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Re: My languages

From:Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...>
Date:Friday, November 30, 2001, 12:45
>From: Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> >Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 23:45:50 -0500 > >Uatakassi's genders, for those who haven't seen them: >1. Sentient Female (sentient is defined as "language-using", and thus >excludes infants and the mute) >2. Sentient Male >3. Sentient Epicene >4. Animals associated with people (domestic animals, infants, mutes, >pests, etc.) >5. Other animal >6. Other animate (some plants, fire, language, emotions, some body parts >[body parts not in 6 have the same gender as their possessor], etc.) >7. Inanimate >
So what gender are infants and the mute? If they aren't concidered sentient are they gender 4??? That'd be pretty perverse, but the Utakassi are primatives, aren't they? Adam _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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