Culture
Gendered Latin Languages Change The Way People Think About The World
There are over 6,000 languages in the world, and not all of them follow the same rules as English. In many languages — particularly the Latin ones such as Spanish and French — all nouns are gendered. This changes the way we think and see the world — and not necessarily in a negative way.
By Luna Salinas5 min read
The concept of a gendered language can be strange, especially for native English speakers who have only ever known English since childhood. English — unlike Latin languages — refers to every noun gender-neutrally (we’ll refer to languages like these as “neutral languages”).