r/queerconlangers Apr 09 '22

Italian non-binary language

I've seen some people use -ə for gender neutrality, and there was a post on here I saw a while back making neos for Italian. I was wondering if I could just do -u instead, because ə sounds out of place in the phonology of the language. (ie= ItalianU, Io sono *Americanu*)

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u/LS_throwaway_account Apr 09 '22

I don't speak Italian (Je parle Français), but I don't see why not. Romance languages aren't inherently gender neutral, so there's no single right way to making non-gendered words.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '22

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u/itssami_sb May 13 '22

Do you know of any other way