We have a broad array of words for numbers: I can count from zero to 10, and beyond, using number words, and there are other quantifiers such as “few”, “several”, “many”, “a couple ...

Numbers do not exist in all cultures. There are numberless hunter-gatherers embedded deep in Amazonia, living along branches of the world's largest river tree.Instead of using words for precise ...

Some indigenous people in the Amazon Rainforest don't have words for numbers Instead of using words for quantities, they rely on terms such as 'a few' or 'some' The 7,000 or so languages that ...

An anthropological linguist has shown that the language of the Piraha, an Amazonian tribe, lacks number words and as a result the people have a difficult time performing common quantitative tasks.