In Dyirbal, women, fire, and weapons share the same grammatical gender.

The wild world of human speech

Chapter 1

Sounds you didn't know humans could make

Chapter 2

Grammar systems that will bend your brain

Chapter 3

Writing systems designed like puzzles

Chapter 4

Languages that change how you see the world

YOUR GOAL

Master of The wild world of human speech

Ch 2 · Grammar systems that will bend your brain

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