Ngandi

kin terms, 291

Ngandong remains, 383

Ngarinjin

kin terms, 236, 291

Ngiti

kin terms, 179n21

Ngombe

kin terms, 244

Niah Cave, 352

Nichols, Johanna, 159, 161, 178n9, 179n14, 202n2, 342, 353, 365, 376, 381

Nietzsche, Friedrich, 15, 110

Niger-Congo language family, 79, 276, 285n21, 354, 365, 376

kin terms, 159, 218, 236, 244, 265, 271, 274, 275, 279, 280, 290, 291, 364, 366, 367, 373

Niger-Saharan languages, 366

Nilo-Saharan language family, 275, 276, 285n25, 365, 376

kin terms, 159, 167, 218, 236, 244, 264, 271, 275, 279, 280, 290, 364, 366, 367, 373

Nivkh

mtDNA and Y chromosome, 327

Nogay

kin terms, 238

mtDNA, 361nll, 378n3, 378n4

Nootka

kin terms, 177n7

mtDNA, 371, 375

Normanist theory, 66

North Caucasian language family

kin terms, 159, 278, 285n20, 290, 324–329

Nostratic languages

kin terms, 199, 324–329

noun class, 78, 79

Ntcham

kin terms, 275

Nuaulu

kin terms, 235, 333

Nuer

kin terms, 264

Nukuoro

kin terms, 334

numerals

and shifters, 178n10

as evidence of linguistic kinship, 84

Numic languages

kin terms, 231, 251n27, 306n7, 320, 321

origin and dispersal, 321

mythology as compared to Amazonia, 252n31

spread of, 231

Nuni

kin terms, 275

Nxaamxcin

kin terms, 269

Nyamwezi

kin terms, 247

Nzakara

kin terms, 274

Ob-Ugrian

kin terms, 241, 243

Oceania

kinship systems, 24, 123, 245, 266, 276–278, 291, 294, 295, 327, 330

languages, 376

odontology, 352, 353, 354

Oksapmin

kin terms, 171, 226

Olderogge, Dmitry A., 101–103, 128n2