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Re: NATLANG: Colours

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Tuesday, April 20, 2004, 6:42
Trebor Jung wrote:

>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? > > > >
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'.

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