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From: dinitz@uicsl.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Missing Words - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 27-Sep-83 00:27:40 EDT
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uicsl!dinitz    Sep 20 09:23:00 1983

Swedish distinguishes between maternal and
paternal grandparents in an agglutinatinative
fashion.

Mormor = mother's mother
Farmor = father's mother
etc.




I'd like to ask anyone who knows languages spoken
(or formerly spoken) by cultures with a heavily
tribal-based society to describe the kinship
terms available in those languages (e.g. Irish
and a host of Asian, Australian, African and
Amerindian languages).  In particular, What kinds
of relationships bewteen clans and tribal
subdivisions exist?



----Rick Dinitz
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