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IIRC (edit: and as alluded in the article) there are languages which count as "one, two, three, many". But one two and three are also innate (immediately recog
by a9h74j 5y ago
IIRC (edit: and as alluded in the article) there are languages which count as "one, two, three, many".
But one two and three are also innate (immediately recognizable) quantities are they not? So does a person using such a number system actually count, or recognize and categorize only?
- perardi 5y agoThis Lexicon Valley podcast goes into the “having a vocabulary for large numbers is actually weird” thing. https://slate.com/podcasts/lexicon-valley/2021/03/english-language-not-normal https://slate.com/podcasts/lexicon-valley/2021/03/english-la...
- a9h74j 5y agoGreat addition (no pun intended), thanks.
- ezconnect 5y agoDepends on context maybe, Koreans have different number names depending on context.
- desas 5y agoThe piraha language is probably the most famous non-counting language. They appear to recognise - https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/10/piraha-cognitive-anumeracy-in-a-language-without-numbers.html https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/10/piraha-cognitive-an...