Just for the vocabulary, it is clear that Finland has some specific things related to how people see family here. The word “perhe” means the closest family that usually is parents, children and partner. Then there is the work “suku” that means the extended family, including grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and so on. I know that in many languages there is no such a distinction, because family is family, but for finns there is quite a big difference whether someone belongs in your immediate or extended family.
Finnish
Perhe = close family
Suku = extended family
Sukulaiset = members of the extended family
Sukujuhlat = celebration with extended family
Montako perheenjäsentä sinulla on? = How many family members you have?
Perheenjäsen = member of a family
Äiti = mother
Isä = father
Sisko = sister
Veli = brother
Veli-Pekka
Isosisko = big sister
Pikkuveli = Little brother
Isöäiti, mummo = grandmother
Isoisä, vaari, pappa, ukki = grandfather
Setä = uncle
Täti = aunt
Eno = Brother of a mother
Serkku = cousin
Pikkuserkku = second cousin
Swahili
family-familia
mother-mama
familia ya karibu/close family
clan-ukoo
mama /mother
dad/baba
sister/dada
brother/kaka
brother/sister-ndugu
cousin/binamu
grandma/bibi
grandpapa/babu
big sister/dada mkubwa
kaka mdogo/little brother
little sister/dada mdogo
uncle/mjomba
Aunt /shangazi
wife/mke
husband/mume
my husband/mume wangu
my wife/mke wangu
binamu wangu wa mbali/a distant cousin
my distant cousin**
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