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'''Briefscript''' is a term coined by Ray Brown for an [[engineered language]] that, at least in written form, has much shorter words than most natural languages. Some briefscripts are also | '''Briefscript''' is a term coined by Ray Brown for an [[engineered language]] that, at least in written form, has much shorter words than most natural languages. Some briefscripts are also [[speedtalk]]s, i.e. languages that are also very concise in spoken form, but that is not necessary. Some briefscripts use the Latin alphabet as a syllabary; to this purpose, a highly restricted phonology with a very small phoneme inventory is used, i.e. the exact opposite of R. A. Heinlein's speedtalk idea (which uses so many phonemes that each morpheme of an [[oligosynthetic language]] can be just one phoneme long). | ||
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The | * [http://www.carolandray.plus.com/Briefscript/Index.html The Briefscript Project] by R. A. Brown | ||
Revision as of 10:00, 25 October 2009
Briefscript is a term coined by Ray Brown for an engineered language that, at least in written form, has much shorter words than most natural languages. Some briefscripts are also speedtalks, i.e. languages that are also very concise in spoken form, but that is not necessary. Some briefscripts use the Latin alphabet as a syllabary; to this purpose, a highly restricted phonology with a very small phoneme inventory is used, i.e. the exact opposite of R. A. Heinlein's speedtalk idea (which uses so many phonemes that each morpheme of an oligosynthetic language can be just one phoneme long).
External link
- The Briefscript Project by R. A. Brown
