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Family Trees in Other Languages: our world's 7 kinship systems

Not every language talks about family the same way. Why did Latin have so many words for "cousin"? When does "brother" also mean "sister" in Hawaiʻian? How did Ashanti kin terms thwart British colonizers? An animated exploration of kinship around the world!

English
  • Originally Aired April 27, 2018
  • Runtime 9 minutes
  • Network YouTube
  • Created May 25, 2020 by
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  • Modified May 25, 2020 by
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