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In Russian we have both<br><br>Rodina f. (fatherland, used more frequently; <rodit' 'to give birth' or rodit'sia 'to be born ) and Otechestvo n. (fatherland; <otec-father)<br>f. for feminine and n. for neutrum<br><br>and also two terms for mother tongue<br><br>rodnoy iazyk m (the same etimology as rodina)  and rodnaya rech' f. (rech'=speech)<br>none of this terms directly refers to mother of father, of course indirectly everyone is born by his mother.<br><br>Hayim Sheynin<br><br><br><b><i>Fritz Goerling <Fritz_Goerling@sil.org></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">     <!-- Network content -->           <div id="ygrp-text">             <div>   
 <!-- Network content -->    </div><div class="Section1">  <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">In German we say “Muttersprache”(mother tongue) but “Vaterland” (fatherland)<wbr>.<o></o></span></font></div>  <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"><o> </o></span></font></div>  <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Fritz Goerling<o></o></span></font></div>  <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"><o> </o></span></font></div>  <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">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> <st1><st1>Wayne</st1></st1><br> -----<br> <st1>Wayne Leman</st1><br> <br> <o></o></span></font></div>  </div>      <!--End group email --><div></div>     </div>          <!--End group email -->  </blockquote><br><p>

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