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In what language is the concept of the time axis the opposite of what we are used to: the future is in front, the past is behind?

In the Aymara language - the people of the same name living in the Andes - the concept of the time axis is fundamentally different from that observed in all other languages ​​of the planet.

The projection of time on space that we are accustomed to assumes that the future is in front and the past is behind, but in the Aymara language the opposite is true. The word for the past in it has a different meaning of "in front", and even the gestures of Aymara speakers, especially the elderly and unfamiliar with Spanish grammar, emphasize this.

Although many young Aymara who speak Spanish fluently use traditional signs for us, which indicates a reorientation of their way of thinking about time.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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