Gender in IE Langs
Gender in IE Langs
Quick question(s): PIE had/has gender, right? M, F, and N? So, I know how that get simplified into M and F a lot, but are Bengali and English the only established IE langs that merge them all into M (i.e. genderlessness)?
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Some dialects of Scandinavian do. Afrikaans does. Uhhhm. I can't immediately think of any other examples.
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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Neither Armenian nor Persian have gender. Walloon has almost completly lost gender.
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Some other languages related to Bengali have also lost grammatical gender, e.g. Assamese, Maithili and Magahi.
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Also, PIE did not have M/N/F. At least not early on.
Early PIE is believed to have had an animacy-based system. Late PIE had developed this into a M/N/F system.
Early PIE is believed to have had an animacy-based system. Late PIE had developed this into a M/N/F system.
http://www.veche.net/
http://www.veche.net/novegradian - Grammar of Novegradian
http://www.veche.net/alashian - Grammar of Alashian
http://www.veche.net/novegradian - Grammar of Novegradian
http://www.veche.net/alashian - Grammar of Alashian
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Which ones?YngNghymru wrote:Some dialects of Scandinavian do.
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West Jutish dialects and some East Swedish dialects.Åge Kruger wrote:Which ones?YngNghymru wrote:Some dialects of Scandinavian do.
Dibotahamdn duthma jallni agaynni ra hgitn lakrhmi.
Amuhawr jalla vowa vta hlakrhi hdm duthmi xaja.
Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro.
Amuhawr jalla vowa vta hlakrhi hdm duthmi xaja.
Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro.
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Ask MiekkoÅge Kruger wrote:Which ones?YngNghymru wrote:Some dialects of Scandinavian do.
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Somewhere around Karleby.Cockroach wrote:Ask MiekkoÅge Kruger wrote:Which ones?YngNghymru wrote:Some dialects of Scandinavian do.
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