Algonkian pattern: three terms, distinguished by relative age of sibling and, for elder siblings, also by sex, can be glossed as elder brother, elder sister, and younger sibling (Murdock's D)
Caddoan pattern: six terms, distinguished by sex of sibling, sex of speaker and, for siblings of the speaker's sex, also by age relative to the speaker, can be glossed as elder brother (man speaking), younger brother (man speaking), brother (woman speaking), sister (woman speaking), elder sister (woman speaking), and younger sister (woman speaking) (Murdock's M)
Dravidian pattern: four terms, distinguished by both sex and relative age of the sibling, can be glossed as elder brother, younger brother. and elder sister, younger sister (Murdock's A)
East Polynesian pattern: four terms, distinguished by sex and, for siblings of the speaker's sex, also by relative age to the speaker, can be glossed as elder sibling of the speaker's sex, younger sibling of the speaker's sex, brother (woman speaking), and sister (man speaking) (Murdock's G)
European pattern: two terms, distinguished by sex, can be glossed as brother, and sister (Murdock's B)
Four terms: older sibling, younger sibling, brother, and sister (appears as Four terms in Map Cu-158)
Kordofanian pattern: a single undifferentiated term can be glossed as sibling (Murdock's E)
Older sibling, younger sibling, sister (man speaking), older sister (man speaking) (appears as Age-Diff Three terms in Map Cu-158)
Quechuuan pattern: four terms, distinguished by both sex of sibling and sex of speaker can be glossed as brother (man speaking), brother (woman speaking), sister (man speaking), and sister (woman speaking) (Murdock's H)
Rare pattern: distinguished ElBr (man speaking), ElBr (woman speaking) YoBr, YoSi (woman speaking), ElSi (woman speaking), and Si (man speaking) (Murdock's W, appears as Age-Difference in Map Cu-158)
Rare pattern: three terms can be glossed elder sister, younger sister, and brother (Extrapolated from E. B. Gifford 1922, p 18, appears as Age-sex differences in Map Cu-158)
Siouan pattern: any pattern with extensive differentiation by sex of sibling, sex of speaker, and age relative to the speaker, which results in a total of seven or eight distinct terms for siblings (Murdock's L)
Southern Bantu pattern: three terms, distinguished by distinguished by sex and, for siblings of the speaker's sex, also by relative age to the speaker, can be glossed as elder sibling of the speaker's sex, younger sibling of the speaker's sex, and sibling of the opposite sex (Murdock's F)
Three terms: brother (man speaking), sister (woman speaking), and a third term meaning brother (woman speaking), or sister (man speaking) (appears as Three terms in Map Cu-158)
Voltaic pattern: three terms, distinguished by sex of sibling and, for brothers, also by age relative to the speaker, can be glossed as elder brother , younger brother, and sister (Murdock's P)
Yoruban pattern: two terms, distinguished by age of sibling, can be glossed as elder sibling, and younger sibling (Murdock's C)
Yukian pattern: three terms, distinguished by relative age and, for younger siblings, also by sex, can be glossed as elder sibling , younger brother, and younger sister (Murdock's Q)