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A comment on Switzerland's mysterious fourth language. Parent comment

Re:Switzerland's mysterious fourth language by rezeroed on Thursday June 28, 2018 @11:51AM (#17417923)
"language constructs a way of thinking" -- I wonder to what degree this determines things like a country having little prospect of economic success.
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Re:Switzerland's mysterious fourth language by creep on Thursday June 28, 2018 @12:25PM (#17418261)
Some societies do not have words for counting more than "two".

https://numberwarrior.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/is-one-two-ma...

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