[Lingtyp] Kinship systems that distinguish age but not gender

[Jonathan Schlossberg]

Hi all,

Marshallese sibling terms are often not specified for gender:
*jei- *'older sibling' http://www.trussel2.com/MOD/MED2J.htm#2526
*jati-* 'younger sibling' http://www.trussel2.com/MOD/MED2J.htm#2343

although there is also
*ine- *'sister of male' http://www.trussel2.com/MOD/MED2I.htm#2039

Jonathan

On 19 July 2017 at 18:50, David Gil <gil at shh.mpg.de> wrote:

> Matt beat me to it on Malay/Indonesian!  I would just like to add that
> while many (most?) varieties that I am familiar with work the way Matt
> describes, some exhibit an asymmetry in which elder siblings are
> distinguished for gender while younger ones are not.  This pattern is also
> evident in closely-related Minangkabau:
>
> adiak - 'younger sibling'
> uda - 'elder brother'
> uni - 'elder sister'
>
> And I suspect that it is common in other languages of the region.
>
>
>
> On 19/07/2017 10:40, Matthew Carroll wrote:
>
> Hi Guys
>
> What about Indonesian/Malay? kakak/adik for elder/younger sibling
> respectively.
>
> Best,
> Matt
>
> On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 9:31 AM, Hedvig Skirgård <
> hedvig.skirgard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear LINGTYP,
>>
>> Does anyone know of a language that has a distinction in the kinship
>> system for age of referent (younger/older) without also having a
>> distinction for gender of referent? For example, a language that marks
>> siblings as being younger or older to ego without reference to being sister
>> or brother.
>>
>> The hypothesis is that this doesn't happen/is very rare. We'd like to
>> know if you've come across any examples of this.
>>
>> I'm asking for my friend Alex (cc:ed) who is not on the list. Please
>> direct any responses or comments to her.
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