<p>Zipf's Law and other similar laws regarding the statistical behaviour/properties of languages are studied in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantitative_linguistics" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Quantitative Linguistics</a>. Using QL as a search term together with the name of a conlang (eg Esperanto) will likely lead to some relevant results:</p>
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<li><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233561508_Quantitative_analysis_of_Zamenhof%27s_Esenco_kaj_estonteco" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Quantitative analysis of Zamenhof's Esenco kaj estonteco</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Investigating-Esperanto%27s-Statistical-Proportions-Manaris-Pellicoro/c3c4f7715928038bf3cda07bd4a254d7f61ff6aa" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Investigating Esperanto's Statistical Proportions Relative to other Languages using Neural Networks and Zipf's Law</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Equilibrium-(Zipf)-and-Dynamic-method-based-of-A-of-Ausloos/203561fe20dc8c6265753894e92a20458245840a" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Equilibrium (Zipf) and Dynamic (Grasseberg-Procaccia) method based analyses of human texts. A comparison of natural (english) and artificial (esperanto) languages</a></li>
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Oliver Mason
<p>Natural languages are known to follow some statistical laws, the most famous among them is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipf%27s_law" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Zipf's law</a>.</p>
<p>Are there published studies of some conlangs with respect to statistical laws of language, not necessarily restricted to Zipf's law, and what are the results of them?</p>

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2022-09-05T07:48:17.623Z
A quick search on "quantitative linguistics esperanto" returns a few hits, eg https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233561508_Quantitative_analysis_of_Zamenhof's_Esenco_kaj_estonteco
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Language statistics and constructed languages
# Language statistics and constructed languages

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-09-02)

Natural languages are known to follow some statistical laws, the most famous among them is [Zipf's law](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipf%27s_law).

Are there published studies of some conlangs with respect to statistical laws of language, not necessarily restricted to Zipf's law, and what are the results of them?

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> **username_1**: A quick search on "quantitative linguistics esperanto" returns a few hits, eg https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233561508_Quantitative_analysis_of_Zamenhof's_Esenco_kaj_estonteco  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2022-09-05. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Zipf's Law and other similar laws regarding the statistical behaviour/properties of languages are studied in [Quantitative Linguistics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantitative_linguistics). Using QL as a search term together with the name of a conlang (eg Esperanto) will likely lead to some relevant results:

* [Quantitative analysis of Zamenhof's Esenco kaj estonteco](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233561508_Quantitative_analysis_of_Zamenhof%27s_Esenco_kaj_estonteco)
* [Investigating Esperanto's Statistical Proportions Relative to other Languages using Neural Networks and Zipf's Law](https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Investigating-Esperanto%27s-Statistical-Proportions-Manaris-Pellicoro/c3c4f7715928038bf3cda07bd4a254d7f61ff6aa)
* [Equilibrium (Zipf) and Dynamic (Grasseberg-Procaccia) method based analyses of human texts. A comparison of natural (english) and artificial (esperanto) languages](https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Equilibrium-(Zipf)-and-Dynamic-method-based-of-A-of-Ausloos/203561fe20dc8c6265753894e92a20458245840a)


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