Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The Pirahã people (pronounced [piɾaˈhã]) are an indigenous hunter-gatherer group of the Amazon Rainforest. The Pirahã are a subgroup of the Mura, who live mainly on the banks of the Maici River in Brazil's Amazonas state, in the territory on Humaitá and Manicoré municipality. (See GPS: S 7°21.642′ W 62°16.313)As of 2010, they number 420 individuals. The Pirahã people do not call themselves Pirahã but instead the Hi'aiti'ihi, roughly translated as "the straight ones."Their culture and language have a number of unusual features, and are sometimes described as "primitive." However, anthropological linguist Daniel Everett said: The Pirahã are supremely gifted in all the ways necessary to ensure their continued survival in the jungle: they know the usefulness and location of all important plants in their area; they understand the behavior of local animals and how to catch and avoid them; and they can walk into the jungle naked, with no tools or weapons, and walk out three days later with baskets of fruit, nuts, and small game.The Pirahã speak the Pirahã language. They call any other language “crooked head.” Members of the Pirahã can whistle their language, which is how Pirahã men communicate when hunting in the jungle."@en }
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- Pirahã_people abstract "The Pirahã people (pronounced [piɾaˈhã]) are an indigenous hunter-gatherer group of the Amazon Rainforest. The Pirahã are a subgroup of the Mura, who live mainly on the banks of the Maici River in Brazil's Amazonas state, in the territory on Humaitá and Manicoré municipality. (See GPS: S 7°21.642′ W 62°16.313)As of 2010, they number 420 individuals. The Pirahã people do not call themselves Pirahã but instead the Hi'aiti'ihi, roughly translated as "the straight ones."Their culture and language have a number of unusual features, and are sometimes described as "primitive." However, anthropological linguist Daniel Everett said: The Pirahã are supremely gifted in all the ways necessary to ensure their continued survival in the jungle: they know the usefulness and location of all important plants in their area; they understand the behavior of local animals and how to catch and avoid them; and they can walk into the jungle naked, with no tools or weapons, and walk out three days later with baskets of fruit, nuts, and small game.The Pirahã speak the Pirahã language. They call any other language “crooked head.” Members of the Pirahã can whistle their language, which is how Pirahã men communicate when hunting in the jungle.".