Editing Cardinal direction (section)

==Non-compass directional systems==
Use of the compass directions is common and deeply embedded in [[Culture of Europe|European]] and [[Culture of China|Chinese culture]] (see [[south-pointing chariot]]). Some other cultures make greater use of other referents, such as toward the sea or toward the mountains ([[Hawaii]], [[Bali]]), or upstream and downstream (most notably in ancient [[Upper and Lower Egypt|Egypt]], also in the [[Yurok language|Yurok]] and [[Karuk]] languages). [[Lengo language|Lengo]] (Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands) has four non-compass directions: landward, seaward, upcoast, and downcoast.{{Citation needed|date=November 2007}}

Some languages lack words for [[Body relative direction#Cultures without relative directions|body-relative directions]] such as left/right, and use geographical directions instead.<ref name="nytimes">{{Cite news|author=Deutscher, Guy|author-link=Guy Deutscher (linguist)|date=26 August 2010|title=Does Your Language Shape How You Think?|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/magazine/29language-t.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2|access-date=31 August 2010}}</ref><!-- And try to make clear if upcoast refers to clockwise around an island or counter-clockwise around an island. -->