The population would likely speak it slower to compensate. Information density and speech rate are inversely correlated, with an average information rate around

The population would likely speak it slower to compensate. Information density and speech rate are inversely correlated, with an average information rate around 39 bits/second. https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/9/eaaw2594 https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/9/eaaw2594