{"id":3429,"date":"2024-06-16T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3429"},"modified":"2024-06-14T20:02:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T20:02:03","slug":"omniglot-news-16-06-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3429","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (16\/06\/24)"},"content":{"rendered":"<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 10px 15px;\" alt=\"Omniglot News\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.<\/p>\n<p>New language and alphabet:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/bactrian.htm\">Bactiran<\/a> (\u0391\u03c1\u03b9\u03b1\u03bf) , an Eastern Iranian language that was spoken from about 300 BC to 1000 AD in Bactria, an ancient Iranian civilisation in Central Asia, and which was written with a version of the Greek script.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Afghanistan in the Early 1960s, CC BY-SA 2.0 &lt;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Surkh_Kotal_inscription,_2nd_century_CE.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" alt=\"Surkh Kotal inscription, 2nd century CE\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/67\/Surkh_Kotal_inscription%2C_2nd_century_CE.jpg\/512px-Surkh_Kotal_inscription%2C_2nd_century_CE.jpg?20211114082021\"><\/a><br \/>\n <em>Surkh Kotal inscription, 2nd century AD<\/em><\/p>\n<p>New language pages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/biak.htm\">Biak<\/a>  (w\u00f3s Vyak \/ w\u00f3s kovedi), a South Halmahera-West New Guinea language spoken in the Bial Islands in eastern Indonesia.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/nambya.htm\">Nambya<\/a> (chiNambya), a Southern Bantu language spoken in northwest Zimbabwe and northeast Bostwana.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/bariai.htm\">Bariai<\/a>, a Western Oceanic language spoken in West New Britain Province of Papua New Guinea.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New numbers page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/bariai.htm\">Bariai<\/a>, a Western Oceanic language spoken in West New Britain Province of Papua New Guinea.<\/p>\n<p>On the Omniglot blog there\u2019s a new post entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23513\">Earthlings and Other Lings<\/a> about words ending in -ling, such as <strong>earthling<\/strong>, and there\u2019s a post about my trip to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23517\">Ireland \/ \u00c9ire<\/a>. There\u2019s also the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23511\">Language Quiz<\/a>. See if you can guess what language this is:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3429-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz160624.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz160624.mp3\">http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz160624.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>The mystery language in last week\u2019s language quiz was  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/angika.htm\">Angika<\/a> (\u0905\u0902\u0917\u093f\u0915\u093e), a Bihari language spoken mainly in the states of Bihar and Jharkhand in northern India, and also in eastern Nepal.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r0r908k1w1A?si=rGLBnuwYJWWemaPh\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?page_id=2614\">Adventure in Etymology<\/a> this week as I\u2019m on holiday in Ireland. I probably won&#8217;t have time to work on Omniglot during that time, and there&#8217;ll be no recorded newscasts.<\/p>\n<p>On the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/\">Celtiadur blog<\/a> there\u2019s a new post about words for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2024\/06\/13\/acorns\/\">Acorns<\/a> and related things, and I made improvements to the post about  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2021\/09\/15\/battle\/\">Battle<\/a>-related words.<\/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. 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