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Pirahã

UK/ˈpiːɹəhɑː/

Pirahã noun: an indigenous people from what is now the Brazilian state of Amazonas.

Noun

Pirahã pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) An indigenous people from what is now the Brazilian state of Amazonas

Proper noun

Pirahã

  1. The language of that people
    • The Pirahã language challenges simplistic application of Hockett's nearly universally accepted design features of human language by showing that some of these features (interchangeability, displacement, and productivity) may be culturally constrained.2005, Daniel Everett, “Cultural Constraints on Grammar and Cognition in Pirahã”, in Current Anthropology, section 46.4

Forms of Pirahã

alternative formPiraha
alternative uncommonPirahá
alternative form (rare)Pirahan

Questions about Pirahã

What does Pirahã mean?
Pirahã means an indigenous people from what is now the Brazilian state of Amazonas.
What part of speech is Pirahã?
Pirahã can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Pirahã?
Pirahã is pronounced /ˈpiːɹəhɑː/ (UK).

Words near Pirahã in the dictionary

  1. piragua
  2. piraguas
  3. Piraha
  4. Pirahan
  5. Pirahá
  6. Pirahã
  7. pirai
  8. Piraic
  9. Piraino
  10. Pirainos
  11. pirais

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