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>>orcul+(OP)
For those who can’t and don’t think in words this is unsurprising.

>>fnordp+8i4
Can you count without using a "language"?

Try it now: Tap your hand on the desk randomly. Can you recall how many times you did it without "saying" a sequence in your head like "1, 2, 3" or "A, B, C" etc?

If yes, how far can you count? With a language it's effectively infinite. You could theoretically go up to "1 million 5 hundred 43 thousand, 2 hundred and 10" and effortlessly know what comes next.

>>Razeng+Bq5
Interestingly, I feel like I can "feel" small numbers (up to 4 or 5) easier than than thinking about them as objects in a language.

>>kachnu+sr5
By feel, I can without language or counting, play mostly

  X . . X . . X . . . X . X . . .

and every so often switch out for variations, eg:

  X . . X . . X . X . . . X . . .

or

  X . . . X . . . . . X . X . . .

but I'm no good for playing polyrhythms, which many other people can do, and I believe they must also do so more by feel than by counting.