what is the eskimo word for "star"??
btw.. whats the name of the language they speak?
2007-06-29 22:04:51 · 2 answers · asked by solar_bar_mamaise 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
ok ok i understand that i cant just say eskimo.. umm, so if anyone knows of an inuit word for star, i would love to know what it is.
2007-06-29 22:40:04 · update #1
nvm i found it.. but thanks for both your answers
2007-06-29 23:40:59 · update #2
"Eskimo" is a term which puts many different far north tribes of peoples into one group ... there is no one language specifically. That would be like asking what the lower North American continent "Indian" word is for star, without specifying Cherokee, Souix, Apache, Cree, etc.
So, do you want Inupiat, Inuit, Yupik, Aleut? Or are you also including northern "indians" like Athabascan?
2007-06-29 22:22:36 · answer #1 · answered by Lou C 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Inuit in northern Alaska, Canada and Greenland speak Inuit. The others in Russia and Alaska speak Yupik. But they're all dialects of the same language group.
2007-06-29 22:30:24 · answer #2 · answered by Erik Van Thienen 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋