Universal #1662

Legacy number: 1662

 Number  1657
 Original  All systems distinguish male and female parent by separate terms even though very frequently other kin types are included in the referents of both.
 Standardized  All systems distinguish male and female parent by separate terms even though very frequently other kin types are included in the referents of both.
 Keywords  kinship
 Domain  lexicon
 Type  unconditional
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  Gifford study of California kinship terminologies which contains kinship terminologies of approx. 80 California Indian groups, and approx. 40 additional terminologies from various parts of the world
 Source  Greenberg 1966c: 74

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