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Kinship Terms of Aka Koro Tribes in Arunachal Pradesh:
A Sociolinguistic Study

Baiju.D., Ph.D. Research Scholar
Eldho Joy E., Researcher

Abstract

This paper examines the existing kinship terminology system of Aka Koro tribe from a linguistic point of view. The paper tries to bring out the nature of Aka Koro tribe inhabiting in the East and West Kameng districts of the north eastern parts of Arunachal Pradesh, especially Kichang, Pichang, Chichang, Kadeya, Sapung, Pochung, Kajung, New Sapung and Yangse villages. This native language of Koro is highly endangered with 800 to1200 people. The Koro tribe is matrilineal which means that they allow marriage between a man and his immediate relation of his mother’s side. This study is an attempt to bring out a classificatory system for the Kinship which prevails among them.

Keywords: Kinship, Aka Koro, Endangered language, Socio-linguistics, Classificatory

Introduction

According to the Census of India (2001 to 2011) there are 26 scheduled tribes in the state of Arunachal Pradesh. Apart from these, there are a number of other sub-tribes with its own diverse culture and conventions. However, in its latest research the National Geographic Society's Enduring Voices Project discovered a new tribe called ‘Aka Koro’ in the remote corner of India and this has been published in the Science Daily magazine. This language is not been listed in the given tribal languages list of Arunachal Pradesh.

Fox (1967) states that the study of kinship is the study of what man does with these basic facts of life such as mating, gestation, parenthood, socialization, siblingship, etc. Morgan (1871) pointed out that most kinship terminologies reflect different sets of distinctions such as sex, generations, blood and marriage. A factual statement about kinship was given by James Peoples (2014) and he states that “anthropologically, kinship is the web of social relationships that form an important part of the lives of most humans in most societies”. Basically, kinship is universal and in most societies it plays a significant role in the socialization of individuals and maintenance of group solidarity. It facilitates not only the socialization of children but it also forms an economic, political and religious group.

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Baiju, D.
Ph.D. Research Scholar
Department of Linguistics
University of Kerala
Karyavattom Campus
Trivandrum 695581
Kerala
India
baijudkadakkal@gmil.com

Eldho Joy E.
Ph.D. Research Scholar
Department of Library and Information Science
University of Kerala
Karyavattom Campus
Trivandrum 695581
Kerala
India
eldhoj@gmail.com

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