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A Language without Numbers?
Smithsonian Channel, published on Apr 30, 2012. "Linguist Daniel Everett claims that the language of the Piraha has no words for specific numbers. Instead of "one, two, three" it's a few, some, and many." From the Show: The Grammar of Happiness

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDM8G5tuHF8
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