Like Iroquois people, Dravidians use the same words to refer to their father's sister and mother-in-law ( in Tamil and in Kannada) and their mother's brother and father-in-law ( in Tamil and in Kannada). In Kannada, distinction between these relationships may be made because is added before and to specifically refer to one's father's sister and mother's brother respectively, although this term is not used in direct address. In Tamil, however, only one's mother's brother is captioned with before because of the honor accorded this relationship.