I just came across this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWhhqHypoxw
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%BCshu_script
A Chinese writing system used exclusively by women.
I know there are certain styles favoured by either gender in both spoken and written languages. Some languages have, for instance, gender-specific pronouns. Never seen this, though. Are there any other examples of spoken or written language or dialect used exclusively by one group of people?
Female writing tradition (女书)
Female writing tradition (女书)
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Re: Female writing tradition (女书)
Sumerian had a dialect (or rather sociolect) which IIRC is called Eme-Sal (possibly Eme-Šal, I forget). In legends and whatever female characters speak in it, and priestesses' lines were all written in it in rituals. I have a feeling that female priests may've written in it, too, which would vaguely fit with your definition.
كان يا ما كان / يا صمت العشية / قمري هاجر في الصبح بعيدا / في العيون العسلية
tà yi póbo tsùtsùr ciivà dè!
short texts in Cuhbi
Risha Cuhbi grammar
tà yi póbo tsùtsùr ciivà dè!
short texts in Cuhbi
Risha Cuhbi grammar
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Re: Female writing tradition (女书)
I assume you already followed the links to hiragana there. That was historical; in modern Japanese there are still word choice and structural differences between gender-associated speech styles.
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Re: Female writing tradition (女书)
I think I read a book once that involved this kind of writing but I haven't seen anything from a scholarly source about it.
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