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I think that might be quite common. In Swedish we have morbror/farbror (literally mother-brother/father-brother) and moster/faster (mother's sister/father's sis

• shultays 2y ago
  Turkish also has distinct words for grandmothers that works in a similar way. Father is baba, mother is anne and for grandmothers we have "babaanne" "anneanne" (generally pronounced & shortened as "babane" and "anane") But interestingly no distinct words for grandfathers, both grandfathers are called "dede" (so no "babababa" or "annebaba")
• thaumasiotes 2y ago
  In Chinese the terms will also distinguish whether the brother/sister is older or younger than your parent is.
  • noisy_boy 2y ago
    Bengali does that too and even allows for age based relative positioning by using a "prefix" + "relationship_name": - Father's side: Uncle: Older than father (age_position_prefix + Jethu): 1. Eldest: Boro Jethu 2. After him: Mejo Jethu 3. After him: Sejo Jethu 4. After him: Chhoto Jethu Younger than father (age_position_prefix + Kaaku): 5. Eldest: Boro Kaaku 6. After him: Mejo Kaaku 7. After him: Sejo Kaaku 8. After him: Chhoto Kaaku Aunt: Same age_position_prefix as above but common suffix: Pishi - Mother's side: Uncle: Same age_position_prefix as that on the father's side but common suffix: Maama Aunt: Same age_position_prefix as that on the father's side but common suffix: Maashi Boro means eldest Mejo means middle Sejo means younger than the middle Chhoto means youngest So men on the father's side have more dedicated words than others.