Re: Gender classes, which to use?

At 07:13 AM 11/25/98 +0000, charles wrote:
>I am thinking of making a simple gender-class system
>somewhat like Bantu languages. The idea might be to
>use the initial consonant to indicate class, e.g.
>
Vogu does exactly that (actually, usually an entire syllable).
I have only 6 main divisions: animate neuter, animate male,
animate female, concrete, abstract and collective.  Within each
major division are suffixes with specific semantic properties
(eg. applies to long, thin things, applies to bad things,
applies to manufactured articles, etc.).  The major
divisions are indicated in the Grammar on my website, but
the finer distinctions exist only on paper.

-- Terry

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