Why do some languages use gendered nouns? It seems to just add more complexity for no benefit.

    • Droggelbecher@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      I thought this was a discussion about languages people speak.

      Esperanto is an interesting case though but it wasn’t designed to be as simple as a language can be (since that is highly subjective). It was designed to have as many similarities as possible to major European language in order to make it easier for speakers of those European languages to learn.

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      6 months ago

      C++ is perhaps a great example of a language that has evolved over time without people putting a lot thought in it.