[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Send the first 10 Mersenne primes to an
> alien civilization, including enough
> (hahaha) information for them to deduce
> our language, or a special LinguaCode
> specifically designed to be easy for alien
> civilizations to understand (why
> make them deal with declensions and
> conjugations if they don't have to? Here's
> what a few sentences might look like:
> Ted picked up a book yesterday, and he quickly read it.
> Ted thought that the
> book was very informative.
> Ted before-pick book before-day.
> Ted fast before-read book.
> Ted before-think
> book before-is very informative.
> Or something like that.)
There have been many attempts to construct such languages.
I am not aware of any of these projects to be
especially designed for communication with aliens.
What I do know is that one of them has actually developed
into a living spoken language,
and the Web Pages of GIMPS are even available
in a translation to it:
http://try.physik.uni-erlangen.de/~soezueer/pr/prime/prime.html
"Ted prenis libron antauxhieraux, kaj rapide legis gxin.
Ted pensis ke la libro estis tre informa."
Lars
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