Kin terms for cousins [EA027]

Description: Extent to which names for cousins distinguish cousin subtypes and/or among other groups of kin.

Code # Code
1 Crow, i.e., FaSiCh equated with Fa or FaSi and/or MoBrCh with Ch or BrCh(ws)
2 Descriptive or derivative, rather than elementary, terms employed for all cousins
3 Eskimo, i.e., FaBrCh, FaSiCh, MoBrCh, and MoSiCh equated with each other but differentiated from siblings
4 Hawaiian, i.e., all cousins equated with siblings or called by terms clearly derivative from those for siblings
5 Iroquois, i.e., FaSiCh equated with MoBrCh but differentiated from both siblings and parallel cousins
6 Omaha, i.e., MoBrCh equated with MoBr or Mo and/or FaSiCh with SiCh(ms) or Ch
7 Sudanese, i.e., FaSiCh and MoBrCh distinguished alike from siblings, parallel cousins, and each other but without conforming to either the Crow, the descriptive, or the Omaha patterns
8 Mixed or variant patterns not adequately represented by any of the foregoing symbols. The details are given under "Classification by Clusters."

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Dataset:
Murdock et al. 1999 'Ethnographic Atlas'
Variable:
Kin terms for cousins [EA027]
Description:
Extent to which names for cousins distinguish cousin subtypes and/or among other groups of kin.
Values:
1 Crow 58
2 Descriptive 81
3 Eskimo 110
4 Hawaiian 338
5 Iroquois 256
6 Omaha 79
7 Sudanese 15
8 Mixed 18
Datapoint Society Language family Details Focal year Subcase