{"id":686,"date":"2019-06-10T17:19:31","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T17:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=686"},"modified":"2019-12-18T18:23:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T18:23:47","slug":"episode-18-adventures-in-polyglotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=686","title":{"rendered":"Episode 18 &#8211; Adventures in Polyglotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Episode 18 &amp;#8211; Adventures in Polyglotland\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-06-10T17:19:31+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT27M18S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode I bring you news from the 2019 Polyglot Gathering, an annual get-together of polyglots and language lovers from all over the world. This year the Polyglot Gathering took place in Bratislava, Slovakia for the third time - it started in...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode18.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"12.5\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5172\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-686-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode18.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode18.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode18.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode18.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=686-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode18.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"episode18.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode I bring you news from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polyglotbratislava.com\/\">2019 Polyglot Gathering<\/a>, an annual get-together of polyglots and language lovers from all over the world. This year the Polyglot Gathering took place in Bratislava, Slovakia for the third time &#8211; it started in 2015 in Berlin, and was there for three years, then moved to Bratislava. The next Gathering will be in Teresin, near Warsaw in Poland from 26-30 May 2020.<\/p>\n<p>I was planning to interview people at the Gathering, and to keep an audio diary, but was enjoying myself too much and decided to give you a flavour of the event after I got home. So this is the story of my Adventures in Polyglotland.<\/p>\n<p>My badge from the Polyglot Gathering showing the languages I speak fluently, or at least fairly well:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/images\/various\/polyglotbadge2019.jpg\" with=\"649\" alt=\"My badge from the 2019 Polyglot Gathering\" height=\"450\"><\/p>\n<p>N = native language, C = advanced level, B  = intermediate level, A = basic \/ elementary level, en = English, cy = Cymraeg (Welsh), zh = \u4e2d\u6587 [zh\u014dngw\u00e9n] &#8211; (Mandarin Chinese), ga = Gaeilge (Irish), es = espa\u00f1ol (Spanish), de = Deutsch (German), eo = Esperanto, gd = G\u00e0idhlig (Scottish Gaelic), ja = Japanese, gv = Gaelg Vanninagh (Manx Gaelic), ru = \u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 [Russkij] (Russian), cs = \u010desk\u00fd (Czech), sv = Svenska (Swedish), da = Dansk (Danish).<\/p>\n<p>Information about polyglot events: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/events\/index.htm\">http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/events\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Music featured in this episode<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/simon-ager\/bearwithme\"><strong>Bear With Me \/ Aros am yr Arth<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/538723251&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/musescore.com\/user\/16918231\/scores\/5559366\">See the score for this tune<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/simon-ager\/echoesonthetongue\"><strong>Echoes on the Tongue \/ Atseiniau ar y Tafod<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/608834022&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/musescore.com\/user\/16918231\/scores\/5535333\">See the score for this tune<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you would like to support this podcast, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/uk\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_flow&amp;SESSION=aLjPfXL-vP_1gQ_U23Iz8_hSWLlhzLHPMFZrt32dIEfG8htoNFLYaPoWkv8&amp;dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8def8934b92a630e40b7fef61ab7e9fe63\">make a donation<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/donations.htm\">contribute to Omniglot in other ways<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Episode 18 &amp;#8211; Adventures in Polyglotland\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-06-10T17:19:31+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT27M18S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"In this episode I bring you news from the 2019 Polyglot Gathering, an annual get-together of polyglots and language lovers from all over the world. This year the Polyglot Gathering took place in Bratislava, Slovakia for the third time - it started in...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode18.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"12.5\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5173\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-686-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode18.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode18.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode18.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode18.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=686-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode18.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"episode18.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>In this episode I bring you news from the 2019 Polyglot Gathering, an annual get-together of polyglots and language lovers from all over the world. This year the Polyglot Gathering took place in Bratislava, Slovakia for the third time &#8211; it started in 2015 in Berlin, and was there for three years, then moved to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,62,37,33,31,20,39,23,24,6,12,26,4,50,25,36,11,1,27,32,5,28,30,67,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-chinese-","category-cornish","category-czech","category-danish","category-english","category-esperanto","category-french","category-german","category-irish","category-italian","category-japanese","category-language","category-latin","category-mandarin","category-manx","category-music","category-podcast","category-portuguese","category-russian","category-scottish-gaelic","category-spanish","category-swedish","category-travel","category-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=686"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":922,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686\/revisions\/922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}