How many languages have gendered pronouns?
Source: Number of genders. In World Atlas of Language Structures.
Swedish
| Han | Singular masculine |
| Hon | Singular feminine |
| Hen | Singular gender neutral |
- 2012: Children's book Kivi and Monsterdog uses gender-neutral pronoun, hen.
- 2015: Hen incorporated into official Swedish Academy Glossary.
- 2019: Study finds that use of hen "is associated with people expressing less bias in favor of traditional gender roles and categories."
Sources:
Tavits, M., & Pérez, E. O. (2019). Language influences mass opinion toward gender and LGBT equality. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(34), 16781–16786.
Rogers, A. (2019, Aug 15). Actually, Gender-Neutral Pronouns Can Change a Culture. Wired.
Spanish (Argentina)
| latino | singular masculine |
| latina | singular feminine |
| latin@, latinx | singular neutral, developed mainly in U.S. |
| latine | singular neutral, popularized in Argentina |
Sources
Berger, M. (2019, December 15). A guide to how gender-neutral language is developing around the world. Washington Post.
Schmidt, S. (2019, December 5). Teens in Argentina are leading the charge for a gender-neutral language. Washington Post.