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Many languages in the world have gender or noun class system, typically the distinction is 3 or less are genders wh ==Why do languages have gender?==

*loss of gender agreement, the OTog feminine suffix becomes ''-t̔'' or ''-et̔''

Nouns in Azano decline for case, gender, and number. They are categorised into 4 classes which focuses on the stem |Feminine

===Gender=== ...ich classifies animates as '''''acchi''''' 'masculine', '''''demechi''''' 'feminine' or '''''iriji''''' 'middle'. These concepts are partly based on physical s

...is however a collective suffix ''-ař'' which is cognate with the feminine gender in late PIE.

...neuter gender. The Common Gender represents a merger of the Masculine and Feminine grammatical genders that were present in more archaic stages of the source ...example '''en ankel''' (common gender = an ankle), '''ett hus''' (neuter gender = a house) and '''parasiter''' (parasites) in definite form become '''ankle

* Adjectives only agree in gender when used in attributive position * Most nouns have natural gender, so inanimates are neuter

...r that end in the feminine suffix ''-o'' (after C) or ''-s'' (after V) are feminine. Inanimate nouns, and animals that are not dedicated words for males and fe If the word is treated as feminine:

...superlative (suffix ''-imm-'': masculine ''dabimmas'', neuter ''dabimma'', feminine ''dabimmā'', common ''dabimmis'' “better”). Their number agrees with t !Feminine

...sculine or feminine in gender. Nouns themselves are not usually marked for gender but words qualifying nouns, such as articles and adjectives, often are. ...efinite and indefinite articles, which agree with their noun in number and gender. The definite article is declined as follows:

...ossessedness (my, your, his...) and belong to either masculine or feminine gender. There are three declension paradigms and four accent paradigms (one of ''k ...d noun is declined for its own number and definiteness and the possessor's gender and number, in a tonally modified (downstep is not on the ending) form of t

=Gender= ...aoli pertains to how nouns are declined and gender agreement for articles. Gender of a noun is defined by the vowel of the final syllable.

** Agree in number, gender, and state with their head ** Agree number, gender, but not state for copulative clause

...three grammatical categories: [[w:Grammatical gender|gender]] (masculine, feminine, common and neuter), [[w:Grammatical number|number]] (singular, dual an ![[w:Grammatical gender|Masculine]]

Proto-Noahic didn't have grammatical gender; gender evolved separately in the three branches. *ablative/nominalizer *-t (PIE *-tís/-tús, Semitic feminine *-t)

|Gender = yes ===Gender===

===Gender=== ...alive or dead respectively. If a noun has a masculine, feminine or neuter gender, then it is assumed to be a live human. If the human is dead, in an attempt

...cularly important to note as they're most commonly feminine nouns, but the gender-marking ''-n'' is often hidden in the nominative (dictionary) form. The Pro ...ne but inanimate nouns are, for matter of adjectival concordance, singular feminine - this is not shown on the nouns but on the adjectives (pluractional verbs

== Gender == ...upants). Participles agree with the noun they modify in case, number, and gender.

[[Haoli/Nouns|Haoli Nouns]] decline for case, gender, and number. ===Gender===

...ave six genders: Masculine animate, Masculine inanimate, Feminine animate, Feminine inanimate, Neuter animate, Neuter inanimate. ...pan=2 | !! Masculine Animate !! Masculine Inanimate !! Feminine Animate !! Feminine Inanimate !! Neuter Animate !! Neuter Inanimate

...ccusative, dative''). The declensions are divided into '''masculine''', '''feminine''' and '''neuter'''. !Feminine - Niga (''Book'')

====Grammatical gender==== ...ender ¯\_(ツ)_/¯</ref>. Masculine nouns tend to end in ''-o''/''-ω'', while feminine nouns tend to end in ''-α'', although they can be concretely identified by

...s both definite and indefinite articles. Both are inflected for number and gender, as well as case. The indefinite articles are derived from Latin ''ūnus'' ...x;" | Neuter || style="width: 70px;" | Masculine || style="width: 70px;" | Feminine || style="width: 70px;" | Neuter

...repositional objects), genitive and vocative. They fully retain the neuter gender and various declensions. Various 3rd declension nouns in particular now ser It has definite articles (masculine ''ste'', feminine ''sta'', neuter ''stu'') but no indefinite articles.

...and third person singular pronouns also have feminine, masculine or neuter gender. Personal pronouns have three cases; subjective, objective (a merge of accu There is no inflection for case and nouns have no grammatical gender. Nouns form the plural by adding either a '''-en''' or a '''-s''' suffix --

...h nouns inflect for definiteness, number and case. There is no grammatical gender. Plurals may be irregular but the most common plural suffix is ''-əb''. Some etymologically feminine nouns pluralize in ''-x̌əb'':

Nouns have two genders, masculine and feminine, and two numbers, singular and plural. Articles agree with the object they modify in gender, number, and case.

*[[w:Verb|Verbs]] are [[w:Inflection|inflected]] for [[w:Grammatical gender|gender]] of the subject, [[w:Grammatical tense|tense]]/[[w:Grammatical aspect|aspe *[[w:Noun|Nouns]] and [[w:Pronoun|pronouns]] are marked for gender and [[w:Grammatical number|number]] but not for [[w:Grammatical case|case]]

===Nouns and Gender=== Nouns in Asári are not inflected for gender, in keeping with Asári's simple grammatical concepts. They are, however,

...d neuter. The common gender comes from the conflation of the masculine and feminine genders in Old Norse. Nouns inflect for number and case. ...definite article on the end of a noun. This definite article inflects for gender, case, and number.

This language has two [[Grammatical gender|genders]] (masculine and feminine), two [[grammatical number|numbers]] (singular and plural) and four [[Gramm ...and various other languages in which verbs as well as nouns are masculine, feminine, or, in some instances, neuter".<ref>Gaits of Heaven, Susan Conant, (2007),

Nouns are marked for gender (masculine or feminine), number (singular or plural) and case (Nominative-Accusative or Genitive-D : '''1. A-Stems (feminine)'''

! Feminine !! Masculine !! Neuter ...positions. There were two numbers; singular and plural, and three genders; feminine, masculine and neuter.

|Genders = Masculine, feminine |Gender = Yes

...genders for nouns (neuter and common). Articles and adjectives decline for gender and number. ...rammatical gender – neuter and common. Common is a merger of masculine and feminine.

Suebish nouns mainly follow two declension patterns, the masculine and the feminine one. Unlike many Romance languages (but like Romanian and close relatives, ! rowspan=2 | !! colspan=2 | Masculine !! colspan=2 | Feminine

There are two articles like in Modern Windermere, but with gender distinctions: the definite article ''fin'' (m sg), ''fis'' (f sg), ''fi'' ( ====Gender====

...with only verb and adjective agreement to give them away. There are some feminine words that have the tell-tale ''t'' marker, but not the ''a'' before it, th === Feminine ===

===Determiners and Gender=== ...nder. Likewise, /ɑr/ means both "one" and "a/an", and also does not denote gender. Shaj has five "genders", which are only marked on definite articles, dista

!Feminine ====Marking case, gender, definiteness, & number====

=== Gender and cases === ...and gender neutral. The latter is used for things that have more than one gender (horse, dog etc.) or people who do not define as either male or female. Nor

...morpheme|zero (null)]], [[w:covert (linguistics)|covert form]]<br>(such as gender in a language where the word doesn't show it) | {{sc|an}} || [[w:animacy|animate gender]] (''cf'' {{sc|r}})

Noun classes differ by suffix vowel and by gender. They may also differ by glides (/j/ or /w/) suffixed to the stem and/or th Masculine and feminine nouns usually take an ending of –s or –a for the nominative singular, w

...pt with articles where it signals the elision of the vowel of the singular feminine articles. ..., when an adjective qualifies several nouns which are not all masculine or feminine, they take a neutral plural suffix ; but beyond those special cases, neutra

...en, if higher, eight or so noun classes. I'd be okay with doing masculine, feminine, neuter and "vegetable" à la [http://wals.info/chapter/32 Bininj Gun-Wok ( I like the idea for just masculine, feminine, and neuter for genders, if not, then earth, fire, wind, water, and heart.

| {{term|femlin}} || feminine | {{term|jinen}} || inter-sexual/gender

...form the plural. As a general rule, masculine nouns have plurals in -š and feminine nouns have plurals in -r, though there are exceptions to this, such as the ...in case, gender or number when used attributively, though they do agree in gender and number when used predicatively.

...and case. There are three genders, inherited from Proto-Slavic: masculine, feminine and neuter. There are also three numbers: singular, dual and plural. Carnia ...uline declensions (all of them come in animate-inanimate variations), nine feminine declensions and nine neuter declensions.

Nouns may be masculine, feminine or neuter and decline for 4 cases (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative ...n patterns as nouns. A-stem adjectives take the o-stem endings following a feminine noun (e.g. ''dæni sini'' 'old men' but ''rægi sjano'' 'old women', ''hœt

...e, and neuter. Note that unlike Greek, gender in Yerek is based on natural gender.

This also changes the enclitic article ending for the Neuter Gender: Neuter nouns now end in <i>'-ey'</i> instead of <i>'-et'</i> !'''Feminine'''

...tion, while making other aspects more complicated, such as the grammatical gender and case systems. It had more vowels than Proto-Indo-European as well as mo ...ers (masculine, neuter, and feminine) merged, creating a fourth "thematic" gender.

...” and “gi” all indicate a third person subject, and respectively suggest a feminine, masculine and neuter / mixed entity. ...d to take the -o ending to preserve their original form, and therefore the gender distinction coming from other languages is kept.

|Genders = Masculine-feminine Liðakuin nouns have one of three genders: masculine, feminine, or neuter. Nouns decline based on this as well as one of several declensio

...that changes depending on the gender of the word. Words can be masculine, feminine or neuter. | Feminine

...wegian. Icelandic and Faroese are represented in the orthography and three-gender system of the language as well as the use of the letter (ð), but most of t ...ite article. The three endings are (-en) for the Masculine, (-an) for the Feminine, and (-et) for the Neuter. Additionally, (-er/ar) is the most commonly use

...er, which occurs as a suffix, has different forms that agree in number and gender with their noun heads; however, it does not mark for case. The forms for t ! Feminine<br/>Neuter II<br/>Collective

Calusto has three genders (masculine, feminine, neuter) and five cases (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, ablative The '''-a''' declension includes names and adjectives that are mostly feminine. The paradigm is given for the word 𐌙𐌄𐌓𐌀 ("face").

...e), 3 moods (indicative, subjunctive, and imperative), person, number, and gender. Periphrastic constructions or adverbs are used for finer nuances. Pronouns are declined for gender, number, and person. Their usage is not obligatory, however, and as such Ma

b) the beginning of adjectives or postpositions by gender concord c) at the beginning of feminine nouns following the feminine absolutive case particle la

...ouns, adjectives, and certain numerals decline (for case, number and often gender), while verbs conjugate for person and tense. The majority of nouns can be ...r, certain word forms may be exceedingly rare to encounter in spoken form. Gender agreement for adjectives appears to be simplifying to a simple animate-inan

|Genders = Masculine-feminine-neuter Liðakuin nouns have one of three genders: masculine, feminine, or neuter. Nouns decline based on this as well as one of several declensio

=== Gender === There are three genders: Masculine, feminine and neuter. Each gender has multiple inflectional paradigms governing case-number endings.

...atyn'' is a masculine noun and can mean "man" or "men" whilst ''hityn'' is feminine and may mean "woman" or "women". The gender and number of a noun is either unspecified or is indicated by an attached d

Also, if there's a thematic gender vowel /a/ or /u/, it combines with the plural vowel : -ja/-ju in a prefix, ...whose sex or gender the speaker wants to precise. The thematic vowels /a/ (feminine) and /u/ (masculine) are then suffixed to the noun, or inserted in a prefix

...in terms of nouns. The language retains a two-gender system (masculine and feminine) and has separate verb conjugations for each person, 1st person plural incl

...oken gender system (inspired by Swedish debates about forcing the use of a gender neutral pronoun to not 'offend' anyone), and appositional genitive construc Nouns in Valian can be inflected for number, gender, and possession. Unlike the pronouns, they are not inflected for case ever.

* Three genders (masculine, feminine, neuter) ! {{small|Feminine}}

...or gender in nouns, adjectives and verbs. It has three genders: masculine, feminine and neutral. It has three numbers: singular, plural and dual (only for natu

...er gender. All adjectives, most pronouns, and most verb forms indicate the gender of the noun they reference of modify. ...in general, most nouns that end in ''ei'' ({{cop|ⲉ}}) or a long vowel are feminine, and most nouns that end in a consonant are masculine; however, there are c

| {{term|femlin}} || female, woman, girl, feminine | {{term|jinen(-sec/-kjon)}} || inter(-sex/-gender)

| Gender = No ...language has two numbers, singular and plural; two genders, masculine and feminine; and two cases, nominative and oblique.

===== Gender ===== * Masculine Strong (ms.)- used for things which have natural gender like people and animals.

==Nouns, gender and number== ...neuter words have remained neuter, even if in some cases there has been a gender switch.

...h other, and they all have one of three [[w:grammatical gender|grammatical gender]]s. ...ontent word]–{{sc|applicative}}–{{sc|case}}–[[Tsan#Grammatical gender|{{sc|gender}}]]–[[Tsan#Core affixes|{{sc|core}}]]–{{sc|specifier}}

! Person !! Number !! Gender !! Nominative !! Accusative !! Instrumental !! Dative !! Ablative !! Geniti ! Number !! Gender !! Nominative !! Accusative !! Instrumental !! Dative !! Ablative !! Geniti

...for each of the three persons, singular and plural (with a distinction of gender in the 3rd singular only), plus an indefinite form meaning roughly "someone ...rm a copula construction. Here, the vowel of the prefix is lost before the gender/number prefix of the noun:

==Nouns, gender and number== ...neuter words have remained neuter, even if in some cases there has been a gender switch.

...and infixing. Affixing is prefixing and suffixing. The inflections express gender, number, and case in adjectives, nouns, and pronouns, a process called decl ...two numbers (singular and plural). In the third person singular, there are gender forms for male, female, neuter, epicene.

|Genders = Masculine-feminine Nouns decline for case and number in Hatzonian. While nouns have grammatical gender, this only matters for the adjectives used to describe them - the endings u

Far East Semitic has noun classifiers but no grammatical gender. Noun classifiers are also used as definite articles though ðə is also co ah - classifier for people, from the feminine form of numbers in PSem

...ommon gender words are made plural by the addition of '-s'. In the neuter gender, the plural marker is always '-er'. The common-gender indefinite article, ''ën'', is pronounced /ən/, but is sometimes shortene

*Natural gender in Dheofáid (rare in SAE) ...the mutations in reverse order from the singular when listed according to gender.

...nflection that is formed with the same suffix for all nouns, regardless of gender; the plural suffix actually derives from the Íscégon accusative, not nomi ====Gender and articles====

# Gender and number inflection in nouns, adjectives, and pronouns. Articles and adje # Twofold gender system, masculine and feminine. Loss of Latin neuter gender.

...in Old Norse, albeit after the Masculine and Feminine merged into a Common gender. ...s reflect the Old Norse masculine a-stem and an-stem nouns, as well as the feminine ō-stem and in-stem nouns.

|Gender = Yes ...fluid nature of the language. There is a voiced/unvoiced contrast used for gender which, combined with the mutation of Fén Ghír, makes it a highly shifting

...pect and mood, agree with their subjects in person, number and grammatical gender and, optionally, may hint at their direct objects.</p> ...s in person, number and, in the case of third person subjects, grammatical gender/animacy. This is done through a suffix that may get fused with tense affixe

...", to an honourifics system inspired by what is used in Japanese; both are gender-neutral titles, one to be respectful, and one to be affectionate.<ref name= However, in modern translations, pronouns do not change depending on gender. Instead, they are simply translated into English as neutral pronouns; it a

| Gender = Yes ====Feminine====

Dravenian nouns inflect for case, number and gender. ...be subdivided into animate and inanimate, resulting in an total number of gender in Dravenian.

====Gender==== ...e, or neuter. Verbs in the third person inflect for animate (masculine and feminine) and inanimate (neuter).

...and the accusative. Whilst Friso-Dogrish differentiates between masculine, feminine and neuter in definite nouns, the masculine and neuter have merged in the d ...ion of pronouns. It also does not differentiate nouns based on grammatical gender and is the only variety of Dogrish to use an article instead of a suffix to

*f. = feminine *c. = common (takes masculine or feminine gender according to referent)

...ome must necessarily have occurred before Gothic, such as retention of the feminine for ‘sun’ – ''sauil'' (n) in Gothic but ''*sōwilō'' (f) in Griutung * Gothic has a small class of feminine nouns (sometimes called “i/ō-stems”) which follow the i-stem paradigm

#They are one of three [[Guide:Gender|gender]]s: masculine, feminine, or neuter ====Gender====

===Nouns, gender and number=== ...plified greatly and Modern Elynic has two genders - '''masculine''' and '''feminine''' - and two numbers - '''singular''' and '''plural'''.

...h SOV syntax and Nominative-Accusative alignment. Nouns do not inflect for gender, number, or case (with the exception being the construct state case marker) ...ode agent and patient core arguments. While the language does not mark for gender, it differentiates third person core arguments with two distinct forms, a p

.... The common gender originates in the merger of the Feminine and Masculine gender in earlier phases of the source languages. ...tionary:ankel|ankel]]''' (common gender = an ankle), '''ett hus''' (neuter gender = a house) in definite form become '''anklen''' (the ankle) and '''huset'''