As far as I can tell, none of his Elvish languages did – is there any indication that e.g., Khuzdul or Westron might have?
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2Tolkien's earlier languages had gendered pronouns.– ibidSep 18 at 20:02
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1There's so little Khuzdul defined that it's not possible to know the answer.– Dosco JonesSep 18 at 22:59
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Following ibid's prompt, here's an Early Quenya example: elfdict.com/w/she/eq?include_old=1– David RobertsSep 19 at 12:04
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1You can also dig backwards in time here (apologies for all the false positives) through various languages: elfdict.com/w/he?include_old=1. In particular Adûnaic has separate he/she: elfdict.com/w/he/ad?include_old=1, which suggests Westron might.– David RobertsSep 19 at 12:10
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Taliska might have grammatical gender, since it's said to be based on Germanic languages. We'll see when the grammar is out, as has been promised decades ago,– EugeneSep 21 at 9:03
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