If you speak a language other than English, does that language use additional terms for different dividing lines of family members than English? And not just modifiers of the same words like step- or in-law does in English, but entirely different root words¹
Different words for maternal/paternal
Different words for older/younger
Different words for blood related/married-in
Both maternal/paternal & older/younger
Both older/younger & blood related/married-in
Both maternal/paternal & blood related/married-in
Different words for all 3
Something else (but not gender)²
No, it's more or less the same (includes gender differences)²
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1) For example, Mandarin uses jiejie for older sister and meimei for younger sister
2) Since English already divides some terms based on gender, I'm not really interested in asking about this, so I'm including it in the no category. However if your language includes different gender lines in some way that's especially interesting feel free to share in the comments!
If you speak a language other than English, does that language use additional terms for different dividing lines of family members than English? And not just modifiers of the same words like step- or in-law does in English, but entirely different root words¹
Different words for maternal/paternal
Different words for older/younger
Different words for blood related/married-in
Both maternal/paternal & older/younger
Both older/younger & blood related/married-in
Both maternal/paternal & blood related/married-in
Different words for all 3
Something else (but not gender)²
No, it's more or less the same (includes gender differences)²
Monolingual button/results
Voting ended onApr 24
1) For example, Mandarin uses jiejie for older sister and meimei for younger sister
2) Since English already divides some terms based on gender, I'm not really interested in asking about this, so I'm including it in the no category. However if your language includes different gender lines in some way that's especially interesting feel free to share in the comments!