Re: Sexist languages?

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> gender. Why not have a uniform gender for both men and women? It would even 
> satisfy those of new-clans who otherwise want seperate gender notatons. They 
> suggest we should have a  
>  
>       1. human and all other life forms. 
>       2. lifeless objects. 
>  
> Then a man, women, a tree and a dog will be addressed by the language 
> with same good respect. 

There is already such a scheme in Telugu:

vaccenu, vaccunu, vaccucunDu are all gender-uninflected usages.

Bapa Rao

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