{"id":1389,"date":"2021-08-29T13:00:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T13:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1389"},"modified":"2021-08-29T13:00:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T13:00:56","slug":"omniglot-news-29-08-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1389","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (29\/08\/21)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (29\/08\/21)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-08-29T13:00:55+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"This week we have a new writing system on Omniglot: the Qiang Script, which was created in 2017 and is used to write the Qiang languages of Sichuan Province in the southwest of China. One of those languages, Northern Qiang (Rrmea), now features on Om...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news290821.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_955\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1389-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news290821.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news290821.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news290821.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\/news290821.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1389-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news290821.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news290821.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>This week we have a new writing system on Omniglot: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/rma.htm\">Qiang Script<\/a>, which was created in 2017 and is used to write the Qiang languages of Sichuan Province in the southwest of China. One of those languages, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/northernqiang.htm\">Northern Qiang<\/a> (Rrmea), now features on Omniglot, and was the mystery language in this week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=21310\">language quiz<\/a> on the Omniglot blog.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a new phrases page in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/phrases\/cumbric.htm\">Cumbric<\/a> (Cumbraek), a reconstructed language based on Cumbric, a Celtic language that was spoken in parts of northern England and southern Scotland until about the 12th century.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a new page about colour words and expressions in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/colours\/igbo.htm\">Igbo<\/a> (\u00c1s\u1ee5\u0300s\u1ee5\u0300 \u00ccgb\u00f2), a Volta-Niger language spoken mainly in southeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a new article about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/articles\/papuanindonesian.htm\">Colloquial Indonesian Spoken by Papuans<\/a>, that is on the island of New Guinea in Papua New Guinea, and in the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua.<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/\">Celtiadur<\/a> post is about words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2021\/08\/26\/oxen\/\">oxen<\/a> and related words in Celtic languages. I discovered that words for sheep in the Brythonic languages, such as <strong>dafad<\/strong> in Welsh, are related to words for oxen and stags in the Goidelic languages, such as <strong>damh<\/strong>, which can refer to an ox, stag, strong man, champion or a corpulent person.<\/p>\n<p>There are Omniglot blog posts about words for skips, dumpsters and related things in English and French: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=21327\">Skip to the Bin<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=21313\">Skips and Dumpsters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1385\">Adventure in Etymology<\/a> looks at the origins of the word <strong>ado<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>There is a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1377\">Radio Omniglot podcast about surnames<\/a>, specifically about some of the most common surnames in England and Wales.<\/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 (29\/08\/21)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-08-29T13:00:55+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"This week we have a new writing system on Omniglot: the Qiang Script, which was created in 2017 and is used to write the Qiang languages of Sichuan Province in the southwest of China. One of those languages, Northern Qiang (Rrmea), now features on Om...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news290821.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_956\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1389-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news290821.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news290821.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news290821.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\/news290821.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1389-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news290821.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news290821.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>This week we have a new writing system on Omniglot: the Qiang Script, which was created in 2017 and is used to write the Qiang languages of Sichuan Province in the southwest of China. 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