The man who discovered 780 languages:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-41718082

A lot of work went into all this!

"Pradesh have 200 words for snow alone - some of them ornately descriptive like 'flakes falling on water', or "falling when the moon is up.'"

That's awesome. Puts to shame the Eskimo's 50 words for snow:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/there-really-are-50-eskimo-words-for-snow/2013/01/14/e0e3f4e0-59a0-11e2-beee-6e38f5215402_story.html?utm_term=.5880d2754437

Originally posted by @vivify
"Pradesh have 200 words for snow alone - some of them ornately descriptive like 'flakes falling on water', or "falling when the moon is up.'"

That's awesome. Puts to shame the Eskimo's 50 words for snow:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/there-really-are-50-eskimo-words-for-snow/2013/01/14/e0e3f4e0-59a0-11e2-beee-6e38f5215402_story.html?utm_term=.5880d2754437