TokiPona – Pushing the Limits of Minimum Viable Vocabulary Size The constructed language Toki Pona was developed to demonstrate the minimum viable vocabulary necessary to carry out fluent conversations on a wide range of topics. Communication was whittled down to just 100 basic concepts that can be recombined to expression any complex idea. Try learning […]

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The Pareto principle, the law of the vital few, named after economist Vilfredo Pareto, suggests that roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. This 20% powerhouse is crucial for efficient language learning. Here is how factor sparsity plays out in vocabulary acquisition: 1000 words allow you to understand about 80% a language, provided it […]

Read More Mastering the 80/20 Rule for Efficient Language Learning

Even if you can’t conjugate your verbs and throw out colourful adjectives that masterfully evoke the poetic nuances, you can speak. You’ll thank yourself for starting now when your garbling matures into a flawless accent supported by the extra hours of muscle training and native accent exposure. No excuses, walking up to someone as they […]

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