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- Has a remote Amazonian tribe upended our understanding of language? (2007) https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/04/16/the-interpreter-2 82 comments
- The Interpreter - the story of the Pirahã language and its controversies https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/04/16/the-interpreter-2 3 comments indepthstories
- About the Pirahã tribe and how it conflicts with Chosky ideas http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/04/16/the-interpreter-2 21 comments linguistics
- Based on just eight consonants and three vowels, Pirahã has one of the simplest sound systems known. Yet it possesses such a complex array of tones, stresses, and syllable lengths that its speakers can dispense with their vowels and consonants altogether and sing, hum, or whistle conversations. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/04/16/the-interpreter-2 44 comments linguistics
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- What Is the Hardest Language in the World to Lipread? - Atlas Obscura https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/lipreading-around-the-world 39 comments
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- Your Book Review: How Language Began - Astral Codex Ten https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/your-book-review-how-language-began 0 comments
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