Also, Pirahã women have one sound fewer than the men. Whereas Pirahã men have the consonants /p/, /t/, /h/, /s/, /b/, /g/ and /?/ (glottal stop), the women use /h/ instead of /s/. For men the word for manioc meal is ?ágaísi whereas for women it is ?ágaíhi. This use of different articulation along with a different number of phonemes is a way of representing iconically via sounds the social status and gender of speakers.
