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		johnnyjeans 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linguists find proof of sweeping language pattern ... in a polysynthetic language like inuit, "words" aren't really a useful category to measure. i'd hedge my bets the amount of words for snow approaches infinity. do they perhaps mean "roots"?

canjobear 11 months ago [–]

The technical claim about Inuit is indeed about roots, not words.

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