"Because no other known language has a grammar based on the human body or shares cognates […] with Great Andamanese, the language constitutes its own family."

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"Because no other known language has a grammar based on the human body or shares cognates […] with Great Andamanese, the language constitutes its own family."

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Humanities & Cultures@beehaw.org · 1 year ago

This Ancient Language Has the Only Grammar Based Entirely on the Human Body

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An endangered language family suggests that early humans used their bodies as a model for reality

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