Meanings
alternative Piraha · alternative uncommon Pirahá · alternative rare Pirahan
- pluralplural onlyAn indigenous people from what is now the Brazilian state of Amazonas
alternative Piraha · alternative uncommon Pirahá · alternative rare Pirahan
- 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
Translations
French pirahã
- pirahãlanguage
Portuguese pirahã, pirahãs
- pirahãpeople
- pirahãspeople
- pirahãlanguage
Russian пираха, пираха
- пираха (piraxa)people
- пираха (piraxa)language
- пираханский (piraxanskij)language
- пираа (piraa)language
Cite this entry
Pirahã. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pirah%C3%A3
“Pirahã.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pirah%C3%A3. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pirahã,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pirah%C3%A3.
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