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TIL that the Pirahã language, spoken by the Pirahã people of Brazil's Amazonas region, can be whistled, hummed, or encoded in music. Consonants and vowels can be omitted altogether, and the meaning conveyed solely through variations in pitch, stress, and rhythm

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