Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
The Piraha tribe of the Amazon, has no system of counting or math. In fact you can not even teach the adults math. The children can be taught. They have one work that is one syllable. The way you inflect the end of the word, up or down, indicated a lot of something or a little of something. Chimpanzees can be taught to count to 9, but the adults of the Piraha usually mess up after they get past five....even if they are using their fingers.
The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis states that your language, and more specifically, your language in your culture shape the way you think and view the world. Learning a new language gives you a new view of the world.
There are societies of people that have no words for the different colors; the Piraha for instance. American English has 11 words for the basic colors: black, white, red, green, yellow, blue, brown, pink, orange, purple, and gray. Russian adds a twelfth basic color word: goluboy for light blue.
The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis states that your language, and more specifically, your language in your culture shape the way you think and view the world. Learning a new language gives you a new view of the world.
There are societies of people that have no words for the different colors; the Piraha for instance. American English has 11 words for the basic colors: black, white, red, green, yellow, blue, brown, pink, orange, purple, and gray. Russian adds a twelfth basic color word: goluboy for light blue.