--- In conlang@y..., Nik Taylor <fortytwo@G...> wrote:
> Stephen DeGrace wrote:
> > I'd think it would be something for the Navajo to
be proud of,
> > really... JMHO...
>
> From what I've heard of the Navajo code-talkers,
they are proud of it.
If was my language, I would be...
> Incidentally, I've heard it claimed that Navajo was
used because its so
> unique, and unlike any other language on Earth,
Hmm, that's interesting, must remember to look into
that some time...
> but I'm sure that's an
> urban legend of the same caliber as the 50,000 (or
whatever the figure
> is now) Eskimo words for snow. :-)
That's a grossly inflated figure. The actual number is
907 words for snow in Inuktitut. Extremely useful
vocabulary in the burgeoning Canadian igloo industry,
of course... you try constructing a 47 story igloo in
downtown Toronto without some highly technical
snow-related vocabulary...
Stephen
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