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by moremetadata 1215 days ago
Well I understood they had lots of words, some suggestions have been as high as 52 words for snow, but other sources suggest otherwise. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/inuktitut-... but it appears Scots have 421 words for snow. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-34323967

But another concept which an AI or aliens may not be familiar with is the concept of time and the way it is visualised.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20221103-how-language-war...