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This research note examines the formal patterning of Austronesian relationship terminologies with or without relative age categories. Specifically, the article considers (1) the formal contrast between these patterns, (2) the key variant forms of these patterns, and (3) the distribution of these patterns and their associated variants throughout the Austronesian‐speaking world. It offers a succinct...
This research note identifies seven patterns of laterality and/or lineality that occur in the 1st ascending generation of Austronesian relationship terminologies. It lists, in relation to these patterns, some of the main Austronesian societies that possess each of these patterns. This brief note forms part of a larger ongoing comparative research analysis of Austronesian kinship.
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