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Inuit languages have an unusually high number of words for snow
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REFUTED
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While some popular texts and older literature repeat the claim that Inuit languages have an unusually high number of words for snow, linguistic authorities and reference works generally debunk this as a myth arising from a misunderstanding of polysynthetic word formation.

Evidence for · 3
Editions de la maison des sciences de l'homme: Landscapes of emotion : mapping three cultures of emotion in Indonesia
1991 · cited by 0
References Franz Boas discussing the many words Inuit have for snow.
Evidence against · 3
Wikipedia: Inuit languages
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The University of Chicago Press: A world of rivers : environmental change on ten of the world's great rivers
2010 · cited by 0
States that people living in high latitudes have a wide array of words for snow.
HarperCollinsCollegePublishers: Psychology
1992 · cited by 0
Repeats the claim that Eskimos have different words for snow.
More against · 2
Profile Books: Lingo : a language spotters' guide to Europe
2014 · cited by 0
Notes that the claim about dozens or hundreds of words was an alleged linguistic myth.
Mouton de Gruyter: Handbook of language and communication-- diversity and change
2009 · cited by 0
Notes they may have more descriptive terms due to structure, but not hundreds as claimed.
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  1. Wikipedia: Inuit languagesreferencesame source L1refutes
  2. Wikipedia: Snowreferencesame source L1no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  3. Book: Word Mythsreferenceno side takennot shown: took no side on this claim
  4. Book: ¿Por qué? 101 Questions About Spanishreferencerefutesnot shown: a book whose author and subject did not establish authority here
  5. Book: An Introduction to Psycholinguisticsreferencesupportsnot shown: a book whose author and subject did not establish authority here
  6. Book: Interpersonal Communicationreferencerefutesnot shown: a book whose author and subject did not establish authority here
  7. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Plato’s Ethics: An Overviewreferencesame source L6no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  8. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Logics for Analyzing Gamesreferencesame source L6no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  9. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Moral Arguments for the Existence of Godreferencesame source L6no side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  10. Profile Books: Lingo : a language spotters' guide to Europereferencerefutes
  11. Editions de la maison des sciences de l'homme: Landscapes of emotion : mapping three cultures of emotion in Indonesiareferencesupports
  12. West/Wadsworth: Cultural anthropology : an applied perspectivereferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  13. Corgi: The bumper book for the looreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  14. The University of Chicago Press: A world of rivers : environmental change on ten of the world's great riversreferencesupports
  15. Mayfield Pub. Co.: Anthropology : a perspective on the human conditionreferenceno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  16. Mouton de Gruyter: Handbook of language and communication-- diversity and changereferencerefutes
  17. HarperCollinsCollegePublishers: Psychologyreferencesupports
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