Pirahã Language

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)