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Guy labeled “languages where everything is gendered” hovers menacingly, while a different guy labeled “non-binary people” runs away

  • LaughingLion [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    15·
    11 months ago

    hungarian isnt gendered at all

    not even gendered pronouns

    you have to expressly mention gender if you want it known as far as i understand it

    now you might think to yourself : “neat maybe ill learn some hungarian as a fun hobby” let me say, no, you wont. my great grandparents only spoke hungarian and its a bitch of a language to learn

    • huf [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      9·
      11 months ago

      oh yeah, remembered this funny thing, just as a demonstration of the genderless nature of hungarian.

      so one of the points of the communist usage of comrade was that it’s inclusive and non-gendered, right? now, we didnt borrow the word, we made up a translation: elvtárs. it means something like companion-in-principles or something. principle-mate.

      AND THEN THEY MADE UP elvtársnő! to be used for women. it’s the same word with “woman” stuck on the back.

      • huf [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        6·
        11 months ago

        eh, i doubt that’s true. “one of the hardest european languages to learn for an english native” feels closer to the truth.

          • huf [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
            6·
            11 months ago

            this is the usual anglocentric map: https://i.imgur.com/4ABYc7X.png

            so basically indoeuropean languages supposedly get harder the further away you go from england, and then languages belonging to a different language family are super hard.

            and i think languages spoken by non-whites are even harder, but that’s not on this map, except for that bit of arabic in north africa. i’d guess they rate chinese as harder than arabic.

            hungarian uses the latin alphabet, has a fairly phonetic spelling, has had extensive contact with indoeuropean languages and borrowed a shitton of words from them (scientific vocabulary is largely latin/greek for example). so it’s not that bad in comparison.

    • huf [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      eh, it’s not that hard, babies can learn it.

      but there’s no point, especially for nonbinary people. because while the grammar of the language isnt gendered, the PEOPLE speaking said language are fascist scum for the most part, and think not spitting in a woman’s eye is peak chivalry. yes, they think chivalry is still a thing.