you're mixing up language and orthography. For most of human history orthographies were secondary and words were not a symbol or set of symbols In addition, th

you're mixing up language and orthography. For most of human history orthographies were secondary and words were not a symbol or set of symbols In addition, there's plenty of logographic, syllabic, and alternative English orthographies[0] you can try out if you think the orthography itself is what has a cognitive benefit. Blissymbolics[1] is a well-known historically important one to check out though it's more of an auxlang orthography than English-specific. Some even make them for fun![2] You might also be interested in shorthands (e.g. Gregg or Pitman) which are phonemic [0] https://omniglot.com/conscripts/english.htm https://omniglot.com/conscripts/english.htm [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blissymbols https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blissymbols [2] https://old.reddit.com/r/conlangs/comments/3pfp9o/lets_see_your_alternate_english_orthographies/ https://old.reddit.com/r/conlangs/comments/3pfp9o/lets_see_y...