tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Jul 06 18:12:29 2005
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Re: qorDu' Sor
- From: "QeS lagh" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: qorDu' Sor
- Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2005 11:12:11 +1000
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ja'pu' naHQun:
>I've always had a hard time remembering which aunt/uncle/cousin is who, so
>I put
>all the terms in a family chart, and now I'm passing it on for everyone
>else.
majQa'! This will certainly be useful for those who have been having
trouble.
For those who are interested in that sort of thing, the Klingon system
conforms closest to the type that anthropologists call the Sudanese system.
This system assigns a distinct kinship term to every relative, particularly
in one's own generation and the generation above. (For comparison, some
other systems combine various types of relatives into one term: English uses
the term "cousin" for Klingon {tey'loD}, {tey'be'}, {lorloD}, {lorbe'},
{vIn} and {yur}; Hawaiian doesn't distinguish between "father" and "uncle".)
I have some more information about this, but like the {petaQ} I am, I'm
going to withhold it temporarily. {{:P The fact that Klingon has this type
of kinship system implies a lot of things, and I think there's a HolQeD
article in it (perhaps only a short one, but never mind), so you'll all see
it in a few months.
Savan,
QeS lagh
taghwI' pabpo' / Beginners' Grammarian
not nItoj Hemey ngo' juppu' ngo' je
(Old roads and old friends will never deceive you)
- Ubykh Hol vIttlhegh
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