Communities

Writing
Writing
Codidact Meta
Codidact Meta
The Great Outdoors
The Great Outdoors
Photography & Video
Photography & Video
Scientific Speculation
Scientific Speculation
Cooking
Cooking
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Judaism
Judaism
Languages & Linguistics
Languages & Linguistics
Software Development
Software Development
Mathematics
Mathematics
Christianity
Christianity
Code Golf
Code Golf
Music
Music
Physics
Physics
Linux Systems
Linux Systems
Power Users
Power Users
Tabletop RPGs
Tabletop RPGs
Community Proposals
Community Proposals
tag:snake search within a tag
answers:0 unanswered questions
user:xxxx search by author id
score:0.5 posts with 0.5+ score
"snake oil" exact phrase
votes:4 posts with 4+ votes
created:<1w created < 1 week ago
post_type:xxxx type of post
Search help
Notifications
Mark all as read See all your notifications »
Q&A

Post History

77%
+5 −0
Q&A Are there any examples of neopronouns for non-binary or third gender people being fully incorporated into a language's grammar?

Many non-binary people now request that new third person pronouns (neopronouns) be used to refer to them, for example xe or ze. These have not been widely used by English speakers yet, but it's sti...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by curiousdannii‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Conrado‭

#1: Initial revision by user avatar curiousdannii‭ · 2020-11-18T06:22:54Z (almost 4 years ago)
Are there any examples of neopronouns for non-binary or third gender people being fully incorporated into a language's grammar?
Many [non-binary people](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-binary_gender) now request that [new third person pronouns](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-person_pronoun#Summary) (neopronouns) be used to refer to them, for example *xe* or *ze*. These have not been widely used by English speakers yet, but it's still too early to say whether they might in the future.

Non-binary gender is a fairly recent concept for many people in western societies, but other societies have long had similar concepts, which anthropologists have termed [third gender](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_gender). Note that not all those who would identify with one of these would identify with the western terms transgender or non-binary gender.

Seeing as these [third gender](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_gender#History) ideas have been around for thousands of years, I would like to know if there are any languages which have fully incorporated (ie, fully grammaticalised) neopronouns for non-binary or third gender people? I am specifically interested in pronouns that are used strictly for non-binary or third gender people, and not ones that are also used in a generic or indefinite manner (as the singular *they* is in English.)