[ythn]

Every language has tradeoffs. Sure, Spanish might be easier to pronounce since the rules are more rigid, but on the other hand the information density is way lower. It takes 2-3 syllables of Spanish to communicate the same information as 1 syllable of English.

[dorchadas]

Yes, but the rate at which languages convey information is roughly the same [1]. So Spanish speakers just speak faster.

[1] http://ohll.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/fulltext/pellegrino/Pellegrino_...

The PDF linked is a draft of the paper, freely available; it's been removed from Academia, so here's the JSTOR link of the final release:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/23011654

[dsego]

Hahaha, reminds me of this Itchy Feet comic http://www.itchyfeetcomic.com/2015/09/conspiracion.html#.W1u...

[ggreer]

In the paper you link to, the information rate of English is about 10% higher than Spanish. That may not seem like much, but it's probably enough to matter.

[ythn]

For speaking, sure, but if you are writing then Spanish will take longer because you have to physically type out more characters.

[mbroncano]

As a fluent speaker of both languages I couldn’t say. In general Spanish requires less mental effort as you write what you say, whereas in English there’s always that particular randomness that’s otherwise arbitrary between how to write a word and how it sounds.