Off topic: Order of cardinal directions in your language Thread poster: Port City
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Hi, In Algeria the order of cardinal directions is East,West, North and South | | | In Spanish... | Oct 19, 2015 |
...we have Norte (N), Sur (S), Este (E) and Oeste (W), N-S-E-W for us. | | | oxygen4u Portugal Local time: 01:31 English to Portuguese + ...
In Portugal we say North, South, East and West. I had no idea there was a different way of saying this. | |
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... we say North, South, West and East. | | | Port City New Zealand Japanese to English + ... TOPIC STARTER
Thank you for your input. It's quite intriguing to see that different languages use a different word order while we all share the same concept. If you know the order in a language not shown thus far, you are welcome to share with us. Lastly, thank you again to those who have contributed. | | | order of direction | Oct 20, 2015 |
In Indonesia (my area), the order is East, South, West, North. Why? Because childhood song taught us in our kindergarten: east, southeast, south, southwest, west, northwest, north, northeast. | | | Christina B. Sweden Local time: 02:31 French to German + ... not sure if there is a special order in German | Oct 20, 2015 |
Spontaneously I thought of North, South, West, East, but when I looked it up on the Internet, I found N,E,S,W quite often (=klockwise), many times NSEW and some times NSWE.
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