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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===