In depth: The Pirahã tribe (Number-challenged Amazonians)(newyorker.com)

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In depth: The Pirahã tribe (Number-challenged Amazonians)

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/04/16/070416fa_fact_colapinto?currentPage=all

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=235862 reminded me of a much more in depth (and thusly much more fascinating) article on the Pirahã.

It touches heavily on Noam Chomsky's big language theory as well as the soft Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.

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