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Why Some Languages Are Gendered? For Not Be Learned Well Enough by Some? Traditional versus Economic Perspective?
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Traditional Perspective : Traditionally it is claimed that, the phenomenon of gender-linked (or gender-based) languages stems from historical, cultural, and linguistic evolution. Here’s why some languages assign grammatical gender (masculine, feminine, neuter) to nouns: 1. Historical Roots in Proto-Indo-European (PIE) 2. Cultural and Mythological Influences 3. Linguistic Efficiency & Sound Patterns 4. Natural vs. Arbitrary Gender 5. Language Evolution & Simplification.Author's Profile
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