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 JimBreen JimBreen January 13, 2012 January 13, 2012 at 8:04:52 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Just commenting that this statement is a myth. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo_words_for_snow

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #982310La Eskimoj havas naŭdek malsamajn vortojn por neĝo..

Eskimos have more than ninety different words for snow.

added by marcelostockle, January 13, 2012
➜ #982310La Eskimoj havas naŭdek malsamajn vortojn por neĝo.

linked by marcelostockle, January 13, 2012
Eskimos have ninety different words for snow.

edited by marcelostockle, January 13, 2012
➜ #979474Los esquimales tienen 90 palabras diferentes para la nieve.

linked by marcelostockle, January 13, 2012
➜ #979471Die Eskimos haben ja 90 verschiedene Wörter für Schnee.

linked by marcelostockle, January 13, 2012
➜ #4156349У эскимосов девяносто разных слов для обозначения снега.

linked by marafon, May 6, 2015
➜ #4310331Ескимите имаат деведест различни збора за снег.

linked by Lepotdeterre, June 27, 2015
➜ #4626694Eskimoların kar için doksan farklı kelimesi var.

linked by duran, October 20, 2015
➜ #7451548Eskimo's hebben negentig verschillende woorden voor sneeuw.

linked by MarijnKp, November 11, 2018
➜ #979898Les Esquimaux ont quatre-vingt-dix mots différents pour la neige.

linked by lbdx, January 28, 2020