{"id":3603,"date":"2024-10-13T14:57:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T14:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3603"},"modified":"2024-10-13T14:57:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T14:57:49","slug":"omniglot-news-13-10-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3603","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (13\/10\/24)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (13\/10\/24)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-10-13T14:57:49+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M36S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew language pages:\n\n\n  Djabugay, a Pama-Nyungan language spoken in Queensland in northeastern Australia.\n  Lamalama, a Pama-Nyungan language spoken in Queensland in the northeastern Australia.\n  ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news131024.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.8\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4024\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3603-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news131024.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news131024.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news131024.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\/news131024.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3603-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news131024.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news131024.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 10px 15px;\" alt=\"Omniglot News\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.<\/p>\n<p>New language pages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/djabugay.htm\">Djabugay<\/a>, a Pama-Nyungan language spoken in Queensland in northeastern Australia.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/lamalama.htm\">Lamalama<\/a>, a Pama-Nyungan language spoken in Queensland in the northeastern Australia.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/warao.htm\">Warao<\/a>, a language isolate spoken in Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/kapong.htm\">Kap\u00f3ng<\/a>, a Cariban language spoken in Guyana, Venezuela and Brazil.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New constructed script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/arkyn.htm\">Arkyn<\/a>, an alternative way to write English created by Hanson Walker and designed for discreet and efficient communication.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/udhr_arkyn.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"309\" alt=\"Sample text in Arkyn (fancy version)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New constructed script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/nyctography.htm\">Nyctography<\/a>, a substitution cipher for English created by the author Lewis Carroll in 1891 to enable him to write in the dark when ideas came to him in the middle of the night.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/smp_nyctography.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"277\" alt=\"Sample text in Nyctography (regular version)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New numbers pages:  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/arvanitic.htm\">Arvanitic<\/a> (arb\u00ebrisht), a variety of Albanian spoken in southern Greece.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/alur.htm\">Alur<\/a> (Dho-Alur), a Southern Luo language spoken in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the Omniglot blog there\u2019s a new post entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23698\">Jack Of All Trades<\/a> about the origins of that saying, and related sayings in English and other languages. There\u2019s also the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23707\">Language Quiz<\/a>. See if you can guess what language this is:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3603-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz131024.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz131024.mp3\">http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz131024.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a clue: this language is spoken mainly in southwestern China and northeastern Myanmar. <\/p>\n<p>The mystery language in last week\u2019s language quiz was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/samgitian.htm\">Samogitian<\/a> (\u017eemaitiu kalba), an Eastern Baltic language spoken in the Samogitia region in western Lithuania.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dT2gbvJSmHA?si=1MmS_hX12YY7ED75\" 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>In this week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?page_id=2644\">Celtic Pathways<\/a> podcast, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3596\">Garters<\/a>, we discover the Celtic roots of words for <strong>garter<\/strong> in English and French.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/waGVloi2N6w?si=Ee854a1QSNA4mlfq\" 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>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\/10\/08\/darkness\/\">Darkness<\/a> and related things<\/p>\n<p>I also made improvements to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/guuguyimithirr.htm\">Guugu Yimithirr<\/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 (13\/10\/24)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-10-13T14:57:49+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M36S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew language pages:\n\n\n  Djabugay, a Pama-Nyungan language spoken in Queensland in northeastern Australia.\n  Lamalama, a Pama-Nyungan language spoken in Queensland in the northeastern Australia.\n  ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news131024.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.8\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4025\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3603-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news131024.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news131024.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news131024.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\/news131024.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3603-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news131024.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news131024.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. New language pages: Djabugay, a Pama-Nyungan language spoken in Queensland in northeastern Australia. Lamalama, a Pama-Nyungan language spoken in Queensland in the northeastern Australia. Warao, a language isolate spoken in Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname. Kap\u00f3ng, a Cariban language spoken in Guyana, Venezuela and Brazil. 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