Decoding Amazon: life of the Pirahã | SLICE | FULL DOCUMENTARY

In a remote region of the Amazon live the last members of the Pirahã People. They have one of the strangest languages in the world: they have no words for colours and numbers, no concern for the past nor the future – making it one of the hottest debates ever among linguists. In the 1970’s, Daniel Everett first met the Pirahã as a Christian missionary exploring the Amazon basin. Having converted no one, Everett was soon much less interested in Jesus than the people with whom he was now living. For 30 years, he attempted to understand the near indecipherable Pirahã language - once described by the New Yorker as ‘a profusion of songbirds’, ‘melodic chattering’, and ‘barely discernible as speech’ - and re-invented himself as a linguist, grabbing headlines by challenging Noam Chomsky’s theory of universal grammar. Documentary: The Amazon Code Directed by: Randall Wood & Michael O’Neill Production: Essential Media & Entertainment production with ABC Australia, Smithsonian Networks and ARTE France We fully own the rights to the use of the published content. Any illegal reproduction of this content will result in immediate legal action. SLICE wants to fill up your curiosity! Accessible to anyone from anywhere at any time, this channel is your weekly dose of short docs about curious facts, discoveries, astounding info, unusual stories, weird, fun and instructive. Be smart, have a slice! Subscribe now ►►► Follow us 👇 In French: Facebook: Instagram: #documentary #slice #fulldocumentary #freedocumentary #piraha #indigenous #people #culture #language #traditional #amazon #rainforest