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<DIV>The answer to your question would be that in some languages, as in German, the word " language " is feminine.</DIV>  <DIV> </DIV>  <DIV><B><I> Leman <wayne_leman@sil.org></I></B> wrote:</DIV>  <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><!-- Network content -->  <DIV id=ygrp-text>  <DIV>I'm wondering about English terms for kinds of languages:<BR><BR>Why do we speak of a mother tongue but not a father tongue?<BR><BR>Why do we speak of sister languages but not brother languages?<BR><BR>Why are there daughter languages but not son languages?<BR><BR>Why can we refer to both a motherland and a fatherland?<BR><BR>Do other languages
 use kinship terms to refer to language relationships?<BR><BR>Wayne<BR>-----<BR>Wayne Leman<BR>Cheyenne dictionary online:<BR><A href="http://www11.asphost4free.com/cheyennedictionary/default.htm">http://www11.<WBR>asphost4free.<WBR>com/cheyennedict<WBR>ionary/default.<WBR>htm</A><BR></DIV></DIV><!--End group email --></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p>

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