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==Irish== | ==Irish== | ||
The irish language (Gaeilige) presents some challenges to creating a gender neutral way of speaking. Every noun is gendered in either masculine or feminine grammatical gender, with accompanied binary forms for adjective agreement, pronouns and prepositions. | The irish language (Gaeilige) presents some challenges to creating a gender neutral way of speaking. Every noun is gendered in either masculine or feminine grammatical gender, with accompanied binary forms for adjective agreement, pronouns and prepositions. Irish masculine and feminine nouns have standard endings endings (with many exceptions of course), and the gender of nouns dictates initial consonant mutations and forming adjectives. Typically, nouns are given the gender pronoun corresponding with their grammatical gender. Despite these very gendered examples of grammar, there are attempts at updating the language to be more gender inclusive. | ||
===Pronouns=== | ===Pronouns=== | ||
Pronouns in standard Irish Gaelic are as follows: | Pronouns in standard Irish Gaelic are as follows: | ||