Acamon@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 months agoDo any languages have words for left & right that start with the same letter?message-squaremessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1113arrow-down1message-squareDo any languages have words for left & right that start with the same letter?Acamon@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareChariotwheel@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up28·edit-210 months agoAlso, at this point, it might just ingrained in people there is a L-side and a R-side which correspond with their equivalent of left and right even without knowing English. It can be abstracted as consistent symbols if nothing else.
minus-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up49·10 months agoNow the question becomes, is there a language where the word for “left” starts with R and “right” starts with L?
Also, at this point, it might just ingrained in people there is a L-side and a R-side which correspond with their equivalent of left and right even without knowing English. It can be abstracted as consistent symbols if nothing else.
Now the question becomes, is there a language where the word for “left” starts with R and “right” starts with L?