The linguistic term for this, as I recently learned from the Lingthusiasm podcast, is "evidentiality" and apparently a number of languages have it as a feature.

The linguistic term for this, as I recently learned from the Lingthusiasm podcast, is "evidentiality" and apparently a number of languages have it as a feature. Some languages get really granular with it, having different forms of expression depending on whether you've seen something, done something, overheard it, etc. https://lingthusiasm.com/post/184928796346/change-the-audio-lingthusiasm-episode-32 https://lingthusiasm.com/post/184928796346/change-the-audio-... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidentiality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidentiality