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They’ve missed at least one prominent example, namely the South American language Karajá [0]. Ribeiro’s grammar spends a whole chapter talking about the differe
by bradrn 5y ago
They’ve missed at least one prominent example, namely the South American language Karajá [0]. Ribeiro’s grammar spends a whole chapter talking about the difference between female and male speech, which include:
• Men can drop k, often causing vowel fusion and modification
• Men drop d/n in the two words dõ ‘a’ and adõ ‘something’
• Various irregular vocabulary differences
For instance, female dɪkarə̃ kadɪɗakakre corresponds to male dɪarə̃ adɪɗakakre ‘I will take it off’.
[0] Ribeiro, Eduardo Rivail. 2012. A grammar of Karajá. (Doctoral dissertation, University of Chicago; x+291pp.)