Why Do Languages Have Grammatical Gender? | Ask a Linguist

If you're a native English speaker, you were probably surprised the first time you encountered grammatical gender. So what is grammatical gender, and why do 25% of all languages have it? One of our linguists, Jennifer, explains.

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