• BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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        21 days ago

        Not as efficient as others in bits per second, but interestingly the syllable-to-bits ratio is tightly coupled.

      • Cyborganism
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        21 days ago

        Oh wait yeah you’re right.

        It’s the fastest, but the least efficient actually!

    • Bigfish@lemmynsfw.com
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      21 days ago

      Hard to tell. Need something like “bits of information per syllable” to get at efficiency. Just eyeballing it, Vietnamese, English, and Cantonese seem most likely the most efficient.

      • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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        21 days ago

        Cantonese and Vietnamese make sense, as they’re are both tonal languages (along with Mandarin, Thai, Punjabi, and Cherokee apparently). English wastes tones on communicating stress or question vs statement.