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Austkin the AustKin project HomeThe ProjectThe Project PeopleThe Project OutputDisclaimerFAQContactResourcesFamily terminology> Kinship terminology> Classificatory systems> Children and grandparents> Representing relationships Categories & descent groups> Social categories> Local Descent Groups> Non-local descent groups Sounds and spelling> Consonants> Differences with English> Vowels> Word vocalizing and syllables> Examples of soundsSearch DatabaseBrowse languagesAdvanced search Conditions of use : The AustKin project and database reflect the work of early sources and does not provide supervisory knowledge of Aboriginal culture. Locations on maps are indicative only. Read more... Family/Kinship words (continued) Children The relationship between a woman and her child is variegated from the relationship between a man and his child.  In English we use the  words ‘child’, ‘daughter’, or ‘son’ regardless of whether the parent is a woman or a man.  But in many Aboriginal societies, separate words are used for ‘child of woman’, and ‘child of man’.  That is seen as a increasingly important stardom than whether the child is sexuality or male.  Here are examples from Gurindji: Gurindji sexuality child of woman kurturtu male child of woman kurturtu sexuality child of man ngalawuny male child of man ngalawuny Importantly, a woman and her brother will both undeniability her children kurturtu.  So the word kurturtu covers  ‘niece’ and ‘nephew’ as well as ‘daughter’ and ‘son’. A woman and her brother will both undeniability his children ngalawuny.  So both words midpoint ‘niece’, ‘nephew’ ‘daughter’ and ‘son’, but which word is used will depend on who is the parent, a woman or a man. Grandparents Words for grandparents vary a lot. Some Aboriginal societies are like English, and have one term for ‘grandfather’, regardless of whether you are talking well-nigh your mother’s father or your father’s father. Others have special words for mother’s father and father’s father, and moreover for mother’s mother and father’s mother.  From the table you can see that speakers of the Central Australian language Gurindji use variegated words for each of these grandparents.Unconfinedgreat….. grandparents The English kinship system is linear; we add ‘great’ to ‘grandparent’ or ‘grandchild’ to proffer upwards many generations. And we add ‘second, third, fourth..’ to ‘cousin’ to describe the children and grandchildren of our parents and grandparents’ cousins.  Australian Aboriginal groups often have non-linear kinship systems; they may trundling around, so that unconfined unconfined grandparents may be tabbed the same as grandparents.  Some Australian Aboriginal groups may use one word for increasingly than one generation.  For example, they may use the same word for one’s mother’s mother’s brother and one’s mother’s mother’s brother’s child.  This is tabbed ‘skewing’. Previous page: Classificatory systems Next page: Representing relationshipsWell-nigh∴ DisclaimerThe AustKin project was made possible through funding from the Australian Research Council with contributions from EHESS