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There's also the approach taken in some Australian native languages, e.g. [1], where they use absolute directions instead of relative directions, so they would call what we call the port side of a boat the north side if the boat was heading east, and call it the west side if the boat was heading north.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuuk_Thaayorre_language

parent tzs 3 years ago

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