{"id":2700,"date":"2023-03-26T13:59:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T13:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2700"},"modified":"2023-03-26T13:59:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T13:59:57","slug":"omniglot-news-26-03-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2700","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (26\/03\/23)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (26\/03\/23)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-03-26T13:59:57+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew writing system: Koch Script, which was developed by Day Chand Rangag in 2021 as a way to write Koch, a Sal language spoken in mainly northeastern India, and also in Bangladesh.\n\n\n\nNew constructe...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news260323.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2322\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2700-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news260323.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news260323.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news260323.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\/news260323.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2700-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news260323.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news260323.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.<\/p>\n<p>New writing system: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/kochscript.htm\">Koch Script<\/a>, which was developed by Day Chand Rangag in 2021 as a way to write Koch, a Sal language spoken in mainly northeastern India, and also in Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/smp_kochscript.jpg\" alt=\"Sample text in the Koch script\" width=\"561\" height=\"108\"><\/p>\n<p>New constructed script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/qah.htm\">Qutdoiya Amexf Hazara<\/a>, which was created by Emhahayef to write Maxyef Pas, a conlang he is also developing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/udhr_qah.jpg\" alt=\"Sample text in the Qutdoiya Amexf Hazara\" width=\"622\" height=\"151\"><\/p>\n<p>New English spelling system: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/soundspel.htm\">SoundSpel<\/a>, which was devised and advocated particularly by Edward &#8220;Ed&#8221; Rondthaler in the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>There are new language pages about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/northefate.htm\">North Efate<\/a>, a Southern Oceanic language spoken in the north of Efate island in central Vanuatu.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/nafsan.htm\">Nafsan<\/a>, a Southern Oceanic language spoken in the south of Efate island in central Vanuatu.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/koch.htm\">Koch<\/a>, a Sal language spoken mainly in northeastern India, and also in Bangladesh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New phraes page in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/phrases\/mini.htm\">Mini<\/a>: The Minimal Language, an attempt to create the simplest naturalistic language for human communication conceived by S.C. Gruget in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>There are new numbers pages in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/jakaltekhtm\">Jakaltek<\/a> (Jab\u2019xub\u2019al \/ Popti\u2019), a Mayan language spoken in western Guatemala and southern Mexico.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/northefate.htm\">North Efate<\/a>, a Southern Oceanic language spoken in the north of Efate island in central Vanuatu.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/nafsan.htm\">Nafsan<\/a>, a Southern Oceanic language spoken in the south of Efate island in central Vanuatu.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/carrier.htm\">Carrier \/ Dakelh<\/a> (Dake\u0142 \/ \u1455\u15f8\u14a1), an Athabascan language spoken in central British Columbia in Canada.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the Omniglot blog there\u2019s a post called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=22799\">Rumbling Carts<\/a> about some interesting Japanese and Chinese characters, and the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=22808\">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\/quiz260323.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz260323.mp3\" width=\"100\" height=\"50\"><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a clue: this language is spoken in northern Peru.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery language in last week&#8217;s language quiz was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/meankieli.htm\">Me\u00e4nkieli<\/a>, a Finnic language spoken along the valley of the Torne River in northern Sweden, and also in neighbouring parts of Finland.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vjbG1qNPUS0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" 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\u2019re unrolling the origins of the word <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2687\">wheel<\/a>, and finding out how its linked to such words as pole, telephone, cult, collar and cycle.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PGZuVmbSfpw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/\">Celtiadur<\/a> blog we find out how words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2023\/03\/23\/sweet-and-gentle\/\">Sweet and Gentle<\/a> and related things in Celtic languages are linked to the name Kevin.<\/p>\n<p>On the Celtic Pathways podcast we discover links between words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=2690\">Surface and Skin<\/a> and related things in Celtic languages and words like tonne\/ton (weight) and tun (a kind of cask) in English, and words for tonne, barrel and cask in Catalan, Galician, French, Spanish and other languages.<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, I also created new logos for the different series on Radio Omniglot: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/logos\/logo_adventuresinetymology-large.jpg\">Adventures in Etymology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/logos\/logo_celticpathways-large.jpg\">Celtic Pathways<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/logos\/logo_omniglotnews.jpg\">Omniglot News<\/a> (click on these links to see larger versions of these logos):<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/logos\/logos_radioomniglot.jpg\" alt=\"Radio Omniglot logos\" width=\"630\" height=\"208\"><\/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 (26\/03\/23)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-03-26T13:59:57+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew writing system: Koch Script, which was developed by Day Chand Rangag in 2021 as a way to write Koch, a Sal language spoken in mainly northeastern India, and also in Bangladesh.\n\n\n\nNew constructe...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news260323.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2323\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2700-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news260323.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news260323.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news260323.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\/news260323.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=2700-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news260323.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news260323.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. New writing system: Koch Script, which was developed by Day Chand Rangag in 2021 as a way to write Koch, a Sal language spoken in mainly northeastern India, and also in Bangladesh. New constructed script: Qutdoiya Amexf Hazara, which was created by Emhahayef to write Maxyef [&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-2700","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\/2700","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=2700"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2704,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2700\/revisions\/2704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}