Titles in conlangs (was: Re: "Madam"/"Madame" Chair/man/person(was: Umlauts))

Isidora Zamora wrote:
> Does anyone know whether it would be at all likely that the native forms of
> these titles might have only one, gender-neutral form rather than having
> separate forms for addressing males and females?  Does any culture do
> that?  The Trehelish language has two grammatical genders, but they are not
> in the least perceived as being masculine and feminine.
Most Japanese non-family titles are gender-neutral, such as -sama
(lord/lady/master/mistress), -san (Mr./Mrs./Miss/Ms.), -sensei (teacher,
respected person), -senpai (one in the same school as oneself but of a
higher grade).

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