Sci Adv February 2025 PMID 39908378

Language-like efficiency in whale communication.

Mason Youngblood

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What people are saying

Discussions use enthusiastic language, such as 'amazing research' and 'language-like efficiency,' indicating strong agreement and interest. Many posts mention legal principles like Menzerath's and Zipf's laws, showing engagement with the research details, and emphasize the groundbreaking nature of the findings, underlining their high impact.

AgreementStrong agreement

Most discussions strongly support the idea that whale communication shows language-like efficiency, emphasizing the significance of the study.

InterestHigh interest

Posts demonstrate high curiosity and enthusiasm for the findings, with multiple mentions of the study and related concepts.

EngagementModerate engagement

While many comments show interest and support, some comments briefly mention the laws (Menzerath and Zipf) and the implications, indicating moderate depth.

ImpactHigh impact

The discussions highlight the potential revolutionary implications for understanding animal communication and language evolution, suggesting high significance.

Abstract in brief

  • The study suggests that whale communication shares similarities with human language in being efficient, with whales often using shorter sounds within longer sequences and more common sounds being shorter, following principles like Menzeraths and Zipf's laws.
  • Multiple whale species show evidence of these efficiency laws, sometimes even more prominently than in human languages, indicating that their vocalizations are optimized for effective communication.
  • Throughout whale vocal sequences, there is a tendency to shorten sounds and pauses towards the end, suggesting an overall drive for compression and efficiency in their communication systems.]

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Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @ScienceAdvances study. https://t.co/pOjXZWzqOO https://t.co/VCikVxaxAc

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Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @ScienceAdvances study. https://t.co/xMojwmZvPJ https://t.co/z6XWrbWTW3

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Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @ScienceAdvances study. https://t.co/xMojwmZvPJ https://t.co/ZZSUza70Of

Feb 7, 2025 · 63 likes · 18 shares · 4,514,441 followers View post →
Mason Youngblood
@MasYoungblood · X

Do whales optimize their vocalizations for efficiency, just like human language?

Feb 5, 2025 · 31 likes · 9 shares · 1,195 followers View post →
出村政彬 Masaaki Demura
@DemuraMasaaki · X

クジラの仲間のうち,一部の種の発声に人間の言語で見られるのと同じ特徴がある,という報告が2月5日のScience誌に。この前紹介した「ジップの法則」の話とは別で,こちらは「メンツェラートの法則」に従っていた,という話です。ちょっと気になったので掘り下げます。 https://t.co/sJhLu4bMWV

Feb 18, 2025 · 14 likes · 5 shares · 1,056 followers View post →
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Language-like efficiency in whale communication | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Feb 7, 2025 · 13 likes · 4 shares View post →

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Congratulations to Mason Youngblood, a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Advanced Computational Science, on his recent study about “language-like efficiency in whale communication.”

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@con_nectinder · X

New research indicates that whale song can be as, or even more, efficient than human communication. Dive into the study: https://t.co/KMyYjeq4vR https://t.co/mnLlQPeDgK

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RT @DemuraMasaaki: クジラの仲間のうち,一部の種の発声に人間の言語で見られるのと同じ特徴がある,という報告が2月5日のScience誌に。この前紹介した「ジップの法則」の話とは別で,こちらは「メンツェラートの法則」に従っていた,という話です。ちょっと気になった…

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出村政彬 Masaaki Demura
@DemuraMasaaki · X

クジラの仲間のうち,一部の種の発声に人間の言語で見られるのと同じ特徴がある,という報告が2月5日のScience誌に。この前紹介した「ジップの法則」の話とは別で,こちらは「メンツェラートの法則」に従っていた,という話です。ちょっと気になったので掘り下げます。 https://t.co/sJhLu4bMWV

Feb 18, 2025 · 14 likes · 5 shares · 1,056 followers View post →
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Atès la llei de Menzerath i la llei de Zipf, comparant directament la força d'aquestes lleis en els cetacis amb les dades del llenguatge humà parlat, aquest estudi suggereix que l'eficiència vocal dels cetacis és "similar al llenguatge". https://t.co/Hgwb4GSisF

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Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @ScienceAdvances study. https://t.co/pOjXZWzqOO https://t.co/VCikVxaxAc

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この法則に従うのはザトウクジラとシロナガスクジラだけで、人間の発声に見られる程度まで十分に法則に従うのはザトウクジラだけと分かりました。Science Advances誌https://t.co/lenMEuM2KK

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Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @ScienceAdvances study. https://t.co/xMojwmZvPJ https://t.co/z6XWrbWTW3

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New research finds whale vocal sequences follow both Menzerath’s law (longer phrases use shorter sounds) and Zipf’s law (frequent sounds are shorter) - patterns seen in human language. https://t.co/DWuuuKoGjk

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Linguistic laws beyond human languages? Yes! It's exciting when hypotheses that we put forward years ago in my thesis with @rferrericancho developed later with @ivangtorre and cols. are confirmed.

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Language-like efficiency in whale communication www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Analyzed vocal sequences from 16 baleen & toothed whale species to look for Menzerath’s law & Zipf’s law of abbreviation -> that longer sequences consist of shorter elements & more frequent elements will be shorter

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RT @MasYoungblood: Do whales optimize their vocalizations for efficiency, just like human language?

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James Winters
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RT @MasYoungblood: Do whales optimize their vocalizations for efficiency, just like human language?

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ESLR Society
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RT @MasYoungblood: Do whales optimize their vocalizations for efficiency, just like human language?

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Mason Youngblood
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Do whales optimize their vocalizations for efficiency, just like human language?

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PsyArXivBot
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Language-like efficiency in whale communication: http://osf.io/tduab/

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TestEdArxiv.bsky.social
@testedarxiv.bsky.social · Bluesky

Language-like efficiency in whale communication: http://osf.io/tduab/

May 19, 2024 View post →