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Here’s the latest news from the world of Omniglot.

New writing system: Koch Script, which was developed by Day Chand Rangag in 2021 as a way to write Koch, a Sal language spoken in mainly northeastern India, and also in Bangladesh.

New constructed script: Qutdoiya Amexf Hazara, which was created by Emhahayef to write Maxyef Pas, a conlang he is also developing.

New English spelling system: SoundSpel, which was devised and advocated particularly by Edward “Ed” Rondthaler in the 1980s.

There are new language pages about:

• North Efate, a Southern Oceanic language spoken in the north of Efate island in central Vanuatu.
• Nafsan, a Southern Oceanic language spoken in the south of Efate island in central Vanuatu.
• Koch, a Sal language spoken mainly in northeastern India, and also in Bangladesh.

New phraes page in Mini: The Minimal Language, an attempt to create the simplest naturalistic language for human communication conceived by S.C. Gruget in 2020.

There are new numbers pages in:

• Jakaltek (Jab’xub’al / Popti’), a Mayan language spoken in western Guatemala and southern Mexico.
• North Efate, a Southern Oceanic language spoken in the north of Efate island in central Vanuatu.
• Nafsan, a Southern Oceanic language spoken in the south of Efate island in central Vanuatu.
• Carrier / Dakelh (Dakeł / ᑕᗸᒡ), an Athabascan language spoken in central British Columbia in Canada.

On the Omniglot blog there’s a post called Rumbling Carts about some interesting Japanese and Chinese characters, and the usual Language Quiz. See if you can guess what language this is:

Here’s a clue: this language is spoken in northern Peru.

The mystery language in last week’s language quiz was Meänkieli, a Finnic language spoken along the valley of the Torne River in northern Sweden, and also in neighbouring parts of Finland.

In this week’s Adventure in Etymology we’re unrolling the origins of the word wheel, and finding out how its linked to such words as pole, telephone, cult, collar and cycle.

On the Celtiadur blog we find out how words for Sweet and Gentle and related things in Celtic languages are linked to the name Kevin.

On the Celtic Pathways podcast we discover links between words for Surface and Skin and related things in Celtic languages and words like tonne/ton (weight) and tun (a kind of cask) in English, and words for tonne, barrel and cask in Catalan, Galician, French, Spanish and other languages.

Incidentally, I also created new logos for the different series on Radio Omniglot: Adventures in Etymology, Celtic Pathways and Omniglot News (click on these links to see larger versions of these logos):

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https://www.omniglot.com/news/
https://twitter.com/Omniglossia
https://www.facebook.com/groups/omniglot/
https://www.facebook.com/Omniglot-100430558332117

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