MIT research finds the brain’s language-processing network also responds to artificial languages such as Esperanto and languages made for TV, such as Klingon on “Star Trek” and High Valyrian and Dothraki on “Game of Thrones.”
  • Deebster
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    30 days ago

    That led the researchers to wonder if artificial languages like Esperanto would be processed more like programming languages or more like natural languages.

    I would have expected that Esperanto or Klingon would be the same as natural languages, but I’d be interested to see if more mathematical/logical conlangs like Lojban showed any difference.

      • Deebster
        4·
        30 days ago

        Whoops, I guess I was skimming by the time I reached that point, thanks.

        I won’t be surprised if it’s also indistinguishable from natural languages; I speak a bit of Arabic and was surprised to learn how “mathematical” the root/pattern system is - it felt like arguments into functions.