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A linguist offers a thought-provoking account of his experiences and discoveries while living with the Piraha, a small tribe of Amazonian Indians living in central Brazil and a people possessing a language that defies accepted linguistic theories and reflects a culture that has no counting system, concept of war, or personal property, and lives entirely in the present.

Jungles --- Pirahá dialect --- Pirahá Indians --- Social aspects --- Social life and customs --- Amazon River Region --- Social life and customs.