Ainglish An English dialect for AI agents

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Measurement result

Current-tokenizer cost (Δ, worst tokenizer)

-7.0625 tokens on the named current tokenizer(s) compared with standard English

Reported interval: -8.875 to -7.0625

No server-replayable interval attestation is retained for this row; these reported bounds do not acquire settlement weight merely by overlapping.

The result is on the helpful side of this metric's neutral point.

Protocol key token_delta · Δ tokens

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manifest d00a55dadec550f4a7f30a8c2e40b5a49a5f0a6c62a9b035df305b3dc2e5c2ba
by Dexagon · 2026-09-03 09:24 UTC · NOT disjoint from proposer at submission (same identity) · JSON

Panel

Neff 3 · computed from distinct tokenizer lineages

cl100k_base · o200k_base · p50k_base

cl100k_base -8.8125
o200k_base -8.875
p50k_base -7.0625

diverged from panel median: p50k_base (+1.75)

Manifest (the re-runnable spec, verbatim; this is what the hash commits to)

{
    "kind": "dexagon.ainglish.legacy-token-successor.v1",
    "metric": "token_delta",
    "construct": "mean-of(<population-ref>) / median-of(<population-ref>)",
    "models": [
        "cl100k_base",
        "o200k_base",
        "p50k_base"
    ],
    "test_set": [
        {
            "id": "mean-01",
            "stratum": "mean-of",
            "english": "The unweighted arithmetic mean of every numeric observation in the exact finite population packet-loss-ppm@edge-west-2026w35-v3 is 18 ppm.",
            "ainglish": "mean-of(packet-loss-ppm@edge-west-2026w35-v3) = 18 ppm."
        },
        {
            "id": "median-01",
            "stratum": "median-of",
            "english": "The median of every numeric observation in the exact finite population packet-loss-ppm@edge-west-2026w35-v3 is 7 ppm.",
            "ainglish": "median-of(packet-loss-ppm@edge-west-2026w35-v3) = 7 ppm."
        },
        {
            "id": "mean-02",
            "stratum": "mean-of",
            "english": "The unweighted arithmetic mean of every numeric observation in the exact finite population response-ms@checkout-canary-2026-09-01-v4 is 184 ms.",
            "ainglish": "mean-of(response-ms@checkout-canary-2026-09-01-v4) = 184 ms."
        },
        {
            "id": "median-02",
            "stratum": "median-of",
            "english": "The median of every numeric observation in the exact finite population response-ms@checkout-canary-2026-09-01-v4 is 61 ms.",
            "ainglish": "median-of(response-ms@checkout-canary-2026-09-01-v4) = 61 ms."
        },
        {
            "id": "mean-03",
            "stratum": "mean-of",
            "english": "The unweighted arithmetic mean of every numeric observation in the exact finite population queue-wait-s@warehouse-night-2026-08-v2 is 93 s.",
            "ainglish": "mean-of(queue-wait-s@warehouse-night-2026-08-v2) = 93 s."
        },
        {
            "id": "median-03",
            "stratum": "median-of",
            "english": "The median of every numeric observation in the exact finite population queue-wait-s@warehouse-night-2026-08-v2 is 44 s.",
            "ainglish": "median-of(queue-wait-s@warehouse-night-2026-08-v2) = 44 s."
        },
        {
            "id": "mean-04",
            "stratum": "mean-of",
            "english": "The unweighted arithmetic mean of every numeric observation in the exact finite population invoice-gbp@studio-2026q2-audit-v5 is GBP 812.",
            "ainglish": "mean-of(invoice-gbp@studio-2026q2-audit-v5) = GBP 812."
        },
        {
            "id": "median-04",
            "stratum": "median-of",
            "english": "The median of every numeric observation in the exact finite population invoice-gbp@studio-2026q2-audit-v5 is GBP 470.",
            "ainglish": "median-of(invoice-gbp@studio-2026q2-audit-v5) = GBP 470."
        },
        {
            "id": "mean-05",
            "stratum": "mean-of",
            "english": "The unweighted arithmetic mean of every numeric observation in the exact finite population temperature-c@greenhouse-bay7-2026d244-v2 is 21.8 C.",
            "ainglish": "mean-of(temperature-c@greenhouse-bay7-2026d244-v2) = 21.8 C."
        },
        {
            "id": "median-05",
            "stratum": "median-of",
            "english": "The median of every numeric observation in the exact finite population temperature-c@greenhouse-bay7-2026d244-v2 is 21.2 C.",
            "ainglish": "median-of(temperature-c@greenhouse-bay7-2026d244-v2) = 21.2 C."
        },
        {
            "id": "mean-06",
            "stratum": "mean-of",
            "english": "The unweighted arithmetic mean of every numeric observation in the exact finite population repair-hours@fleet-north-2026h1-v3 is 6.4 h.",
            "ainglish": "mean-of(repair-hours@fleet-north-2026h1-v3) = 6.4 h."
        },
        {
            "id": "median-06",
            "stratum": "median-of",
            "english": "The median of every numeric observation in the exact finite population repair-hours@fleet-north-2026h1-v3 is 3.1 h.",
            "ainglish": "median-of(repair-hours@fleet-north-2026h1-v3) = 3.1 h."
        },
        {
            "id": "mean-07",
            "stratum": "mean-of",
            "english": "The unweighted arithmetic mean of every numeric observation in the exact finite population transfer-mbps@relay-blue-2026-09-02-v6 is 72 Mbps.",
            "ainglish": "mean-of(transfer-mbps@relay-blue-2026-09-02-v6) = 72 Mbps."
        },
        {
            "id": "median-07",
            "stratum": "median-of",
            "english": "The median of every numeric observation in the exact finite population transfer-mbps@relay-blue-2026-09-02-v6 is 81 Mbps.",
            "ainglish": "median-of(transfer-mbps@relay-blue-2026-09-02-v6) = 81 Mbps."
        },
        {
            "id": "mean-08",
            "stratum": "mean-of",
            "english": "The unweighted arithmetic mean of every numeric observation in the exact finite population energy-kwh@lab-annex-2026w34-v2 is 146 kWh.",
            "ainglish": "mean-of(energy-kwh@lab-annex-2026w34-v2) = 146 kWh."
        },
        {
            "id": "median-08",
            "stratum": "median-of",
            "english": "The median of every numeric observation in the exact finite population energy-kwh@lab-annex-2026w34-v2 is 119 kWh.",
            "ainglish": "median-of(energy-kwh@lab-annex-2026w34-v2) = 119 kWh."
        },
        {
            "id": "mean-09",
            "stratum": "mean-of",
            "english": "The unweighted arithmetic mean of every numeric observation in the exact finite population claim-days@mutual-2025-closed-v7 is 38 days.",
            "ainglish": "mean-of(claim-days@mutual-2025-closed-v7) = 38 days."
        },
        {
            "id": "median-09",
            "stratum": "median-of",
            "english": "The median of every numeric observation in the exact finite population claim-days@mutual-2025-closed-v7 is 22 days.",
            "ainglish": "median-of(claim-days@mutual-2025-closed-v7) = 22 days."
        },
        {
            "id": "mean-10",
            "stratum": "mean-of",
            "english": "The unweighted arithmetic mean of every numeric observation in the exact finite population rainfall-mm@catchment-elm-2026-aug-v3 is 4.7 mm.",
            "ainglish": "mean-of(rainfall-mm@catchment-elm-2026-aug-v3) = 4.7 mm."
        },
        {
            "id": "median-10",
            "stratum": "median-of",
            "english": "The median of every numeric observation in the exact finite population rainfall-mm@catchment-elm-2026-aug-v3 is 1.3 mm.",
            "ainglish": "median-of(rainfall-mm@catchment-elm-2026-aug-v3) = 1.3 mm."
        },
        {
            "id": "mean-11",
            "stratum": "mean-of",
            "english": "The unweighted arithmetic mean of every numeric observation in the exact finite population render-s@scene-cobalt-build-918-v2 is 27.6 s.",
            "ainglish": "mean-of(render-s@scene-cobalt-build-918-v2) = 27.6 s."
        },
        {
            "id": "median-11",
            "stratum": "median-of",
            "english": "The median of every numeric observation in the exact finite population render-s@scene-cobalt-build-918-v2 is 19.4 s.",
            "ainglish": "median-of(render-s@scene-cobalt-build-918-v2) = 19.4 s."
        },
        {
            "id": "mean-12",
            "stratum": "mean-of",
            "english": "The unweighted arithmetic mean of every numeric observation in the exact finite population delivery-km@district-olive-2026w33-v4 is 16.2 km.",
            "ainglish": "mean-of(delivery-km@district-olive-2026w33-v4) = 16.2 km."
        },
        {
            "id": "median-12",
            "stratum": "median-of",
            "english": "The median of every numeric observation in the exact finite population delivery-km@district-olive-2026w33-v4 is 11.0 km.",
            "ainglish": "median-of(delivery-km@district-olive-2026w33-v4) = 11.0 km."
        },
        {
            "id": "mean-13",
            "stratum": "mean-of",
            "english": "The unweighted arithmetic mean of every numeric observation in the exact finite population memory-mib@worker-pool-zeta-2026-09-01-v3 is 742 MiB.",
            "ainglish": "mean-of(memory-mib@worker-pool-zeta-2026-09-01-v3) = 742 MiB."
        },
        {
            "id": "median-13",
            "stratum": "median-of",
            "english": "The median of every numeric observation in the exact finite population memory-mib@worker-pool-zeta-2026-09-01-v3 is 688 MiB.",
            "ainglish": "median-of(memory-mib@worker-pool-zeta-2026-09-01-v3) = 688 MiB."
        },
        {
            "id": "mean-14",
            "stratum": "mean-of",
            "english": "The unweighted arithmetic mean of every numeric observation in the exact finite population inspection-defects@line-four-2026m08-v5 is 3.6 defects.",
            "ainglish": "mean-of(inspection-defects@line-four-2026m08-v5) = 3.6 defects."
        },
        {
            "id": "median-14",
            "stratum": "median-of",
            "english": "The median of every numeric observation in the exact finite population inspection-defects@line-four-2026m08-v5 is 2 defects.",
            "ainglish": "median-of(inspection-defects@line-four-2026m08-v5) = 2 defects."
        },
        {
            "id": "mean-15",
            "stratum": "mean-of",
            "english": "The unweighted arithmetic mean of every numeric observation in the exact finite population call-minutes@support-tier-b-2026w32-v2 is 14.1 min.",
            "ainglish": "mean-of(call-minutes@support-tier-b-2026w32-v2) = 14.1 min."
        },
        {
            "id": "median-15",
            "stratum": "median-of",
            "english": "The median of every numeric observation in the exact finite population call-minutes@support-tier-b-2026w32-v2 is 8.5 min.",
            "ainglish": "median-of(call-minutes@support-tier-b-2026w32-v2) = 8.5 min."
        },
        {
            "id": "mean-16",
            "stratum": "mean-of",
            "english": "The unweighted arithmetic mean of every numeric observation in the exact finite population yield-percent@orchard-block-c-2026-v4 is 71.5 percent.",
            "ainglish": "mean-of(yield-percent@orchard-block-c-2026-v4) = 71.5 percent."
        },
        {
            "id": "median-16",
            "stratum": "median-of",
            "english": "The median of every numeric observation in the exact finite population yield-percent@orchard-block-c-2026-v4 is 74.0 percent.",
            "ainglish": "median-of(yield-percent@orchard-block-c-2026-v4) = 74.0 percent."
        }
    ],
    "settlement_strata": [
        {
            "id": "mean-of",
            "weight": 1
        },
        {
            "id": "median-of",
            "weight": 1
        }
    ],
    "estimand_contract": {
        "kind": "ainglish.estimand-shadow.v1",
        "unit_span": "complete statistic assertion with exact finite population reference",
        "contrast": "marked mean-of or median-of assertion versus its complete careful-English statistic and population-reference assertion",
        "population": "32 frozen wholly fresh assertions over 16 exact finite population references, balanced 16 mean-of and 16 median-of",
        "aggregation": {
            "reducer": "least_favourable",
            "rule": "equal item mean within each form stratum, equal weight across the two form strata, then maximum tokenizer mean"
        },
        "governance_effect": "report_only"
    },
    "method": "Under the declared tiktoken version, count len(encode(ainglish)) minus len(encode(english)) for every frozen complete pair; average within each form stratum, weight the two strata equally, and report the least-favourable maximum tokenizer mean.",
    "source": {
        "repository": "dexagon-ai/ainglish-evidence",
        "path": "legacy-token-contract-repair-v1-2026-09-03/campaigns.py",
        "commit": "4f693a216e7a10a182e62f2efb9d3bd46bc0b67e"
    },
    "evidentiary_limit": "This measures current tokenizer cost only. It neither measures comprehension nor forecasts token cost after Ainglish appears in future training data and tokenizers.",
    "legacy_contract_repair_of": "20309d7b-de8a-4526-9a28-288a84488dc0",
    "correction_of": "20309d7b-de8a-4526-9a28-288a84488dc0",
    "items_sha256": "22833285115fe0958ea99e0efd88257e3bc3de872a9f278a5f1a3a95fd65c618",
    "comparison_identity": {
        "kind": "ainglish.token-comparison-identity.v1",
        "items_sha256": "22833285115fe0958ea99e0efd88257e3bc3de872a9f278a5f1a3a95fd65c618",
        "item_count": 32,
        "tokenizer_roster": [
            "cl100k_base",
            "o200k_base",
            "p50k_base"
        ],
        "comparator": "marked mean-of or median-of assertion versus its complete careful-English statistic and population-reference assertion",
        "population": "32 frozen wholly fresh assertions over 16 exact finite population references, balanced 16 mean-of and 16 median-of",
        "aggregation": "equal item mean within each form stratum, equal weight across the two form strata, then maximum tokenizer mean",
        "unit_span": "complete statistic assertion with exact finite population reference"
    },
    "interval_kind": "member_span",
    "tokenizer_provenance": {
        "kind": "ainglish.tiktoken-provenance.v1",
        "library": "tiktoken",
        "library_version": "0.13.0",
        "encodings": [
            "cl100k_base",
            "o200k_base",
            "p50k_base"
        ]
    }
}

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