Hi!
Doug Dee <AmateurLinguist@...> writes:
> In a message dated 8/11/2005 11:54:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> joerg_rhiemeier@WEB.DE writes:
>
> >The gender of an animate noun is indicated by the final vowel,
> >which is /a/ for common gender, /o/ for masculine and /e/ for
> >feminine. Inanimate nouns end in consonants.
>
> Are these rules exceptionless? I ask because it's been claimed that
> there are no natural languages in which the gender of all nouns can
> be predicted with 100% reliability from their form. If these rules
> have no exceptions, then Old Albic violates this alleged universal.
A universal of irregularity? Gorgeous! :-)
I love it! %-)
**Henrik