{"id":1634,"date":"2021-12-12T13:23:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T13:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1634"},"modified":"2021-12-19T14:08:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T14:08:10","slug":"omniglot-news-12-12-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1634","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (12\/12\/21)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (12\/12\/21)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-12-12T13:23:41+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The new language pages on Omniglot this week are:\n\n \tPoqomam (Qaq\u2019oral), a  Mayan language spoken mainly in the Jalapa Department in southern Guatemala.\n \tTektitek (B'a'aj), a Mayan language spoken mainly in  the department of Huehuetenango in wester...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news121221.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3678\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1634-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news121221.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news121221.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news121221.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\/news121221.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1634-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news121221.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news121221.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>The new language pages on Omniglot this week are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/poqomam.htm\">Poqomam<\/a> (Qaq\u2019oral), a  Mayan language spoken mainly in the Jalapa Department in southern Guatemala.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/tektitek.htm\">Tektitek<\/a> (B&#8217;a&#8217;aj), a Mayan language spoken mainly in  the department of Huehuetenango in western Guatemala.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/uspantek.htm\">Uspantek<\/a> (Uspanteko), a Mayan language spoken mainly in the department of Quich\u00e9 in western Guatemala.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are new numbers pages in the following languages (all of which are Mayan): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/qeqchi.htm\">Q&#8217;eqchi&#8217;<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/qanjobal.htm\">Q&#8217;anjob&#8217;al<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/sakapultek.htm\">Sakapultek<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/yucatecmaya.htm\">Yucatec Maya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/tektitek.htm\">Tektitek<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/awakatek.htm\">Awakatek<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a new page with a collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/idioms\/stingy.htm\">Penny Pinching<\/a> idioms and sayings in various languages that mean someone is stingy, tight or careful with their money.<\/p>\n<p>On the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/\">Omniglot blog<\/a> we find out when a chair is not a chair in a post entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=21695\">Soapy Chairs<\/a>, and there\u2019s the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=21705\">Language Quiz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery language in last week&#8217;s language quiz was <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paha_language\">Paha<\/a>, a Kra language spoken in Wenshan Prefecture in Yunnan Province in southern China.<\/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\/10\/grace-and-favour\/\">Grace and Favour<\/a> in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1626\">Adventure in Etymology<\/a> this week we\u2019re telling tales about the origins of the word tale.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iUQ3uHs7i_E\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I also made improvements to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/yucatec.htm\">Yucatec Maya<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/awakatek.htm\">Awakatek<\/a> language pages.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, I made a little video of a tune I wrote a few years ago called <strong>The Whistling Windows \/ Y Ffenstri S\u00efo<\/strong>, which you can find on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CXWdAqfIKsO\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/vm.tiktok.com\/ZM8vkj5jQ\/\">TikTok<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bHvn7YNaMgM\">YouTube<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bHvn7YNaMgM\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For 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src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news121221.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news121221.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news121221.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\/news121221.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1634-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news121221.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news121221.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>The new language pages on Omniglot this week are: Poqomam (Qaq\u2019oral), a Mayan language spoken mainly in the Jalapa Department in southern Guatemala. Tektitek (B&#8217;a&#8217;aj), a Mayan language spoken mainly in the department of Huehuetenango in western Guatemala. Uspantek (Uspanteko), a Mayan language spoken mainly in the department of Quich\u00e9 in western Guatemala. 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