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Interesting and Random Facts about Language

I just came across the following and thought it was an interesting insight into a different way of creating words:
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NY Times Book reviewer, John McWhorter, wrote:

"I once heard a linguist describe an American Indian language from California in which 'yol' means mix, and when you add a prefix and say 'sh-yol' it means mixing with a spoon, 'm-yol' is mixing by heating, 's-yol' means sucking something down, and so on."

FROM:

(The web page at the above link is a NY Times review of the book, Language: The Cultural Tool by Daniel L. Everett).
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'yol' = mix
'sh-yol' = mixing with a spoon
'm-yol' = mixing by heating
's-yol' = sucking something down

PS

RE: Language: The Cultural Tool by Daniel L. Everett (Publication date: 3/13/2012)

GR BOOK DESCRIPTION:
"A bold and provocative study that presents language not as an innate component of the brain—as most linguists do—but as an essential tool unique to each culture worldwide."

LINK TO A SAMPLE OF THE BOOK AT GOOGLE eBOOKS: