Universal 1998:

Universal 1998:

Original

An obvious suggestion for a universal here [where gender appears in only one person] would be that if a language has a gender distinction in any pronoun, it will be in 3rd person pronouns.

Standardized

IF there is a gender distinction in any pronoun other than 3rd person, THEN there will be a gender distinction (the same?) in 3rd person.

Keywords

pronoun, person, gender

Domain

inflection

Type

implication

Status

achronic

Quality

absolute?

Basis

“over 200 languages” from all over the place

Source

Corbett 1991: 131

Counterexamples

Angas (West Chadic, Afroasiatic): gender in 2nd person only, except in reported speech. (Corbett 1991: 131, based on Burquest 1986).