New theory why languages don’t all have the same number of terms for colors
There&#x27;s a good book about this whole complex of themes, the <i>Sapir-Whorf hypothesis</i> [1] that basically your language determines the way you think (100 words for snow, more&#x2F;fewer words for colours, etc.):<p><i>Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages</i> by Guy Deutscher.<p>TL;DR: no, language doesn&#x27;t determine how you see the world. There might be one notable exception - there&#x27;s a tribe somewhere (forgot the details) that doesn&#x27;t use front, behind, left, right, but the cardinal directions (they&#x27;ll actually say, &quot;oh, there&#x27;s an ant on your northern leg&quot;). As they grow up with this, they have an uncanny sense of where north is wherever they are, even in buildings etc.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Linguistic_relativity" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Linguistic_relativity</a>