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BestBadger (프로필 보기) 2021년 4월 3일 오전 6:16:20
Zam_franca (프로필 보기) 2021년 4월 3일 오전 11:57:42
BestBadger:Hello, I have done some research into Esperanto though I have not yet found if Esperanto is gender neutral. Or more specifically has gender neutral pronouns like can exist in English; such as singular "they". Any insight into this topic would be very helpful. Thanks!This topic is highly controversial among esperantists.
Without taking a side, I would say that there are proposals to make Esperanto partially or fully gender neutral (especially about pronouns), but that those proposals are not accepted by all esperantists.
"Ri" is the most popular proposal for a gender neutral pronoun. However, it is not official* and many esperantists do not support its use.
* The Esperanto language is regulated by the Academy of Esperanto ("Akademio de Esperanto"), that can officialize new words. The Academy's authority is based on la Fundamento de Esperanto. I would advise you to read about it.
bartlett22183 (프로필 보기) 2021년 4월 3일 오후 6:01:39
novatago (프로필 보기) 2021년 4월 3일 오후 10:49:40
sergejm:Riistoj uzas "ri" por angla "singular they".There is not traditional Esperanto, at least, not in the sense you mean. There is Esperanto, and things that aren't Esperanto. So "ri" isn't Esperanto, and "li" it's the pronoun for the masculine and the neuter gender.
Sed en tradicia Esperanto oni uzas "li" se genro estas nekonata.
Ĝis. Novatago (blogo / 7 + 1)
Zam_franca (프로필 보기) 2021년 4월 4일 오후 1:48:50
novatago:For me, "traditional Esperanto" is more something like:sergejm:I mean "traditional Esperanto" is its main branch regulated by the AcademyThat's modern or actual Esperanto. So, Esperanto.
Ni foriru de l' domo nova, pro l' sento ŝia.
In other words, a kind of old Esperanto full of zamenhofism.