{"id":1346,"date":"2021-08-15T11:39:39","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T11:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1346"},"modified":"2021-08-15T11:56:04","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T11:56:04","slug":"omniglot-news-15-08-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1346","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (15\/08\/21)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (15\/08\/21)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-08-15T11:39:39+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"This week\u2019s new languages are: Kelabit, Bonggi and Ida\u2019an\n\n \tKelabit  (karuh Kelabit) - a North Bornean language spoken mainly in the Bario Highlands of Sarawak in Malaysia, and in nearby parts of East Kalimantan province in Indonesia.\n \tBonggi -  a ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news150821.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6366\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1346-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news150821.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news150821.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news150821.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\/news150821.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1346-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news150821.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news150821.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>This week\u2019s new languages are: Kelabit, Bonggi and Ida\u2019an<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/kelabit.htm\">Kelabit<\/a>  (karuh Kelabit) &#8211; a North Bornean language spoken mainly in the Bario Highlands of Sarawak in Malaysia, and in nearby parts of East Kalimantan province in Indonesia.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/bonggi.htm\">Bonggi<\/a> &#8211;  a North Bornean language spoken on the islands of Banggai and Balambangan, part of the Malaysian state of Sabah<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/idaan.htm\">Ida\u2019an<\/a> (Buri\u2019 Lun Bawang) &#8211;  a North Bornean language spoken in the state of Sabah on the island of Borneo in Malaysia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There\u2019s a new adapted script called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/cps.htm\">Cantonese Phonetic Symbols<\/a> (\u5ee3\u6771\u8a71\u6ce8\u97f3\u7b26\u865f), which is a way to represent the sounds of Cantonese using the Zhuyin fuhao (bopomofo) phonetic script.<\/p>\n<p>There are new numbers pages in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/akuapem.htm\">Akuapem<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/akan.htm\">Akan<\/a>, which are Kwa languages spoken in Ghana and Ivory Coast.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/\">Celtiadur<\/a> post is about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2021\/08\/04\/hurdle-fences\/\">wool<\/a> and related words.<\/p>\n<p>That inspired an Omniglot blog post about wool-related expressions in English, Dutch and Welsh called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=21242\">Unreliable Wool<\/a>. There\u2019s also a blog post about the Dutch word stuurknuppel, which could be literally translated as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=21265\">Steering Club<\/a>\u201d, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=21251\">language quiz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The answer to last week\u2019s language quiz was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/maskelynes.htm\">Maskelynes<\/a> (Kuliviu), an Oceanic language spoken mainly in the Maskelyne Islets in Vanuatu.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1340\">Adventure in Etymology<\/a> looks at the origins of the word <strong>fence<\/strong>.<\/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:\/\/twitter.com\/Omniglossia\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Omniglossia<\/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\/Omniglot-100430558332117\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Omniglot-100430558332117<\/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:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Education-Podcasts\/Radio-Omniglot-p1154145\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.podchaser.com\/podcasts\/radio-omniglot-716327\">Podchaser<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/player.fm\/series\/radio-omniglot\">PlayerFM<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/podtail.com\/da\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\/\">podtail<\/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&amp;SESSION=aLjPfXL-vP_1gQ_U23Iz8_hSWLlhzLHPMFZrt32dIEfG8htoNFLYaPoWkv8&amp;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><a href=\"http:\/\/create.blubrry.com\/resources\/podcast-media-hosting\/?code=omniglot\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/banner_blubrry.png\" alt=\"Blubrry podcast hosting\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (15\/08\/21)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-08-15T11:39:39+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"This week\u2019s new languages are: Kelabit, Bonggi and Ida\u2019an\n\n \tKelabit  (karuh Kelabit) - a North Bornean language spoken mainly in the Bario Highlands of Sarawak in Malaysia, and in nearby parts of East Kalimantan province in Indonesia.\n \tBonggi -  a ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news150821.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6367\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1346-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news150821.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news150821.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news150821.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\/news150821.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1346-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news150821.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news150821.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>This week\u2019s new languages are: Kelabit, Bonggi and Ida\u2019an Kelabit (karuh Kelabit) &#8211; a North Bornean language spoken mainly in the Bario Highlands of Sarawak in Malaysia, and in nearby parts of East Kalimantan province in Indonesia. 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