{"id":4236,"date":"2025-11-23T13:24:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T13:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4236"},"modified":"2025-11-23T13:24:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T13:24:38","slug":"omniglot-news-23-11-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4236","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (23\/11\/25)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (23\/11\/25)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-11-23T13:24:38+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M10S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew language pages: \n\n\n Kwa\u02bc (Bakwa\u2019), a Bamileke language spoken in the southwest of Cameroon.\n Ndau (ChiNdau), a Bantu language spoken mainly in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa.\n Ndonga (O...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news231125.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"3.3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4027\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4236-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news231125.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news231125.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news231125.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\/news231125.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=4236-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news231125.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news231125.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\/kwa.htm\">Kwa\u02bc<\/a> (Bakwa\u2019), a Bamileke language spoken in the southwest of Cameroon.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/ndau.htm\">Ndau<\/a> (ChiNdau), a Bantu language spoken mainly in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/ndonga.htm\">Ndonga<\/a> (OshiNdonga), a Bantu language spoken mainly in the north of Namibia, and also in southern Angola.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/arammba.htm\">Arammba<\/a> (Aramba), a Tonda language spoken in the Morehead area in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New numbers pages: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/ndonga.htm\">Ndonga<\/a> (OshiNdonga), a Bantu language spoken in northern Namibia and southern Angola.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/arammba.htm\">Arammba<\/a> (Aramba), a Tonda language spoken in the Morehead area in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New Tower of Babel translation: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/babel\/ndau.htm\">Ndau<\/a> (ChiNdau)<\/p>\n<p>New constructed script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/enjay.htm\">Enjay<\/a>, an alternative way to write English invented by Toonmaker.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align:right;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/udhr_enjay.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"609\" alt=\"Sample text in English in the Enjay\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>New adapted script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/thaana-wayuu.htm\">Thaana-Wayuu<\/a> (\u078c\u07a7\u0782\u07a6 \u07a5\u07a6\u0794\u07ab), was devised by Pablo Villa Uhia as a way to write Wayuu, an Arawakan language spoken in Venezuela and Colombia, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/thaana.htm\">Thaana script<\/a>, as used for the Maldivian language.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align:right;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/udhr_thaana-wayuu.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"140\" alt=\"\u0782\u07a7 \u07a5\u07a6\u0794\u07ab\u0786\u07a6\u0782\u07a6 \u0796\u07ac\u0789\u07ac\u0787\u07a8\u0781\u07a8 \u0790\u07b0\u079a\u0795\u07b0\u079a\u078d\u07a6 \u0793\u07a7\u0781\u07a8 \u0790\u07b0\u079a\u0789\u07a6 \u07a5\u07a6\u0782\u07a6\u07a5\u07a6 \u0790\u07b0\u079a\u078d\u07ab \u0782\u07a6\u0786\u07aa\u0787\u07a6\u0787\u07a8\u0795\u07a6\u060c \u0787\u07a6\u0786\u07a6 \u0789\u07b0\u079a\u07a8\u0782\u07b0 \u0794\u07a7 \u0787\u07ac\u0795\u07a8\u0796\u07a6\u0787\u07a8\u0782\u07b0\u0796\u07a6\u0782\u07a6 \u0790\u07b0\u079a\u0782\u07a6\u0787\u07a8\u0782\u07b0 \u0787\u07a6\u0782\u07a6\u0796\u07a8\u0783\u07a6\u0782\u07a6\u07a5\u07a7 \u0787\u07a6\u0787\u07a8\u0782\u07b0 \u0782\u07a6\u0789\u07a6 \u0782\u07a6\u0795\u07b0\u079a\u0781\u07a8.\" title=\"Article 1 of the UDHR in Wayuu written with the Thaana script\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On the Omniglot blog this week there\u2019s a new post entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24307\">A Complete Canard!<\/a>, which looks at the various meanings of the word <strong>canard<\/strong> in French and English, and there\u2019s the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24318\">Language Quiz<\/a>. See if you can guess what language this is:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4236-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz231125.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz231125.mp3\">http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz231125.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a clue: this language is spoken in the northwest of Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery language in last week\u2019s language quiz was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/goral.htm\">Goral<\/a>  (G\u00f3rolski), a West Slavic language (or dialect) spoken in southern Poland, northern Slovakia and northeastern Czechia.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5oHfxBeXxa4?si=7Y_ROMThFyR-8VYp\" 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=4227\">Burning Focus<\/a>, we focus on what links the words <strong>focus<\/strong>, <strong>fuel<\/strong>, <strong>focaccia<\/strong> and <strong>curfew<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ggJCMUTDpnM?si=9YZo1da96aSFe5y7\" 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\/DRXkQ6sFe-G\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ommiglot\/video\/7575616150059486486\">TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the Celtiadur blog there\u2019s a new post entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2025\/11\/20\/nettles\/\">Nettles<\/a> about words for <strong>nettle<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, I\u2019m going to China in a few days after recording this news. I\u2019ll be staying with friends in Zhaoqing \/ Shiuhing (\u8087\u5e86), a city in Guangdong Province in the south of China for nearly two months. In preparation for this trip, I\u2019ve been brushing up my Mandarin and Cantonese, and I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll have plenty of opportunities to use both languages while I\u2019m there. I may visit other parts of China, and maybe nearby countries. I haven\u2019t been to Zhaoqing before, but did spend a few months travelling in southern China back in 1991. It\u2019s probably changed a little since then. I\u2019ll try to keep Omniglot ticking over while I\u2019m away, but may not have as much time as usual for that.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ling-app.com\/offer-yearly-subscription\/?affiliateId=omniglot\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/banner_ling-app.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"79\" alt=\"Language skills in just 10 minutes a day with Ling\" \/><\/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<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ling-app.com\/offer-yearly-subscription\/?affiliateId=omniglot\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/banner_ling-app.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"79\" alt=\"Language skills in just 10 minutes a day with Ling\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (23\/11\/25)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-11-23T13:24:38+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M10S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew language pages: \n\n\n Kwa\u02bc (Bakwa\u2019), a Bamileke language spoken in the southwest of Cameroon.\n Ndau (ChiNdau), a Bantu language spoken mainly in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa.\n Ndonga (O...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news231125.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"3.3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4028\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4236-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news231125.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news231125.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news231125.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\/news231125.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=4236-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news231125.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news231125.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. New language pages: Kwa\u02bc (Bakwa\u2019), a Bamileke language spoken in the southwest of Cameroon. Ndau (ChiNdau), a Bantu language spoken mainly in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Ndonga (OshiNdonga), a Bantu language spoken mainly in the north of Namibia, and also in southern Angola. 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