{"id":4303,"date":"2026-01-18T03:11:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T03:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4303"},"modified":"2026-01-18T03:11:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T03:11:13","slug":"omniglot-news-18-01-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4303","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (18\/01\/26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (18\/01\/26)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2026-01-18T03:11:13+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M30S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew language pages:\n\n\n Ambele, a Grassfields language spoken in the North West Region of Cameroon.\n Babanki (K\u0259\u0300j\u00f3m), a Grassfields language spoken in Mezam Department in the North West Region of ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news180126.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.7\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2460\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4303-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news180126.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news180126.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news180126.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\/news180126.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=4303-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news180126.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news180126.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\/ambele.htm\">Ambele<\/a>, a Grassfields language spoken in the North West Region of Cameroon.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/babanki.htm\">Babanki<\/a> (K\u0259\u0300j\u00f3m), a Grassfields language spoken in Mezam Department in the North West Region of Cameroon.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/sarangani.htm\">Sarangani<\/a>, a Southern Manobo language spoken in the Davao Region in Mindanao in the Philippines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New numbers pages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/chamcoco.htm\">Chamacoco<\/a> (\u0197sh\u0268r), a Zamucoan language spoken in the Alto Paraguay department in northern Paraguay.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/westernfijian.htm\">Western Fijian<\/a> (Nadrogaa), an Oceanic language spoken in western Fiji.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/southslavey.htm\">South Slavey<\/a> (Dene Zhat\u0131\u00e9 \/ \u144c\u14c0 \u1490), a Northern Athabaskan language spoken in northern Canadai.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New adapted script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/slovarabik.htm\">Slovarabik<\/a> (\u0633\u0644\u0648\u06a4\u0627\u0631\u0627\u0628\u064a\u0643), a way to write Slovak with the Arabic script devised by Martin Varga.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"float:right;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/images\/langsamples\/udhr_slovarabik.jpg\" width=\"604\" height=\"153\" alt=\"\u06a4\u0634\u06d0\u062a\u0685\u06cc\u065b \u06b5\u06cc\u065b\u062f\u06cc\u065b\u0627 \u0633\u0627 \u0631\u06c6\u062f\u06cc\u065b\u0627 \u0633\u0644\u06c6\u0628\u06c6\u062f\u0646\u0626 \u0627 \u0631\u06c6\u06a4\u0646\u0626 \u06a4\u06c6 \u062f\u06cb\u0633\u062a\u06cb\u0649\u0646\u06cb\u0633\u062a\u06cc\u065b \u0627 \u067e\u0631\u0622\u06a4\u0627\u062e. \u0633\u06ca \u06c6\u0628\u062f\u0627\u0631\u06d0\u0646\u0626 \u0631\u06c6\u0632\u06cf\u0645\u06c6\u0645 \u0627 \u0633\u06a4\u06d0\u062f\u06c6\u0645\u0626\u0645 \u0627 \u0645\u0627\u0644\u06cc\u065b \u0628\u064a \u0633\u0627 \u0633\u067e\u0631\u0622\u06a4\u0627\u062a \u0646\u0627\u06a6\u0632\u0622\u0649\u06c6\u0645 \u06a4 \u062f\u06cf\u062e\u06cf \u0628\u0631\u0625\u062a\u0633\u062a\u06a4\u0627.\" title=\"Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Slovarbik\" \/><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=24434\">Outside Aliens<\/a> about word for <strong>foreigner \/ outsider<\/strong> in Chinese and Japanese. There is also a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24440\">language quiz<\/a>. Can you guess what language this is?<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4303-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz180126.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz180126.mp3\">http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz180126.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Here\u2019s a clue: this language is spoken in Ethiopia and Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery language in last week\u2019s language quiz was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/yaqui.htm\">Yaqui<\/a> (Yoem Noki), an Uto-Aztecan language spoken in Sonora and Sinaloa in Mexico &#038; in Arizona in the USA.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/79438865@N06\/7114581067\/in\/photolist-bQG65P-2qXUbd5-PNiA4Z-dNrNmS-4MWXnW-SoW4vF-2ptPk2L-qeNuNu-7TR11c-ptKZbD-2djJE3d-PRgwBK-28Df8Y7-oYHboc-2rK5hbt-2jxuPX-28DferG-6vhD6d-uYDnAy-bTrp8X-ayMhxS-njhdxS-uGxxHJ-uWPb2C-uYDnvo-8p5Pc1-2jAfMqh-uGxKpC-LzSMdo-8ZHz1J-28Df9Cd-27kMw1F-2kt13Nk-Sq3B85-8ZHz1G-8ZHz1A-yfF5Y9-pxfdqJ-2ofF1ii-85wECw-2e6KMpV-7DWU6-K4xrzk-92dqte-2n4GNDV-fuk4g-zcrVjo-2n4z2SE-8ZEqTD-8ZHz1w\" title=\"Slippery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/5455\/7114581067_c25f997555_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" alt=\"Slippery\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also a new post Celtiadur post this week entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2026\/01\/14\/smoothly-slippery\/\">Smoothly Slippery<\/a> about words for <strong>smooth<\/strong>, <strong>slippery<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" data-header=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/omniglot\/55037466903\/in\/dateposted\" title=\"Victoria Harbour at night \/ \u7dad\u591a\u5229\u4e9e\u6e2f\u5605\u591c\u666f\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55037466903_a413af7b52_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" alt=\"Victoria Harbour at night \/ \u7dad\u591a\u5229\u4e9e\u6e2f\u5605\u591c\u666f\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In other news, this week I&#8217;ve mainly been in Hong Kong. It&#8217;s changed a lot since I was last here 1990s, and I\u2019ve visited some familar places and some new ones. There seems to be a lot more of everythings here &#8211; people, buildings, traffic etc, and it\u2019s quite a constrast to Zhaoqing, which seemed quieter and more relaxed in comparison.<\/p>\n<p>You can see some photos on <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHBqjCGnc5\">Flickr<\/a>.<\/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: Ambele, a Grassfields language spoken in the North West Region of Cameroon. Babanki (K\u0259\u0300j\u00f3m), a Grassfields language spoken in Mezam Department in the North West Region of Cameroon. Sarangani, a Southern Manobo language spoken in the Davao Region in Mindanao in the Philippines. 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