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From: kriha_p@actrix.gen.nz (Paul J. Kriha)
Subject: Re: Father tongue & motherland?
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In article <3ons01$eum@oravannahka.Helsinki.FI>,
   romppain@cc.Helsinki.FI (Leena M Romppainen) wrote:
>I was just wondering, whether there is any language in the world that
>uses words father tongue and motherland instead of mother tongue and
>fatherland. And if there is such a language, is the society matriarchal
>(that would seem logical to me). Anyway, I hope that some of you smart
>people out there could tell me more about the subject.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Leena
>

In Czech it's still "Jazyk mater^sky'" = mother tongue
and "otc^ina" = fatherland.
However, mother tongue is masculine and
fatherland is feminine.   :-)
It feels quite right that way too.

Paul JK
