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Also, there is evidence that there might be some hidden meta-language on humans as well from studies on how bilingual people/polyglots speak, code-switch, translate, etc.



My native language don't have gender-neutral personal pronouns. If I want to use pronouns correctly in English, I have to make mental pause before writing he or she to figure it out. Woman/man distinction does not come automatically.

When I use or think in English, my brain has weird rules of its own. Some person can have his/her pronoun constantly wrong. For some it's random. Context and rhythm can also can create pattern.


Philipines?


This is a major plot point of the novel "Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson, in case the idea strikes anyone's fancy


You talking about the namshub of enki?

Cryptonomicon is also great.


“Lexicon” by Max Barry is another good novel that plays with this premise.


This is fascinating, can you tell me more about it?




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