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One, two, three, err..

  • July 4, 2019
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One, two, three, err..

The Pirahã, a tribe of 150 people in the Amazon, have words for one and two, and for few and many.

The Pirahã are essentially hunter-gatherers who rarely trade, and the Munduruku also have little need for counting in their everyday lives.

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/oct/21/research.highereducation1

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