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I'm digging how Japanese is just context based. The same sentence that says "He's cool" is the same as "She's cool" and "It's cool." What changes its meaning is the context you're using it in.
But they have gendered first person pronouns. Like Watashi is neutral, but Atashi/ Atakushi/ Atai /Uchi is only used by women. Ore/ Jibun/ Boku/ Washi is mostly used by men
And for secondary personal pronouns Temē/ Kisama are only used for men, but those are very rude.
Because what could possibly go wrong by inferring everything based on context?
Bitte
WWII war crimes, apparently
Italian has all sorts of conjugations to not leave it to context, we can rule that theory out
Turkish has only one third person pronoun that encompasses he/she/it. Gender is similarly indicated with contextual clues.
あなたはばかです
we are all バカ on this blessed day
はは
Watashi wa Mr.Hamburger-san
彼はばかじゃない、クールんだ
テメー！！
's cool