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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 '''speedtalks''', i.e. languages that are also very concise in spoken form. | '''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. | ||
==Speedtalk== | |||
The term '''speedtalk''' comes from Robert A. Heinlein's 1949 novella, ''Gulf'', and refers to an extremely concise language in which all morphemes are just one word long. | |||
Revision as of 06:57, 14 May 2006
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.
Speedtalk
The term speedtalk comes from Robert A. Heinlein's 1949 novella, Gulf, and refers to an extremely concise language in which all morphemes are just one word long.
