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I have found a mention on such a system among some South American native languages in Adam Jacot de Boinod's book 'I Never New There's A Word For It'.

Non-academic reading, which doesn't make it less interesting. Yet the fact of it being non-academic allowed the author to spare the important details.

Can someone help me with specific names of such languages? Thank you in advance.

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Do you mean a different tense/aspect system for speaking of mythological events? The grammatical equivalent of "Once upon a time, ..."? – jlawler Jan 23 at 21:24
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wals.info/feature/66A, something to start with. – Alex B. Jan 24 at 2:22
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@jlawler Yes, kind of. In the atlas link provided by Alex B there is such a featire in Maidu (...the suffix pa?áje idicates 'a time long ago in ancient or mythical times; long before my time'' (Shipley 1965:52). There also was an example of Yagua. – Manjusri Jan 24 at 10:59
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One of the best review articles on this is Botne 2012 oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/… – Alex B. Jan 25 at 17:57

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