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'''Neopronouns''' are any set of singular third-person [[pronouns]] that are not officially recognized in the language they are used in, typically created with the intent of being a gender-neutral pronoun set. In English, and many other [[wikipedia:Indo-European languages|Indo-European languages]], third-person pronouns can be
[[File:Neopronouns.png|thumb|220x220px|A neopronoun user flag
Some individuals prefer using neopronouns as an alternative gender-neutral pronoun set. This could be because they want to avoid singular "they" being confused with plural "they," because neopronouns express something about them or their gender (like [[
== Regional Nominative Pronouns ==
Some regional dialects of English historically had or still have gender-neutral pronouns that were or are not used outside of their respective dialects. All of these pronouns have only been recorded in their nominative form. As far as linguists know, there are no other forms of these words (possessive, reflexive, etc), although more forms could easily be created if desired.
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== List of Neopronouns ==
There have been many instances of individuals creating new pronouns to refer to a singular gender-neutral individual over the past 200 years. Particularly, several neopronouns showed up in the mid-late 20th century. Many new neopronouns were created in the age of the internet, as the existence of non-binary Individuals became more widely known. While there is no way to list all possible neopronouns, this page attempts to list some of the most notable and most popular examples. Pronouns are listed in order of oldest to newest.
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=== Thon ===
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One of the first known instances of someone purposely creating a new gender-neutral pronoun set in English is that of American composer Charles Crozat Converse, who proposed the pronoun set thon/thons/thonself in 1858.<ref>https://www.dynamicchiropractic.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=43422</ref> It was based on a contraction of "that one." The ''thon'' pronoun was included in some dictionaries such as Webster's International Dictionary (1910), Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary (1913), and Webster's Second International (1959). The pronouns are not widely used in the present day. In the 2019 Gender Census, 18 (0.2%) individuals said that they were happy to be referred to as ''thon''.<ref name=":0">https://gendercensus.com/post/183832246805/gender-census-2019-the-full-report-worldwide</ref>
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=== E ===
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In 1977, a version in which all forms starts with capital letters was independently created by psychologist Donald G. MacKay of the University of California at Los Angeles. In 1989 an identical version it was independently created by Victor J. Stone, Professor of Law.
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=== Ae ===
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In his 1920 novel, ''A Voyage to Arcturus'', David Lindsay invented the ''ae'' pronoun set for an alien race, which were born from air and of a third sex. These pronouns are still somewhat well known on the internet.
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=== Co ===
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|Pronominal Possessive
|Cos
|Co walked ''cos
|/koz/
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|Predicative Possessive
|Cos
|If I need a phone my friend will let me borrow ''
|/koz/
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|/kosɛlf/
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=== Ve ===
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* Predicative possessive: Xirs, xis, xers, or xeirs
* Reflexive: Xirself, xyrself, ximself, xymself, or xerself
[[File:Per pers.png|thumb|The per/pers pronoun user flag]]
=== Per (person pronouns) ===
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=== Ey (Elverson pronouns) ===
[[File:Ey em.png|thumb|The ey/em pronoun user flag]]
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It is unclear what sort of lexical agreement these pronouns would take. The pronouns can only be used as singular pronouns, so they could presumably be conjugated the same way as other singular pronoun sets (ie: "Ey ''was'' eating.") However, since these pronouns were based on the ''they'' set, it may feel more natural for English speakers to say "Ey ''were'' eating." It is unclear which conjugation was intended, so either can be used. Most other neopronouns based on "e" or "ey" face the same problem.
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=== Hu (humanist pronouns) ===
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<sup>†</sup>Pronunciation is assumed to match that in 'human' both for the theme and to distinguish it from the word 'who.'
Also known as "humanist pronouns
=== E (Spivak pronouns) ===
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Another version was possibly independently created by Kate Bornstein in the 1998 book ''My Gender Workbook''. This version uses ''ze'' (sometimes ''zie'' or ''sie'') and ''hir''. The most popular variation of these pronouns are based on this version and were created in 2013.
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=== Fae ===
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|/fɛ<sup>ɹ</sup>sɛlf/
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The ''fae'' pronouns are a set of neopronouns created by Tumblr user shadaras in 2013,<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20210228185937/https://heterosexualisnotadefault.tumblr.com/post/635251444970291201/pronouns-i-have-encountered-in-no-particular-order</ref> though it may have been created independently by someone else earlier. It is one of the most commonly used
== Other ==
These pronouns may or may not strictly fall into the category of neopronouns, but do not fall within the standard usage of pronouns in English.
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|It has to drive ''itself'' to school.
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Some may consider ''it'' to be a neopronoun when used for individuals, while others do not. On the one hand, ''it'' is a recognized pronoun in English; however, it is typically only used for inanimate objects. Being used to refer to individuals is not conventionally part of ''it''
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=== One ===
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[[Namepronouns|Nameself]] pronouns are a type of neopronoun that derive from an individual's name, or a shortened/altered version of it. It can sometimes be considered a form of pronoun dropping. For example, someone named Samantha may use sam/sams pronouns.
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[[Objectpronouns|Objectself]] are a type of neopronoun which refers itself to objects, these could be related to food, to furniture, to anything that is considered an ‘object’ which by definition would be a physical thing. For example a person may use choco/chocolate pronouns.
== Flags ==
The purple neopronoun flag was designed by DeviantArt user Geekycorn on April 25, 2020. The stripes, in order, represent agender neopronoun users, neopronoun-using men, neopronoun-using women, nonbinary/genderqueer/other neopronoun users, and multigender neopronoun users.
The green and orange neopronoun flag was designed by Tumblr user Ferns-Garden/Beanjamoose on or before July 1, 2019. The flag is used by the blog yourfave-uses-neopronouns.<ref>{{Archive|Site=web|URL=https://yourfave-uses-neopronouns.tumblr.com/post/185988230593/the-flag-and-meaning}}</ref> Green is for masculine-identifying neopronoun users, blue is for older pronoun sets and the history behind them, white is for non-binary identifying neopronoun users, yellow is for newer pronoun sets and the happiness that comes from them, and orange is for feminine-identifying neopronoun users.
The green and purple neopronoun flag was redesigned by Tumblr user Uncommongenders on June 5, 2018. The meaning is unknown.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20181216171544/https://uncommongenders.tumblr.com/post/174605594564/okay-so-i-wanted-to-make-hq-versions-of</ref><ref>{{Archive|Site=web|URL=https://uncommongenders.home.blog/2018/06/05/okay-so-i-wanted-to-make-hq-versions-of/}}</ref>
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