Comment by dubeye
2 years ago
I read somewhere that cultures that have more words for shades of blues and greens, have brains that are objectively better at identifying minute differences in the shades.
I've never said 'teal' out loud in my life and I'm useless at it, but greeks get top marks for eg
Yep, like some cultures have 10+ words for different types snow while people in warmer climate will bundle them all under "snow"
Isn’t it largely a myth? I’ve heard this story for Inuit people but if you dig a bit you realize they just have a couple words for it.
English itself has dozens of words for snow, so I wouldn't be surprised if Inuit languages did too. In fact I'd be shocked if they didn't have complex ways of describing something so important.