No word for it

I used to think English is pretty deprived as a language, because it only has one word for Love. The words to say "I love you, my sister" and "I love you, my spouse" should be different. Never mind though, at least we got one.

Because, today, I heard that the Quiche Mayan people don't have the word for Love. Listen for yourself (February 17th mp3 - Listen to the first 12 minutes).

Some languages/cultures have more words to describe something because they have more of that thing. For example, it's well-known that the Inuits have so many more words for "snow" - because they have so much snow, all the time. As a bi-lingual person, I know words in one language that I cannot properly translate into the other because, well, that culture just doesn't have that feeling, concept, or behavior.

So hearing about the Quiche Mayan language makes me kinda sad. I hope it doesn't mean that they don't know or recognize love.