Pirahã Language
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Pirahã Language
- Wikipedia Entry
- Dan Everett on the Pirahã
- Anthropology News April 2006
- Anthropology News April 2006 Continued
- Dan Everett's Site
Recent Studies
Pirahã Language Check out new study:
- Language Without Numbers: Amazonian Tribe Has No Word To Express 'One' Science Daily 15-7-08 "An Amazonian language with only 300 speakers has no word to express the concept of "one" or any other specific number, according to a new study from an MIT-led team."
- See also: Aboriginal Kids Can Count Without Numbers. Science Daily 19-8-08 "Knowing the words for numbers is not necessary to be able to count, according to a new study of aboriginal children by UCL (University College London) and the University of Melbourne.
Interview with Dan Everett
BBC World Service Interview with Dan Everett (Feb. 2008)