Gender neutral language in Portuguese
Only someone who does not understand anything about latin languages can invent such thing as this. There are no gender neutral pronouns in portuguese, french nor spanish. Entire languages would need to be invented for that. The words do not even sound close to anything any one would say in portuguese. Stop spreading lies!! Get a life!!
Language sets
There are two established ways of representing language sets in the Portuguese language. The first one, ela/dela follows the same format as the English "she/her," however, it is very incomplete. In Portuguese, word endings indicate gender, so the format ela/dela/-a was suggested as an alternative. Though this format is more complete than the previous one, it has been criticized. Some of the criticisms are that it doesn't take the particularities of the Portuguese language into account; that the other elements in the language that indicate gender, like articles and demonstrative pronouns, should also be declared and that article and word ending choice are unrelated to pronoun choice. For these reasons, the recommended representation is a/ela/a, which follows the format article/pronoun/word ending.[1] An even more complete version of this format would be a/uma/da/ela/dela/minha/essa/a.[2] Note that, because pronouns aren't the only language elements that indicate gender in Portuguese, some people suggest calling these sets language sets instead of pronoun sets.
Articles
In Portuguese, there are two types of articles: definite articles - a, o, as, os (equivalent to the English "the") - and indefinite articles - uma, um, umas, uns (equivalent to the English "a" and "an") - all of which are gendered.[3]
| a/o | ae | el | fi | i | u | ê | le |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a/o estudante | ae estudante | el estudante | fi estudante | i estudante | u estudante | ê estudante | le estudante |
There are many other alternatives, though ê is, by far, the most used one. As for indefinite articles, these depend on the word ending that was chosen.
| Word ending | a | ae | e | eo | o | oa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| um + word ending | uma(s) | umae(s) | ume(s) | umeo(s) | umo(s) | umoa(s) |
Pronouns
In Portuguese, there are two standard personal pronouns for the third person singular and two for the third person plural. Ela is equivalent to the English "she" and ele is equivalent to the English "he," while elas and eles are both equivalent to the English plural "they." Portuguese-speaking non-binary people who don't feel comfortable with these have had to come up with neopronouns.
| ela/e(s) | ael(s) | el(s) | el@(s)* | elu(s) | elx(s)* | ile(s) | ilu(s) | êla(s) | ilo(s) | ila(s) | elo(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dela/e(s) | dael(s) | del(s) | del@(s) | delu(s) | delx(s) | dile(s) | dilu(s) | dêla(s) | dilo(s) | dila(s) | delo(s) |
| nela/e(s) | nael(s) | nel(s) | nel@(s) | nelu(s) | nelx(s) | nile(s) | nilu(s) | nêla(s) | nilo(s) | nila(s) | nelo(s) |
| aquela/e(s) | aquael(s) | aquel(s) | aquel@(s) | aquelu(s) | aquelx(s) | aquile(s) | aquilu(s) | aquêla(s) | aquilo(s) | aquila(s) | aquelo(s) |
| daquela/e(s) | daquael(s) | daquel(s) | daquel@(s) | daquelu(s) | daquelx(s) | daquile(s) | daquilu(s) | daquêla(s) | daquilo(s) | daquila(s) | daquelo(s) |
| naquela/e(s) | naquael(s) | naquel(s) | naquel@(s) | naquelu(s) | naquelx(s) | naquile(s) | naquilu(s) | naquêla(s) | naquilo(s) | naquila(s) | naquelo(s) |
| àquela/e(s) | àquael(s) | àquel(s) | àquel@(s) | àquelu(s) | àquelx(s) | àquile(s) | àquilu(s) | àquêla(s) | àquilo(s) | àquila(s) | àquelo(s) |
| praquela/e(s) | praquael(s) | praquel(s) | praquel@(s) | praquelu(s) | praquelx(s) | praquile(s) | praquilus(s) | praquêla(s) | praquilos(s) | praquilas(s) | praquelo(s) |
*The use of these sets has been increasingly discouraged for the following reasons: they aren't convenient for people who use screen readers; they can be hard to read for people with dyslexia and they aren't orally pronounceable.[9]
The most well known and most used Portuguese neopronoun is elu. Its use is encouraged, mainly because it fits in with the pronouns ela ("she") and ele ("he") and it is easily pronounceable. Some people pronounce it as "élu", while others pronounce it as "êlu". A third option is saying "elú".
Some pronouns can depend on the word ending chosen by the user. While each pronoun, typically, has a word ending tied to it, using concordant language is not mandatory. Someone may use the word ending eo while using the pronoun ile, for example.
| Word ending | a | ae | e | eo | o | u | oa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| est + word ending | esta(s) | estae(s) | este(s) | esteo(s) | esto(s) | estu(s) | estoa(s) |
| ess + word ending | essa(s) | essae(s) | esse(s) | esseo(s) | esso(s) | essu(s) | essoa(s) |
| mi or minh + word ending | minha(s) | minhae(s) | minhe(s) | minheo(s) | minho(s) | minhu(s) | minhoa(s) |
| tu + word ending | tua(s) | tuae(s) | tue(s) | tueo(s) | tuo(s) | tu(s) | tuoa(s) |
| su or su + word ending | sua(s) | suae(s) | sue(s) | sueo(s) | suo(s) | su(s) | suoa(s) |
The pronouns esta and essa can follow one of two paths when being converted to neutral forms. Est/ess + word ending or letters of personal pronoun before consonant + st/ss + letters of personal pronoun after consonant. The latter only works if the personal pronoun has a consonant in the middle, so it'd work for ilu and ile (issu/istu and isse/iste) but not for ael (aess/aest), for example.[10]
Word endings
In the Portuguese language, the ending of a word typically indicates gender. For this reason, the vast majority of words have two forms: the masculine and the feminine. Feminine words end in a, while masculine words end in o.[11] The word "friend," a noun, can translate to amiga or amigo. The same rule applies to adjectives, however, so "tall" can translate to either alta or alto. Moreover, adjectives and nouns are expected to agree in gender. Some non-binary people use more than one word ending and may not mind that non-concordant language is used when referring to them, like in the sentence ae meu amiga é bonito. New word endings were created to accomodate people who don't feel comfortable with either of the standard word endings.
| a/o | ae | e | eo | ie | u | y | oa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| menina/o | meninae | menine | menineo | meninie | meninu | meniny | meninoa |
| parceira/o | parceirae | parceire | parceireo | parceirie | parceiru | parceiry | parceiroa |
| companheira/o | companheirae | companheire | companheireo | companheirie | companheiru | companheiry | companheiroa |
| adulta/o | adultae | adulte | adulteo | adultie | adultu | adulty | adultoa |
| aluna/o | alunae | alune | aluneo | alunie | alunu | aluny | alunoa |
| ambígua/o | ambíguae | ambígue | ambígueo | ambíguie | ambígu | ambíguy | ambíguoa |
| amiga/o | amigae | amigue | amigueo | amiguie | amigu | amiguy | amigoa |
| feia/o | feiae | feie | feieo | feie | feiu | feiy | feioa |
| dona/o | donae | done | doneo | donie | donu | dony | donoa |
| convidada/o | convidadae | convidade | convidadeo | convidadie | convidadu | convidady | convidadoa |
| brasileira/o | brasileirae | brasileire | brasileireo | brasileirie | brasileiru | brasileiry | brasileiroa |
| garota/o | garotae | garote | garoteo | garotie | garotu | garoty | garotoa |
| estrangeira/o | estrangeirae | estrangeire | estrangeireo | estrangeirie | estrangeiru | estrangeiry | estrangeiroa |
| moça/o | moçae | moce | moceo | mocie | moçu | mocy | moçoa |
| menina/o | meninae | menine | menineo | meninie | meninu | meniny | meninoa |
| solteira/o | solteirae | solteire | solteireo | solteirie | solteiru | solteiry | solteiroa |
| prima/o | primae | prime | primeo | primie | primu | primy | primoa |
| namorada/o | namoradae | namorade | namoradeo | namoradie | namoradu | namorady | namoradoa |
| política/o | políticae | polítique | polítiqueo | polítiquie | políticu | polítiquy | políticoa |
| psicóloga/o | psicólogae | psicólogue | psicólogueo | psicóloguie | psicólogu | psicóloguy | psicólogoa |
| veterana/o | veteranae | veterane | veteraneo | veteranie | veteranu | veterany | veteranoa |
| zagueira/o | zagueirae | zagueire | zagueireo | zagueirie | zagueiru | zagueiry | zagueiroa |
| usuária/o | usuáriae | usuárie | usuárieo | usuárie | usuáriu | usuáriy | usuárioa |
| noiva/o | noivae | noive | noiveo | noivie | noivu | noiviy | noivoa |
| obrigada/o | obrigadae | obrigade | obrigadeo | obrigadie | obrigadu | obrigady | obrigadoa |
| secretária/o | secretáriae | secretárie | secretárieo | secretárie | secretáriu | secretáriy | secretárioa |
Some words, such as heteronyms, are also inflected in the beginning, some examples and proposals below.[14][15][16]
| madrinha/padrinho | nadrinhe | xadrinhe | adrinhe | fadrinhe | badrinhe | zadrinhe |
| madre/padre | nadre | xadre | adre | fadre | badre | zadre |
| madrasta/padrasto | nadraste | xadraste | adraste | fadraste | badraste | zadraste |
| matriarca/patriarca | natriarca | xatriarca | atriarca | fadriarca | batriarca | zatriarca |
| maternidade/paternidade | naternidade | xaternidade | aternidade | faternidade | baternidade | zaternidade |
| mãe/pai | nãe/nam | pãe | ade | zazi | ||
See also
References
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- ↑ "expansão do sistema artigo/pronome/final de palavra?" [expansion of the article/pronoun/word ending system?]. Fórum Orientando (in Portuguese). 23 May 2018. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ↑ "Definite and Indefinite Articles". Practice Portuguese. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Testador de conjuntos: Modo avançado" [Set tester: Advanced mode]. Orientando (Language set tester, containing a number of neutral language elements) (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ↑ Lobo, Cari; Gaigaia, V. "Linguagem não-binária ou neutra" [Non-binary or neutral language]. wikia (in Portuguese). Revised by Kumiho Lim. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ↑ "Pronome neutro de terceira pessoa" [Neutral third person pronoun]. Wikipedia (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ↑ "Elementos de conjuntos de linguagem" [Elements of sets of language]. orientando (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ↑ "Gender neutrality in Portuguese". Wikipedia. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- ↑ "NEUTRALIDADE DE GÉNERO NA LÍNGUA PORTUGUESA" [GENDER NEUTRALITY IN THE PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE]. ORGULHO GAY (in Portuguese). 17 October 2019. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ↑ https://diversidades.fandom.com/pt-br/wiki/Neopronome
- ↑ "The Gender of Portuguese Words". Practice Portuguese. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ↑ "Dicionário de linguagem neutra" [Neutral language dictionary]. Pronouns.page (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- ↑ "Linguagem não sexista" [Non-sexist language]. Wikipédia (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- ↑ https://bloguealternative.wordpress.com/lista-de-neologismos/
- ↑ https://edisciplinas.usp.br/pluginfile.php/7546402/mod_resource/content/1/Comunica%C3%A7%C3%A3o%20para%20todas%2C%20todos%20e%20todes_UnB.pdf
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