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Grammatical Blunders by flimsy2(m): 6:37pm On Mar 20, 2016
Sorry Nairalanders,is there anything like Cousin Brother/Sister?
Re: Grammatical Blunders by Paulpaulpaul(m): 6:45pm On Mar 20, 2016
Nope, your cousin is either your niece (female) or nephew (male).

Cousin sister or cousin brother is Nigerian English
Re: Grammatical Blunders by Paulpaulpaul(m): 6:45pm On Mar 20, 2016
Nope, your cousin is either your niece (female) or nephew (male).

Cousin sister or cousin brother is Nigerian English
Re: Grammatical Blunders by or3gon: 7:06pm On Mar 20, 2016
Paulpaulpaul:
Nope, your cousin is either your niece (female) or nephew (male).


Cousin sister or cousin brother is Nigerian English
cousin
ˈkʌz(ə)n/
noun
a child of one's uncle or aunt.

A cousin is a relative with whom a person shares one or more common ancestors. In the general sense, cousins are two or more generations away from any common ancestor, thus distinguishing a cousin from an ancestor, descendant, sibling, aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew.

Cousin is used for both brother and sister. Hence, it leads to confusion unless specified, and it needs an extra word/words. To avoid this, cousin brother (likewise, cousin sister) can be used. But... It's not just in Nigeria,

'Cousin brother' (likewise, cousin sister) is widely used in Andhra Pradesh and other states of India

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Re: Grammatical Blunders by ADENIKETINA2015(f): 7:16pm On Mar 20, 2016
Paulpaulpaul:
Nope, your cousin is either your niece (female) or nephew (male).


Cousin sister or cousin brother is Nigerian English



undecided

Cousin "Niece afi nephew kwa"

A cousin is your uncle or aunt's child be it a male or female

A niece is one's sister or brother's daughter

while

A nephew is one's sister or brother's son

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