Monday, April 9

Other ways of communication

Frinstance
Pirahã has one of the simplest sound systems known. Yet it possesses such a complex array of tones, stresses, and syllable lengths that its speakers can dispense with their vowels and consonants altogether and sing, hum, or whistle conversations.
Then there's the use of color, texture & even bioluminescence among cephalopods.

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