{"id":1623,"date":"2021-12-05T14:20:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-05T14:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1623"},"modified":"2021-12-05T14:20:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T14:20:35","slug":"omniglot-news-05-12-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1623","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (05\/12\/21)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (05\/12\/21)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-12-05T14:20:34+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The new languages this week on Omniglot are all Mayan languages:\n\n \tItza\u2019, a Yucatecan Mayan language spoken by the Itza people mainly in the village of San Jos\u00e9 on the north shore of Lake Pet\u00e9n Itza\u02bc in Pet\u00e9n department in northern Guatemala.\n \tChon...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news051221.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7928\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1623-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news051221.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news051221.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news051221.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\/news051221.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1623-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news051221.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news051221.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>The new languages this week on Omniglot are all Mayan languages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/itza.htm\">Itza\u2019<\/a>, a Yucatecan Mayan language spoken by the Itza people mainly in the village of San Jos\u00e9 on the north shore of Lake Pet\u00e9n Itza\u02bc in Pet\u00e9n department in northern Guatemala.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/chontalmaya.htm\">Chontal Maya<\/a> (Yoko t&#8217;an),  a Cholan-Tzeltalan Mayan language spoken in central parts of the state of Tabasco in southern Mexico.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/chuj.htm\">Chuj<\/a> (Koti\u2019), a Q\u02bcanjobalan\u2013Chujean Mayan language spoken mainly in western Guatemala, and also in southern Mexico.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/mocho.htm\">Mocho\u2019<\/a> (Qato\u02bck), a Q\u02bcanjobalan\u2013Mocho\u2019ean Mayan language spoken in the state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I finally got round to recording a new episode of the monthly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/\">Radio Omniglot Podcast<\/a>.  This is Episode 49 and discusses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1605\">Linguistic Correctness<\/a>, the idea that there are correct ways to speak and write languages that conform to grammatical standards and conventions.<\/p>\n<p>In this week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1609\">Adventure in Etymology<\/a> we find out how budgets. bags, bellies and bulges are connected.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/\">Omniglot blog<\/a> post about the wonderful Scots word <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=21677\">Humdudgeon<\/a>, and the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=21692\">Language Quiz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery language in last week&#8217;s language quiz was <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poqomam_language\">Poqomam<\/a>, a Mayan language spoken in parts of central Guatemala.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/\">Celtiadur<\/a> post this week is about words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2021\/12\/02\/parts-and-portions\/\">Parts and Portions<\/a> 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:\/\/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:\/\/music.amazon.com\/podcasts\/8b1b1d1b-b39e-4277-b28d-479a3b5043b3\/radio-omniglot\">Amazon Music<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/radio-omniglot\">Stitcher<\/a>, <a 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