{"id":4091,"date":"2025-08-31T13:11:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T13:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4091"},"modified":"2025-08-31T13:11:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T13:11:23","slug":"omniglot-news-31-08-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4091","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (31\/08\/25)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (31\/08\/25)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-08-31T13:11:23+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M01S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew language pages: \n\n\n Naman, a Southern Oceanic language spoken on Malekula Island in central Vanuatu.\n Mbugu (kiMbugu) \/ Ma\u02bca (kiMa\u02bca), a Bantu language spoken in the Lushoto District in the Ta...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news310825.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"3.0\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7289\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4091-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news310825.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news310825.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news310825.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\/news310825.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=4091-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news310825.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news310825.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\/naman.htm\">Naman<\/a>, a Southern Oceanic language spoken on Malekula Island in central Vanuatu.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/mbugu.htm\">Mbugu (kiMbugu) \/ Ma\u02bca (kiMa\u02bca)<\/a>, a Bantu language spoken in the Lushoto District in the Tanga Region in the northeast of Tanzania.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/mwerlap.htm\">Mwerlap<\/a> (N\u0304w\u00ebrlap), a Southern Oceanic language spoken in the Banks Islands in Torba Province of Vanuatu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New adapted script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/tang-galog.htm\">Tang-galog<\/a> (\ud81d\udca8\ud81d\udcf8\ud81c\ude12\ud81c\udd00\ud81c\udd3b\ud81c\udd00\ud81c\ude12), a way to write Tagalog with the Tangut script devised by Chen Carson D. Callueng.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/udhr_tang-galog.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"306\" alt=\"Sample text in Tang-galog\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New adapted script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/newfuthorch.htm\">New Futhorch<\/a> (\u16be\u16a3\u16b9 \u16a0\u16a2\u16a7\u16a9\u16b1\u16b3), a way to write Modern English with Old English \/ Anglo-Saxon runes devised by John Higgins.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/smp_newfuthorch.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"475\" alt=\"Sample text in New Futhorch\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New numbers pages: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/naman.htm\">Naman<\/a>, a Southern Oceanic language spoken on Malekula Island in central Vanuatu.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/mwerlap.htm\">Mwerlap<\/a> (N\u0304w\u00ebrlap), a Southern Oceanic language spoken in the Banks Islands in Torba Province of Vanuatu.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/newar.htm\">Newar<\/a> (\u0928\u0947\u092a\u093e\u0932 \u092d\u093e\u0937\u093e), a Tibeto-Burman language spoken mainly in central Nepal, and also in northern India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the Omniglot blog there a new post entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24176\">Facting Facts<\/a> about the verbification of the word fact, and other fact-related factlets, factettes and factoids, and there\u2019s the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24186\">Language Quiz<\/a>. See if you can guess what language this is:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4091-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz310825.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz310825.mp3\">http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz310825.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a clue: this language is spoken in New Caledonia.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery language in last week\u2019s language quiz was <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iramba_language\">Iramba<\/a> (Nilamba), a Bantu language spoken in the Singida Region in central Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tFHLCsNp-Zo?si=pvRuzbrTQiIuSa9E\" 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=4085\">Birches<\/a>, we unearth the Celtic roots of words <strong>birch<\/strong> (tree) in various languages.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wu25CGX33dA?si=7uyIlarGd6RoqNsn\" 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\/DN_diwGFZOK\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ommiglot\/video\/7544472618959768854\">TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the Celtiadur blog there\u2019s a new post entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2025\/08\/27\/coughing\/\">Coughing<\/a> about words for <strong>cough<\/strong> and various other things in Celtic languages, and I made improvements to the posts entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2019\/01\/28\/to-choke\/\">To Choke<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2019\/09\/09\/birch-trees\/\">Birch (Trees)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/54753810852\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Eastgate, Chester\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54753810852_be4f82b3c7_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Eastgate, Chester\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In other news, I spent yesterday exploring Chester with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Richard_Simcott\">Richard Simcott<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/israellai\/\">Israel Lai<\/a> (see photo below), friends I know from language-related events. Richard was our guide &#8211; he grew up in Chester and has relatives there, although he lives in North Macedonia. He&#8217;s studied even more languages than I have, runs the <a href=\"https:\/\/speakingfluently.com\/\">Speaking Fluently<\/a> blog, and is the organiser of the <a href=\"https:\/\/polyglotconference.com\/\">Polyglot Conference<\/a> and other language-related events. Israel is a composer, language enthusiast and podcaster from Hong Kong, who lives in Mancester, where he did a PhD in music composition. He has also studied many languages, including Welsh, and runs the blog <a href=\"https:\/\/rhapsodyinlingo.com\/en\/\">Rhapsody in Lingo<\/a> and a podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/rhapsodyinlingo.com\/en\/\">\u7d6e\u8a00\uff0e\u72c2\u60f3<\/a> (seoi5jin4 kwong4soeng2), which discusses language and linguistics in Cantonese. We had a great time exploring the city and nerding out about language-related things.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/54753804437\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Chester canal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54753804437_0567818a98_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Chester canal\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/albums\/72157670186107524\">More of my photos of Chester<\/a><\/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:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Education-Podcasts\/Radio-Omniglot-p1154145\/\">TuneIn<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.podchaser.com\/podcasts\/radio-omniglot-716327\">Podchaser<\/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. 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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.kualo.com\/rewards\/uk-budget-330x130.gif\" width=\"330\" height=\"130\" 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 (31\/08\/25)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-08-31T13:11:23+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M01S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew language pages: \n\n\n Naman, a Southern Oceanic language spoken on Malekula Island in central Vanuatu.\n Mbugu (kiMbugu) \/ Ma\u02bca (kiMa\u02bca), a Bantu language spoken in the Lushoto District in the Ta...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news310825.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"3.0\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7290\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4091-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news310825.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news310825.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news310825.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\/news310825.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=4091-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news310825.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news310825.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. New language pages: Naman, a Southern Oceanic language spoken on Malekula Island in central Vanuatu. Mbugu (kiMbugu) \/ Ma\u02bca (kiMa\u02bca), a Bantu language spoken in the Lushoto District in the Tanga Region in the northeast of Tanzania. 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