What Daniel Everett has said about Uncontacted peoples
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 12, 2026
Daniel Everett, American linguist who lived among the Pirahã people of the Amazon, has been quoted on Uncontacted peoples once in 1 episode of Danny Jones Podcast, most recently on October 12, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Everett argues it is premature to declare any trait universal because most of the world's roughly 8,000 languages are barely studied.
“i think it's very premature to say that this or that is universal among all cultures because we just really don't know”
Danny Jones Podcast: #439 - Bible Expert Rejects Religion After Decoding Ancient Amazon Language | Daniel Everett (Oct 12, 2026) · Listen from 2:11:49
Episodes
#439 - Bible Expert Rejects Religion After Decoding Ancient Amazon Language | Daniel EverettDanny Jones Podcast · Oct 12, 2026 · 2 h 49 min
Linguist Daniel Everett tells Danny Jones about living with the Pirahã of the Amazon, language origins, his split with Noam Chomsky, and abandoning Christianity.
Daniel Everett on other topics
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