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Do nouns have gender?

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The moon is feminine in French (la lune) but masculine in German (der Mond). Only systems tied to sex are counted here; Bantu noun classes are not based on sex, so they count as “no”.

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Yes 398No 1,769

From Grambank.

Yes 398

No 1,769