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Sunday, January 18, 2009

Diminishing Knowledge - Inuit vocabulary

In a study of 152 words used by elderly Inuit hunters to describe the hunting environment, only 28 are used by all generations. 
Source: Diminishing Knowledge Inuit nomenclature of the lang-water interface. Authors: Dr Scott Heyes: U. Melbourne. Tuumasi Annanak, Kativik Regional Government, Kangiqsualujjuaq. P31 http://www.arcticnet-ulaval.ca/pdf/talks2007/Heyes.pdf