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Omniglot News (21/04/24) Radio Omniglot
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- Language Learning
Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot for the past three weeks – I was away on holiday in Scotland for a week, and didn’t have time to record newscasts during that time. (More on that later).
There are new language pages about:
* Niuatoputapu-Tafahi, an extinct Polynesian language or dialect cluster which was spoken on the islands Niuatoputapu and Tafahi in what is now Tonga.
* Isinai, a Central Cordilleran language spoken in the Province of Nueva Vizcaya in Luzon in the Philippines.
* Owa, a Southern Solomonic language spoken in Makira-Ulawa Province in the Solomon Iands.
* Desano, Carapana (Mõxtã), Tuyuca (Docapúaraye), and Yurutí, which are all Eastern Tucanoan language spoken in Colombia and in Brazil.
New constructed script: Marubhasha, an alternative way to write Telugu invented by K. Kiran Kumar.
New constructed script: Erm, an alternative way to write English invented by Jeffy Huang and based mainly on the classical Mongolian script.
New constructed script: Ayxanər, which was created by Ayxan Eyvazov as an alternative way to write the Azerbaijani language.
New phrases and numbers pages: Dogri (डोगरी), a Western Pahari language spoken in northern India.
New numbers pages:
* Saurashtra (ꢱꣃꢬꢵꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ꢬꢵ), a Western Indo-Aryan language spoken in Tamil Nadu in southern India.
* Chorti (Ch’orti’), a Mayan language spoken in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
* Midland Mixe (Ayüük), a Mixe-Zoque language spoken in Oaxaca in southern Mexico.
New Tower of Babel translation: Midland Mixe (Ayüük)
On the Omniglot blog there are new posts about Sabhal Mòr Ostaig (the Scottish Gaelic college on the Isle of Skye where I spent most of my holiday), Turas Fada (Long Journey) (about my journey to Skye), Giving Up (a April’s fool post), and Mr(s) Rumbling, about the Japanese word ごろごろ様 (gorogoro sama – thunder). There’s also the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:
Here’s a clue: this language was spoken in California in the USA, and is currently being revived.
The mystery language in language quiz of 7th April was
Interslavic (Меджусловјански / Medžuslovjanski), an international auxiliary language designed to be used by speakers of different Slavic languages to communicate with one another.
The mystery languages in the language quiz of 14th April were
Assamese (অসমীয়া),
Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot for the past three weeks – I was away on holiday in Scotland for a week, and didn’t have time to record newscasts during that time. (More on that later).
There are new language pages about:
* Niuatoputapu-Tafahi, an extinct Polynesian language or dialect cluster which was spoken on the islands Niuatoputapu and Tafahi in what is now Tonga.
* Isinai, a Central Cordilleran language spoken in the Province of Nueva Vizcaya in Luzon in the Philippines.
* Owa, a Southern Solomonic language spoken in Makira-Ulawa Province in the Solomon Iands.
* Desano, Carapana (Mõxtã), Tuyuca (Docapúaraye), and Yurutí, which are all Eastern Tucanoan language spoken in Colombia and in Brazil.
New constructed script: Marubhasha, an alternative way to write Telugu invented by K. Kiran Kumar.
New constructed script: Erm, an alternative way to write English invented by Jeffy Huang and based mainly on the classical Mongolian script.
New constructed script: Ayxanər, which was created by Ayxan Eyvazov as an alternative way to write the Azerbaijani language.
New phrases and numbers pages: Dogri (डोगरी), a Western Pahari language spoken in northern India.
New numbers pages:
* Saurashtra (ꢱꣃꢬꢵꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ꢬꢵ), a Western Indo-Aryan language spoken in Tamil Nadu in southern India.
* Chorti (Ch’orti’), a Mayan language spoken in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
* Midland Mixe (Ayüük), a Mixe-Zoque language spoken in Oaxaca in southern Mexico.
New Tower of Babel translation: Midland Mixe (Ayüük)
On the Omniglot blog there are new posts about Sabhal Mòr Ostaig (the Scottish Gaelic college on the Isle of Skye where I spent most of my holiday), Turas Fada (Long Journey) (about my journey to Skye), Giving Up (a April’s fool post), and Mr(s) Rumbling, about the Japanese word ごろごろ様 (gorogoro sama – thunder). There’s also the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:
Here’s a clue: this language was spoken in California in the USA, and is currently being revived.
The mystery language in language quiz of 7th April was
Interslavic (Меджусловјански / Medžuslovjanski), an international auxiliary language designed to be used by speakers of different Slavic languages to communicate with one another.
The mystery languages in the language quiz of 14th April were
Assamese (অসমীয়া),
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