[ExI] What's the fastest language to speak?
spike
spike66 at att.net
Tue Oct 18 00:28:05 UTC 2011
>... On Behalf Of Anders Sandberg
>Subject: Re: [ExI] What's the fastest language to speak?
>...A quick little check using Google Translate (so do not expect any scientific quality) of the story Eugene posted...:
>...Albanian: 958 words, 4,425 characters
Arabic: 799 words, 3,420 characters
Basque: 647 words, 4,221 characters
Chinese (traditional, translitterated): 805 words, 3,604 characters
Czech: 722 words, 3,782 characters
English: 845 words, 4083 characters
Finnish: 615 words, 3,969 characters
French: 905 words, 5,473 characters
German: 805 words, 4,636 characters
Icelandic: 787 words, 3,967 characters
Italian: 871 words, 4,410 characters.
Japanese (translitterated): 988 words, 4,542 characters
Latin: 644 words, 3593 characters
Hindi: 952 words, 3,597 characters
Hebrew: 674 words, 2,935 characters
Russian: 725 words, 4,158 characters
Swedish: 777 words, 3,930 characters
Swahili: 798 words, 4,193 characters
Tamil: 663 words, 4,481 characters
Thai (translitterated): 1,020 words, 4927 characters
Vietnamese: 1,146 words, 3,937 characters
Welsh: 938 words, 4,220 characters
Here’s my contribution to Anders' experiment. I sorted by words, then by characters.
By words:
Finnish:
615
words,
3,969
characters
Latin:
644
words,
3,593
characters
Basque:
647
words,
4,221
characters
Tamil:
663
words,
4,481
characters
Hebrew:
674
words,
2,935
characters
Czech:
722
words,
3,782
characters
Russian:
725
words,
4,158
characters
Swedish:
777
words,
3,930
characters
Icelandic:
787
words,
3,967
characters
Swahili:
798
words,
4,193
characters
Arabic:
799
words,
3,420
characters
Chinese (traditional, translitterated):
805
words,
3,604
characters
German:
805
words,
4,636
characters
English:
845
words,
4,083
characters
Italian:
871
words,
4,410
characters.
French:
905
words,
5,473
characters
Welsh:
938
words,
4,220
characters
Hindi:
952
words,
3,597
characters
Albanian:
958
words,
4,425
characters
Japanese (translitterated):
988
words,
4,542
characters
Thai (translitterated):
1,020
words,
4,927
characters
Vietnamese:
1,146
words,
3,937
characters
By characters:
Hebrew:
674
words,
2,935
characters
Arabic:
799
words,
3,420
characters
Latin:
644
words,
3,593
characters
Hindi:
952
words,
3,597
characters
Chinese (traditional, translitterated):
805
words,
3,604
characters
Czech:
722
words,
3,782
characters
Swedish:
777
words,
3,930
characters
Vietnamese:
1,146
words,
3,937
characters
Icelandic:
787
words,
3,967
characters
Finnish:
615
words,
3,969
characters
English:
845
words,
4,083
characters
Russian:
725
words,
4,158
characters
Swahili:
798
words,
4,193
characters
Welsh:
938
words,
4,220
characters
Basque:
647
words,
4,221
characters
Italian:
871
words,
4,410
characters.
Albanian:
958
words,
4,425
characters
Tamil:
663
words,
4,481
characters
Japanese (translitterated):
988
words,
4,542
characters
German:
805
words,
4,636
characters
Thai (translitterated):
1,020
words,
4,927
characters
French:
905
words,
5,473
characters
spike
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