{"id":2219,"date":"2022-09-25T13:10:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T13:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2219"},"modified":"2022-09-25T13:10:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T13:10:14","slug":"omniglot-news-25-09-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2219","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (25\/09\/22)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (25\/09\/22)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-09-25T13:10:13+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nThere are new language pages about:\n\n \tGourmanch\u00e9ma (g\u00f9lm\u00e0nc\u00e9ma), a Gur language spoken mainly in Burkina Faso, and also in Togo, Niger and Benin.\n \tKonkomba (Likpakpaln), a Gur language spoken main...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news250922.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6492\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2219-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news250922.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news250922.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news250922.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\/news250922.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2219-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news250922.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news250922.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.<\/p>\n<p>There are new language pages about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/gourmanchema.htm\">Gourmanch\u00e9ma<\/a> (g\u00f9lm\u00e0nc\u00e9ma), a Gur language spoken mainly in Burkina Faso, and also in Togo, Niger and Benin.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/konkomba.htm\">Konkomba<\/a> (Likpakpaln), a Gur language spoken mainly in northern Ghana, and also in northern Togo.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/moba.htm\">Moba<\/a> (Muaba), a Gur language spoken mainly in northern Togo, and also in southeastern Burkina Faso.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There\u2019s a new constructed script called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/mawar.htm\">Mawar<\/a>, which was created by Eko Wahyu Darmansyah to write his constructed language, Darman.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/smp_mawar.jpg\" alt=\"Sample text in the Mawar\" width=\"600\" height=\"292\"><\/p>\n<p>There are new numbers pages in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/rotuman.htm\">Rotuman<\/a> (F\u00e4eag Rotuma), an Oceanic language spoken mainly in the South Pacific island group of Rotuma.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/phoenician.htm\">Phoenician<\/a>, a Northern Semitic language that was spoken around the Mediterranean until about the 2nd century AD.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/iumien.htm\">Iu Mien<\/a> (Iu Mienh), a Hmong-Mien language spoken in China, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/ewe.htm\">Ewe<\/a> (\u00c8\u028begbe), a Volta-Niger language spoken in Ghana, Togo and Benin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There\u2019s an Omniglot blog post entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=22463\">Fangled<\/a>, which is about words that are newfangled, oldfangled and just fangled, and the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=22468\">Language Quiz<\/a>. See if you can guess what language this is:<\/p>\n<p><audio controls=\"\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz250922.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz250922.mp3\" width=\"100\" height=\"50\"><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a clue: this language is spoken in Micronesian.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery language in last week&#8217;s language quiz was<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/gallo.htm\">Gallo<\/a> (galo), a Romance language spoken in parts of Brittany and Normandy in the northwest of France.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/codVZ4mMAao\" 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\u2019 s a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/\">Celtiadur<\/a> post about words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2022\/09\/22\/buying-and-purchasing\/\">Buying and Purchasing<\/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=2210\">Beer<\/a> and related things.<\/p>\n<p><audio controls=\"\"><source src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/beer.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/celticpathways\/beer.mp3\" width=\"100\" height=\"50\"><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?cat=98\">Adventure in Etymology<\/a> we burrowing into the origins of the word <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2212\">Rabbit<\/a>, and related words.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wv-IN2O7d44\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I wrote a new song based on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/idioms\/easy.php\">idioms that mean something is easy<\/a>, such as \u2018as easy as falling off a log\u2019. It called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/songs\/sager\/aseasyas.htm\">As Easy As<\/a> and 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\/1346217223&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\/aseasyas\" title=\"As Easy As\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">As Easy As<\/a><\/div>\n<p>You can hear this song, other songs and tunes I\u2019ve written on <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/simon-ager\">SoundCloud<\/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 (25\/09\/22)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-09-25T13:10:13+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nThere are new language pages about:\n\n \tGourmanch\u00e9ma (g\u00f9lm\u00e0nc\u00e9ma), a Gur language spoken mainly in Burkina Faso, and also in Togo, Niger and Benin.\n \tKonkomba (Likpakpaln), a Gur language spoken main...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news250922.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6493\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2219-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news250922.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news250922.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news250922.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\/news250922.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2219-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news250922.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news250922.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. There are new language pages about: Gourmanch\u00e9ma (g\u00f9lm\u00e0nc\u00e9ma), a Gur language spoken mainly in Burkina Faso, and also in Togo, Niger and Benin. Konkomba (Likpakpaln), a Gur language spoken mainly in northern Ghana, and also in northern Togo. 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