{"id":3987,"date":"2025-07-06T14:37:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T14:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3987"},"modified":"2025-07-06T14:37:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T14:37:36","slug":"omniglot-news-06-07-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3987","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (06\/07\/25)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (06\/07\/25)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-07-06T14:37:35+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M26S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew language pages: \n\n\n Talinga, a Northeast Bantu language spoken in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.\n Kobo (K\u0268kobo) a Bantu language spoken in North Kivu Province in the northeas...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news060725.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.6\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8310\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3987-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news060725.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news060725.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news060725.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\/news060725.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3987-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news060725.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news060725.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\/talinga.htm\">Talinga<\/a>, a Northeast Bantu language spoken in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/kobo.htm\">Kobo<\/a> (K\u0268kobo) a Bantu language spoken in North Kivu Province in the northeast of the DRC.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/westteke.htm\">West Teke<\/a> (Teke-Tsaayi), a Bantu language spoken in the south of the DRC and southeast of Gabon.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/bana.htm\">Bana<\/a> (kw\u0259\u0300m\u00e0 k\u00e1 b\u00e0n\u00e1), a Chadic language spoken in the Far North Region of Cameroon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New constructed system: Karbi Adak, which was created by Ripu Rahang as an alternative way to write Karbi, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in northern India.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/udhr_karbiadak.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"209\" alt=\"Sample text in Karbi in the Karbi Adak script\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New numbers pages: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/arabela.htm\">Arabela<\/a> (Tapweyokwaka), a Zaparoan language spoken in northern Peru.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/iquito.htm\">Iquito<\/a> (Ik\u00editu kuwas\u00edini), a Zaparoan language spoken in northern Peru.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/bana.htm\">Bana<\/a> (kw\u0259\u0300m\u00e0 k\u00e1 b\u00e0n\u00e1), a Chadic language spoken in the Far North Region of Cameroon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the Omniglot blog we investigate the Swahili word <strong>chumba<\/strong> (room), and related words for rooms and houses, in a post called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24105\">Roomy Houses<\/a>, and there\u2019s the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24101\">Language Quiz<\/a>. See if you can guess what language this is:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3987-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz060725.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz060725.mp3\">http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz060725.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a clue: this language is spoken in northern Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery language in last week\u2019s language quiz was: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/mundari.htm\">Mundari<\/a> (\u09ae\u09c1\u09a3\u09cd\u09a1\u09b0\u09bf \/ \u092e\u0941\u0923\u094d\u0921\u0930\u093f \/ \u0b2e\u0b41\u0b23\u0b4d\u0b21\u0b30\u0b3f \/ Mu\u1e47\u1e0dari), a Munda language spoken in India, Bangladesh and Nepal.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MCJcZV2rXOA?si=IoOuIgpdONbnpyaM\" 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=3983\">Healing Medics<\/a>, we discover the possibly Celtic roots of words for <strong>doctor<\/strong> in some Germanic languages.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/loJOD3acyHA?si=uzk9Z3q4R04kOAUi\" 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\/DLxPKXLATaE\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ommiglot\/video\/7523976725559119126\">TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the Celtiadur blog there\u2019s a new post about words for <strong>flies<\/strong>, <strong>gnats<\/strong>, <strong>midges<\/strong> and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2025\/07\/03\/wee-beasties\/\">Wee Beasties<\/a>, and I made improvements to the post about words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2018\/09\/26\/small\/\">Small<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2019\/04\/08\/doctor\/\">Doctor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Improved page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/iquito.htm\">Iquito<\/a> language page.<\/p>\n<p>This is episode 200 of the Omniglot News, by the way.<\/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; 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