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Readable Language Compression


Imagine sqeezing up to 50% out of your text documents while still being able to read the compressed document!  English is shortened to Gl5 (pronounced "glish") and other words shrink in similar manner through the use of an expanded alphabet character set, single-letter words, syllabic contraction, and space removal.

In a world of shrinking resources and exploding demands on the transfer and storage of information, the ecological impact of the English language plays a significant role. Lingua franca defaulta in today’s world, English has unfortinately foisted an imposing burden on global media that must struggle to accomodate its corpulance and painfully inconsistent structure. The aim of this discourse is different from others interested in simplifying spelling. Rather than addressing the plight of children (or immigrants) in learning to read, or improvinging adult literacy rates, for that matter, the goal at hand is to simply reduce the size of English words.

Now let’s see what this same paragraph would look like in the most skinnied down version of Gl5. Brace yourself, cuz advanced Gl5 has sucked out all the unnecessary syllables and uses capitalized M and N in words to be pronounced as the Letter's name. Single letters become single letter words, and they, too, may be paired to eliminate space. OK, ready?

NA wrld v 5r’k’ %sOrsz & splOd’ Dmanz o7 transfr & storj v NfO,7 klojkl Mpak v7 ’Gl5 la’wj plAz A snifknt rOl.l’wu fra’ka Dfolta Nt dAz wrld,’Gl5 H NfOrcntli f9std A MpOz’ brdn o glObl mEdy 7t mus strugl t komd8 is kOrpUlns & pAnf/ Nknsstnt strukcr.7 Am v 7s dskOrs z dfrnt F u7rz Ntrsd N smplf!’ spel’.ra7r 7n udres’ 7 pl!t v cldrn(r Mgrants)N lrn’ t %,r Mprwv’ dult ltrC rAts,f 7t matr,7 gOl a han zt smp/ %dws 7s!z v ’Gl5 wrdz.

That’s a roughly 40% shorter text.
Readable text compression!