{"id":4333,"date":"2026-02-08T14:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T14:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4333"},"modified":"2026-02-08T14:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T14:06:10","slug":"omniglot-news-08-02-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4333","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (08\/02\/26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (08\/02\/26)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2026-02-08T14:06:10+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M44S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew alphabet; Vellara alphabet, an alternative alphabet for Albanian created during the 19th century.\n\n\n\nNew alphabet: Veso Bey alphabet, an alphabet that was used to write Albanian in southern Al...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news080226.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"3.2\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4648\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4333-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news080226.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news080226.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news080226.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\/news080226.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=4333-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news080226.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news080226.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 alphabet; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/vellara.htm\">Vellara alphabet<\/a>, an alternative alphabet for Albanian created during the 19th century.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/udhr_vellara.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"170\" alt=\"Article 1 of the UDHR in Albanian written in the Vellara alphabet\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New alphabet: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/vesobey.htm\">Veso Bey alphabet<\/a>, an alphabet that was used to write Albanian in southern Albania in the 19th century.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/smp_vesobey.jpg\" width=\"583\" height=\"139\" alt=\"Sample text in the Veso Bey alphabet\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New language pages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/bekwarra.htm\">Bekwarra<\/a> (Ebekwara), a Bendi language spoken in Cross River State in southeastern Nigeria.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/kalamang.htm\">Kalamang<\/a>, a Trans-New Guinea language spoken on Karas Island in West Papua in Indonesia.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/woisika.htm\">Woisika<\/a> (Kamang), a West Bomberai language spoken on Alor Island in East Nusa Tenggara Province in southern Indonesia.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/klon.htm\">Klon<\/a>, a West Bomberai language spoken on Alor Island in East Nusa Tenggara Province in southern Indonesia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New numbers pages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/bekwarra.htm\">Bekwarra<\/a> (Ebekwara), a Bendi language spoken in Cross River State in southeastern Nigeria.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/kalamang.htm\">Kalamang<\/a>, a Trans-New Guinea language spoken on Karas Island in West Papua in Indonesia.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/klon.htm\">Klon<\/a>, a West Bomberai language spoken on Alor Island in East Nusa Tenggara Province in southern Indonesia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New Tower of Babel translation: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/babel\/bekwarra.htm\">Bekwarra<\/a> (Ebekwara), a Bendi language spoken in Cross River State in southeastern Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>On the Omniglot blog this week there\u2019s a new post entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24461\">Little Friends<\/a> about mistranslation and words for <strong>child<\/strong> in Chinese and French, and there\u2019s the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24471\">language quiz<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>See if you guess what language this is:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4333-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz010226.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz010226.mp3\">http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz010226.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Here\u2019s a clue: this language is spoken in Tanzania and Malawi.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery language in last week\u2019s language quiz was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/negidal.htm\">Negidal<\/a> (\u041d\u0435\u0493\u0438\u0434\u0430 \u0445\u044d\u0441\u044d\u043d\u0438\u043d), a Northern Tungusic language spoken in Khabarovskij Kraj in the Russian Far East.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WtpIAO0REJ8?si=I0q7Qr4LDu0TZXI6\" 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>, entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4327\">Doomed Pride<\/a>, we find out what links the word <strong>doom<\/strong> with words for <strong>judgement<\/strong>, <strong>courts<\/strong> and <strong>pride<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WHShGqaIlTg?si=G55ilTxmL3Vkg32A\" 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&#8217;s also available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DULrHgyF2-F\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ommiglot\/video\/7604209647188315414\">TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also a new post on the Celtiadur blog this week entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2026\/02\/05\/thousands\/\">Thousands<\/a> about words for <strong>thousand<\/strong>, <strong>mile<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p>Improved page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/todhri.htm\">Todhri alphabet<\/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\/profile.php?id=100046466483286\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100046466483286<\/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; 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Get your first month free with the promo code <strong>omniglot<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (08\/02\/26)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2026-02-08T14:06:10+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M44S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew alphabet; Vellara alphabet, an alternative alphabet for Albanian created during the 19th century.\n\n\n\nNew alphabet: Veso Bey alphabet, an alphabet that was used to write Albanian in southern Al...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news080226.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"3.2\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4649\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4333-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news080226.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news080226.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news080226.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\/news080226.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=4333-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news080226.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news080226.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. New alphabet; Vellara alphabet, an alternative alphabet for Albanian created during the 19th century. New alphabet: Veso Bey alphabet, an alphabet that was used to write Albanian in southern Albania in the 19th century. 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