The Pirahã Tribe of Brazil

Here’s a fascinating article on the language of the Pirahã Tribe of Brazil. Their language has no numbers or subordinate clauses. In fact, the concept of “numbers” totally baffles them.
This is a language like no other. The Pirahã seem only to understand the here and now. Their language apparently contradicts what were beleived to be universal laws of language.

Posted by on May 13th, 2006 at 11:45 am


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