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Interestingly the information rate of spoken Japanese is comparatively low. http://ohll.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/fulltext/pellegrino/Pellegrino_2011_Language.pdf http:

• lovemenot 13y ago
  That is interesting. Though I don't have supporting evidence I find that the exformation rate of Japanese language amongst native speakers is relatively high. This view is widely held by Japanese people themselves. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishin-denshin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishin-denshin
  • ics 13y ago
    I'm familiar with the concept as it's one of the things that makes me feel even more comfortable with the language– for certain things at least. That being said, there is also a form of comedy based on the vagueness and misinterpretation of speech. I'm at a loss for what it's called– a quick check brought me to manzai[0] but it's not what I'm thinking of. I'll have to keep searching. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manzai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manzai
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• Pitarou 13y ago
  That's a side-effect of having fewer phonemes. But with 2000+ characters to choose from, written text can be very dense.