Table 1 Language sample
From: Spatial communication systems across languages reflect universal action constraints
Language | Region | Family | Genus | Number of terms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Danish | Denmark | Indo-European | Germanic | 2 |
Dutch | Netherlands | Indo-European | Germanic | 2 |
English | Britain | Indo-European | Germanic | 2 |
German | Germany/Austria | Indo-European | Germanic | 3 |
Norwegian | Norway | Indo-European | Germanic | 2 |
Castilian | Spain | Indo-European | Romance | 3 |
Catalan | Spain | Indo-European | Romance | 3 |
Italian | Italy | Indo-European | Romance | 2 |
Latvian | Latvia | Indo-European | Baltic | 2 |
Lithuanian | Lithuania | Indo-European | Baltic | 4 |
Bulgarian | Bulgaria | Indo-European | Slavic | 2 |
Marathi | India | Indo-European | Indo-Aryan | 2 |
Nepali | Nepal | Indo-European | Indo-Aryan | 2 |
Estonian | Estonia | Uralic | Finnic | 2 |
Finnish | Finland | Uralic | Finnic | 2 |
Võro | South Estonia | Uralic | Finnic | 3 |
Cantonese | China | Sino-Tibetan | Chinese | 2 |
Mandarin | China | Sino-Tibetan | Chinese | 2 |
Arabic | Tunisia | Afro-Asiatic | Semitic | 3 |
Maltese | Malta | Afro-Asiatic | Semitic | 2 |
Turkish | Turkey | Altaic | Turkic | 3 |
Georgian | Georgia | Kartvelian | Kartvelian | 3 |
Telugu | India | Dravidian | Dravidian | 2 |
Basque | Spain/France | Isolate | Isolate | 3 |
Korean | Korean | Altaic | Korean | 3 |
Japanese | Japan | Altaic | Japanese | 3 |
Vietnamese | Vietnam | Austroasiatic | Viet-Muong | 5 |
Tseltal | Mexico | Mayan | Mayan | 2 |
Yucatec | Mexico/Belize | Mayan | Mayan | 2 |
