Bastic - Differences in the Language Based on the Speaker's Gender
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A description of the variation between Male and Female forms of the Bastic Language.
This public article was written by [Deactivated User] on 26 Dec 2016, 21:54.
[comments] baz Bastic, while technically counted as one single language, is really two extremely similar languages, one spoken by those who sexually identify as male, and one spoken by those who sexually identify as female. For those who identify as neither, usually a mix of the two forms is spoken, however it has been known for people to speak the form they grew up speaking, even if they don't identify as that gender anymore.
The only real difference between the two forms is the make-up of lexemes - usually there is only a variance in the consonants or vowels, but the number or phonemes stays the same (e.g. Vraga and Fraka, both meaning flag). The variation of consonants between the forms is usually between pairs of voiced and unvoiced consonants, and the variance of vowels can really be anything. In a few cases, the lexeme changes completely (e.g. Abbel and Manza, both meaning apple). The small variation within words is usually limited to either Consonants or Vowels, both don't happen to the same word. For lexemes that vary largely (e.g. Veelt and Munda, both meaning World), the male form tends to be of a Germanic influence, and the female form tends to be of a Romance influence.
While the base form of almost all lexemes change between the two forms of language, the base form of verbs do not. For verbs, it is the phonetics conjugation that changes, but the grammar stays the same. This is the case for all areas of the language. ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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