# father tongue hypothesis

> hypothesis that humans tend to speak their father’s language, such that language distribution correlates better with (patrilineal) Y-chromosome rather than (matrilineal) mitochondrial DNA

**Wikidata**: [Q17013311](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17013311)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_tongue_hypothesis)  
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