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Ask HN: Memory Efficiency of Spoken Languages

Is there any research about memory efficiency of spoken languages that is collaboratively conducted by neuro and computer scientists?

This may sound a little weird (and even stupid since I'm no expert in any of these fields)question, but it keeps my mind busy, occasionally. I tend to think there should be different "memory footprints" of languages - like languages with phonemic orthography[0] has much less memory footprint than non-phonemic ones.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonemic_orthography

3 points dyukqu 5 years ago 1 comments

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