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Comment by Edman274

4 days ago

Are there any languages in existence that lack a facility for counting numbers, to your knowledge?

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rramadass  3 days ago

"idiotsecant" is clueless but according to Daniel Everett's studies/research the Pirahã language lacks a proper numeral system - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirah%C3%A3_language#Numerals_...

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