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Some languages make a grammatical distinction between them, like there’s a different affix or a different form of the verb or noun if it came from personal experience, a trusted source, a distant source, inference etc.
I can’t recall for certain but I’m pretty sure at least one of the far northern american languages has it. Like something from Eskaleut or Athabaskan. A quick scroll through their wikipedia pages didn’t help, and I can’t remember the formal name for this feature. If anyone else can chime in, that would be appreciated!
Some languages make a grammatical distinction between them, like there’s a different affix or a different form of the verb or noun if it came from personal experience, a trusted source, a distant source, inference etc.
Ahhh I came here for this because I heard about it but don’t remember which language!
I can’t recall for certain but I’m pretty sure at least one of the far northern american languages has it. Like something from Eskaleut or Athabaskan. A quick scroll through their wikipedia pages didn’t help, and I can’t remember the formal name for this feature. If anyone else can chime in, that would be appreciated!