After reading the article, I have to root for the Pirahã here as I am
ever more convinced that as more and more indigenous languages become
documented that the natural genius of human language will become
evident. With 6,000 (est.) languages in the world we seem to know so
little about how or why a language should be in our mouth making sounds
but we do pretty good when it does. <br /><br />Too it seems most
appropriate now that it takes a fairly remote indigenous speech
community to revolutionize the way we think about language! I do hope
that the Pirahã continue to remain Pirahã as I do not wish them to be
like us even though Universal Grammar says it should be so and
linguists labor to make it so. <br /><br />Phil Cash Cash<br /><br
/>....>~~~@>....<br /><br />