South American Kinship: Eight Kinship Systems from Brazil and Colombia (SIL International Publications in Ethnography, vol. 18)

These studies in South American Kinship: Eight Kinship Systems from Brazil and Colombia represent the following languages: Paumarí, Cubeo, Tucano, Kayabí, and Suruí, spoken in Brazil, and Coguí, Guahibo, and Coreguaje, spoken in Colombia.

Table of Contents

Editor's Preface

1. On Surui (Tupian) Social Organization Carolyn Bontkes & William H. Merrifield

2. Cogui Kinship Linda Gawthorne

3. A Preliminary Note On Coreguaje Kinship Terminology Frances Gralow & William R. Merrifield

4. Tucano (Tucanoan) Kinship Terminology Marie Goehner, Birdie West, & William H. Merrifield

5. Guahibo Kinship Terminology William R. Merrifield & Riena Kondo

6. Cubeo Kinship Nancy L. Morse

7. On Paumari Social Organization Mary Ann Odmark & Rachel Landin

8. Kayabi (Tupian) Kinship Terminology Helga Elizabeth Weiss