{"id":3137,"date":"2023-12-24T15:25:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T15:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3137"},"modified":"2023-12-24T15:29:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T15:29:50","slug":"omnigot-news-24-12-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3137","title":{"rendered":"Omnigot News (24\/12\/23)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omnigot News (24\/12\/23)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-12-24T15:25:52+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M22S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. \n\nThere are new language pages about: \n\n\n  North Teke (Latege), a Bantu language spoken mainly in the southeast of Gabon, and also in the east of The Republic of the Congo.\n  Benga, a Bantu languag...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news241223.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.5\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_56\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3137-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news241223.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news241223.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news241223.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\/news241223.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3137-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news241223.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news241223.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/logos\/logo_omniglotnews-small.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 0 15px;\" alt=\"Omniglot News\" \/><\/p>\n<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\/northteke.htm\">North Teke<\/a> (Latege), a Bantu language spoken mainly in the southeast of Gabon, and also in the east of The Republic of the Congo.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/benga.htm\">Benga<\/a>, a Bantu language spoken in southwestern Equatorial Guinea and northwestern Gabon.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/bamunka.htm\">Bamunka<\/a> (\u014agiem\u0259k\u0254\u02bck\u0259), a Central Ring Grassfields language spoken mainly in the North West Region of Cameroon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New numerals page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/kaktoviknumerals.htm\">Kaktovik (I\u00f1upiaq) numerals<\/a>, a numerical system for I\u00f1upiaq created in the early 1990s by middle school students in Kaktovik, Alaska, guided by their teacher.<\/p>\n<p>New numbers page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/sikkimese.htm\">Sikkimese<\/a> (\u0f60\u0f56\u0fb2\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f63\u0f97\u0f7c\u0f44\u0f66\u0f0b\u0f66\u0f90\u0f51\u0f0b), a Southern Tibetic language spoken in Sikkim in northeastern India, and in eastern Nepal. <\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a new Omniglot blog post about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23212\">Decals<\/a>,  and there\u2019s the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23219\">Language Quiz<\/a>. See if you can guess what language this is:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3137-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz241223.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz241223.mp3\">http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz241223.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Here\u2019s a clue: this language is spoken in the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery language in last week\u2019s language quiz was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/benga.htm\">Benga<\/a> (b\u025b\u014bga), a Bantu language spoken in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.<\/p>\n<p>The recording comes from <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nfknedEs9GQ\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nfknedEs9GQ?si=udHXQ9u9y9jX10FE\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?page_id=2644\">Celtic Pathways<\/a> podcast, entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3131\">Badgered Brochures<\/a>, we discover the possible Celtic origins of words like <strong>brochure<\/strong> and <strong>brooch<\/strong> and find a link to badgers.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Em-h_jfChAc?si=BND0WZJGlyAVJpkQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On the Celtiadur blog there\u2019s a new post about words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2023\/12\/18\/worms-maggots\/\">Worms &amp; Maggots<\/a>, and I made improvements to the post about words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2018\/10\/07\/old\/\">Old<\/a> and related things.<\/p>\n<p>I also made improvements to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/phrases\/ojibwe.htm\">Ojibwe phrases<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf85 Merry (Multilingual) Christmas \ud83c\udf84 to all who celebrate it! \u2603\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/954041899&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/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\/jollyyuletide\" title=\"Jolly Yuletide\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Jolly Yuletide<\/a><\/div>\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&#038;SESSION=aLjPfXL-vP_1gQ_U23Iz8_hSWLlhzLHPMFZrt32dIEfG8htoNFLYaPoWkv8&#038;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>Radio Omniglot podcasts are brought to you in association with <a href=\"https:\/\/blubrry.com\/services\/podcast-hosting\/?code=omniglot\">Blubrry Podcast Hosting<\/a>, a great place to host your podcasts. Get your first month free with the promo code <strong>omniglot<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=759259&amp;i=b0\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/japanesepod101.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"rightfloat\" alt=\"JapanesePod101.com\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omnigot News (24\/12\/23)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-12-24T15:25:52+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M22S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. \n\nThere are new language pages about: \n\n\n  North Teke (Latege), a Bantu language spoken mainly in the southeast of Gabon, and also in the east of The Republic of the Congo.\n  Benga, a Bantu languag...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news241223.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.5\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_57\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3137-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news241223.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news241223.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news241223.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\/news241223.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3137-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news241223.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news241223.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. 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