{"id":3862,"date":"2025-03-30T14:45:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T14:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3862"},"modified":"2025-03-30T14:45:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T14:45:04","slug":"omniglot-news-30-03-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=3862","title":{"rendered":"Omniglot News (30\/03\/25)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Omniglot News (30\/03\/25)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-03-30T14:45:03+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M47S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew writing system: Hur\u00fbf-\u0131 munfas\u0131la, a script based on the Ottoman Turkish alphabet with the letters written separately and all the vowels written devised by Enver Pasha in 1914.\n\n\n\nNew adapted ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news300325.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"5.5\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3067\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3862-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news300325.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news300325.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news300325.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\/news300325.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3862-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news300325.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news300325.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 writing system: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writring\/hurufimunfasila.htm\">Hur\u00fbf-\u0131 munfas\u0131la<\/a>, a script based on the Ottoman Turkish alphabet with the letters written separately and all the vowels written devised by Enver Pasha in 1914.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: right;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/smp_hurufimunfasila.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"323\" alt=\"Sample text in the Hur\u00fbf-\u0131 munfas\u0131la\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>New adapted script: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/conscripts\/hengul.htm\">Hengul<\/a> (\ud5e8\uaddc\uc598 \uc544\uc598\ud478\ubcb9), an alternative way to write English with the Korean Hangeul alphabet devised by Evan Wenning.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/langsamples\/smp_hengul.jpg\" width=\"606\" height=\"125\" alt=\"\uace7\u3149 \uc598\uc6b0\u3138 \ud464 \ud600\uc720\ub9c8\ub2c8\ud130 \uc774\u3149 \uc1fc \uc774\uba58\u3145, \ube79 \ud5c8 \uac1c\u3138 \ud788\u3149 \uc694\ub0ec\uc5b4 \uc21c \u314c\uc720 \ud0f4 \uc546\u3139 \u3178\uc774\uc573 \uc1fc \ube79 \uaebc \uce78 \ubc84 \u314d\ub7ec \uc6b0\u3138 \uc546\u3139 \uc2e0 \uc548\u3137 \ubc84 \ucec8\uc5b8 \u314d\ub8f8 \uc624\uc598 \uc6b4\ub7b4\uc608\uc5e3\ub2db.\" title=\"Sample text in Hengul\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New language pages: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/ivbiosakon.htm\">Ivbiosakon<\/a> (\u00e9m\u00e1\u00ec), an Edoid language spoken in the north Edo State in southern Nigeria.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/ososo.htm\">Ososo<\/a> (\u00d3s\u00f3s\u1ecd\u0300), an Edoid language spoken in Edo and Kogi states in southern Nigeria.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/moro.htm\">Moro<\/a>, a Talodi language spoken in Southern Kordofan state in southern Sudan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>New numbers pages: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/narragansett.htm\">Narragansett<\/a> (N\u00e3ikanset), an Eastern Algonquian language that was spoken in Rhode Island in the USA until the 19th century, and that is being revived.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/numbers\/konkomba.htm\">Konkomba<\/a> (Likpakpaln), a Gur language spoken in northern Ghana and northern Togo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the Omniglot blog there\u2019s a new post entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23958\">Squally Showers<\/a> about the Spanish word <strong>chubasco<\/strong> (shower, downpour) and there\u2019s also the usual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=23956\">Language Quiz<\/a>. See if you can guess what language this is:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3862-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz300325.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz300325.mp3\">http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/quiz300325.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a clue: this language is spoken in western Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>The mystery language in last week\u2019s language quiz was:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/budukh.htm\">Budukh<\/a> (\u0411\u0443\u0434\u0430\u0434 \u043c\u0435\u0437), a Lezgian language spoken mainly in northeastern Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B_0j96N9SMU?si=WQqkbFMsSkIYnqJk\" 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=3857\">Windy Braying<\/a>, we uncover the flatulent Celtic roots of words for <strong>to bray<\/strong> and related things in English, French and other languages.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tH07CpVnzz4?si=-ZtyTrvaZyWFxwDI\" 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>It\u2019s also available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DHyr6vXpJLy\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ommiglot\/video\/7487290938470157590\">TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the Celtiadur blog, there are new posts entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2025\/03\/15\/soot\/\">Night<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2025\/03\/29\/breaking-the-wind\/\">Breaking the Wind<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/language\/articles\/learninglebanesearabic.htm\">How to Transition from Modern Standard Arabic to Real-Life Lebanese Arabic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Improved pages: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/herero.php\">Herero<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/writing\/bashkir.htm\">Bashkir<\/a> language pages.<\/p>\n<p>New song: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/songs\/sager\/whatareyouwaitingfor.htm\">What Are You Waiting For?<\/a>, which I started writing back in November 2024, and finally finished this week.<\/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\/2061217788&#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;\">Simon Ager<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/simon-ager\/whatareyouwaitingfor\" title=\"What Are You Waiting For?\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\">What Are You Waiting For?<\/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:\/\/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; 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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 (30\/03\/25)\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-03-30T14:45:03+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M47S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\n\nHere\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.\n\nNew writing system: Hur\u00fbf-\u0131 munfas\u0131la, a script based on the Ottoman Turkish alphabet with the letters written separately and all the vowels written devised by Enver Pasha in 1914.\n\n\n\nNew adapted ...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news300325.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"5.5\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3068\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3862-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news300325.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news300325.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news300325.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\/news300325.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=3862-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/news\/news300325.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"news300325.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Here\u2019s the latest news from the world of Omniglot. New writing system: Hur\u00fbf-\u0131 munfas\u0131la, a script based on the Ottoman Turkish alphabet with the letters written separately and all the vowels written devised by Enver Pasha in 1914. New adapted script: Hengul (\ud5e8\uaddc\uc598 \uc544\uc598\ud478\ubcb9), an alternative way to write English with the Korean Hangeul alphabet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,11,108,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-language","category-music","category-news","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3862"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3863,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3862\/revisions\/3863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}