Sudanese kinship
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Sudanese kinship, also referred to as the descriptive system, is a
The Sudanese kinship system is the most complicated of all kinship systems. It maintains a separate designation for almost every one of Ego's kin, based on their distance from Ego, their relation, and their gender. Ego's father is distinguished from Ego's father's brother and from Ego's mother's brother. Ego's mother is similarly distinguished from Ego's mother's sister and from Ego's father's sister. For cousins, there are eight possible terms.
Usage
The system is named after the peoples of
Variants
Balkan kinships such as
Similarly,
On the opposite side, Chinese adds an additional dimension of relative age. Ego's older siblings are distinguished from younger, as are those of Ego's parents. One must specify whether older (e.g. Mandarin 哥哥 gēge) or younger (e.g. Mandarin 弟弟 dìdi). Similarly, a term for "uncle" or (in at least in some varieties of Chinese, including Mandarin) even "father's brother" does not exist without circumlocution; the speaker must either specify "father's older brother" (e.g. Mandarin 伯伯 bóbo) or "father's younger brother" (e.g. Mandarin 叔叔 shūshu). This does not apply to maternal uncles.
See also
References
- ^ Schwimmer, Brian. "Systematic Kinship Terminologies". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ Schwimmer, Brian. "Latin Kin Terms". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ Schwimmer, Brian. "Old English Kinterms". Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "Turkish Kinship Terms", University of Manitoba
- ^ "Nature of Kinship", University of Palomar
Further reading
- William Haviland, Cultural Anthropology, Wadsworth Publishing, 2002. ISBN 0-534-27479-X
External links
- The nature of kinship
- Sudanese kin terms, University of Manitoba