The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Data is Beautiful@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIt's fascinating that while languages vary wildly by speaking speed, information transfer is fairly similar.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1532arrow-down114
arrow-up1518arrow-down1imageIt's fascinating that while languages vary wildly by speaking speed, information transfer is fairly similar.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Data is Beautiful@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square110fedilink
minus-squareSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 months agoVariability in the length of words, loads of very short and very long words? Just a guess
minus-squaretiramichu@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoThat is likely part of it and also explains why languages like Japanese are more tightly grouped, as there is less spread in word length for Japanese versus English or Italian.
Variability in the length of words, loads of very short and very long words? Just a guess
That is likely part of it and also explains why languages like Japanese are more tightly grouped, as there is less spread in word length for Japanese versus English or Italian.