>>1123367Actually, english is the best language. It has the highest information rate of any language. Check this out.
https://web.archive.org/web/20140801094444/http://ohll.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/fulltext/pellegrino/Pellegrino_2011_Language.pdfIncidentally it also explains another thing. If you've ever wondered why japanese people speak fast, it's because they have to say a lot to say anything at all. It's not all bad for the japs, though. Being a language where context is highly important, japanese speakers can often omit saying something because it's assumed by the context of their spoken sentences. Such outright omisions of information are not accounted for by this kind of study.
