{"id":4422,"date":"2026-04-19T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4422"},"modified":"2026-04-18T20:27:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T20:27:23","slug":"omniglot-news-19-04-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4422","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (19\/04\/26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (19\/04\/26)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2026-04-19T08:30:00+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M37S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew language pages:\n\n\n Meta\u02bc (M\u0268ta\u2019), an Eastern Grassfields language spoken in the North West Region of Cameroon.\n Romani Tatar (Roman\u00ed Tatarja), a Kipchak Turkic language spoken in northeast Bul...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news190426.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.9\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_927\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4422-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news190426.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news190426.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news190426.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\/news190426.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=4422-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news190426.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news190426.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\/meta.htm\">Meta\u02bc<\/a> (M\u0268ta\u2019), an Eastern Grassfields language spoken in the North West Region of Cameroon.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/romanitatar.htm\">Romani Tatar<\/a> (Roman\u00ed Tatarja), a Kipchak Turkic language spoken in northeast Bulgaria and southeast Romania.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/kedang.htm\">Kedang<\/a> (tutuq nanang wela), a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on Lembata Island in East Nusa Tenggara in eastern Indonesia.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/waris.htm\">Waris<\/a>, a Trans-New-Guinea language spoken in Sandaun Province of Papua New Guinea and Papua Province in Indonesia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New numbers pages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/waris.htm\">Waris<\/a>, a Trans-New-Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/oroqen.htm\">Oroqun<\/a>, a Northern Tungusic language spoken in Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang in northern China.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New constructed script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/urisaiyo.htm\">Urisaiyo<\/a>, an alternative way to write Japanese, English and other languages created by Eteluptra.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/udhr_urisaiyo.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"201\" alt=\"Sample text in Urisayo in Japanese\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New constructed script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/stylogic.htm\">Stylogic<\/a>, a phonemic alphabet for English and other languages created by Richard Agnew.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/udhr_stylogic.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"145\" alt=\"Sample text in Stylogic\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This week on the Omniglot blog we explore connections between the words <strong>nexus<\/strong>, <strong>annex(e)<\/strong> and <strong>connection<\/strong> in a post entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24566\">A Nexus of Connections<\/a>, and there\u2019s the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24572\">language quiz<\/a>. See if you guess what language this is:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4422-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz190426.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz190426.mp3\">http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz190426.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Here\u2019s a clue: this language is spoken in Guatemala.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery language in last week\u2019s language quiz was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/tawallammattamajaq.htm\">Tawellemmet<\/a> (Taw\u0259ll\u0259mm\u0259t \/ \u2d5c\u2d53\u2d4d\u2d4e\u2d53\u2d5c \/ \u062a\u064e\u0627\u0648\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0651\u0645\u064e\u0651\u062a\u0652), a Southern Tuareg language spoken in Mali, Niger and Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SZFJOpcjp3E?si=2QKKd0V9Da9kNL_d\" 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>On the Celtiadur blog this week there\u2019s a new post about words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2026\/04\/15\/dukes\/\">Dukes<\/a>, duchesses are related things.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a little song I wrote recently called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/songs\/sager\/reachingforthesky.htm\">Reaching For The Sky<\/a> inspired by idioms meaning to give up or quit such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/idioms\/throwinthetowel.htm\">\u2018to throw in the towel\u2019<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A2301274529&#038;color=%23109bc7&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; 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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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (19\/04\/26)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2026-04-19T08:30:00+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M37S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew language pages:\n\n\n Meta\u02bc (M\u0268ta\u2019), an Eastern Grassfields language spoken in the North West Region of Cameroon.\n Romani Tatar (Roman\u00ed Tatarja), a Kipchak Turkic language spoken in northeast Bul...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news190426.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.9\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_928\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4422-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news190426.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news190426.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news190426.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\/news190426.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=4422-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news190426.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news190426.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. New language pages: Meta\u02bc (M\u0268ta\u2019), an Eastern Grassfields language spoken in the North West Region of Cameroon. Romani Tatar (Roman\u00ed Tatarja), a Kipchak Turkic language spoken in northeast Bulgaria and southeast Romania. Kedang (tutuq nanang wela), a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on Lembata Island in East Nusa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,4,11,108,1,67],"tags":[9,160,88,8],"class_list":["post-4422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-language","category-music","category-news","category-podcast","category-travel","tag-language","tag-news","tag-omniglot","tag-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4422","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4422"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4425,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4422\/revisions\/4425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}