Re: Supposed Celtic semiticisms

From:    damien perrotin <erwan.arskoul@...>
> Gaulish had a neuter gender. Note that all romance tongues (including
> Romanian) have lost neuter
Not so:  unlike the other Romance languages, Romanian has hundreds
of words with IIRC masculine singulars and feminine plurals.  This
is so extensive that it's usually analyzed as a third gender, the
remnants of the neuter.

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