{"id":2431,"date":"2022-12-18T13:29:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T13:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2431"},"modified":"2023-01-01T16:25:59","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T16:25:59","slug":"omniglot-news-18-12-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2431","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (18\/12\/22)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (18\/12\/22)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-12-18T13:29:15+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nThere\u2019s a new writing system called the Naasioi Otomaung Alphabet, which was created by Chief Peter Karatapi to write Naasioi, a language spoken on the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea.\n\n\n...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news181222.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6545\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2431-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news181222.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news181222.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news181222.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\/news181222.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2431-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news181222.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news181222.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a new writing system called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/otomaung.htm\">Naasioi Otomaung Alphabet<\/a>, which was created by Chief Peter Karatapi to write Naasioi, a language spoken on the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/smp_otomaung.gif\" alt=\"Sample text in the Naasioi Otomaung Alphabet\" width=\"600\" height=\"296\"><\/p>\n<p>There are new language pages about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/ghari.htm\">Ghari<\/a>, an Oceanic language spoken in Vaturanga in the northwest of Guadalcanal Island in the Solomon Islands.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/naasioi.htm\">Naasioi<\/a>, a South Bougainville language spoken Kieta District of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/selaru.htm\">Selaru<\/a> (tel Masylarkwe), a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in the Tanimbar Islands in the Maluku Tenggara Barat Regency of Maluku Province in the south of Malaysia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New adapted script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/malayshavian.htm\">Malay Shavian<\/a> (\ud801\udc73\ud801\udc5a\ud801\udc61\ud801\udc73\ud801\udc5b \ud801\udc65\ud801\udc69\ud801\udc64\ud801\udc73\ud801\udc58\ud801\udc6b \ud801\udc56\ud801\udc73\ud801\udc62\ud801\udc66), which was devised by Damian Izrullah bin Abdullah as an alternative way to write Malay, Indonesian and other Austronesian languages with the Shavian alphabet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/udhr_malayshavian.gif\" alt=\"Sample text in Malay Shavian\" width=\"600\" height=\"122\"><\/p>\n<p>New adapated script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/magyargari.htm&quot;\">Magyargari<\/a> (\u092e\u091c\u0917\u0930\u093f), a way to write Hungarian with the Devanagari script devised by Xavier Merica.<\/p>\n<p>\u092e\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0947\u0928\u094d \u090f\u092e\u094d\u092c\u0947\u0930\u093f \u0932\u0948\u0923\u094d \u0938\u092c\u0926\u094b\u0928\u094d \u0938\u093f\u0941\u0932\u0947\u0924\u093f\u0915\u094d \u0910\u0936\u094d \u090f\u091c\u0947\u0928\u094d\u0932\u093f\u0948 \u092e\u0948\u0932\u094d\u0924\u0936\u093e\u0917 \u0910\u0936\u094d \u092f\u094b\u0917 \u0935\u0928\u094d\u0964 \u0905\u0938\u093c\u094d \u090f\u092e\u094d\u092c\u0947\u0930\u0947\u0915\u094d, \u0910\u0936\u094d\u0938\u0947\u0932\u094d \u0910\u0936\u094d \u0932\u0947\u0932\u094d\u0915\u093f\u0907\u0936\u094d\u092e\u0947\u0930\u0947\u0924\u094d\u0924\u0947\u0932\u094d \u092c\u093f\u0930\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0928\u094d, \u090f\u091c\u094d\u092e\u093e\u0936\u094d\u0936\u0932\u094d \u0938\u0947\u092e\u094d\u092c\u0947\u0928\u094d \u0924\u0947\u0936\u094d\u0924\u094d\u0935\u0948\u0930\u093f \u0938\u0947\u0932\u094d\u0932\u0947\u092e\u094d\u092c\u0947\u0928\u094d \u0915\u0947\u0932\u094d\u0932\u094d \u0939\u094b\u091c\u094d \u0935\u093f\u0936\u0947\u0932\u094d\u0924\u0947\u0936\u094d\u0936\u0947\u0928\u0947\u0915\u094d\u0964<\/p>\n<p>There are new numbers pages in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/ghari.htm\">Ghari<\/a>, an Oceanic language spoken in Vaturanga in the northwest of Guadalcanal Island in the Solomon Islands.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/selaru.htm\">Selaru<\/a> (tel Masylarkwe), a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in the Tanimbar Islands in the Maluku Tenggara Barat Regency of Maluku Province in the south of Malaysia.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/idaan.htm\">Ida\u2019an<\/a>, a North Bornean language spoken in Sabah, Malaysia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are new translations of the Tower of Babel story in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/babel\/roviana.htm\">Roviana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/babel\/ghari.htm\">Ghari<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/babel\/chekeholo.htm\">Cheke Holo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/babel\/centralsinama.htm\">Central Sinama<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/babel\/nigerianpidgin.htm\">Nigerian Pidgin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/babel\/wbg.htm\">Western Bolivian Guaran\u00ed<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/babel\/selaru.htm\">Selaru<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the Omniglot blog there\u2019s a new post about the Japanese expression \u6b69\u884c\u8005\u5929\u56fd (hok\u014dsha tengoku), which means a pedestrianised area, or literally \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=22598\">Pedestrian Paradise<\/a>\u201d, and there\u2019s the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=22617\">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\/quiz181222.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz181222.mp3\" width=\"100\" height=\"50\"><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a clue: this is language is spoken in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery language in last week&#8217;s language quiz was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/luri.htm\">Bakhtiari Luri<\/a> (\u0628\u062e\u062a\u06cc\u0627\u0631\u06cc), a Western Iranian language spoken mainly in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province in southwestern Iran.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BJcx_-wA-5Q\" 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>On the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/\">Celtiadur<\/a> blog we\u2019re looking at words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2022\/12\/16\/speckled-and-spotted\/\">Speckled and Spotted<\/a> and related things in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p>In this week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?cat=98\">Adventure in Etymology<\/a> we snuffle around the origins of the word <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2425\">Snort<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ABwfOEnzUKo\" 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>On the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?cat=122\">Celtic Pathways<\/a> podcast we find out what links the word <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2425\">Javelin<\/a> with words for fork and related things.<\/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 (18\/12\/22)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-12-18T13:29:15+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nThere\u2019s a new writing system called the Naasioi Otomaung Alphabet, which was created by Chief Peter Karatapi to write Naasioi, a language spoken on the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea.\n\n\n...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news181222.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6546\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2431-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news181222.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news181222.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news181222.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\/news181222.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2431-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news181222.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news181222.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. There\u2019s a new writing system called the Naasioi Otomaung Alphabet, which was created by Chief Peter Karatapi to write Naasioi, a language spoken on the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea. 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