Eskimo kissing Eskimo kissing An Eskimo kiss, also called nose kiss or nose rub, is the act of pressing the tip of one's nose against another's nose usually interpreted as a friendly greeting gesture in various cultures. When early explorers of the Arctic first witnessed Inuit nose rubbing as a greeting behavior, they dubbed it "Eskimo kissing". The Eskimo kiss was used as an intimate greeting by the Inuit who, when they meet outside, often have little except their nose and eyes exposed. The Eskimo kiss is employed by the Inuit as a traditional greeting called a "kunik". A "kunik" is a
Proto-Eskimo language Eskimo. Proto-Eskimo had four vowels */i a u ə/, but few or none of the long vowels or diphthongs found in the modern languages." Proto-Eskimo language Proto-Eskimo was the ancestor of the Eskimo languages. It was spoken by Proto-Eskimo groups, also known as the Proto-Yupik and Proto-Inuit. It is linguistically related to the Proto-Aleut language, and both were descended from the Proto-Eskimo-Aleut language. Comparative studies of Eskimo and Aleut languages suggest that the Proto-Eskimo and Proto-Aleut languages diverged between 4000 and 2000 B.C.E. Proto-Eskimo is a reconstructed language. According to the International Encyclopedia of Linguistics, "Eskimo languages show variation primarily