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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'''

! style="width: 75px; " |3rd sg. feminine ...x Elemental Guardians of Golden Islet. 3rd singular neutral is used if the gender of a person, who is being talked of, is not known: 'Donba '''thor'''' ''''H

...there is no case, and the masculine and the feminine merged to the common gender.

...GENAME}} nouns are quite conservative: they have three genders (masculine, feminine and neuter), three numbers (singular, plural and collective), and three sta ...nominative plural, and genitive singular must be memorized for every noun. Feminine plurals tend to end in ''-r''.

...nsions, independent of nominal gender, though front-vowel stems are mainly feminine, even when in many closely related languages (e.g. modern Nivarese) are mas

Balearic Hebrew nouns and adjectives are declined according to gender, number, and sometimes state. Due to Latin influence, many nouns in Baleari Nouns are marked for gender (masculine or feminine), number (singular, plural, and dual), and state (absolute or construct), a

'''t (2nd person/feminine endings, middle voice, definite article/modifiers):''' <small>³</small> Masculine forms are shown (the corresponding feminine forms begin in ''t-''). Possessives may be used as modifiers, in which case

! Masculine || Feminine || Masculine || Feminine ...ratives, and these are declined to agree with a noun in: case, number, and gender.

...s and adjectives can have three [[grammatical gender|genders]] (masculine, feminine, neuter), two [[grammatical number|numbers]] (singular, plural), and three ...t declension'' are all words on '''-a''', the vast majority of which are [[feminine]];

There are two genders: masculine and feminine.The feminine is most often marked with the ending ''-ā''<!-- (which becomes ''-at'' in Adjectives agree with the noun they modify in gender and definiteness.

| Gender = yes !''<small>Feminine</small>''

...masculine feminine, common and neuter. Every attribute must agree with the gender and number of the noun. There are three numbers: singular, dual and plural. ...o their stress pattern, and participles have one declension (four, if each gender forms a separate declension).

...ne, or neuter. In general, masculine and neuter words share their endings. Feminine words have their own subset of endings. The plural of some declension type Here are the strong declensional endings and examples for each gender:

Nouns may be one of three genders: masculine, feminine, or neuter. First declension nouns are most often feminine. Neuter first declension nouns are rare.

...ouns. The surviving genitive case still distinguishes masculine/neuter and feminine forms. ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background-color:lightgrey" | number and gender

...hin has 3 genders (maculine, feminine, neuter) and 3 declinations for each gender. First noun is masculine, the noun s'hon. As seen Lees'hin has no locative, Second noun is feminine, the noun hõshejh

...in the same manner as nouns. The ending ''-(y)r'' is masculine, ''-(n)a'' feminine and ''-(n)e'' neuter. The example given below is ''nimør'' (meaning "nasal ! colspan="3" style=" text-align: center; |Feminine

When applicable, brackets indicate (pre-vocalic form, ''gender/verb class''; short plural). For non-adjective verbs, the imperative is giv ...sculine, ''f.'' = feminine, ''coll.'' = collective, ''c.'' = common (takes gender of person being referred to)

Nouns inflect for case and number, and are gendered masculine, feminine, or neuter. ...person plural pronouns also mark clusivity, and third-person pronouns mark gender.

...her declensed in accordance with the three grammatical genders: masculine, feminine and neuter. There is also a specific set of declensions for words ending on '''Second declension''': ''ending consonant (feminine)''

...e short in all environments but may occur consecutively as in ''biitosh'' 'gender neutral person' /bɨ:'tɔɕ/. ===Natural Gender on Burung===

! !! Masculine || Feminine ! Feminine

...ite articles into ''{{term|del}}'' and ''{{term|al}}'', the masculine and feminine respectively. ...'-o'' or ''-e'' or by adding the suffix ''{{term|-essa}}''. So it is that gender refers more to the form (i.e. ending) than to sex.

====Feminine -(a)θ nouns==== ! gender

| -ē || -or- || Same as feminine pattern II ! colspan=4 | Feminine

==== Natural Gender ==== ...ine) in their original form but in the case one wants to mark the specific gender of a being or object there are two different pairs of particles that could

...are inflected for [[w:grammatical_person|person]], [[w:grammatical_gender|gender]], number and [[w:grammatical_case|case]]; and [[verb]]s, for [[grammatical ...ned together with the word, as there are no reliable rules governing which gender any given word has. They are also inflected for two numbers (singular and p

Nouns had three genders: masculine, feminine, and neuter. Usually feminine (but sometimes masculine).

...tem. The third person pronoun also include a distinction for masculine and feminine that parallels the one found in the verbal pronoun prefixes. |'''Case ↓''' {{Pipe}} '''Gender →'''

* Adjectives do not inflect for number, gender, or case ! Masculine !! Feminine !! Neuter !! Reflexive

''f.'' feminine ...ated by 'a' after the noun so that for example, ''''anez, a'''' has divine gender.

...ovbasa do not change for number or case. Some nouns have a masculine and a feminine form that can be obtained by adding ''o'' or ''a'' to the root. :''bin'' - son or daughter (gender not specified)

...ording to it. There are two different declining patterns for masculine and feminine genders. '''-e (masculine), -a (feminine), -å (neuter)'''

...eir nouns; personal pronouns and a few other pronouns, for person, number, gender, and case; and verbs, for tense, aspect, mood, and the person and number of ==== Gender====

...nd [[w:Grammatical number|number]]. The category of [[w:Grammatical gender|gender]] (or animacy) is tied to the former categories. Nouns are not marked for d ...r-neutral words are preferred. This sometimes leads to confusion, when the gender of a historical figure is unknown, because it was never mentioned. A differ

All [[Feminine (grammar)|feminine]] nouns, ''i.e.,'' nouns denoting women or female animals end in ''-a'': '' ...ical to that of the genitive singular: ''mani'': "manly, man's"; ''ʒinu'': feminine, "woman's".

! Gender !! Number !! Absolutive !! Ergative !! Suffixing !! Dative !! Genitive ! feminine

...d pronouns and verb affixes no longer mark grammatical gender, but natural gender (as in [[Naquian]]). There is no definite or indefinite article. !|3 (feminine)

...or "e" ([jy.ˈsal] for ''esˁal'' - "I am asking", [zyθ] for ''edzō'' "this (feminine)", [byn] for ''bin'' "son"), lack of [ʕ] (which also happens in Lebanese) Lebanese nouns and adjectives are inflected to show gender, number, case and [[w:Construct state|state]], though in a common speech ca

...eme to denote multiple syntactic/semantc roles of words. Nouns inflect for gender (only nouns, demonstratives and relatives), case, number, person (only in p ! colspan="4" |Feminine

Nouns have three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter; two numbers: singular and plural; they are also declined accord ====Feminine====

...hoan Celinese" era, but they still decline for number, and for grammatical gender in the plural. Pronouns still retain vestiges of the case system. Adjective ...''gathal'' (girl) are feminine and masculine respectively, because -s is a feminine word ending and -l is generally a masculine word ending.

====Gender==== Tameï has three grammatical genders (''chiâ'', pl. ''chigūz''): masculine, feminine, and neuter. In most cases, they can be predicted based on the ending of th

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

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

! Feminine ! Feminine

...''masculine''' and '''common''' nouns. The distinction is based on natural gender, so that all male humans, deities and spirits are masculine, as are male an ...ale humans, deities and spirits; female animals and those with unspecified gender

| Feminine || am -ti || äm -ty ''-there is no gender distinction in pronouns''

'''-e (masculine), -a (feminine), -å (neuter)''' '''-i (masculine), -i (feminine)'''

...the definite article which precedes it: '''ill''' (masculine); '''lla''' (feminine). Four features distinguish feminine nouns from masculine nouns:

! !! Masculine || Feminine || Neuter ! Feminine

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

====Grammatical gender and animacy==== ...feminine. These are all generally listed as masculine, feminine and neuter gender.

...ent genders are declined the same - the declension is decided based on the gender of a noun and the final sound(s). The first declension is typically considered a masculine declension but many feminine nouns belong to this declension as well. The common endings are '''constona

====Gender==== ...matical gender affecting the morphology of words. Their concept of natural gender, however, is substantially different from many other cultures and does infl

Nouns may be masculine or feminine. Adjectives agree with the noun they govern in gender and number.

...this is particularly true for infinitive and for simple past of verbs, for feminine nouns (nouns that indicate a female being) that end in ''-ew'', for nouns t ...uns and adjectives ending in ''-e'', ''-em'', ''-en'', ''-ew'' (except for feminine nouns) and ''-er'' are stressed on the last but one syllable.

...oon" but ''ra nimba'' "the language"). Originally this only applied to the feminine article, and if the word had a nasal but in coda it didn't apply, but analo ! Class !! Masculine Sg. !! Feminine Sg. !! Plural

...nder, but that has been effaced by time. Nouns and articles do not reflect gender by themselves, whereas pronouns do. Animals, however, have a whole range of === Gender ===

! colspan="2"| Feminine Above is a table of gender contrasting with characteristics. It displays a few of the vowel patterns,

...s in Ido, as in Esperanto, do not conjugate depending on person, number or gender; the -'''as''', -'''is''', and -'''os''' endings suffice whether the subjec ...or "it", depending on the context) in addition to its masculine (''il''), feminine (''el''), and neuter (''ol'') third-person pronouns.

...There are no articles. Adjectives follow the noun. There is no grammatical gender or noun class system. Guosa is generally prepositional. ...r object. [[Animacy]] is not distinguished in pronouns, but plural is, and gender is distinguishable, albeit it is optional and only makes the distinction be

...a introduced this non-PIE element to avoid the "gender" dispute found in [[Gender reform in Esperanto|Esperanto]]. Gender is attributed in Sambahsa according to the "true nature" of the noun referr

==== Gender ==== ...t affixes in the verb complex take up this role, each affix indicating the gender of its cross-indexed nominal argument. The verb's agreement affixes cross-

Adjectives in Tulvan are invariable in number, declension or gender. They follow their respective nouns and they are divided into two main grou :iroth, "feminine" → '''ni'''roth, "femininely"

...and changes for gender, being ''-il'' for masculine nouns and ''-la'' for feminine ones (with ''l'' becoming ''r'' if there's another ''l'' in the stem).<br/> ...both genders: ''ælektra'' (tram/Stadtbahn), for example, is most commonly feminine but is also used as masculine due to its etymology (it is a shortening of '

...] forms for three of an item, which on Earth are only found with pronouns. Gender is only occasionally (and optionally) marked. [[gender (language)|Masculine and feminine]] nouns may be distinguished by suffix. There are no articles (words for "a

*''-t-'' of 2nd person, 3rd person feminine, singulative: ...they can occur as the head of a nominal phrase; (2) they have grammatical gender; (3) they can take case forms; and (4) they may have distinct number forms.

...feminine gender|feminine]] ending for [[wikt:occupation|occupations]]. The gender of animals is immutable. All forms of nouns end with a [[vowel]] and are ta

...in which case it means "slave of God". ''Guþþyde'' is declined as a strong feminine noun when referring to the Gothedes as whole and as a weak noun when referr ...|| تی بندنه || te bundene || [teː ˈbʊnd.nə] || Used as an ending in mostly feminine nouns, especially those of Arabic origin. Usually replaced with ه or ت.

...belong to one of three genders: masculine, feminine and neuter. The neuter gender has fallen together with masculine in the Westlandic dialect, although the There are four classes of feminine noun:

**ɴ+V → nV, ''œ̄ðbrucɴ'' ‘fragile’ → feminine ''œ̄ðbrucna'' ...'' again), while others are variable (e.g. ''mīn'' ‘mine’, but with dative feminine ending ‘-ʀ’ → ''mīnðʀ''). (We actually had a variant of this rule

! Feminine ...number of the possessed noun. The masculine singular form is '''ke''', the feminine and neuter singular one is '''kea''', while the one used for all plurals is

...s the noun classes; however, in constrast to the masculine and neuter, the feminine almost always falls under the ā-stem class. The formation of the feminine generally depends on the masculine and neuter class as per the table below:

...ent genders (''jensi'', sg. ''jens''): '''masculine''' (''turéssyás''), '''feminine''' (''ninfasyás''), or '''neuter''' (''mediyás''). ...cases, each declension (except the fourth) only contains nouns of a single gender.<br/>

<!-- ====Gender system==== * The Central Lahobic languages, as well as Šlokhowdeš, do not distinguish gender anymore, but there are many plurals that show traces of this system (even t

|3rd person singular feminine||ona||onof||onoi, svoi||onif ...high class pronoun ''to'' describes people or high animals with an unknown gender. ''Svoi'' is a genitive pronoun that means "my own, your own, his own, thei

...pronoun which refers to the subject itself. Singular nominative separates feminine and masculine. ...sons (/items) ''cu'' refers to the former and ''cy'' to the latter despite gender.

The definite article causes lenition to feminine nouns (e.g. ''er wrek'' 'the woman'). ...to persons sometimes alter their grammatical gender to reflect the natural gender of the person, for example the masculine noun ''er postidh'' "the postman,

Just as adjectives, participles decline for gender, case and number of the noun they modify, except for the dative absolute co ! <small>feminine</small>

! Feminine ...eenagers and adults of unknown gender it is more common to use ''hi'' as a gender-neutral pronoun.

...nguages, marking grammatical person, number, definiteness and specificity, gender, accessibility, and case. ...be a cline ranging from a pitch-based pronunciation (generally regarded as feminine) to a weight-based pronunciation (regarded as masculine). At the pitch-base

! Feminine ! Feminine

Adjectives agree with the nouns they govern in gender, number, and definiteness. |+ Cathardic third person feminine pronouns

...ulated that it may eventually evolve into a true classifier or grammatical gender system. ...ffix ''-kasi'' can be optionally used to explicitly "switch" their natural gender. Typically, masculinity is assumed, but there are exceptions.

...trigger the softening mutation are marked by a following '''ʰ''' (e.g. the feminine singular definite article ''taʰ''), while those that trigger the hardening ! Feminine

...h the learned Old Irish forms, where masculine and neuter cause lenition, feminine – aspiration, while the expected Germanic reflexes all cause aspiration a ...al meaning. Whenever the direct object is a definite noun, marking for its gender and/or number is optional and fairly common in later, colloquial language.

...with nouns anywhere. Nouns have one form only and don't inflect for case, gender or number. There are no definite of indefinite articles. ====Gender====

Daùnare nouns decline according to noun '''class''' (also called gender), '''number''', and '''case'''. There are four '''classes''', each declinin * Feminine (singular,* dual, plural)

Lemizh words do not inflect for number or gender. If desired, we can express this information by forming compounds. (Note th ! !! Neutral !! Singular !! Dual !! Plural !! Feminine !! Masculine !! Feminine singular !! etc.

*loss of grammatical gender ...translations of idioms, phrasal verbs and pragmatics, loss of grammatical gender, intense dialectal mixing in the early modern period with what appears to b

| 3sg.f. || ''pel'' || she || feminine || ''peibj'' || -- | 3pl || ''akpél'' || they || feminine (=parþ) || ''pyldj'' || ''píkci''

! Person !! Number !! Gender !! Nominative !! Accusative !! Genitive !! Possessive !! Dative !! Ablative ...ter nominative singular can be omitted if it is identical to the masculine/feminine nominative singular.

4) Gender neutral nouns can optionally have a ɡender specified by the followinɡ suf a) feminine: -it

...ny in the '''stressed syllable''' is used for example to express adjective gender and to create different verb forms. ====Gender====

## Adjectives are compared as in English, and are also inflected according to gender, number and definiteness. ...h. Pronouns inflect for person, number, and, in the third person singular, gender. Differences with English include the inclusion in Femmish of a separate th

As for adapting feminine names, most often the ''-n'' ending common to most Evandorian languages is ! Name !! Gender !! Corresponds to

...cal perspective this suffix arose from a mixture of the masculine /-m/ and feminine suffix /-f/ giving a preform *-mf which later developped into *-mp and fina !feminine

...inative ending differ, declension is given: "D" divine, "M" masculine, "F" feminine and "N" neuter |blockage (often feminine)

...shown (in some cases explicitely, such as when referring to Bāḍhmālyam's "feminine intelligence" (''hulunāmitat baragā'')). Overall, the tale is an allegori ...ld have the opportunity to study and dedicated themselves to traditionally feminine careers – politics, bureaucracy, science, and arts. And even those males

...r plural definite articles before vowel-initial nouns: ''ah'' (the, plural feminine definite article) + ''evich'' (bees): ''ah·evich''. Otherwise, contraction ...grammar. Typical Romance features, such as arbitrary feminine vs masculine gender in nouns and verbs conjugating for person and tense intermix with less usua

...n declensions and their various subtypes, including those for Greek nouns. Gender is not marked on the nouns themselves, but on accompanying adjectives and a ! Singular marker !! Plural marker !! Gender !! Notes !! Origin !! Examples

...' (neuter), '''lis''' (plural), '''los''' (masculine plural), e '''las''' (feminine plural).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cosmoglotta A, 1927, p. 96|url=https://anno.o ...gender of third person plural by using ''illos'' (masculine) or e''llas'' (feminine).<ref name=pbgrammar />

| feminine | feminine (=[[Contionary: parþ#Maltcégj|parþ]])

It does not have an ending (except for rare circumstances to mark [[#Gender|gender]]); instead it is realized as the full extension of the root's vowel struct ...basically meaning Rówok has an animate and an inanimate, instead of actual gender, though, as stated, especially younger speakers might use the optional gend

Nouns have no grammatical gender and case is limited to the genitive. | feminine

=== Gender, Number, and Case Marking === '''1) Gender:'''

...lso neuter in gender, which when compared to nouns that have masculine and feminine nouns, both of these nouns lie lower in the animacy spectrum; Classificator Oftentimes irregularities in gender-number concord may appear. An example where agreement marking is lacking wi

ŋ't: I get out of the shower and the first thing I hear is "MILK IS FEMININE" lol nico!: Yas I am learning Spanish and milk is feminine 😭

...ve, genitive, dative); three [[w:Grammatical genders|genders]] (masculine, feminine, neuter); and two [[w:Grammatical number|numbers]] (singular, plural). ...-a. A fourth category of nouns is [[w:Marker (linguistics)|unmarked]] for gender, ending in -e in the singular and -i in the plural; a variant of the unmark

Rangyan has no grammatical number, gender or articles. Thus, Rangyan nouns are non-inflecting. The noun ''iku'' ({{Dl |sometimes written in yenmun for a more feminine feel

We can indicate in 3 ways, whether the name is masculine or feminine; |Feminine

ŋ't: I get out of the shower and the first thing I hear is "MILK IS FEMININE" lol nico!: Yas I am learning Spanish and milk is feminine 😭

...hers in the family, Chlouvānem did not become genderless because of losing gender marking on nouns, but because it lost concordance anywhere else.</ref>: ins ...ner, and the addressee. Some particular forms are also chosen depending on gender.

:ArO=abstract noun. ErO=feminine noun. UrO=masculine noun. ...w any other grammar. "Grammar" means things obligatory to express, such as gender, case, number, tense, aspect of verb, mood and so on. All such things are a

'''frauig''' ''a'' feminine '''slaggē''' ''n'' gender, sex

We can indicate in 3 ways, whether the name is masculine or feminine; | valign="top" width="148" |Feminine

...behind green being considered in Chlouvānem culture, even today, the most feminine colour.<br/>Very dark shades of warm colours are often indistinctly called ...sins, and distinguishes relative age of siblings (and cousins) of the same gender and in the same generation of the Ego.<br/>While Chlouvānem does not have