{"id":4605,"date":"2026-09-13T13:11:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4605"},"modified":"2026-09-13T13:11:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:11:06","slug":"omniglot-news-13-09-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=4605","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (13\/09\/26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (13\/09\/26)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2026-09-13T13:11:06+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 Koyra Chiini (koyra ciini \/ \u0643\u08f7\u064a\u0652\u0631\u064e \u067a\u0650\u064a\u0646\u0650),  a Songhay language spoken mainly in the Tombouctou Region in southern Mali.\n Korandje (Kw\u1ea1\u1e5ba n dzy\u0259y), a Northern Songhay languag...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news130926.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/logos\/logo_omniglotnews.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.5\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7877\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4605-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news130926.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news130926.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news130926.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\/news130926.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=4605-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news130926.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news130926.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\/koyrachiini.htm\">Koyra Chiini<\/a> (koyra ciini \/ \u0643\u08f7\u064a\u0652\u0631\u064e \u067a\u0650\u064a\u0646\u0650),  a Songhay language spoken mainly in the Tombouctou Region in southern Mali.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/korandje.htm\">Korandje<\/a> (Kw\u1ea1\u1e5ba n dzy\u0259y), a Northern Songhay language spoken in B\u00e9char Province in the northwest of Algeria.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/vagla.htm\">Vagla<\/a>, a Southern Gur language spoken in the Savannah Region in northern Ghana.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New constructed script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/ayneha.htm\">Ayneha<\/a>, an alphabet created by Mahamadou Issiaka Maiga for the Songhay languages of Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso and Benin.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/smp_ayneha.jpg\" width=\"405\" height=\"363\" style=\"float:right;\" alt=\"Sample text in Ayneha\" \/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"all\" \/><br \/>\nNew constructed script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/pogi.htm\">Pogi<\/a>, an alternative way to write Indonesian, Malay and other languages created by Marcus Tzeng.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/udhr_pogi.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"317\" alt=\"Sample text in Pogi\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New numbers page:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/mpade.htm\">Mpade<\/a>, a Chadic language spoken in the northern Cameroon and western Chad.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/vagla.htm\">Vagla<\/a>, a Southern Gur language spoken in the Savannah Region in northern Ghana.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New Tower of Babel translations: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/babel\/ngiemboon.htm\">Ngiemboon<\/a> (Ngiemb\u0254\u0254n), a Bamileke language spoken in the West Region in southwestern Cameroon.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/babel\/bhunjia.htm\">Bhunjia<\/a>, an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken in Odisha and Chhattisgarh in eastern India.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/babel\/nyamwezi.htm\">Nyamwezi<\/a> (Kinyamwezi), a Bantu language spoken in the Kigoma, Rukwa and Tabora regions in western Tanzania.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/babel\/vagla.htm\">Vagla<\/a>, a Southern Gur language spoken in the Savannah Region in northern Ghana.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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=4590\">Beaming Trees<\/a>, we discover what links the word <strong>beam<\/strong> with words for <strong>tree<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pM8MahbozX8?si=HqilSDJOkdnbU1Oq\" 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\u2019s also available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DdMwWYGBODP\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ommiglot\/video\/7684745580744051990\">TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the Omniglot blog this week we find out what links a type of <strong>pastry<\/strong> with <strong>lightning<\/strong>, <strong>flashes<\/strong> and <strong>sparkles<\/strong> in a post entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24747\">Lightning Pastries<\/a>, and there\u2019s the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24753\">language quiz<\/a>. See if you guess what language this is:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4605-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz130926.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz130926.mp3\">http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz130926.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Here\u2019s a clue: this language is spoken in Bolivia.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery language in last week\u2019s language quiz was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/tindi.htm\">Tindi<\/a> (\u0418\u0434\u0430\u0440\u0430\u0431 \u043c\u0438\u0446\u0446\u0438), a Northeast Caucasian language spoken in Dagestan in the Russian Republic.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Icf7i62uAMU?si=2PHzzZ2OIs1_P2ut\" 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\/09\/11\/he-she-it\/\">He, She, It<\/a> and related pronouns 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; 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 (13\/09\/26)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2026-09-13T13:11:06+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 Koyra Chiini (koyra ciini \/ \u0643\u08f7\u064a\u0652\u0631\u064e \u067a\u0650\u064a\u0646\u0650),  a Songhay language spoken mainly in the Tombouctou Region in southern Mali.\n Korandje (Kw\u1ea1\u1e5ba n dzy\u0259y), a Northern Songhay languag...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news130926.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/logos\/logo_omniglotnews.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.5\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7878\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4605-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news130926.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news130926.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news130926.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\/news130926.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=4605-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news130926.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news130926.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. New language pages: Koyra Chiini (koyra ciini \/ \u0643\u08f7\u064a\u0652\u0631\u064e \u067a\u0650\u064a\u0646\u0650), a Songhay language spoken mainly in the Tombouctou Region in southern Mali. Korandje (Kw\u1ea1\u1e5ba n dzy\u0259y), a Northern Songhay language spoken in B\u00e9char Province in the northwest of Algeria. 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