Monthly Archives: May 2022

Feeling on 🔥? Try learning to count in this Paleo-Siberian language… Ыннэн Ynnèn | 1 Ӈирэӄ Ňirek • 2 Ӈыроӄ Ňyrok = 3 Ӈыраӄ Ňyrak ~ 4 Мэтԓыӈэн Metļyňen : 5 Ыннанмытԓыӈэн Ynnanmytļyňèn | 6 (1 + 5) Ӈэръамытԓыӈэн Ňer’amytļyňèn • 7 (2 + 5) Амӈырооткэн Amňyrootkèn (ӈыръомытԓыӈэн ňyr’omytļyňèn) = 8 (3 + 5) ӃонъачгынкэнContinue reading “Counting beyond numbers ~#perspectives”

“I’m an idealist without illusions.” “A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.” “Art is the great democrat, calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding race or religion or wealth or color.” “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the pastContinue reading “10 JFK quotes to make you go…?”

“The general population doesn’t know what’s happening, and it doesn’t even know that it doesn’t know.” Noam Chomsky “Sometimes when you’re drunk you can see better.” Damien Hirst Fact: you can only ever really see things in relative terms to your own view. We don’t all see the same things in the world. Science isContinue reading “👀”

uiltadai-ri-su. ‘Let’s speak in Uilta!’ The Nivkhs and Uiltas / Oroks / Oroki / Ulta / Ulcha / Ujlta / Ul’ta / Uil’ta / Nani are two indigenous ethnicities inhabiting the north of Sakhalin Island and the Amur River estuary on Russia’s far eastern coast. Traditionally, the Nivkhs and Uiltas practised a religion based onContinue reading “On the Oroks”

The name Yup’ik (plural: Yupiit) is derived from the Yup’ik word yuk “person”, and –pik “real” or “genuine”, meaning “real people”. In the Hooper Bay-Chevak and Nunivak dialects of Yup’ik, it is Cup’ik. The Yupik / Yupiks / Yupiit are a group of indigenous Amerindian peoples of Alaska – western, southwestern, and southcentral. Some YupikContinue reading “The Real People of Alaska”

…through the whirlwinds of history!

the Buzz-Concept ~s~e~r~e~n~d~i~p~i~t~y~ of Nivkh Ţ‘am kəl–kər+vəj+buks+pəγi–r q‘oz–ux ţaχ+hup–γəta–r p‘u–d̦. / Ţ‘am kəlkərvəjbukspəγir q‘ozux ţaχhupγətar p‘ud̦. = ‘The shaman went out, dragging a long lower tie, being tied round his neck with shavings.’ Facts: Endonym: нивхгу диф, nivxgu dif, nivkhgu dif / нивх диф, nivx dif / нивх туғс, nivx tuɣs Region: Sakhalin, Russia’s FarContinue reading “🌐🔼💙🤍🏔💜🖤🔼🌀”

It’s a concept. A lifestyle concept. The Nivkh of Sakhalin are obsessed with accommodation. Their proclivity can be traced back to the very origin of their ethnicity and culture, however many thousands of years ago it was formed. Contact with Eskimos, Amerindians who hailed originally from North America, sparked the enthusiasm of other Mongoloids overContinue reading “#extreme_nivkhing”

Turkic words: (Turkish / Kyrgyz / Uzbek) (Türkçe / Kyrgyz tili / O’zbekcha) cream • kaymak | каймак kaymak | қаймоқ qaymoq coward • korkak | коркок korkok | қўрқоқ qo’rqoq clever • akıllı | ақылды aqıldı | ақлли aqlli butcher • kasap | касапчы kasapchı | қассоб qassob butterfly • kelebek | көпөлөк köpölökContinue reading “Oh, Turkiqueles”