Re: Writing Systems and Biscriptal Children
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, December 1, 1999, 0:50 |
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nicole perrin wrote:
> So, obligatory conlang reference: those of you who do have gender in
> your language, is it masc/fem?
It contains masculine and feminine, but only for rational
(language-using) beings. In some dialects, the epicine has been lost,
and feminine taken over (thus mixed-sex groups take feminine plural, a
nice contrast with the European use of masculine for mixed-sex groups)
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