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willscott on Dec 1, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: The World's Most Efficient Languages (2016)

No mention of Ithkuil, a conlang notable for attempting to maximize efficiency of expressiveness.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ithkuil

lgessler on Dec 1, 2018 | [–]

Leibniz also dreamed of something similar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Characteristica_universalis

inawarminister on Dec 2, 2018 | [–]

After reading on the Circassian language in the article, I can't dismiss Ithkuil again.

No wonder some Russians are attracted to the conlang...

Give me Toki Gonna though!

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