Edward Sapir and later Benjamin Lee Worf espoused that the language a human speaks can have an effect on the way their mind processes mental functions such as memory, thought and perception.
This called the <em>Sapir–Whorf hypothesis</em> and Linguistic Determinism is the form of it that explains why Chinese speakers may be more likely to think about time on a vertical or a horizontal plane.
India ink (British English: Indian Ink; also Chinese ink) is a simple black or colored ink once widely used for writing and printing and now more commonly used for drawing and outlining, especially when inking comic books and comic strips. India ink is also used in medical applications.