Re: Writing Systems and Biscriptal Children

On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, nicole perrin wrote:

> So, obligatory conlang reference:  those of you who do have gender in
> your language, is it masc/fem?  and are masculine nouns more powerful?
Valdyan only has gender on the pronouns, not the nouns; there is
masculine, feminine, common and neuter. Masculine and feminine are
only used for male and female sentient beings, as well as for animals
when their gender is important (like a stallion you want to put to
stud).

If a person's gender is not important, the common gender is used
(like "get a doctor and tell him/her...")

A group made up of both men and women, or of people whose gender is
not known or not relevant, has common gender.

> or, more interestingly, to the female (and male too, but this probably
> has more to do with females) conlangers on the list, do you find
> yourselves dissatisfied with these horrid male-dominated natlangs and
> left brain alphabets,
No. Not consciously, anyway.

> and is this why you conlang -
<tediously patient> No, that's not the reason </tediously patient>;
the tags are because everybody asks me that question and I answer the
same every time.

> and, do you make
> your conlangs/concultures/conworlds female dominated?
Perhaps a little more equal than the world I happen to live in, but
not on purpose because I'm dissatisfied.

   Irina

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