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[quote=Anonymous]Did you know... English’s root languages did not use our modern gendered system of gendered pronouns. According to historical linguists, Proto-Indo-European, the ancestor of many European and Indian languages, originally had two genders: animate and inanimate. However, this changed after the Hittite branch split off. Old English had a system of grammatical gender similar to that of modern German, with three genders: masculine, feminine, neuter. However, this system fell out of use during the Middle English period; therefore, Modern English largely does not have grammatical gender. Nonetheless, traces of the Old English gender system are found in the system of pronouns. Modern English assumes a “natural” interpretation of gender affiliation, which is based on the sex, gender identity, or perceived sexual characteristics of the pronoun’s referent[/quote]
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