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Originally Posted by komitsuki
Then you have a language called Piraha, which is so different that importing foreign (loaned) concepts is always a huge hassle, thus impossible.
Pirahã language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1. no numbers
2. very simplified kinship term(s)
3. no abstract color terms
This is the best and the rarest example how language completely constrains a culture, lifestyle, and make it impossible to understand loanwords. |
I did some research on this tribe for a paper, very interesting language anomalies actually. There are some other tribes with similar language differences. Fascinating stuff if you really dig deep into it.