Ethnocentrism can be seen in many aspects of cultures-myths, folktales, proverbs, and even language. For example, in many languages, especially those of non-western societies, the word used to refer to one's own tribe or ethnic group literally means "mankind" or "human". This implies that members of others groups are less than human. For example, the term eskimo, used to refer to group that inhabit the arctic and sub arctic region, is an Indian word used by neighbors of the eskimos who observed their strange way of life but did not share it. The term means "eaters of raw flesh", and as such is an ethnocentric observation about cultural practices that were normal to one group and repulsive to another. another example of Ethnocentrism in language can be found in the origin of the english term barbarian. originally a greek word, the term was used to refer the tribes. the greek referred to those people as barbars because they could not understand their speech. Bar-bar was the greek word for the sound of a dog makes, like the english word bow-bow. The greeks, in this example of Ethnocentrism, considered those whose speech they could not understand to be on the same level of dogs, which also could not be understood.