Cross-language parallels in parental kin terms

Nasal consonants, non-nasal labial stops, and low vowels will the sounds most frequently used by young children to denote the mother and father (1).

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Comparison of percentages	Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Sound Classes	Dependent	Phonology
Words For Mother And Father	Independent	Vocabulary

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Murdock, George Peter	1959	Ma and Na sound classes will be used for the mother, while Pa and Ta sound classes will be used for the father (2, 4).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Schlegel, Alice	1991	Contact between boys and their fathers will be positively associated with contact between girls and their mothers (49).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Schlegel, Alice	1991	Contact between girls and their fathers will be positively associated with contact between boys and their mothers (49).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kitahara, Michio	1978	For societies in which the mother and son do not sleep in the same bed, father-son sleeping distance will be more weakly associated with circumcision than in societies where the mother and son sleep in the same bed (281).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Kitahara, Michio	1978	Societies in which mother and son sleep in the same bed and the father sleeps in another hut/village will be more likely to have male circumcision than societies in which the father sleeps in the same hut (280).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author