Don't look for any Ayamara speakers to post in HZ, either

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Fox — 6/15/2006 10:51:21 PM (archived)

A "simple" unqualified statement like "In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue" is not possible in Aymara - the sentence would necessarily also have to specify whether the speaker had personally witnessed this or was reporting hearsay.

They probably don't read blogs.

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A society that reviews time in reverse - ljk - 6/15/2006 2:58:31 PM
- "often elderly Aymara speakers simply refused to talk about the future on the grounds that little or nothing sensible could be said about it" - ER - 6/15/2006 7:11:21 PM
  - They would enjoy BACK to the FUTURE - carl - 6/16/2006 5:31:51 PM
  - Don't look for any Ayamara speakers to post in HZ, either - Fox - 6/15/2006 10:51:21 PM
- Perhaps because they realize they have no future. (n/t) - ER - 6/15/2006 5:10:53 PM

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