{"id":4454,"date":"2026-05-10T13:21:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T13:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4454"},"modified":"2026-05-10T13:21:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T13:21:19","slug":"omniglot-news-10-05-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4454","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (10\/05\/26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (10\/05\/26)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2026-05-10T13:21:19+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M41S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew language pages:\n\n\n Maonan (Vah kiong naemz), a Kam-Sui language spoken in Guangxi and Guizhou in southern China.\n Guhu-Samane, a Binanderean language spoken in Morobe Province of Papua New Gui...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news100526.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.9\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9972\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4454-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news100526.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news100526.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news100526.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\/news100526.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=4454-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news100526.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news100526.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\/maonan.htm\">Maonan<\/a> (Vah kiong naemz), a Kam-Sui language spoken in Guangxi and Guizhou in southern China.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/guhu-samane.htm\">Guhu-Samane<\/a>, a Binanderean language spoken in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/zyphe.htm\">Zyphe<\/a>, a Maraic language spoken the north of Chin State in western Myanmar.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/komi-yazva.htm\">Komi-Yazva<\/a> (\u043a\u043e\u043c\u0438-\u0451\u0434\u0437 \u043a\u04e9\u043b), a Permic language spoken in the Perm Krai in the northwest of the Russia Federation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New numbers pages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/guhu-samane.htm\">Guhu-Samane<\/a>, a Binanderean language spoken in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/zyphe.htm\">Zyphe<\/a>, a Maraic language spoken in Chin State in western Myanmar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New idioms page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/idioms\/marbles.htm\">To lose one&#8217;s marbles<\/a> &#8211; idioms meaning you have lost your mind, gone crazy and similar things in various languages.<\/p>\n<p>New constructed script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/loopiform.htm\">Loopiform<\/a>, an alternative way to write French and other languages devised by Filipe Reis.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/smp_loopiform.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"631\" alt=\"Sample text in Loopiform in French\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New adapated script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/bodigari.htm\">Bodigari<\/a> (\u0f56\u0f7c\u0f0b\u0f51\u0f7a\u0f0b\u0f42\u0f62\u0f72), a way to write English with the Tibetan script devised by Ian Bonnycastle.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/udhr_bodigari.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"173\" alt=\"Sample text in Bodiform in English\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?page_id=2614\">Adventure in Etymology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4448\">Rightly Adroit<\/a>, we deftly discover the right roots of the word <strong>adroit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e4khkb5ZG8g?si=i7kb3QOGgnx7aQWe\" 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\/DYIZbbmOktr\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ommiglot\/video\/7638004421980425494\">TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the Omniglot blog this week there\u2019s a new post entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24589\">Dressed to Pieces<\/a>, in which we investigate the Japanese word <strong>\u30ef\u30f3\u30d4\u30fc\u30b9<\/strong> (wanp\u012bsu), which means dress or one-piece bathing suit, and related words, and there\u2019s the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24587\">language quiz<\/a>. See if you guess what language this is:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4454-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz100526.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz100526.mp3\">http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz100526.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Here\u2019s a clue: this language is spoken in western Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery language in last week\u2019s language quiz was <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Qabiao_language\">Qabiao<\/a>, a Kra language spoken in northern Vietnam and southern China.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fm6bUnFeWSE?si=ZWsIXM1jkvxMambX\" 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 entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2026\/05\/07\/a-stack-of-heaps\/\">A Stack of Heaps<\/a> about words for <strong>heap<\/strong>, <strong>pile<\/strong>, <strong>stack<\/strong> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p>Improved pages: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/komi.htm\">Komi<\/a> language page, and made separate pages for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/komi-permyak.htm\">Komi-Permyak<\/a> and<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/komi-zyrian.htm\">Komi-Zyrian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I wrote a new song this week called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/songs\/sager\/perdrelenord.htm\">Perdre Le Nord<\/a>, which was inspired by ways to say that someone has lost their marbles (lost their mind \/ gone crazy) in French such as <em>perdre le nord<\/em> (\u2018to lose the north\u2019).<\/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%253A2313965618&#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 (10\/05\/26)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2026-05-10T13:21:19+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M41S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew language pages:\n\n\n Maonan (Vah kiong naemz), a Kam-Sui language spoken in Guangxi and Guizhou in southern China.\n Guhu-Samane, a Binanderean language spoken in Morobe Province of Papua New Gui...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news100526.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.9\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9973\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4454-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news100526.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news100526.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news100526.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\/news100526.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=4454-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news100526.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news100526.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. New language pages: Maonan (Vah kiong naemz), a Kam-Sui language spoken in Guangxi and Guizhou in southern China. Guhu-Samane, a Binanderean language spoken in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. Zyphe, a Maraic language spoken the north of Chin State in western Myanmar. Komi-Yazva (\u043a\u043e\u043c\u0438-\u0451\u0434\u0437 \u043a\u04e9\u043b), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,4,108,1],"tags":[9,160,88,8],"class_list":["post-4454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-language","category-news","category-podcast","tag-language","tag-news","tag-omniglot","tag-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4454","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=4454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4455,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4454\/revisions\/4455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}