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RDNThe commonality of Zipf's Law, or the Pareto Principle; the embedded video goes into some of the possible reasons for why so many frequency distributions follow Zipf's Law.<a href="https://www.iflscience.com/the-voynich-manuscript-appears-to-follow-zipfs-law-could-it-be-a-real-language-79136" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.iflscience.com/the-voynich-manuscript-appears-to-follow-zipfs-law-could-it-be-a-real-language-79136</a><a href="https://floss.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Language</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/ZipfsLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ZipfsLaw</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Pareto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pareto</a>

ℵ₀ 🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️<a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq7055" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq7055</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Whale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Whale</a> song shows <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a>-like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/statistical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#statistical</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/structure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#structure</a><a href="https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/files/314597589/Arnon_2024_Science_Whale-song-language_CCBY_AAM.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/files/314597589/Arnon_2024_Science_Whale-song-language_CCBY_AAM.pdf</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zipfslaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zipfslaw</a>

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Humpback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Humpback</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Whale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Whale</a> Song Follows <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ZipfsLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ZipfsLaw</a>, A Fundamental Law Of Human <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Language</a> And some <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#whales</a> exhibit Menzerath’s law even more strongly than humans. <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/MenzerathsLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MenzerathsLaw</a> and Zipf’s focus on this kind of streamlining. Menzerath’s is all about how longer words or vocalizations are more efficient if made up of shorter elements (like syllables or notes), while Zipf’s law states that common and shorter elements will be used more often in efficient language than longer, rarer ones. <a href="https://www.iflscience.com/humpback-whale-song-follows-zipfs-law-a-fundamental-law-of-human-language-77978" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.iflscience.com/humpback-whale-song-follows-zipfs-law-a-fundamental-law-of-human-language-77978</a>

earthling<a href="https://scicomm.xyz/@mustapipa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mustapipa</a> Doesn't seem to work with Japanese. In Spanish it only holds with numbers 1&2. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#languages</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frequency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#frequency</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ZipfsLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ZipfsLaw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Japanese</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spanish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spanish</a>

O=C=OWhalesong patterns follow a universal law of human language, new research findsAll known human languages display a surprising pattern: the most frequent word in a language is twice as frequent as the second most frequent, three times as frequent as the third, and so on. This is known as <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ZipfsLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ZipfsLaw</a>. In a new research published in Science, a team of experts in whale song, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> and developmental <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psychology</a> analyzed eight years' of song recordings from <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/HumpbackWhales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumpbackWhales</a> in <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/NewCaledonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewCaledonia</a>. Led by Inbal Arnon from the Hebrew University, Ellen Garland from the University of <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/StAndrews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StAndrews</a>, and Simon Kirby from the University of <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Edinburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Edinburgh</a>, they used techniques inspired by the way human infants learn <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> to analyze humpback <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/whale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#whale</a> song. They discovered that the same <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ZipfianPattern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ZipfianPattern</a> universally found across <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#human</a> languages also occurs in <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/WhaleSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhaleSong</a>. This complex signaling system, like human language, is culturally learned by each individual from others.<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-02-whalesong-patterns-universal-law-human.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://phys.org/news/2025-02-whalesong-patterns-universal-law-human.html</a><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biology</a>

Coach Pāṇini ®Neologisms FTW <a href="https://www.wired.com/2012/01/hapax-legomena-and-zipfs-law/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/2012/01/hapax-legomena-and-zipfs-law/</a><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/neologisms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neologisms</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/definitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#definitions</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/hapaxlegomena" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hapaxlegomena</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/zipfslaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zipfslaw</a>

Jon Awbrey<a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@manlius" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@manlius</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/neuroscience" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@neuroscience</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/networkscience" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@networkscience</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/complexsystems" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@complexsystems</a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/@PessoaBrain" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@PessoaBrain</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/@WiringtheBrain" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@WiringtheBrain</a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/@kordinglab" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@kordinglab</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/@ricard_sole" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ricard_sole</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@albertcardona" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@albertcardona</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@c4computation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@c4computation</a> The first program I ever spent a lot of time developing was a multi-level sequence learner inspired by <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/ZipfsLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ZipfsLaw</a> and intended for application to what soon became called <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/ReactiveKeyboards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReactiveKeyboards</a>.Some reminiscence here —Theme One Program • Motivation• <a href="https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2022/08/16/theme-one-program-motivation-1-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2022/08/16/theme-one-program-motivation-1-2/</a>• <a href="https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2022/08/17/theme-one-program-motivation-2-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2022/08/17/theme-one-program-motivation-2-2/</a>• <a href="https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2022/08/18/theme-one-program-motivation-3-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://inquiryintoinquiry.com/2022/08/18/theme-one-program-motivation-3-2/</a>

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