The language Dani is spoken in the Amazon rainforest.The language has just two color words, one to refer to darkly colored objects and one to refer to lightly colored objects.Some researchers have argued that the Dani would not be able to perceive the entire color spectrum because the language lacks words for all the colors.This view is referred to as:
A)linguistic adaptation
B)cognitive linguistics
C)linguistic grammar
D)linguistic relativity

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The view that language shapes our perception of reality is known as linguistic relativity, also known as the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. In the case of the Dani language, the lack of specific color terms suggests that their perception of color may be different from those who have a more elaborate color vocabulary in their language. This view is consistent with the idea of linguistic relativity.

The Language Dani Is Spoken in the Amazon Rainforest