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I think the most common real-world example is Russian and Italian, which have a specific word for light-blue which is distinct from the word for blue. I assume
by NeoTar 3y ago
I think the most common real-world example is Russian and Italian, which have a specific word for light-blue which is distinct from the word for blue.
I assume this is like how ‘pink’ is a special word for ‘light-red’.
- thaumasiotes 3y agoYou see the same thing in other areas. In Mandarin Chinese, the sounds represented by "si" in English vision or "r" in English virile are the same sound. An English speaker (like speakers of many other languages) would find this ridiculous, but it is true that the two sounds represent either side of a completely arbitrary threshold applied to a continuous phenomenon.
- taway1237 3y agoIt's like in English the sound represented by "ś" in Polish "ściągać" and "sz" in Polish "szumieć" are the same sound (usually written "sh") :).