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The assignment of nouns into categories (noun classes) often labelled 'masculine', 'feminine' and 'neuter'.
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System which categorises and marks the nouns of a language according to their meaning, form or pronunciation; commonly known as 'grammatical gender', but many languages have several noun classes.

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A definition or brief description of Noun class.

System which categorises and marks the nouns of a language according to their meaning, form or pronunciation; commonly known as 'grammatical gender', but many languages have several noun classes.