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Denny VrandečićGood news: languages that are more widespread have a higher complexity. This means that underserved languages are more likely to be learned well using a smaller corpus, which could help a bit with the rich-get-richer problem of LLMs and existing corpora.
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-complex-languages-efficient-communication.html#google_vignette
Study finds complex languages may be more efficient for communication
How do languages balance the richness of their structures with the need for efficient communication? To investigate, researchers at the Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS) in Mannheim, Germany, trained computational language models on a vast dataset covering thousands of languages.
Erik (OLD ACCOUNT)Anyone who's been out sacrificing the local Reform UK gammon or other types of livestock, your sacrifices have appeased the #language deities, thank you so much!
In related news, my eldest has won first place in the spelling competition.
Here she receives a big ass trophy from the writer of the test, #Frisian children's book author Anne-Goaitske Breteler.
Cherish #bilingualism in children, my lovely people.
#SmallLanguages #MinorityLanguage #MinorityLanguages #Frysk #Fryslân #FryskeTaal
Please sacrifice all sheep, virgins or village idiots at hand at 3:00 p.m. CET for my eldest is to participate in the primary school Frisian dictation competition.
Offerje om 3 oere fan'e middei asteblyft alle skiep, jongfammen of doarpsgekkem dy't jimme foarhannen hawwe, want ús âldste docht mei oan it #Frysk diktee fan de basisskoallen.
#fryslân #fryskdiktee #frysketaal #minoritylanguages #minoritylanguage #SmallLanguages
GIGA InstituteStarting at 5pm (CET): #WONAGO lecture by Bodhisattva Kar “Hold Your Tongue: Towards a #ComparativeHistory of “#SmallLanguages” in #SouthernAfrica and #SouthAsia, 1850s–1930s”.
For last minute registration: https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/conferences-and-workshops/wonago-lecture-series
#GIGA & Universität Hamburg welcome Bodhisattva Kar (University of Cape Town) for next #WONAGO Lecture “Hold Your Tongue: Towards a #ComparativeHistory of #SmallLanguages in #SouthernAfrica & #SouthAsia, 1850s – 1930s.”
Register here for 18 January:
➡️https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/conferences-and-workshops/wonago-lecture-series
Moderated by Diana M. Natermann.