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The Amazonian Piraha tribe have "to the river", "to the jungle", "up the river" and "down the river" rather than directions.
by desas 12y ago
The Amazonian Piraha tribe have "to the river", "to the jungle", "up the river" and "down the river" rather than directions.
- rimantas 12y agoHow do they say "to the jungle on the left" while being in the river?
- davidw 12y agoFor that matter, most people here in Italy look at you a bit funny if you talk about cardinal directions, and are more comfortable with "towards Venezia" or "in the direction of Verona" or that kind of thing. The latter is probably handier for navigating towns that are, outside of a very small Roman core (in some cases) not exactly linear in their layout.
- caio1982 12y agoIt's the same in Brazil, and it's a big place to use relative directions but we prefer it that way too :-)
- herge 12y agoThere's a huge tribe in the Americas who use the terms "Lower", "Midtown", "Upper West Side" and "Upper East Side" for geographical locations. I hear they're at continual war with the "Bridge and Tunnel" people.