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==Kinship Terms and Examples== | ==Kinship Terms and Examples== | ||
The Bolian language has a rich set of terms to describe family relationships. With multiple births being so common, there are special terms to designate siblings born at the same time. Although one must remember that the Bolians do not mean the day of live birth, but of the Ocean Day. There are also words to denote siblings born of the same biological parents, half-siblings, and those raised together as siblings with no biological relationship. | The Bolian language has a rich set of terms to describe family relationships. With multiple births being so common, there are special terms to designate siblings born at the same time. Although one must remember that the Bolians do not mean the day of live birth, but of the [[Bolian Ocean Day Celebrations|Ocean Day]]. There are also words to denote siblings born of the same biological parents, half-siblings, and those raised together as siblings with no biological relationship. | ||
Regarding terms for siblings, there are no gendered terms such as brother or sister. (Mother and Father do have analogues in the language.) However, the Bolian language does make distinctions between older and younger siblings, but those distinctions apply only if they had different Ocean Days. A group of twins would all have the same Ocean Day, so there is no distinction of the “older” and “younger” twin in this case. But if another child came along later to the same parents, the twins would be the older ones and the new child would be considered the younger sibling. For Bolian purposes, the twins are the exact same age. | Regarding terms for siblings, there are no gendered terms such as brother or sister. (Mother and Father do have analogues in the language.) However, the Bolian language does make distinctions between older and younger siblings, but those distinctions apply only if they had different Ocean Days. A group of twins would all have the same Ocean Day, so there is no distinction of the “older” and “younger” twin in this case. But if another child came along later to the same parents, the twins would be the older ones and the new child would be considered the younger sibling. For Bolian purposes, the twins are the exact same age. | ||