Editing Language and thought (section)

===Orientation===
Language also seems to shape how people from different cultures [[Orientation (geometry)|orient]] themselves in space. For instance, many [[Australian Aboriginal]] cultures, such as the [[Kuuk Thaayorre]], use exclusively [[cardinal directions]] ("north", "south", "east" and "west") and never define space with [[relative directions]] from the observer. Instead of using terms like "left", "right", "back" and "forward", speakers from such cultures would say, "There is a spider on your northeast leg" or "Pass the ball to the south-southwest". In fact, instead of "hello", the greeting in such cultures is, "Where are you going?" and sometimes even "Where are you coming from?" Such a greeting would be followed by a directional answer: "To the northeast in the middle distance". Using such language has the consequence that speakers need to be constantly oriented in space, or they cannot express themselves properly or even get past a greeting. Speakers of languages that rely on absolute reference frames have a greater navigational ability and spatial knowledge compared to speakers of languages that use relative reference frames. In comparison with English-speakers, speakers of languages such as Kuuk Thaayorre are also much better at staying oriented even in unfamiliar spaces, and there is strong evidence that their language is what enables them to do so.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.edge.org/conversation/how-does-our-language-shape-the-way-we-think|title=How Does Our Language Shape the Way We Think? |website=edge.org |first=Lera |last=Boroditsky |date=June 11, 2009}}</ref>