{"id":3618,"date":"2024-10-27T13:54:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T13:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3618"},"modified":"2024-10-27T13:54:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T13:54:44","slug":"omniglot-news-27-10-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3618","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (27\/10\/24)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (27\/10\/24)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-10-27T13:54:44+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M25S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew language pages:\n\n\n  Kwasengen (Hanga Hundi), a Sepik language spoken in East Sepik Province in the northwest of Papua New Guinea.\n  Dirasha (D'iraassh), a Lowland East Cushitic language spoken...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news271024.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.7\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6713\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3618-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news271024.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news271024.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news271024.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\/news271024.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3618-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news271024.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news271024.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\/kwasengen.htm\">Kwasengen<\/a> (Hanga Hundi), a Sepik language spoken in East Sepik Province in the northwest of Papua New Guinea.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/dirasha.htm\">Dirasha<\/a> (D&#8217;iraassh), a Lowland East Cushitic language spoken in southwestern Ethiopia.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/saho.htm\">Saho<\/a > (Saahot Af), a Lowland East Cushitic language spoken mainly in Eritrea and Ethiopia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New constructed script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/bocsys.htm\">Bocsys<\/a>, an alphabet I created for no particular reason that can be used to write most western European languages.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/smp_bocsys.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"172\" alt=\"Sample text in the Bocsys alphabet in English\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New numbers pages:  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/khaput.htm\">Kryts (Khaput dialect)<\/a>, a Northeast Caucasian spoken in northeastern Azerbaijan.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/sakizaya.htm\">Sakizaya<\/a>, an East Formosan language spoken mainly in Hualien County on the east coast of Taiwan.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/rukai.htm\">Rukai<\/a>, a Formosan language spoken in Pingtung, Kaohsiung and Taitung counties in the south of Taiwan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the Omniglot blog there\u2019s a new post entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23741\">Pans of Cream<\/a> about words for cream in Italian, and related words in other languages. There\u2019s also the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23744\">Language Quiz<\/a>. See if you can guess what language this is:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3618-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz271024.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz271024.mp3\">http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz271024.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a clue: this language is spoken in northern Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery language in last week\u2019s language quiz was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/tswa.htm\">Tswa<\/a>  (xiTswa), a Southern Bantu language spoken in southern Mozambique.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/otkvZz4xxkA?si=ZX0ps_W2RPnKDF5K\" 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=3613\">Oaken Larches<\/a>, we discover the possible Celtic roots of words for <strong>larch<\/strong> (tree) in various non-Celtic languages.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-os34ZhavzU?si=zK4PcFzLwP3xw1vA\" 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 called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2024\/10\/23\/sufficiently-enough\/\">Sufficiently Enough<\/a> about words for <strong>enough<\/strong>, <strong>sufficient<\/strong> and related things.<\/p>\n<p>I also made improvements to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2019\/08\/21\/oaks\/\">Oak (trees)<\/a> Celtiadur post.<\/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 (27\/10\/24)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2024-10-27T13:54:44+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M25S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew language pages:\n\n\n  Kwasengen (Hanga Hundi), a Sepik language spoken in East Sepik Province in the northwest of Papua New Guinea.\n  Dirasha (D'iraassh), a Lowland East Cushitic language spoken...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news271024.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"2.7\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6714\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3618-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news271024.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news271024.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news271024.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\/news271024.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3618-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news271024.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news271024.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. New language pages: Kwasengen (Hanga Hundi), a Sepik language spoken in East Sepik Province in the northwest of Papua New Guinea. Dirasha (D&#8217;iraassh), a Lowland East Cushitic language spoken in southwestern Ethiopia. Saho (Saahot Af), a Lowland East Cushitic language spoken mainly in Eritrea and Ethiopia. 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