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		GuiA on Feb 12, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Who speaks Latin these days? If that's a criteria for language selection, might as well all go with Chinese :)

gamegoblin on Feb 12, 2013 | [–]

IIRC Vietnamese has the highest syllabic information density of any natural language. Chinese being a close second (about 94% that of Vietnamese).

Edit: found that article http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2091477,00.ht...

cafard on Feb 12, 2013 | [–]

Well, sure, but maybe not at the Vatican.

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