# Does language shape thought?

The Sapir-Whorf idea says the language you speak steers how you think. Some experiments, for example with color words and with ways of describing direction, find small effects. Others find none. The strong version is widely doubted.

Connects to:
- [Understanding on its own terms](https://mapideas.org/i/cu_understand)
- [Can all be said in any language?](https://mapideas.org/i/q_x_say_all)

Sources:
- [Wikipedia: Linguistic relativity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity)

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