[albatrosstrophy]

I speak both a 'most efficient' language (Arabic) and a 'least efficient' (Malay).

My take ia that while Arabic is a very concise language, the learning curve is really steep. Verbs has to be conjugated to accommodate pronouns as well as tense. So in order to say 'I ate', the root word akala has to be conjugated to akaltu. Sometimes the conjugation becomes so complex that it hardly looks like its root word.

Malay meanwhile, while seemingly less efficient, is much more straight forward. There is no need to conjugate verbs. Instead to say 'I ate', you say saya (I) sudah (already) makan (eat). It's very accessible to beginners.

I think it's also interesting to see how complex a language can get in order to become efficient. Like can you combine more than pronouns and tenses in a single word to make it more efficient.

[ncpa-cpl]

> I think it's also interesting to see how complex a language can get in order to become efficient. Like can you combine more than pronouns and tenses in a single word to make it more efficient.

Spanish has an interesting way of linking verbs and pronouns together:

For example: dáselo would be translated to English as: "(You) give it to him/her"

Or: pasáselas would be "(You) pass those to them"

[BiteCode_dev]

Just like a programming language, in fact.

[speed_spread]

Humans are mutually programming each other using homoiconic phonetic languages.

[umvi]

Or like CPU architectures. CISC vs RISC