I seem to remember one PNG language that had no "what we would call" colour
terms, but simply two terms for 'light' and 'dark'. Maybe if you live in a
rain forest (they're pretty dark places) all greens look dark to you! W glas
has been mentioned before in this context. LLwyd is also used for grey, as
well as "un-red" browns.
Mike
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> >I read that a language in Papua New Guinea violates language universals
by
> >using a different colour system than other languages. Does anyone have
any
> >information on this?
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> There are much more everyday ones that do this to a limited extent.
> Welsh, for instance, has one word for blue, green, and grey - 'glas'.