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Ivan Suvorov, an Unangax/Aleut hunter, wearing a gut parka and carrying a large harpoon in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA, 1909

Most spoken #language in every #US #state, other than English and Spanish

from the land uit, #Aleut, #Athabascan, and rom 1899 to 1921, Treaties

from the land uit, #Aleut, #Athabascan, and rom 1899 to 1921, Treaties

To start the week, a #language quiz! True of false:

1. In #HINDI, the words for "yesterday" and "tomorrow" are the same.

2. In #ESKIMO-#ALEUT, there are many more words for "snow" than in English.

3. In #HEBREW, there are more than five ways to pronounce the word for "and."

4. In #TURKISH, a word's pronunciation depends on previous words in the sentence.

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Can a dead language be revived? - https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=57004 #hebrew was, others can if there's a will (and some financial support...) #aleut #linguistics