T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3894"},"modified":"2025-04-26T16:46:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T16:46:53","slug":"omniglot-news-27-04-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3894","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (27\/04\/25)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (27\/04\/25)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-04-27T10:00:00+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M31S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew language pages: \n\n\n Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl, an Aztec \/ Nahuan language spoken in the state of Veracruz in southern Mexico.\n Ngwii (Engw\u00ed\u00ed), a Bantu language spoken in Kwilu Province in the D...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news270425.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.8\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4499\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3894-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news270425.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news270425.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news270425.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\/news270425.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3894-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news270425.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news270425.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\/nahuatl-easternhuasteca.htm\">Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl<\/a>, an Aztec \/ Nahuan language spoken in the state of Veracruz in southern Mexico.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/ngwii.htm\">Ngwii<\/a> (Engw\u00ed\u00ed), a Bantu language spoken in Kwilu Province in the Democratic Repubic of the Congo.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/njebi.htm\">Njebi<\/a> (Yinz\u00e8bi), a Bantu language spoken in southern Gabon and the southwest of the Repubic of the Congo.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/seki.htm\">Seki<\/a> (Sekiyani), a Bantu language spoken in northwestern Equatorial Guinea and western Gabon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New numbers pages: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/nahuatl-easternhuasteca.htm\">Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl<\/a>, an Aztec \/ Nahuan language spoken in the state of Veracruz in southern Mexico.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/njebi.htm\">Njebi<\/a> (Yinz\u00e8bi), a Bantu language spoken in southern Gabon and the southwest of the Repubic of the Congo.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/nahuatl-northernpaiute.htm\">Northern Paiute<\/a> (Numu), an Uto-Aztecan language spoken in Nevada, California, Oregon and Idaho in the USA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New adapted script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/nuevoladino.htm\">Nuevoladino<\/a><\/a> (\u05e0\u05d5\u05b5\u05d1\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05d3\u05b4\u05e0\u05b8\u05d5 \/ \u05e0\u05d5\u05d9\u05d1\u05d5\u05dc\u05d0\u05d3\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5), a way to write Spanish with the Hebrew abjad developed by Murray Callahan.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align:right;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/udhr_nuevoladino.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"101\" alt=\"Sample text\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On the Omniglot blog there\u2019s a new post entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24003\">Calm Heat<\/a> in which we uncover the hot roots of the word <strong>calm<\/strong>, there\u2019s another post about the word <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24006\">Piecemeal<\/a>, and there\u2019s also the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24010\">Language Quiz<\/a>. See if you can guess what language this is:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3894-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz270425.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz270425.mp3\">http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz270425.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a clue: this language is spoken in the northeast of India.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery language in last week\u2019s language quiz was:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/huasteco.htm\">Huasteco<\/a> (Teenek kaaw), a Mayan language spoken mainly in the states of San Luis Potosi, Veracruz and Tamaulipas in eastern Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CReY2r65cQg?si=oACysueb65Y4MMz3\" 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, entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3889\">Floors<\/a>, we unearth the possible Celtic roots of words for field and related things in Galician and other languages.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FgTna3c_Ulc?si=cO2Er6vazJjTOH1Z\" 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\/DI6W7wyxktP\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ommiglot\/video\/7497617985545309462\">TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the Celtiadur blog, there\u2019s a new post entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2025\/04\/23\/monastic-monks\/\">Monastic Monks<\/a> about words for <strong>monk<\/strong>, <strong>nun<\/strong>, <strong>monastery<\/strong> 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><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5001128073855040\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Blog horizontal --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5001128073855040\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1685480124\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/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. 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