{"id":2458,"date":"2023-01-01T17:34:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T17:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2458"},"modified":"2023-01-01T17:34:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T17:34:54","slug":"omniglot-news-01-01-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2458","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (01\/01\/23)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (01\/01\/23)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-01-01T17:34:53+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Here\u2019s the latest news for the last two weeks from the world of Omniglot.\n\nThere are new language pages about:\n\n \tCheke Holo, an Oceanic language spoken on Santa Isabel Island in Isabel Province of the Solomon Islands\n \tIsoko, a Southwestern Edoid la...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news010123.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5509\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2458-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news010123.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news010123.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news010123.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\/news010123.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2458-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news010123.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news010123.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Here\u2019s the latest news for the last two weeks 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\/chekeholo.htm\">Cheke Holo<\/a>, an Oceanic language spoken on Santa Isabel Island in Isabel Province of the Solomon Islands<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/isoko.htm\">Isoko<\/a>, a Southwestern Edoid language spoken in Delta State in southern Nigeria.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/tigak.htm\">Tigak<\/a>, a Western Oceanic language spoken in New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/urhobo.htm\">Urhobo<\/a>, a Southwestern Edoid language spoken  in the states of Delta, Bayelsa and Edo in  southern Nigeria.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New adapted script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/hokkienimji.htm\">Hokkien Imji \/ \u6f33\u6cc9\u97f3\u5b57<\/a> (\uc7dd\uc890\u02c6\uc784\ucc0c), which is a why to write Hokkien with the Korean Hangeul script created by Lee Chun Hoe.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/smp_hokkienimji2.gif\" alt=\"Sample text in Hokkien Imji in Penang Hokkien\" width=\"600\" height=\"19\"><\/p>\n<p>New adapated script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/koawherikamaori.htm\">Ko A\u0304wherika Ma\u0304ori<\/a> (\ua5db \ua549:\ua5f1\ua538\ua56a \ua56e:\ua5ba\ua538), a way to write Ma\u0304ori with the Vai script devised by Xavier Merica.<\/p>\n<p>\ua5db \ua5f3 \ua56a\ua5cb\ua549 \ua5ba \ua54b \ua55a\ua54b\ua55a \ua524 \ua5f3 \ua558\ua56f\ua595\ua54b\ua55a\ua54b \ua56e\ua524 \ua5e1 \ua54e\ua5f3\ua549 \ua549\ua56f \ua524 \ua54b \ua5e4\ua5f8 \ua56a\ua5cb\ua549; \ua5e1 \ua55a\ua595\ua538\ua5f3\ua538\ua5f3 \ua549\ua56f \ua5bd\ua543 \ua54b \ua56e\ua56f \ua608 \ua54b \ua533\ua56a. \ua5e1 \ua558\ua56a\ua531\ua531\ua549 \ua549\ua56f \ua5bd\ua543 \ua543 \ua549 \ua55f\ua5cb\ua595 \ua5f3 \ua54b\ua56a\ua595 \ua558\ua524 \ua558\ua56a\ua549\ua5d0 \ua608 \ua5f3 \ua526\ua609\ua54b\ua5d0 \ua5de\ua526\ua5ba \ua543 \ua5f3 \ua533\ua56a \ua608 \ua5f3 \ua5e4, \ua549 \ua5e1 \ua533\ua56a \ua549\ua56f \ua543\ua549 \ua608\ua524\ua54b \ua5f3 \ua56e\ua526 \ua549 \ua5f3\ua55a\ua526 \ua608 \ua56e \ua5d0\ua5cb \ua549\ua5a4 \ua524 \ua5f3 \ua54e\ua524\ua5a9\ua549 \ua5ba \ua5f3 \ua5df\ua5bd \ua55a\ua526, \ua549\ua5df \ua5e4 \ua5f3\ua524\ua56f \ua5e4 \ua5a4\ua549\ua56a\ua56f \ua524 \ua538\ua54b \ua524 \ua5f3 \ua558\ua56a\ua549\ua5d0 \ua5db\ua55a\ua526.<\/p>\n<p>There are new numbers pages in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/kara.htm\">Kara<\/a>, an Oceanic language spoken in the Kavieng District of New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/chekeholo.htm\">Cheke Holo<\/a>, an Oceanic language spoken on Santa Isabel Island in Isabel Province of the Solomon Islands<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/isoko.htm\">Isoko<\/a>, a Southwestern Edoid language spoken in Delta State in southern Nigeria.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/tigak.htm\">Tigak<\/a>, a Western Oceanic language spoken in New Ireland Province of Papua New Guinea.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/papapana.htm\">Papapana<\/a>, a Western Oceanic language spoken in Bougainville Province in Papua New Guinea.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/urhobo.htm\">Urhobo<\/a>, a Southwestern Edoid language spoken in the states of Delta, Bayelsa and Edo in  southern Nigeria.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New Tower of Babel translations: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/babel\/aruamu.htm\">Aruamu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/babel\/gapapaiwa.htm\">Gapapaiwa<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/babel\/urhobo.htm\">Urhobo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the Omniglot blog there are posts entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=22641\">Seeding Discord<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=22629\">Eve<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=22621\">Werifesteria<\/a>, 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\/quiz010123.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz010123.mp3\" width=\"100\" height=\"50\"><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a clue: this is language was spoken in parts of the USA and Canada, and is currently being revived.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the answers to last week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=22637\">Christmas quiz<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Japan &#8211; this tradtion started as a result of a festive marketing campaign by KFC in 1974<\/li>\n<li>Venezuela, specifically in Caracas, the capital<\/li>\n<li>Sweden &#8211; the Yule Goat (Julbock) tradition goes back to at least the 11th century.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holidayextras.com\/travel-blog\/wanderlust\/unusual-christmas-traditions.html\">https:\/\/www.holidayextras.com\/travel-blog\/wanderlust\/unusual-christmas-traditions.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The mystery language in the previous week&#8217;s language quiz was <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Isoko_language\">Isoko<\/a>, an Edoid language spoken in Delta State in the south of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j3yzMffhI58\" 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>In this week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?cat=98\">Adventure in Etymology<\/a> we investigate the origins of the words <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2438\">Amok and Havoc<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MzbsRcZokig\" 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 there\u2019s a post about words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2022\/12\/22\/magic-and-spells\/\">Magic and Spells<\/a> and related things in Celtic languages. I also made improvements to posts on the Celtiadur about words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2018\/10\/07\/fresh-new\/\">Fresh &amp; New<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2020\/12\/31\/years\/\">Years<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In other news, I spent Christmas with my family in Lancashire in the northwest of England. It was the first we had all been together in the same place for over 3 years, and was fun. I noticed that my Russian sister-in-law often speaks Russian to her children, but they usually reply in English. My nine-year-old niece understands everything and sometimes speaks Russian, but my six-year-old nephew doesn\u2019t seem to understand as much and rarely if ever speaks Russian.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/phrases\/newyear.htm\">Multilingual Happy New Year<\/a> to you all!<\/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 (01\/01\/23)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-01-01T17:34:53+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Here\u2019s the latest news for the last two weeks from the world of Omniglot.\n\nThere are new language pages about:\n\n \tCheke Holo, an Oceanic language spoken on Santa Isabel Island in Isabel Province of the Solomon Islands\n \tIsoko, a Southwestern Edoid la...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news010123.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5510\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2458-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news010123.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news010123.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news010123.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\/news010123.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2458-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news010123.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news010123.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Here\u2019s the latest news for the last two weeks from the world of Omniglot. There are new language pages about: Cheke Holo, an Oceanic language spoken on Santa Isabel Island in Isabel Province of the Solomon Islands Isoko, a Southwestern Edoid language spoken in Delta State in southern Nigeria. Tigak, a Western Oceanic language spoken [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,4,108,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-language","category-news","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458","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=2458"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2460,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2458\/revisions\/2460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}