- The
Pirahã (pronounced [
piɾaˈhɐ̃]) are an
indigenous people of the
Amazon Rainforest in Brazil. They are the sole
surviving subgroup of the Mura people...
-
Pirahã (also
spelled Pirahá, Pirahán), or Múra-
Pirahã, is the
indigenous language of the
Pirahã people of Amazonas, Brazil. The
Pirahã live
along the Maici...
- Look up
Pirahã in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Pirahã or Pirahán may
refer to:
Pirahã people, an
indigenous people of
Brazil Pirahã language, the...
- both
theories as
outlined in
research among Guugu-Yimidhirr, Hopi, and
Pirahã speakers. Whorf's
conclusion was
largely based upon a
close examination...
- Mura is a
language of Amazonas, Brazil. It is most
famous for
Pirahã, its sole
surviving dialect. Linguistically, it is
typified by agglutinativity, a...
-
American linguist and
author best
known for his
study of the
Amazon basin's
Pirahã people and
their language.
Everett is currently[when?]
Trustee Professor...
- stop, for example: /pʰaroʔk/ > [pʰaˈ̍rɔʔk̚] /təwaʔm/ > [t̪əˈ̍waʔm̚] In
Pirahã, the only
surviving dialect of the Mura language,
there is a
special register...
- coda [ŋ] that has been
analyzed as the
realization of
nasal vowels. In
Pirahã, men may lack the only
velar consonant.
Other languages lack
simple velars...
- this
trait results from
Pirahã culture emphasizing present-moment
concrete matters.
Other linguists have
responded that
Pirahã does in fact have clausal...
-
studying the
Pirahã tribe and
their language. The
Pirahã language is of
great interest to linguists, but only a few
people apart from the
Pirahã tribe are...
