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and "uncle" in hindi (mother's brother, specifically; hindi has different words for various kinds of uncle/aunt/grandparent depending on the path through the fa

by zem 3y ago

and "uncle" in hindi (mother's brother, specifically; hindi has different words for various kinds of uncle/aunt/grandparent depending on the path through the family tree)

TylerE 3y ago
I’ve never really thought about it, but that most sounds simpler than all the step/in-law/twice removed nonsense in English.
- zem 3y ago
  it gets way more complicated, unfortunately. check out this chart: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Hindi/Family_relations https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Hindi/Family_relations
- troupo 3y ago
  The English "nonsense" is a simple system that is easily understood. Every language that has separate terms for relatives is an impenetrable mess.
  - serialNumber 3y ago
    You're saying this like it's an objective fact...?
    - lifeformed 3y ago
      Check out the chart on Chinese relative names: https://blog.tutorabcchinese.com/chinese-learning-tips/family-tree-relatives-in-chinese https://blog.tutorabcchinese.com/chinese-learning-tips/famil... Every relation had a different name, including if they are older or younger than you, and if they are male or female.
    - troupo 3y ago
      It is an objective fact. As a speaker of Russian (native), Romanian and Turkish. E.g., in English a spouse's parents are just that, parents-in-law. And the spouse's brothers and sisters are brothers- and sisters-in-law. That is it. Let's take Russian. Each of the following is a separate term: - husband's mother - husband's father - wife's mother - wife's father - husband's brother - husband's sister - wife's brother - wife's sister The inverse is also true. Your daughter's husband's siblings and parents have a different term from your son's wife's. Very, very simple. These are variations on the Sudanese Kinship category, and they are both arbitrary and complex: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_kinship?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_kinship?wprov=sfti1

by zem 3y ago

and "uncle" in hindi (mother's brother, specifically; hindi has different words for various kinds of uncle/aunt/grandparent depending on the path through the family tree)

TylerE 3y ago

I’ve never really thought about it, but that most sounds simpler than all the step/in-law/twice removed nonsense in English.

zem 3y ago
it gets way more complicated, unfortunately. check out this chart: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Hindi/Family_relations https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Hindi/Family_relations
troupo 3y ago
The English "nonsense" is a simple system that is easily understood. Every language that has separate terms for relatives is an impenetrable mess.
- serialNumber 3y ago
  You're saying this like it's an objective fact...?
  - lifeformed 3y ago
    Check out the chart on Chinese relative names: https://blog.tutorabcchinese.com/chinese-learning-tips/family-tree-relatives-in-chinese https://blog.tutorabcchinese.com/chinese-learning-tips/famil... Every relation had a different name, including if they are older or younger than you, and if they are male or female.
  - troupo 3y ago
    It is an objective fact. As a speaker of Russian (native), Romanian and Turkish. E.g., in English a spouse's parents are just that, parents-in-law. And the spouse's brothers and sisters are brothers- and sisters-in-law. That is it. Let's take Russian. Each of the following is a separate term: - husband's mother - husband's father - wife's mother - wife's father - husband's brother - husband's sister - wife's brother - wife's sister The inverse is also true. Your daughter's husband's siblings and parents have a different term from your son's wife's. Very, very simple. These are variations on the Sudanese Kinship category, and they are both arbitrary and complex: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_kinship?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_kinship?wprov=sfti1