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This is a list of all known "genders" (as specified in Genders.xml) and their associated pronouns. A table is provided to understand what each row is used for in the context of language.
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This is a list of all genders that appear in <code>Genders.xml</code> and their associated pronouns. Pronouns not associated with a specific gender are pulled from <code>PronounSets.xml</code>. A table is provided to understand what each row is used for in the context of language.
 
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Plural
! Plural
| Is actually multiple entities. (Psuedo-plural is not truely plural)
| Is actually multiple entities. (Pseudo-plural is not truely plural)
|-
|-
! Person Term
! Person Term
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| What a parent of this gender is called.  
| What a parent of this gender is called.  
|}
|}
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Subjective
! Subjective
| "SHE went to the store."
| "'''She''' went to Grit Gate."
|-
|-
! Objective
! Objective
| "You are waterbonded with HIM."
| "You are water-bonded with '''him'''."
|-
|-
! Possessive Adjective
! Possessive Adjective
|"HER desert rifle rusted."
|"'''Her''' Issachar rifle rusted."
|-
|-
! Substantive Possessive
! Substantive Possessive
| "Kindrish is HERS."
| "Kindrish is '''hers'''."
|-
|-
! Reflexive
! Reflexive
| "He can only blame HIMSELF for his character's death."
| "He can only blame '''himself''' for eating the Cloaca Surprise."
|-
|-
! Psuedo-Plural
! Pseudo-Plural
| "They better watch their back, because they _have_ no one watching their chests." VS
| "Sam '''needs''' to drink some water because they '''are''' dehydrated."<br />vs.<br />"Sam '''needs''' to drink some water because she '''is''' dehydrated."
"He better watch his back, because he _has_ no one watching his chests."
|}
|}


==Genders==
==Genders==
===Neuter===
Default Pronouns: [[{{PAGENAME}}#It/its|It/its]]
{{neuter}}
<div>Note: This gender uses the bare indicative, so these terms will never be called, preferring to refer to the object as "it" instead.</div>
Neuter character of note: {{favilink|euclid}}
</div>
Neuter-exclusive creatures of note: {{favilink|mimic}}, {{favilink|pulsed field magnet}}, {{favilink|memory eater}}, {{favilink page|decarbonizer}}, {{favilink|galgal}}
</div>
Base gender for: Insects, Crabs, Fish, Spiders, Clams, Worms, Star Krakens, Urchins


===Nonspecific===
===Nonspecific===
Default Pronouns: [[{{PAGENAME}}#They/Them/Their|They/Them/Their]]
Default Pronouns: [[{{PAGENAME}}#They/Them/Their|They/Them/Their]]
{{Nonspecific|pronouns= none}}
{{Nonspecific|pronouns=none}}
Nonspecific characters of note: {{favilink|neek}}, {{favilink|shem -1}}, {{favilink|mayor haddas}}, {{favilink|warden une}}, {{favilink|rainwater shomer}}
 
===Male===
Default pronouns: [[{{PAGENAME}}#He/Him/His|He/Him/His]]
{{Male|pronouns=none}}
Male character of note: {{favilink|saad amus}}
</div>
Male-exclusive creatures of note: {{favilink|Boar}}, {{favilink|apple farmer}}


===Female===
===Female===
Default pronouns: [[{{PAGENAME}}#She/Her|She/Her]]
Default pronouns: [[{{PAGENAME}}#She/Her|She/Her]]
{{Female|pronouns= none}}
{{Female|pronouns= none}}
Female character of note: {{favilink|Tillifergaewicz}}
</div>
Female-exclusive creatures of note: {{favilink|snailmother}}, {{favilink|fire ant queen}}, {{favilink|miner mk I}} {{favilink|miner mk II|II}} {{favilink|miner mk III|III}}, {{favilink|apple farmer's daughter}}
</div>
Base gender for: Miners


===Male===
===Plural===
Default pronouns: [[{{PAGENAME}}#He/Him/His|He/Him/His]]
Default Pronouns: [[{{PAGENAME}}#Plural/They/Them/Their|Plural/They/Them/Their]]
{{Male|pronouns = none}}
{{Plural}}
Plural-exclusive creatures of note: {{favilink|prism perch}}
 
===Collective===
Default Pronouns: [[{{PAGENAME}}#Plural/They/Them/Their|Plural/They/Them/Their]]
{{Collective|pronouns=none}}


===Hartind===
===Males===
Default pronouns: [[{{PAGENAME}}#They/Them/Their|They/Them/Their]]
Default Pronouns: [[{{PAGENAME}}#Plural/They/Them/Their|Plural/They/Them/Their]]
{{Hartind|pronouns = none}}
{{Males}}


===Hindren Female===
===Females===
Default Pronouns: [[{{PAGENAME}}#She/Her|She/Her]]
Default Pronouns: [[{{PAGENAME}}#Plural/They/Them/Their|Plural/They/Them/Their]]
{{Hindren Female|pronouns=none}}
{{Females}}
Females characters of note: {{favilink|wardens esther}}


===Hindren Male===
===Hindren Male===
Default Pronouns: [[{{PAGENAME}}#He/Him/His|He/Him/His]]
Default Pronouns: [[{{PAGENAME}}#He/Him/His|He/Him/His]]
{{Hindren Male|pronouns= none}}
{{Hindren Male|pronouns=none}}
Hindren Male characters of note: {{favilink|kesehind}}, {{favilink|angohind}}


===Collective===
===Hindren Female===
Default Pronouns: [[{{PAGENAME}}#Plural/They/Them/Their|Plural/They/Them/Their]]
Default Pronouns: [[{{PAGENAME}}#She/Her|She/Her]]
{{Collective|pronouns=none}}
{{Hindren Female|pronouns=none}}
Hindren Female character of note: {{favilink|agate severance star}}


===Neuter===
===Hartind===
Default Pronouns: [[{{PAGENAME}}#It/its|It/its]]
Default pronouns: [[{{PAGENAME}}#They/Them/Their|They/Them/Their]]
{{neuter}}
{{Hartind|pronouns=none}}
!!this gender uses the bare indicative, so these terms will never be called, preferring to refer to the object as "it" instead.
Hartind character of note: {{favilink|lulihart}}


===Females===
===Elverson===
Default Pronouns: [[{{PAGENAME}}#She/Her|She/Her]]
Default pronouns: [[{{PAGENAME}}#Ey/Em/Eir|Ey/Em/Eir]]
{{Females}}
{{Elverson}}
Elverson character of note: {{favilink|vivira}}
</div>
Base gender for: Mopango


==Pronouns==
==Pronouns==
===It/Its===
{{it/its}}
===They/Them/Their===
===They/Them/Their===
{{They/Them/Their}}
{{They/Them/Their}}
===Plural/They/Them/Their===
===Plural/They/Them/Their===
{{Plural/They/Them/Their}}
{{Plural/They/Them/Their}}
===He/Him/His===
{{He/Him/His}}
===She/Her===
===She/Her===
{{She/Her}}
{{She/Her}}
===He/Him/His===
Characters of note that use She/Her: {{favilink|q girl}}, {{favilink|yla haj}}
{{He/Him/His}}
===Ey/Em/Eir===
{{Ey/Em/Eir}}
===Sie/Hir===
{{Sie/Hir}}
===Xe/Xem/Xyr===
===Xe/Xem/Xyr===
{{Xe/Xem/Xyr}}
{{Xe/Xem/Xyr}}
===Sie/Hier===
Characters of note that use Xe/Xem/Xyr: {{favilink|asphodel}}, {{favilink|sixshrew}}, {{favilink|frondzie}}
{{Sie/Hir}}
===Ze/Zir===
===Ze/Zir===
{{Ze/Zir}}
{{Ze/Zir}}
===Elverson===
{{Ey/Em/Eir}}


===It/Its===
==Trivia==
{{it/its}}
* There is an option in the code which allows newly animated objects (from {{Favilink|Spray-a-Brain}} or a {{Favilink|Nano-neuro Animator|nano-neuro animator}}) to generate an entirely new neogender and neopronouns, but it is currently disabled.
* {{favilink|Oboroqoru}}'s gender is male, but He has a unique set of pronouns and titles befitting His status as a god (note the capitalization):
{| class=wikitable
|-
!Subjective
|He
|-
!Objective
|Him
|-
!Possessive Adjective
|His
|-
!Substantive Possessive
|His
|-
!Reflexive
|Himself
|-
!Pseudo-plural
|No
|-
!Person Term
|god
|-
!Immature Person term
|godling
|-
!Formal Address term
|lord
|-
!Offspring term
|Son
|-
!Sibling term
|Brother
|-
!Parent term
|Father
|}
This pronoun set is only used by {{favilink|Oboroqoru}} and is not defined in <code>Genders.xml</code> or <code>PronounSets.xml</code>.


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