{"id":4284,"date":"2026-01-04T03:41:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T03:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4284"},"modified":"2026-01-04T03:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T03:45:17","slug":"omniglot-news-04-01-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4284","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (04\/01\/26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (04\/01\/26)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2026-01-04T03:41:55+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M52S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew language pages:\n\n\n Minica Huitoto (M\u0268n\u0268ka), a Bora-Witoto language spoken mainly in southern Colombia, and also in northern Peru (the 2,300th language page!)\n Mfumte, an Eastern Grassfields la...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news040126.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"3.0\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6947\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4284-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news040126.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news040126.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news040126.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\/news040126.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=4284-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news040126.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news040126.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\/minicahuitoto.htm\">Minica Huitoto<\/a> (M\u0268n\u0268ka), a Bora-Witoto language spoken mainly in southern Colombia, and also in northern Peru (the 2,300<sup>th<\/sup> language page!)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/mfumte.htm\">Mfumte<\/a>, an Eastern Grassfields language spoken mainly in the Northwest Region of Cameroon.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/abon.htm\">Abon<\/a> (Ab\u0254n), a Southern Bantoid language spoken in Taraba State in Nigeria.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/vaiphei.htm\">Vaiphei<\/a>, a Northern Zo-Mizo language spoken mainly in Manipur in the northeast of India.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/mara.htm\">Mara<\/a> (Mara Reih), a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in the northwest of Guizhou Province in southern China<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/caijia.htm\">Caijia<\/a> (Menni), a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in the northwest of Guizhou Province in southern China.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New numbers pages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/minicahuitoto.htm\">Minica Huitoto<\/a> (M\u0268n\u0268ka), a Bora-Witoto language spoken mainly in southern Colombia<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/avestan.htm\">Avestan<\/a>  (<span dir=\"rtl\">\ud802\udf1b\ud802\udf0d\ud802\udf25 \ud802\udf1b\ud802\udf00\ud802\udf20\ud802\udf0c\ud802\udf2b\ud802\udf2d\ud802\udf35<\/span>), an extinct Eastern Iranian language and the sacred language of Zoroastrianism.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/sidama.htm\">Sidama<\/a> (Sidaamu Afoo), a Cushitic language spoken in the Sidama Region in southern Ethiopia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the Omniglot blog this week there\u2019s a new post entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24417\">Quick Brown Foxes<\/a> about <strong>pangrams<\/strong>, sentences that contain all the letters of a particular language, and there\u2019s a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24421\">language quiz<\/a>. See if you guess what language this is:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4284-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz040126.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz040126.mp3\">http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz040126.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Here\u2019s a clue: this language is spoken in Vietnam and Cambodia.<\/p>\n<p>Usually I find recordings for language quizzes on YouTube, but since coming to China at the end of November last year, I haven\u2019t been able to access YouTube due to the Great Firewall of China, and haven\u2019t found any good alternative sources of recordings. So, I haven\u2019t been posting any quizzes. However, during the past week or so, YouTube has been accessible some of the time, and I managed to find a suitable recording for this week\u2019s quiz.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4278\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/blog\/codetrees.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Code Trees\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a new Adventure in Etymology entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4278\">Code Trees<\/a>, in which we find out what the word <strong>code<\/strong> has to do with <strong>books<\/strong> and <strong>trees<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2025\/12\/31\/pressing-squeezes\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/celtiadur\/pressing.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Pressing Squeezing\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a new post on the Celtiadur blog this week entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2025\/12\/31\/pressing-squeezes\/\">Pressing Squeezes<\/a> about words for <strong>press<\/strong>, <strong>squeeze<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/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. 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New language pages: Minica Huitoto (M\u0268n\u0268ka), a Bora-Witoto language spoken mainly in southern Colombia, and also in northern Peru (the 2,300th language page!) Mfumte, an Eastern Grassfields language spoken mainly in the Northwest Region of Cameroon. 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