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Language Without Numbers: Amazonian Tribe Has No Word To Express 'One,' Other
Numbers

ScienceDaily (July 14, 2008) — 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.

The team, led by MIT professor of brain and cognitive sciences Edward Gibson,
found that members of the Piraha tribe in remote northwestern Brazil use
language to express relative quantities such as "some" and "more," but not
precise numbers.

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