Appendix talk:Seasons of the year

What about languages that divide seasons differently (like hot season and cool season, or wet season and dry season)? --Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 05:37, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

It is problematic but possible. Italicised short comments will do. Hindi and Bengali translation may need attention. Still, the words have got a clearer distinction because of the European influence or in reference to European seasons. --Anatoli ^{(обсудить)} 06:20, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Which language did you have in mind? --Anatoli ^{(обсудить)} 06:21, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

Tok Pisin, and also Egyptian. (I think some Indian and Australian languages also make this kind of distinction, but I only add in languages that I have studied.) I still don't know how to format it correctly. --Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 06:42, 6 August 2012 (UTC)

The concept of four discrete seasons is certainly not universal and I think that would be worth noting that here. For example here's a bit of an introduction from the Bureau of Meteorology to the traditional naming and organisation of the seasons in some indigenous languages of Australia. The variety of classifications reflects the broad diversity of climate types found across the continent. Many lanuage groups of Southern Australia, for example Noongar in Western Australia as well as languages of the Gariwerd/Grampians region of Victoria recognise six traditional seasons ^{[1] [2]}, but others, such as Yirrganydji/Irukandji recognise two major seasons, which can be further divided into respectively two and three minor seasons,^[3], some of which overlap each other partially, giving a total of five (or seven, depending on how you look at it!). Others have only have two or three. Helrasincke (talk) 05:08, 10 March 2023 (UTC)