Can you guess which languages score the highest for terms relating to ‘love’, ‘death’, ‘canoe’ or ‘sheep’? We made a tool to ...

Languages are much more than just a communication tool. They reflect the values and daily experiences of the peoples who ...

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 ...

Image: DepositPhotos Wan chengpeng 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.

Three examples of snow goggle technology from the National Museum of the American Indian. Top, Inuit goggles from 2002, made of caribou bone and hide, Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada. Middle ...

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 ...

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 dismissed as the ...

Using computational methods, we identified areas of vocabulary that are characteristic of specific languages, to provide insight into linguistic and cultural variation. Our work adds to a growing ...

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 ...