Thereā€™s definitely some additional nuance (like a pronouns in bio/username situation) but this should cover the broad needs of anyone who is approaching this with good faith.

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    Your comment made me try to think of one, and all I got was a headache.

    In arabic everything is gendered. Even the most simple pronoun ā€œIā€ changes the form of the sentence based on your gender (ie masculine: ā€œana juā€™anā€ fem: ā€œana juā€™anaā€

    Even the numbers and verbs are gendered. To try to add a new gender would be rethinking the entire language.

    But in Arabic masculine pronouns are considered normal. Even with feminine objects like the sun, you can use a masculine pronoun ā€œhua kabirā€ He (it) is big. So most enbies I know of just use masculine pronouns. There may be an alternative I donā€™t know of. Itā€™s an interesting yet complex topic.

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      5 days ago

      Isnā€™t there a dual case (as in, specifically for two of something) in Arabic? Or is that primarily a formal thing?

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        There is. Itā€™s absolutely necessary, no exceptions at all. Itā€™s one of the only languages that really use it. It just adds to the complexity lol