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Conlangery Podcast

Conlangery #126: Hoocąk (natlang)

Dec 5, 2016
51:33

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  • The intricate kinship system within the Ho-Chunk community creates extensive networks of brothers and mothers, leading to large extended families.
  • The Ho-Chunk language demonstrates creativity in forming words for modern concepts by connecting familiar words to create new descriptive terms.

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The complexity of Ho-Chunk kinship terms

The Ho-Chunk tribe has a unique kinship system where all of a person's father's brothers are called 'Jaji,' and all of their mother's sisters are called 'Maihaida.' This system creates an extensive network of brothers and mothers, leading to large extended families. The relationships are further differentiated with terms like 'Jaji Khide' for older father's brothers and 'Jaji' for younger ones. This intricate kinship system reflects the strong bonds and interconnectedness within the Ho-Chunk community.

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