{"id":4119,"date":"2025-09-14T13:50:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T13:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4119"},"modified":"2025-09-18T13:51:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T13:51:41","slug":"omniglot-news-14-09-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4119","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (14\/09\/25)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (14\/09\/25)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-09-14T13:50:22+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M33S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew language pages: \n\n\n Rangi (K\u0268laangi), a Bantu language spoken in the Kondoa District of the Dodoma Region in central Tanzania.\n Suabo (nid\u00e1ibo), a Trans-New Guinea language spoken in Southwest...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news140925.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"3.8\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5233\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4119-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news140925.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news140925.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news140925.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\/news140925.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=4119-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news140925.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news140925.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\/rangi.htm\">Rangi<\/a> (K\u0268laangi), a Bantu language spoken in the Kondoa District of the Dodoma Region in central Tanzania.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/suabo.htm\">Suabo<\/a> (nid\u00e1ibo), a Trans-New Guinea language spoken in Southwest Papua Province in eastern Indonesia.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/oko.htm\">Oko<\/a> (\u1ecc\u0300k\u1ecd), a Volta-Niger language spoken mainly in the Ogori-Magongo LGA in Kogi State in the south of Nigeria.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/northernpopoloca.htm\">Northern Popoloca<\/a> (Ngigua \/ Ngiiwa\u0331), a Popolocan language spoken in the state of Puebla in southern Mexico.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New numbers pages: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/suabo.htm\">Suabo<\/a> (nid\u00e1ibo), a Trans-New Guinea language spoken in Southwest Papua Province in eastern Indonesia.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/oko.htm\">Oko<\/a> (\u1ecc\u0300k\u1ecd), a Volta-Niger language spoken mainly in the Ogori-Magongo LGA in Kogi State in the south of Nigeria.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/tailaing.htm\">Tai Laing<\/a> (\u1010\u1086\u1038\u101c\ua9e5\u1004\u103a\uaa7d), a Southwestern Tai language spoken in the Sagaing Region and in Kachin State in northern Myanmar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New adapted script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/finnishrunes.htm\">Finnish Runes<\/a> (\u16cb\u16a2\u16ae\u16d7\u16c6\u16da\u16c6\u16c1\u16cb\u16d6\u16cf \u16b1\u16c1\u16c1\u16d7\u16a2\u16cf), a way to write Finnish using the Runic alphabet devised by Murray Callahan.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/udhr_finnishrunes.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"145\" alt=\"Sample text in Finnish Runes\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New adapted script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/katalog.htm\">Katalog<\/a> (\ud807\udf12\ud807\udf14\ud807\udf2d\ud807\udf34\ud807\udf14\ud807\udf41), a way to write Tagalog with the Kawi script divised by Chen Carson D. Callueng.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/udhr_katalog.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"153\" alt=\"Sample text in Katalog\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the Omniglot blog there&#8217;s a new post entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24208\">Nesting Niches<\/a> in which we find connections between the words <strong>niche<\/strong> and <strong>nest<\/strong>, and there\u2019s the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24216\">Language Quiz<\/a>. See if you can guess what language this is:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4119-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz140925.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz140925.mp3\">http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz140925.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\/even.htm\">Even<\/a> (\u044d\u0432\u044d\u0434\u044b \u0442\u043e\u0440\u044d\u043d), a Northern Tungusic language spoken mainly in the Sakha, Northern Magadan, Chukot and Koryak regions in the Far Eastern Federal District of the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wWns5Q6-ShY?si=-TuE8Au7gABYIxhK\" 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=2614\">Celtic Pathways<\/a> podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4112\">Engaged Hostages<\/a>, we discover the Celtic roots of words for <strong>hostage<\/strong> in Germanic languages, and words related to <strong>engagement<\/strong> in Finnic languages.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7EpZW63H87M?si=oGOk-dSxXYnZWguJ\" 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\/DOjk7sbDYkA\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ommiglot\/video\/7549684082519608598\">TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the Celtiadur blog there\u2019s a new post entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2025\/09\/04\/winnowing-wheat\/\">Winnowing Wheat<\/a> about words for <strong>wheat<\/strong>, <strong>winnowing<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages<\/p>\n<p>Improved page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/kawi.htm\">Kawi<\/a> script.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, the number of subscribers to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@omniglot\">Omniglot YouTube channel<\/a> passed 3,000 this week, and I&#8217;d like to thank everyone who has subscribed to the channel. If you&#8217;re not aware of the channel, it\u2019s been there since 2007, you can find it at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@omniglot\">youtube.com\/@omniglot<\/a>. It contains videos versions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?page_id=2614\">Adventures in Etymology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?page_id=2644\">Celtic Pathways<\/a> and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/\">Radio Omniglot<\/a> podcasts, videos of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Nhr1ylDd2xU&#038;list=PLBaGTeWTuUxyK84aSaAJS53cFWQAXL2j8\">songs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3ZWToGRE8AA&#038;list=PLBaGTeWTuUxxEFaanMMf8kUwMH9EXRfue\">tunes<\/a> I\u2019ve written, and videos of linguistic and musical events I&#8217;ve taken part in.<\/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 (14\/09\/25)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-09-14T13:50:22+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M33S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew language pages: \n\n\n Rangi (K\u0268laangi), a Bantu language spoken in the Kondoa District of the Dodoma Region in central Tanzania.\n Suabo (nid\u00e1ibo), a Trans-New Guinea language spoken in Southwest...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news140925.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"3.8\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5234\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4119-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news140925.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news140925.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news140925.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\/news140925.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=4119-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news140925.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news140925.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. New language pages: Rangi (K\u0268laangi), a Bantu language spoken in the Kondoa District of the Dodoma Region in central Tanzania. Suabo (nid\u00e1ibo), a Trans-New Guinea language spoken in Southwest Papua Province in eastern Indonesia. Oko (\u1ecc\u0300k\u1ecd), a Volta-Niger language spoken mainly in the Ogori-Magongo LGA in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,4,108,1],"tags":[9,160,88,8],"class_list":["post-4119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-language","category-news","category-podcast","tag-language","tag-news","tag-omniglot","tag-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4119"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4122,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4119\/revisions\/4122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}