Gender

Arcadia is not an inherently gendered language and does not require nouns to be marked for male or female identity. Gender-specific prefixes are optional and used only when gender is contextually relevant.

Gender Prefixes

The following optional prefixes may be applied to nouns to indicate gender:

• pa-: Indicates male gender
• ma-: Indicates female gender

When gender is not relevant, nouns remain unmarked (e.g., fili = "child").

Using Non-Grammatical Gender

Gender prefixes should not be used unless explicitly necessary for clarity or emphasis. For example, the unmarked noun fili is preferred in most contexts, while pafili or mafili are used only when specifying gender is pertinent.

Examples

• fili: child
• pafili: son
• mafili: daughter