1 Jun
2010
1 Jun
'10
11 a.m.
Liam Proven [lproven at gmail.com] wrote:
There's at least one New Scientist article that covers this
particular group. I read it on dead tree, but I assume that
subscribers could just search the archives for Everett and
see it for themselves. one/two/many does seem to be for real,
but there are many other fascinating things about these people
and their language and how it seems to have shaped their
thought processes.
I guess they'd at least be able cope with binary (at least
for sufficiently small numbers).
Antonio
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Rich Alderson
There is a
language in the Amazon Basin, I believe Pirah?, (and this
is not like the "1,2,many" urban legend--there are write-ups in
linguistic journals) which works in base 19. ?Each finger joint, the
back of the hand, the wrist, the forearm, the upper arm, and the
shoulder are the counting points.
This intrigued me and I went straight off to read about it.