There’s another great example of a language based on a small island with a hill/mountain in the middle where their words for direction are polar. Essentially, clockwise/anticlockwise and shoreward/inland, instead of left/right and forward/back.
edit: it’s the island of Manam. Wikipedia has a great picture of the island showing its central volcano.
Fun fact about some languages no having words for left/right.
This helps with orientation (important for navigation) but also stuff like arranging items east to west according to age.
edit: when sorting by age.
There’s another great example of a language based on a small island with a hill/mountain in the middle where their words for direction are polar. Essentially, clockwise/anticlockwise and shoreward/inland, instead of left/right and forward/back.
edit: it’s the island of Manam. Wikipedia has a great picture of the island showing its central volcano.
Ah yes, turnwise and widdershins.