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Re: Writing Systems and Biscriptal Children

From:andrew <hobbit@...>
Date:Thursday, December 2, 1999, 4:17
Am 12/01 13:08  Padraic Brown yscrifef:

> For what it's worth, I think a number of these could be considered > "common gender", since the roles can be taken as either m. or f. > Most of these words are marked masc. in the dictionary (but I wouldn't > hesitate to use lla failidur (manager) where appropriate. Some are > marked common (antegessur, ancestor) where I truly thought it best. >
Except that it is possible to say lla failidres, the -dur ending having a feminine equivalent in -dres.
> I've always used gender in some way or another. Kernu has m./f.; > Tallarian has animate/inanimate; Arrana has a kind of optional gender > system that isn't necessary for language function. >
Vokhomos has m/f/n. - andrew. -- Andrew Smith, Intheologus hobbit@earthlight.co.nz "Piskie, Piskie, say Amen Doon on your knees and up agen." "Presbie, Presbie, dinna bend; Sit ye doon on mon's chief end." - Attributions unknown.