Re: Gender in Old Klingon?

>From: Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
>Altho Klingon has no gender, it does have three different plural
>suffixes:
>
>-pu' (beings capable of using language)
>-Du' (body parts)
>-mey (general plural)
>
>I wonder if this is a survival of an earlier stage that had at least
>three genders, corresponding to these plural suffixes?  Has Mark Okrand
>ever said anything about "Old Klingon"?
>
I don't really know any klingon, but it looks like -Du' could be the
survival of an old dual, and the others are a specialization of animate vs.
inanimate. i'm sorry, that's blindingly obvious, never mind.

jennifer


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