An Australian Aboriginal language that acts like IF

[Matt Weiner]

In an Economist article about the complexity of various kinds of
language, I read:
(http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?
story_id=15108609)

"Lera Boroditsky of Stanford University, for example, points
to the Kuuk Thaayorre, aboriginals of northern Australia
who have no words for “left” or “right”, using instead
absolute directions such as “north” and “south-east” (as in
“You have an ant on your south-west leg”). Ms Boroditsky
says that any Kuuk Thaayorre child knows which way is
south-east at any given time, whereas a roomful of
Stanford professors, if asked to point south-east quickly,
do little better than chance."

So perhaps, rather than include compasses and the like
in IF, we should just add a little note stating that the work
was translated from Kuuk Thaayorre.

[Stuart Allen]

That's good to know as the game I am currently working on has an
Aboriginal NPC in it. Now all I need to do is figure out the best way
to work the phrase, “You have an ant on your south-west leg” into the
game.

Stuart