Book (Practical) Essays and essays Muraburi Linguists were taught by hunter-gatherers who had no script or calendar

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Japanese title: 単行本(実用) 社会 ムラブリ 文字も暦も持たない狩猟採集民から言語学者が教わったこと / 伊藤雄馬
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Released date: 24 Feb 2023

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A young linguist who escaped from the job hunting met Muraburi, a minority who spoke beautiful languages. While studying the Muraburi language without letters and living with Muraburi who loves freedom, the common sense cultivated in Japan was stripped away and even the sense of the body changed. What is a word? And what is happiness and freedom? The answer reached through Muraburi language research. "A mysterious book. It is not only interesting, but it feels like it has traveled to another world." * Ai Kawazoe, author and linguist, and author of 『 Linguistics Burley Tude 』, author of 『 Linguistics. "What can linguists do for modern people who have lost their power to live? What is happiness and freedom? The answer reached through Muraburi language research." A mysterious book. It is not only interesting. It feels like it has traveled to a different world. "* Muraburi is a ethnic minority who lives in the mountainous regions of Thailand and Laos. The population is estimated to be more than 500." Mura "refers to" people "and" buri "refers to" forest "and" people in the forest. It is also called "ghost of yellow leaves" in Thailand. People used to live in the forest while hunting and gathering. However, they have become permanent residents. Muraburi has no letters and has been designated as a "crisis language" which is in danger of disappearing due to the decrease in the number of speakers. There are several rare linguistic features identified. [Mystery of Muraburi (word)] ・ No greeting? ・ "Upper" means "person" and "buri" means "forest". It is also called "ghost of yellow leaves" in Thailand. It used to be a "crisis language" while hunting and gathering in the forest. It has been designated as a "crisis language" which has no letters and is in danger of disappearing due to the decrease in the number of speakers. It is designated as a "crisis language" which has no letters and is in danger of disappearing due to the decrease in the number of speakers. There are multiple rare linguistic features identified. [Mystery of Muraburi (word)] ・ No greeting? ・ "Upper" is bad and "Lower" is good? ・ No age or calendar? ・ Past and future are the same? ・ Past and future are the same? ・ Counting is a banquet art? Etc. [Author's brief history] Yuuma ITO, a linguist and visiting researcher at Yokohama City University. ・ There is no greeting? ・ "Upper" is bad and "Lower" is good? ・ No age or calendar? ・ Past and future are together? ・ The past and future are together? ・ The number is counted as a banquet art? Etc. [1986 2010 2016 2020 』 Hideyuki Takano Japan Society for the Promotion of Science