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58 different phonemes means the language is just substituting one form of complexity for another. And apq’uxasiu for 'gawk' doesn't strike me as a particularly
by Steko 12y ago
58 different phonemes means the language is just substituting one form of complexity for another.
And apq’uxasiu for 'gawk' doesn't strike me as a particularly huge win for conciseness.
- ZoFreX 12y ago> And apq’uxasiu for 'gawk' doesn't strike me as a particularly huge win for conciseness. It seems like it's missing the linguistic equivalent of huffman coding: make frequently used things shorter. Also, it's hardly concise with respect to time if you have to spend 30 minutes consulting a dictionary to utter a single sentence.
- kazagistar 12y agoThe huffman coding strategy relies too much on culture to remain properly useful over different groups and time.