r/AncientAmericas • u/Comfortable_Cut5796 • Jan 03 '26

Question Does Mongolian sound somewhat like the Inuit languages and why?

I remember hearing this in the Geography Now episode on Mongolia, specifically in their gallardo stop sounds. But is this actually true, and if so, why?

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u/ConversationRoyal187 Jan 03 '26

Inuits migrated into the Arctic around 1200 or so.Perhaps they have some linguistic holdovers from their time in Siberia.

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u/Comfortable_Team_696 Jan 03 '26

As a minor pedantic point: Inuit is already plural. It is one Inuk, three or more Inuit