The second claim is much less radical than the first one. In many small communities, absolute directions (often based on local landmarks rather than abstract ca

The second claim is much less radical than the first one. In many small communities, absolute directions (often based on local landmarks rather than abstract cardinal directions) are perfectly reasonable, but these systems have to be recalibrated when speakers migrate. Viking migrations and their interaction with speakers of Greenlandic Inuit is an interesting case outside Australia: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03740463.2017.1317918 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03740463.2017.1...