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Denny Vrandečić<p>Good news: languages that are more widespread have a higher complexity. This means that underserved languages are more likely to be learned well using a smaller corpus, which could help a bit with the rich-get-richer problem of LLMs and existing corpora.</p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-02-complex-languages-efficient-communication.html#google_vignette" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-02-complex-</span><span class="invisible">languages-efficient-communication.html#google_vignette</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>llm</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/smalllanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smalllanguages</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/underrepresented" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>underrepresented</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/underserved" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>underserved</span></a></p>
Erik<p>Browsing the Gutenberg bot, ran into this highly lyrical but slightly out there book of <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Frisian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Frisian</span></a> poetry in <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/alliterative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alliterative</span></a> verse.</p><p>Maybe of interest to some of you <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/languagelovers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>languagelovers</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75044" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">gutenberg.org/ebooks/75044</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Frysk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Frysk</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Fryslan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fryslan</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Friesland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Friesland</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/MinorityLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityLanguages</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/SmallLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallLanguages</span></a></p>
Erik (OLD ACCOUNT)<p>Anyone who's been out sacrificing the local Reform UK gammon or other types of livestock, your sacrifices have appeased the <a href="https://warhammer.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> deities, thank you so much! </p><p>In related news, my eldest has won first place in the spelling competition. </p><p>Here she receives a big ass trophy from the writer of the test, <a href="https://warhammer.social/tags/Frisian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Frisian</span></a> children's book author Anne-Goaitske Breteler.</p><p>Cherish <a href="https://warhammer.social/tags/bilingualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bilingualism</span></a> in children, my lovely people. </p><p><a href="https://warhammer.social/tags/SmallLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallLanguages</span></a> <a href="https://warhammer.social/tags/MinorityLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityLanguage</span></a> <a href="https://warhammer.social/tags/MinorityLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityLanguages</span></a> <a href="https://warhammer.social/tags/Frysk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Frysk</span></a> <a href="https://warhammer.social/tags/Frysl%C3%A2n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fryslân</span></a> <a href="https://warhammer.social/tags/FryskeTaal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FryskeTaal</span></a></p>
Erik (OLD ACCOUNT)<p>Please sacrifice all sheep, virgins or village idiots at hand at 3:00 p.m. CET for my eldest is to participate in the primary school Frisian dictation competition. </p><p>Offerje om 3 oere fan'e middei asteblyft alle skiep, jongfammen of doarpsgekkem dy't jimme foarhannen hawwe, want ús âldste docht mei oan it <a href="https://warhammer.social/tags/Frysk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Frysk</span></a> diktee fan de basisskoallen. </p><p><a href="https://warhammer.social/tags/frysl%C3%A2n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fryslân</span></a> <a href="https://warhammer.social/tags/fryskdiktee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fryskdiktee</span></a> <a href="https://warhammer.social/tags/frysketaal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>frysketaal</span></a> <a href="https://warhammer.social/tags/minoritylanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minoritylanguages</span></a> <a href="https://warhammer.social/tags/minoritylanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minoritylanguage</span></a> <a href="https://warhammer.social/tags/SmallLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallLanguages</span></a></p>