Acamon@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoDo any languages have words for left & right that start with the same letter?message-squaremessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1111arrow-down1message-squareDo any languages have words for left & right that start with the same letter?Acamon@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareChariotwheel@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up27·edit-21 year 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-up48·1 year 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?