[ExI] What's the fastest language to speak?

Eugen Leitl eugen at leitl.org
Mon Oct 17 15:31:24 UTC 2011


On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 07:58:24AM -0700, The Avantguardian wrote:

> Hey just a bizarre question I thought I would pose to the list since there
> are several polyglots on the list. In your opinion, what language is the most
> information dense and fastest to speak. For example if you lined up
> fluent speakers in all the languages of the globe and had them read and
> memorize a page of text; then gave the speakers lets say sixty seconds of air
> time on a telephone, how much of the gist and detail of the page of text
> could the various language speakers reveal in 60 seconds?

Do you allow for rapid-fire delivery, assuming there are pockets of native
speakers at that rate?



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