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Which spoken/written language says more with less ?

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I'm curious as to which spoken languages say more in the shortest period of time. Not speeding up or talking fast. Just how the language would be spoken normally.

Also would like to know which written languages say the most with the least written.
 
Qwghlmian. Supposedly a 30,000-character letter in Qwghlmian is 40,000 words long translated into Latin. Of course, Qwghlmians also excel at non-verbal communication.
 
Originally posted by: acheron2112
Qwghlmian. Supposedly a 30,000-character letter in Qwghlmian is 40,000 words long translated into Latin. Of course, Qwghlmians also excel at non-verbal communication.
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english has the most nuance due to the largest vocabulary. but a highly synthetic languages may be the best for that.
 
Don't know about spoken but I'd venture a guess that Heiroglyphics prob convey the most with the least amount written(or drawn for that matter).
 
Originally posted by: Josh
Originally posted by: acheron2112
Qwghlmian. Supposedly a 30,000-character letter in Qwghlmian is 40,000 words long translated into Latin. Of course, Qwghlmians also excel at non-verbal communication.
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But, according to the Wikipedia article, Qwghlmian is not a real language.

As far as real languages go, since Chinese uses symbols, wouldn't this automatically qualify it as saying more with less (at least on paper)?
 
I would say the one language where it is just clicks of the tongue, since they're saying stuff without really saying anything at all.
 
Both Latin and Ancient Greek convey more with fewer words than English. On the other hand, the words are often more complicated and result in a similar number of syllables as the equivalent English clause.
 
Originally posted by: palswim
Originally posted by: Josh
Originally posted by: acheron2112
Qwghlmian. Supposedly a 30,000-character letter in Qwghlmian is 40,000 words long translated into Latin. Of course, Qwghlmians also excel at non-verbal communication.
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But, according to the Wikipedia article, Qwghlmian is not a real language.

As far as real languages go, since Chinese uses symbols, wouldn't this automatically qualify it as saying more with less (at least on paper)?
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Chinese does convey a lot of meaning with relatively few characters, but remember that those characters are a lot more complex than a letter in a Latin-derived language. A character is about halfway between a letter and a word.

I think ancient Chinese would qualify. There are some poems and proverbs in ancient Chinese that are only a few characters long, but they have very deep meanings and have been studied by scholars for centuries to learn more about what they're trying to say. Even a single ancient Chinese character can convey a very complex meaning that reflects the culture of the time when it was written.
 
Originally posted by: palswim
Originally posted by: Josh
Originally posted by: acheron2112
Qwghlmian. Supposedly a 30,000-character letter in Qwghlmian is 40,000 words long translated into Latin. Of course, Qwghlmians also excel at non-verbal communication.
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/thread
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But, according to the Wikipedia article, Qwghlmian is not a real language.

As far as real languages go, since Chinese uses symbols, wouldn't this automatically qualify it as saying more with less (at least on paper)?
Click to expand...

I'd have to agree... when I watched Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Hero with the subtitles, there was definitely A LOT of dialog that non-Chinese speaking viewers missed. I think its more the fact that Chinese use lots of idioms
 
Japanese often leaves things out when they are understood by the context of the conversation, like subjects, etc..
 
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