{"id":2136,"date":"2022-08-14T11:53:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-14T11:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2136"},"modified":"2022-08-14T11:53:16","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T11:53:16","slug":"omniglot-news-14-08-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2136","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (14\/08\/22)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (14\/08\/22)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-08-14T11:53:15+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nThis week there are new language pages about:\n\n \tAmbel  (gal\u00ed Amb\u00e9l), a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on the island of Waigeo, which is part of the Raja Ampat Regency in West Papua Province in e...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news140822.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6208\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2136-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news140822.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news140822.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news140822.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\/news140822.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2136-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news140822.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news140822.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.<\/p>\n<p>This week there are new language pages about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/ambel.htm\">Ambel<\/a>  (gal\u00ed Amb\u00e9l), a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on the island of Waigeo, which is part of the Raja Ampat Regency in West Papua Province in eastern Indonesia.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/northmarquesan.htm\">North Marquesan<\/a> (Te \u00e8o \u00e8nana), an Eastern Polynesian language spoken in the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/southmarquesan.htm\">South Marquesan<\/a> (Te \u00e8o \u00e8nata), an Eastern Polynesian language spoken in the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are new numbers pages in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/northmarquesan.htm\">North Marquesan<\/a> (Te \u00e8o \u00e8nana)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/southmarquesan.htm\">South Marquesan<\/a> (Te \u00e8o \u00e8nata)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/shan.htm\">Shan<\/a> (\u101c\u102d\u1075\u103a\u1088\u1010\u1086\u1038), a Southwestern Tai language spoken in northern Myanmar, southern China and northern Thailand.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/tailue.htm\">Tai Lue<\/a> (\u1985\u19c4\u19ba\u1991\u199f\u19b9\u19c9), a Southwestern Tai language spoken in China, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/ahom.htm\">Ahom<\/a> (\ud805\udf12\ud805\udf11\ud805\udf2a\ud805\udf28), a Tai-Kadai language formerly spoken in the Indian state of Assam, which is being revived.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There\u2019s an Omniglot blog post about the French word <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=22385\">Essuie-tout<\/a> (paper towel) and related things, and the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=22389\">Language Quiz<\/a>. See if you can guess what language this is:<\/p>\n<p><audio controls=\"\"><source src=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz140822.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz140822.mp3\" width=\"100\" height=\"50\"><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a clue: this language was once widely spoken across North Africa and the Middle East, but there are now only small numbers of speakers.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery language in last week&#8217;s language quiz was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/akawaio.htm\">Akawaio<\/a> (Ka&#8217;pon), a Cariban language spoken in northern Brazil and eastern Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/COXpV-LdvYw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/\">Celtiadur<\/a> post are about words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2022\/08\/10\/sailing\/\">Sailing<\/a> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s an episode of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?cat=122\">Celtic Pathways<\/a> podcast about words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2129\">Bards and Poets<\/a> and related people.<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?cat=98\">Adventure in Etymology<\/a> we find out what links the word <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2131\">Sneeze<\/a> with words like pneumatic, pneumonia and pneu (tire\/tyre in French).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UreygRqA5og\" 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 wrote a new song this week called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/songs\/sager\/thatswhenwelldothatthing.htm\">That&#8217;s When We&#8217;ll Do That Thing<\/a>. It\u2019s based on idioms for things that are very unlikely to happen or will never happen, like pigs flying or hell freezing over. It sounds a bit like this:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1322898511&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/simon-ager\" title=\"Simon Ager\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Simon Ager<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/simon-ager\/thatswhenwelldothatthing\" title=\"That's When We'll Do That Thing\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">That&#8217;s When We&#8217;ll Do That Thing<\/a><\/div>\n<p>I also made improvements to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/dehongdai.htm\">Dehong Dai \/ Tai Le<\/a> script page, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/tainua.htm\">Tai Nuea<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/tailue.htm\">Tai Lue <\/a> language pages, and there are now recordings of all the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/phrases\/westernarmenian.htm\">Western Armenian phrases<\/a>.<\/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 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:\/\/www.koreanclass101.com\/member\/go.php?r=614&amp;i=b0\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.koreanclass101.com\/images\/aff_banner\/468_60.gif\" alt=\"The Fastest Way to Learn Korean with KoreanClass101\" width=\"630\" height=\"81\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (14\/08\/22)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-08-14T11:53:15+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nThis week there are new language pages about:\n\n \tAmbel  (gal\u00ed Amb\u00e9l), a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on the island of Waigeo, which is part of the Raja Ampat Regency in West Papua Province in e...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news140822.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6209\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2136-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news140822.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news140822.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news140822.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\/news140822.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2136-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news140822.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news140822.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. This week there are new language pages about: Ambel (gal\u00ed Amb\u00e9l), a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on the island of Waigeo, which is part of the Raja Ampat Regency in West Papua Province in eastern Indonesia. North Marquesan (Te \u00e8o \u00e8nana), an Eastern Polynesian language spoken in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,4,11,108,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-language","category-music","category-news","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2136"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2139,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2136\/revisions\/2139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}