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A N ote on R egional V ariation in N avajo K inship T erminology 1
Author(s) -
Freed Stanley A.,
Freed Ruth S.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.1970.72.6.02a00190
Subject(s) - kinship , terminology , reservation , computer science , sociology , linguistics , computer network , philosophy , anthropology
Analysis of genealogies collected from ninety‐four Navajo respondents living in two widely separated areas of their reservation revealed significant regional variation in kinship terminology. Considerable individual variability in the terminologies from one of these regions suggests that the kinship terminology in this region may be changing. The reasons for this possible change are unclear, but we note that the kinship terminology in this region resembles that of the nearby Hopi.