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Ms.Hijinx | 16:12 Mon 26th Jun 2006 | People & Places
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what do indian children call their grandmas i know it sounds like a joke but its not my 9 yearold daughter wants to know as she says they cant call them after their Naan bread and i have no indian friends to ask i sincerely swear i am not taking the mickey
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Mine call me Nana and their other grandmother granny, their great grandmother is known as Nana Doreen. In Spain the word for grandmother is Abuela and this is usually shortened to Abbe.

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16:29 Mon 26th Jun 2006
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India has many languages. Here are Punjabi words for family members:

http://www.punjabonline.com/servlet/library.la nguage?Action=Vocab&Param=5
16:39 Mon 26th Jun 2006
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In Hindi it is Accha
16:42 Mon 26th Jun 2006
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Gujarati - Motiba
16:43 Mon 26th Jun 2006
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naan is pronounced 'narn' not 'nann', so it would be fine.

but what about nanny, gran, granny, grand ma etc
17:18 Mon 26th Jun 2006
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thanx u guys i have passed on the info to my daughter
18:09 Mon 26th Jun 2006
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...And in the Indian language of the Cheyenne Native American (Tsi-Tsi-Tah) language, it would be nis gi �... pronounced nice gee ehhh....
18:21 Mon 26th Jun 2006

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