Re: Constructed natlangs

Brian Betty wrote:
> Which brings me to the issue of other 'constructed natlangs.' How would we
> conlangers rate attested languages like women's languages (as in Chukchee)
> [is this then a 'femlang?] or Eme-sal (some kind of 'constructed natlang'
> or perhaps a 'femlang')
Are there any languages that have a special women's form without a
special men's form?  I would suspect that they evolved out of
vocabulary, etc. which was used mostly by women or men.  Much as in
Japanese certain pronouns are used only by men (such as _boku_) or only
by women (watashi?), as well as certain words.  It seems that simply
exagerating that would create the women's lang/men's lang situation
found in certain languages.

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