Universal #1179
Legacy number: 1179
| Number | 1175 |
| Original | Languages having terms for ‘north’ and/or ‘south’ typically have terms for ‘east’ and/or ‘west’ but not vice versa. |
| Standardized | IF there are terms for ‘north’ and/or ‘south’, THEN there are terms for ‘east’ and/or ‘west’. |
| Formula | ‘north’ &/v ‘south’ ⇒ ‘east’ &/v ‘west’ |
| Keywords | spatial orientation, direction |
| Domain | lexicon |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | 127 languages surveyed in Brown 1983 |
| Source | Brown 1983: 144 |
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