Gender Reform In Esperanto
Gender asymmetry is one of the aspects of the constructed language Esperanto that is most frequently targeted for criticism. There are numerous proposals to regularize both grammatical and lexical gender.
In the text below, when a proposed word or usage is not grammatically correct according to the standard rules of Esperanto grammar, it will be marked with an asterisk.
Read more about Gender Reform In Esperanto: Gender in Esperanto, Common Elements To Regularizing Esperanto Gender, Gender-neutral Pronouns
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