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canjobear
on Nov 4, 2023
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How “blue” and “green” appeared in a language that...
It's Tsimane' because the name of the language ends in a glottal stop. Sometimes this is mistranscribed into Tsimané in Spanish but that is incorrect; the stress is on the second to last syllable.
hardlianotion
on Nov 6, 2023
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OK this makes sense. Thanks for the explanation.
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