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Classical Windermere had grammatical gender, with masculine and feminine genders.
Classical Windermere had grammatical gender, with masculine and feminine genders.
*Most words with breathy voice were feminine: ''tge'' /tge/ 'voice' was masculine, while ''trămaay'' /trəmaʱj/ 'rain' was feminine
*Most words with breathy voice were feminine: ''tge'' /tge/ 'voice' was masculine, while ''trămaay'' /trəmaʱj/ 'rain' was feminine.
*Exceptions were human nouns, for which the gender followed natural gender.  
*Exceptions were human nouns, for which the gender followed natural gender.  
*Words with certain affixes such as ''hăl-'' or ''să-'' were also feminine.
*Words with certain affixes such as ''hăl-'' or ''să-'' were also feminine.
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