{"id":4171,"date":"2025-10-19T14:08:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T14:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4171"},"modified":"2025-10-19T14:22:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T14:22:37","slug":"omniglot-news-19-10-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4171","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (19\/10\/25)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (19\/10\/25)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-10-19T14:08:09+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M19S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew writing script: New Phonetic Character (\u4e0a\u6d77\u571f\u97f3\u5b57\u5beb\u6cd5), a script created by the Rev. Tarleton Perry Crawford in the 1850s to write Shanghainese.\n\n\n\nNew constructed script: Evolved Alphabet, an exper...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news191025.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.6\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3271\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4171-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news191025.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news191025.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news191025.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\/news191025.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=4171-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news191025.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news191025.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 writing script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/chinese\/\nnpc.htm\">New Phonetic Character<\/a> (\u4e0a\u6d77\u571f\u97f3\u5b57\u5beb\u6cd5), a script created by the Rev. Tarleton Perry Crawford in the 1850s to write Shanghainese.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/smp_npc.jpg\" width=\"341\" height=\"499\" alt=\"Sample text in the New Phonetic Character\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New constructed script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/evolvedalphabet.htm\">Evolved Alphabet<\/a>, an experimental alphabet for a future form of English created by TheDankBoi69.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/udhr_evolvedalphabet.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"178\" alt=\"Sample text in the Evolved Alphabet\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New language pages: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/kumam.htm\">Kumam<\/a> (Ikokolemu), a Southern Luo language spoken in the Eastern Region of Uganda.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/ki.htm\">Ki<\/a> (tuk\u00ed), a Mbam language spoken in the Central Region of Cameroon.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/gungu.htm\">Gungu<\/a> (Lugungu), a Northeast Bantu language spoken  in the Western Region of Uganda.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New numbers pages: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/number\/gungu.htm\">Gungu<\/a> (Lugungu), a Northeast Bantu language spoken in the Western Region of Uganda.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/number\/saanich.htm\">Saanich<\/a> (SEN\u0106O\u0166EN), a Salishan language spoken on Vancouver Island in Canada.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the Omniglot blog there\u2019s a new post entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24255\">String Phones<\/a> in which we find links between the Swahili word <strong>simu<\/strong> (phone) with words for <strong>string<\/strong>, <strong>semaphore<\/strong> and related things, and there\u2019s the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24266\">Language Quiz<\/a>. See if you can guess what language this is:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4171-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz191025.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz191025.mp3\">http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz191025.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a clue: this language is spoken in Andhra Pradesh in India.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery language in last week\u2019s language quiz was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/babinewitsuwiten.htm\">Babine-Witsuwit\u02bcen<\/a>, a Northern Athabaskan language spoken in parts of British Columbia in Canada.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pFp4BEJMIgs?si=sp2fnBRm_jcilJaD\" 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\">Adventure in Etymology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4163\">Fact &#038; Fiction<\/a>, we&#8217;re uncovering some <strong>facts<\/strong> about the words <strong>fact<\/strong> and <strong>fiction<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k3-7_46iWsg?si=E3lPRnKpHP9ZI0P3\" 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\/DP9phrZD3hW\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ommiglot\/video\/7562661017428315414\">TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the Celtiadur blog there\u2019s a new post entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2025\/10\/15\/hairy-manes\/\">Hairy Manes<\/a> about words for <strong>mane<\/strong>, <strong>hair<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p>I forgot to mention in the recording, but I wrote a new song this week called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/songs\/sager\/whenthecatsaway.htm\">When The Cat&#8217;s Away<\/a> based on the saying &#8216;when the cat&#8217;s away, the mice will play&#8217;, and similar sayings in other languages. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A2188670755&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; 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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 (19\/10\/25)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-10-19T14:08:09+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M19S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew writing script: New Phonetic Character (\u4e0a\u6d77\u571f\u97f3\u5b57\u5beb\u6cd5), a script created by the Rev. Tarleton Perry Crawford in the 1850s to write Shanghainese.\n\n\n\nNew constructed script: Evolved Alphabet, an exper...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news191025.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.6\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3272\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4171-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news191025.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news191025.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news191025.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\/news191025.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=4171-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news191025.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news191025.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. New writing script: New Phonetic Character (\u4e0a\u6d77\u571f\u97f3\u5b57\u5beb\u6cd5), a script created by the Rev. Tarleton Perry Crawford in the 1850s to write Shanghainese. New constructed script: Evolved Alphabet, an experimental alphabet for a future form of English created by TheDankBoi69. 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