Languages are windows into the worlds of the people who speak them—reflecting what they value and experience daily.

This means dictionaries in these languages had a relatively high number of: We were especially interested in testing the idea that Inuit languages have many words for snow. This notorious claim ...

across the Canadian far north, and up to the coast of Greenland. While the term Inuit is preferred to Eskimo by many in Canada, the term is retained here because (a) it properly refers to any Eskimo ...

The method also made it possible to test controversial hypotheses, such as the high number of words for snow in Inuit languages. Contrary to popular belief, Inuit languages do indeed have an ...

But when you are surrounded by snow, what do you build? The answer is of course, an igloo! 'Igloo' is an Inuit word for 'snow house', and 'Inuit' is the word that describes the people who live in ...

This means dictionaries in these languages had a relatively high number of We were especially interested in testing the idea that Inuit languages have many words for snow. This notorious claim has ...

Shutterstock We were especially interested in testing the idea that Inuit languages have many words for snow. This notorious claim has long been distorted and exaggerated. It has even been ...

Languages are windows into the worlds of the people who speak them – reflecting what they value and experience daily. So perhaps it’s no surprise different languages highlight different areas ...