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It seems that today, a data-driven computer model might be able to produce a much better artificial language than was previously possible. If you have grammar,
by mbar84 5y ago
It seems that today, a data-driven computer model might be able to produce a much better artificial language than was previously possible. If you have grammar, vocabulary and text corpus for each language, parameters for number of speakers who would presumably learn the language, then you could perhaps optimize for minimal learning curve for the most people.
- zozbot234 5y agoAIUI, this was tried for the Lojban lexicon and didn't really work all that well - the result ended up being extremely unintuitive no matter what your "source" language.
- kinghajj 5y agoThe goal of Lojban's lexicon generation wasn't to make the vocabulary easy for everyone to learn, but to remove bias in word generation so that no region or language family would have any advantage over others in learning the language.