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There are two main genders: masculine and feminine. Plural and collective/mass nouns are considered masculine, but may be treated as a separate gender (especially because they take plural agreement). Double plurals are feminine. | There are two main genders: masculine and feminine. Plural and collective/mass nouns are considered masculine, but may be treated as a separate gender (especially because they take plural agreement). Double plurals are feminine. | ||
Nouns with a non-final high tone are often masculine, and nouns ending in ''- | Nouns with a non-final high tone are often masculine, and nouns ending in ''-o'' are most often feminine. However, these are not reliable rules but rather tendencies. Sometimes, the gender of words is distinguished solely by tone. This distinction is lost in the nominative and genitive cases. Of course, they still use different articles and verb forms. | ||
e.g. Absolutive: ''ínan(ki)'' "boy", ''inán(ti)'' "girl" | e.g. Absolutive: ''ínan(ki)'' "boy", ''inán(ti)'' "girl" | ||