{"id":3252,"date":"2024-02-25T13:39:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T13:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3252"},"modified":"2024-03-14T13:43:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T13:43:55","slug":"omniglot-news-25-02-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3252","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (25\/02\/24)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (25\/02\/24)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-02-25T13:39:39+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M34S\" \/><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  Kwaio, a Southeast Solomonic language spoken on Malaita Island in Malaita Province of the Solomon Islands.\n  Gela (Nggela), a Southeast Solomonic language ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news250224.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.7\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2998\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3252-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news250224.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news250224.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news250224.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\/news250224.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3252-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news250224.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news250224.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\/kwaio.htm\">Kwaio<\/a>, a Southeast Solomonic language spoken on Malaita Island in Malaita Province of the Solomon Islands.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/gela.htm\">Gela<\/a> (Nggela), a Southeast Solomonic language spoken in the Nggela (Florida) Islands in the Central Province of the Solomon Islands.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/arosi.htm\">Arosi<\/a>, a Southeast Solomonic language spoken on Makira Island in Makira-Ulawa Province in the east of the Solomon Islands.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/touo.htm\">Touo<\/a>, a Central Solomonic language spoken in the south of Rendova Island in the Western Province of the Solomon Islands.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New constructed script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/thierian.htm\">Thie\u1e5bian Hieroglyphs<\/a>, which were invented by Kitsune Sobo as a script for the constructed language Thie\u1e5bian.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/udhr_thierian.jpg\" width=\"486\" height=\"620\" alt=\"Sample text in Thie\u1e5bian\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New adapted script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/tengwar_persian.htm\">Tengwar Persian<\/a>, a way to write the Persian (Farsi) language with Tolkien&#8217;s Tengwar script devised by Daniyal Motamedi (\u062f\u0627\u0646\u06cc\u0627\u0644 \u0645\u0639\u062a\u0645\u062f\u06cc \u0646\u06cc\u0627).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/udhr_tengwar_persian.gif\" width=\"609\" height=\"194\" alt=\"Article 1 of the UDHR in Tengwar Persian\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New phrases page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/phrases\/duala.htm\">Duala<\/a> (Du\u00e1l\u00e1), a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon in West Africa. <\/p>\n<p>New numbers pages: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/duala.htm\">Duala<\/a> (Du\u00e1l\u00e1), a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon in West Africa. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/kikuyu.htm\">Kikuyu<\/a> (G\u0129k\u0169y\u0169), a Bantu language spoken mainly in the Central Province of Kenya. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/gela.htm\">Gela<\/a> (Nggela), a Southeast Solomonic language spoken in the Nggela (Florida) Islands in the Central Province of the Solomon Islands.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/arosi.htm\">Arosi<\/a>, a Southeast Solomonic language spoken on Makira Island in Makira-Ulawa Province in the east of the Solomon Islands.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There\u2019s a new Omniglot blog post entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23290\">Various Verses<\/a> about words for the world beyond your screen, and there\u2019s the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23292\">Language Quiz<\/a>. See if you can guess what language this is:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3252-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz250224.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz250224.mp3\">http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz250224.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Here\u2019s a clue: this language is spoken in southern China but isn\u2019t related to Chinese.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery language in last week\u2019s language quiz was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/degxinag.htm\">Deg Xinag<\/a> (Degexit&#8217;an), a Northern Athabaskan language spoken along the lower Yukon River in Alaska in the USA<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jI9kKzjd8Gw?si=dCWXGn4gLb4f1S6W\" 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=2614\">Adventure in Etymology<\/a>, we look into the origins of the word <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3242\">Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/flJgzdRjBFU?si=wogWfIl6Vr0awPWf\" 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&#8217;s a new post entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2024\/02\/21\/a-bit-of-bitterness\/\">A Bit of Bitterness<\/a> about words for <strong>bitter<\/strong>, <strong>sour<\/strong> and related things, and I made improvements to the post about words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2018\/10\/15\/honey\/\">Honey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2018\/10\/16\/sweet\/\">Sweet<\/a> and related things.<\/p>\n<p>New interview with me: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twinkl.co.uk\/blog\/polyglots-why-languages-are-important\">https:\/\/www.twinkl.co.uk\/blog\/polyglots-why-languages-are-important<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I also made improvements to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/duala.htm\">Duala<\/a> language page.<\/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><a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanesepod101.com\/member\/go.php?r=759259&#038;i=b0\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/banners\/japanesepod101.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" style=\"float:right; margin: 0 0 0 15px;\" alt=\"JapanesePod101.com\" \/><\/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<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/my.kualo.com\/uk\/go\/00572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.kualo.com\/rewards\/uk-unlimited2-468x60.gif\" width=\"468\" height=\"60\" border=\"0\"\nalt=\"Unlimited Web Hosting - Kualo\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (25\/02\/24)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-02-25T13:39:39+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M34S\" \/><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  Kwaio, a Southeast Solomonic language spoken on Malaita Island in Malaita Province of the Solomon Islands.\n  Gela (Nggela), a Southeast Solomonic language ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news250224.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.7\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2999\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3252-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news250224.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news250224.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news250224.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\/news250224.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3252-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news250224.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news250224.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. There are new language pages about: Kwaio, a Southeast Solomonic language spoken on Malaita Island in Malaita Province of the Solomon Islands. Gela (Nggela), a Southeast Solomonic language spoken in the Nggela (Florida) Islands in the Central Province of the Solomon Islands. 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