Re: Language comparison

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>Exactly my point.
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>So, dropping that compulsory agreement for something that's more
>useful as a "checksum" (other computer analogy) should yield a higher
>bitrate for the same amount of content and certainty-via-redundancy.
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But in truth that agreement can sometimes make things more compact. For
example, from basque:

ematen diot
ema-ten di-o-t
give-imperfective 3rd.abs.pres-3rd.dat-3rd.erg
I am giving it to him(/her/it)

Compare these two. Now, diot = I am ..... it to him. Which is shorter?
:) See my point? Basque only shows verbal agreement, no case or gender
agreement in adjectives etc, but sometimes the verbs are pretty compact.
Of course, sometimes they're massive:

gustatzen zitzaizkizuen
gusta-tzen zitzai-zki-zu-e-n
please-imperfective 3rd.abs-plur-you-plur-past
"They pleased to you all"
You (all) liked them

*shrugs* Sometimes it's more compact, sometimes it's much longer. I was
just pointing out that agreement can make things shorter sometimes. I
think it's all a balancing act really.