@Acamon to No Stupid Questions • 1 year agoDo any languages have words for left & right that start with the same letter?message-square53arrow-up1115arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1113arrow-down1message-squareDo any languages have words for left & right that start with the same letter?@Acamon to No Stupid Questions • 1 year agomessage-square53file-text
minus-squareChariotwheellinkfedilink28•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-squarexigoilinkfedilink49•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?