Su's minimal language (was: Lord of the Rings movie)

> Go to <http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/>, and all the mysteries will be
> revealed, or at least those that can be reveald at all...
Yes, I found it!!! Su's idea of maximizing phonetic types as to optimize
thinking speed has already been put into language form by Tolkien: The
language of the ents uses minimal variations in vowel shade and length as
phonemically distinct, combines this with many different tones and an
agglutinating grammar to create a concise language, optimal for thinking
speed.

But now I am still left wondering why, if the ancient ents could think that
fast, the entmeet was to take three whole days!

Maarten

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