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2014/03/05 scent stories linguistics, olfactory science Leave a comment

an ideal lexicon of smell

by gzupsich

European linguists Asifa Majid of Radboud University, and Niclas Burenhul of Lund Universty have found that a small Malaysian population has the most extensive and precise vocabulary for a range of odors.  We may do well to translate these parts of the Jahai language to an English odorese.

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