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When I try to interpret this generously, I wonder if you’re suggesting that the Inuit languages in question would be less prone to crossover with other language
by alwa 1y ago
When I try to interpret this generously, I wonder if you’re suggesting that the Inuit languages in question would be less prone to crossover with other languages?
I wonder how much linguistic distance there is between Inuit languages in the region as compared to, say, Romance languages in Western Europe.
- yongjik 1y agoMight not be that large, depending on which region we're talking about. From what I've heard, Inuit expansion in the arctic is a fairly recent event. Fun fact: Ancestors of the modern Inuit people arrived at Greenland after Vikings did! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thule_people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thule_people
- thaumasiotes 1y ago> Fun fact: Ancestors of the modern Inuit people arrived at Greenland after Vikings did! The Egyptians left records, and pictures, of the peoples to their south, with whom they engaged variously in diplomacy, trade, and military conflict. Those peoples are now extinct, with more recent arrivals occupying their land.