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In attempt to address the limitations posed by the gendered nature of verb conjugations in Hindi, and to ensure students are not forced to misgender themselves, in 2016, some faculty at the University of Texas at Austin, shared [https://inclusivehindi.la.utexas.edu/inclusive-hindi-grammar an avant-garde proposal for a non-binary verb conjugation option] that does not currently exist in Hindi. This proposal has largely been well received by colleagues and students alike (with some predictable backlash). They are currently in the process of creating a webpage dedicated to making Hindi pedagogy more inclusive, which will also include details of this proposal.  

'''In the gendered binary option:''' - '''''male voice''''' ''conjugations'' end in '''आ ''ā''''' for masculine singular conjugations and '''ए ''e'''''  for masculine plural conjugations. - '''''female voice''''' conjugations end in '''ई ''ī''''' for both, feminine singular and plural conjugations, with '''ई ''ī'''''  sometimes being nasalized to '''ईं ''ī̃'''''  for plural conjugations. For ''a '''non-binary voice''''' option, we suggest conjugations end in '''ओ ''o''''' for both, non-binary singular and plural conjugations,  with '''ओ ''o''''' sometimes being nasalized to '''ओं ''õ''''' for plural conjugations, along principles similar to conjugations for the ''female voice''.