päiviittaiset
Päiviittaiset is a term used in Finnish linguistics to describe a class of nonverbal temporal markers that are expressed through a sequence of gestures. The term combines päivä (day) with viittaiset, from viitata 'to gesture/point', and is used to refer to how some communities encode temporal information through body movements rather than spoken words.
In practice, päiviittaiset may accompany or substitute spoken language when marking days, dates, or temporal relations.
Usage and context: Studies have documented päiviittaiset in certain rural or multilingual Finnish-speaking communities, and among
Research and debates: Some scholars argue that päiviittaiset constitute a distinct morphosyntactic system of temporal expression,