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Re: OT: Language & clans? Re: OT: Ukraine

From:Doug Dee <amateurlinguist@...>
Date:Wednesday, December 1, 2004, 1:09
In a message dated 11/30/2004 3:32:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,
jcowan@REUTERSHEALTH.COM writes:

>It's probably true that all kinship systems have distinct terms for >father, mother, son, daughter, brother, and sister,
I seem to recall that there are some languages that have words for "same-sex sibling" and "opposite-sex sibling" instead of "brother" and "sister." Doug

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