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This project examines the kinship systems of the Na-Qiangic languages in China, focusing on matrilineal practices and their historical transformations. It aims to uncover the origins and diversity of family structures in the region through linguistic analysis.
The Na-Qiangic (NQ) languages are an endangered subgroup in Sino-Tibetan (ST), spoken by ethnic minorities in the Hengduan Mountains of Southwest China.
The NQ-speaking area is home to great diversity of kinship and marriage patterns, where one finds zouhun, a non-conjugal visiting system, practiced by matrilineal communities.
Many questions remain unanswered:
Are matrilineal kinship and zouhun vestiges of once more widespread practices?
Did these diverse kinship patterns originate from a common…
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