{"id":4358,"date":"2026-02-22T13:27:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4358"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:02:12","slug":"omniglot-news-22-02-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4358","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (22\/02\/26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (22\/02\/26)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2026-02-22T13:27:54+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M29S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew language pages:\n\n\n Ipulo, a Central Tivoid language spoken in the Southwest and Northwest regions of Cameroon.\n Isu, a Central Tivoid language spoken in the Menchum Department of the Northwest...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news220226.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.7\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8185\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4358-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news220226.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news220226.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news220226.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\/news220226.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=4358-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news220226.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news220226.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\/ipulo.htm\">Ipulo<\/a>, a Central Tivoid language spoken in the Southwest and Northwest regions of Cameroon.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/isu.htm\">Isu<\/a>, a Central Tivoid language spoken in the Menchum Department of the Northwest Region of Cameroon.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/barabatatar.htm\">Baraba Tatar<\/a> (\u041f\u0430\u0440\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0447\u044b), a variety of Siberia Tatar, a Turkic a language spoken in Siberia in Russia.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/ralte.htm\">Ralte<\/a> (R\u00e2lte Pau), a Northeastern Kuki-Chin language spoken in Mizoram, Manipur and Tripura in the northeast of India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New adapted script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/cantonesecyrillic.htm\">Cantonese Cyrillic<\/a> (\u0492\u043e\u04a3\u0434\u04b1\u04a3\u0432\u0430 \u0421\u04d9\u0439\u043b\u0435\u0439\u0457 \u0417\u0438\u043c\u043e\u045e), a way to write Cantonese with the Cyrillic alphabet devised by Dijacz.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/udhr_cantonesecyrillic.jpg\" width=\"589\" height=\"83\" alt=\"\u042f\u043d\u044f\u043d \u0441\u04d9\u04a3\u0457\u043f\u044b\u04a3\u0434\u04d9\u04a3, \u0445\u04d9\u0439 \u0436\u04af\u043d\u0457\u043c \u0442\u04b1\u04a3\u043c\u0430\u0439 \u043a\u04af\u043d\u043b\u0435\u0439 \u0441\u04e9\u04a3 \u044f\u0442\u043b\u0451\u0442 \u043f\u044b\u04a3\u0434\u04d9\u04a3. \u041a\u0451\u0439\u0434\u0435\u0439 \u044f\u045e \u043b\u0435\u0439\u0441\u044b\u04a3 \u0442\u04b1\u04a3\u043c\u0430\u0439 \u043b\u04e9\u04a3\u0441\u04d9\u043c, \u0457\u0446\u0435 \u0439\u044b\u04a3\u0434\u043e\u04a3 \u0457 \u0445\u044b\u04a3\u0434\u04d9\u0439 \u0493\u0430\u043d\u0445\u04d9\u0439\u2019\u0433\u0435 \u0437\u044b\u04a3\u0441\u04d9\u043d \u0441\u04e9\u04a3\u0434\u0451\u0439\u0434\u043e\u0439. \" title=\"Article 1 of the UDHR in Cantonese in the Cantonese Cyrillic alphabet\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New numbers pages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/sisaali.htm\">Sisaali<\/a> (S\u0269saal\u0269), a Southern Gur language spoken in southern Burkina Faso.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/edo.htm\">Edo<\/a> (\u1eb8\u0300d\u00f3), a Volta-Congo language spoken mainly in Edo State in southern Nigeria.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/language\/numbers.htm\">Ralte<\/a> (R\u00e2lte Pau), a Northeastern Kuki-Chin language spoken in Mizoram, Manipur and Tripura in India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New Tower of Babel translation in: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/babel\/edo.htm\">Edo<\/a> (\u1eb8\u0300d\u00f3)<\/p>\n<p>This week on the Omniglot blog there\u2019s a new post entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24486\">Pages, Pagans &#038; Peasants<\/a>, in which we find out whether the words <strong>page<\/strong>, <strong>pagan<\/strong>, <strong>peasant<\/strong> and <strong>pheasant<\/strong> are related, and there\u2019s the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24489\">language quiz<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>See if you guess what language this is:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4358-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz220226.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz220226.mp3\">http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz220226.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Here\u2019s a clue: this language is spoken in northeastern India.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery language in last week\u2019s language quiz was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/kuukthaayorre.htm\">Kuuk Thaayorre<\/a>, a Pama-Nyungan language spoken in Queensland, Australia. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-edVi3xQW3w?si=ECRtJGoLn1Etb9Xe\" 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=4352\">Plain Planes<\/a>, we find out if the words <strong>plain<\/strong>, <strong>plane<\/strong> and <strong>plan<\/strong> are  related.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/coFItJEloHw?si=skBoWC6ZVfkMbgJA\" 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\/DVBu6eWD9Ib\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ommiglot\/video\/7609369897851817238\">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\/18\/knowing-recognition\/\">Knowing Recognition<\/a> about words for <strong>to know<\/strong>, <strong>to recognize<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/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 (22\/02\/26)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2026-02-22T13:27:54+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M29S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew language pages:\n\n\n Ipulo, a Central Tivoid language spoken in the Southwest and Northwest regions of Cameroon.\n Isu, a Central Tivoid language spoken in the Menchum Department of the Northwest...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news220226.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.7\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8186\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4358-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news220226.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news220226.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news220226.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\/news220226.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=4358-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news220226.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news220226.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. New language pages: Ipulo, a Central Tivoid language spoken in the Southwest and Northwest regions of Cameroon. Isu, a Central Tivoid language spoken in the Menchum Department of the Northwest Region of Cameroon. Baraba Tatar (\u041f\u0430\u0440\u0430\u0431\u0430\u0447\u044b), a variety of Siberia Tatar, a Turkic a language spoken [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,4,108,1],"tags":[9,160,88,8,210],"class_list":["post-4358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-language","category-news","category-podcast","tag-language","tag-news","tag-omniglot","tag-podcast","tag-quiz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4358"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4361,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4358\/revisions\/4361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}