This question has a false premise and thus makes no sense.
Many natural languages are already genderless, so your question is equivalent to: “In genderless and sexless languages, what are pronouns based on?”, implying that there has to be some sort of gender-based polymorphism among pronouns.
implying that there has to be some sort of gender-based polymorphism among pronouns.
Pronouns are a shortcut for a noun. They do not need to be linked to genders. Singular third-person pronouns benefit from some variance based what is talked about. As other comments pointed out, these third-person pronouns could be based on social status, age, physical proximity, familiarity, etc.
This question has a false premise and thus makes no sense.
Many natural languages are already genderless, so your question is equivalent to: “In genderless and sexless languages, what are pronouns based on?”, implying that there has to be some sort of gender-based polymorphism among pronouns.
@aldhissla @enemyofsun I would argue even having pronouns might not be strictly necessary.
Pronouns are a shortcut for a noun. They do not need to be linked to genders. Singular third-person pronouns benefit from some variance based what is talked about. As other comments pointed out, these third-person pronouns could be based on social status, age, physical proximity, familiarity, etc.
That’s all there is about my question.