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And what to think of languages like Swedish that have Masculine and Neuter, but not Feminine, and the fact that some languages don't even agree on what is a Mas
by ksaj 4y ago
And what to think of languages like Swedish that have Masculine and Neuter, but not Feminine, and the fact that some languages don't even agree on what is a Masculine word and what is a Feminine word?
- orwin 4y agoThat linguistics and language evolution is really interesting. Old french/vulgar latin had a neuter gender, which pronoun sounded a lot like the male pronoun, and with nominative ending who were the same. Hence male pronouns are the default pronouns.