Re: time distinctions

> From: Nik Taylor
>
> Yoon Ha Lee wrote:
> > past
> > present
> > future
>
> Some languages make more than 3 distinctions, for instance, one Bantu
> (?) language I read about has:
> Distant Past (more than 2 days ago)
> Remote Past (day before yesterday)
> Past (yesterday)
> Near Past (earlier today)
> Near Future (later today)
> Future (tomorrow)
> Remote Future (day after tomorrow)
> Distant Future (more than 2 days later)
While I am aware that some Bantu languages do make these kinds of degree of
remoteness distinctions, I was not aware of any one language that made all
of these.  Is such a language attested?  Which one?

David

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