I took a peak at the paper and discovered the following: among the languages they studied, English was second only to French in the number of bits of informatio

I took a peak at the paper and discovered the following: among the languages they studied, English was second only to French in the number of bits of information per second conveyed on average. (English also had significantly fewer syllables per second than French.) Thus, if you're choosing a language to communicate in on the basis of how fast it is to get an idea across, English and French are likely your best choices! (Among languages in the survey.)