Re: Homosexuality and gender identity

Quoting Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>:

> "Mark J. Reed" wrote:
> > To bring this back on-topic: many natlangs have syntax which varies
> > depending on the sex of the speaker (or the addressed, or both).
> > Has anyone developed a conlang which has such variance based on
> > self-selected gender identity or sexuality?
>
> Well, in Japanese (this is probably at least partially a stereotype),
> feminine gay men often use feminine forms.  So, I could imagine a
> development like that.
I'm afraid that a Kalini Sapak speaker that used the wrong gender forms would
quickly be put out of his/misery*. A man for obviously being a freak dangerous
to the mental health of anyone within hearing distance, a woman for the
temerity to put herself on the same level as a man. The Kalana are pretty
unenlightened in this regard. In alot of other regards too, come to think of
it.

* Interestingly, the KS version of this sentence would reveal the gender of
the putter out of misery, but not of the puttee. Unfortunately, the vocab is
as yet to small to allow a translation.

                                                       Andreas