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Many languages have a system of grammatical gender, a type of noun class system — nouns may be classified as ''masculine'' or ''feminine'' (for example Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic and French) and may also have a ''neuter'' grammatical gender (for example [[Sanskrit]], German, Polish, and the Scandinavian languages). In such languages, this is essentially a convention, which may have little or no connection to the meaning of the words. Likewise, a wide variety of phenomena have characteristics termed ''gender'', by analogy with [[male]] and [[female]] bodies or due to societal norms.
Many languages have a system of grammatical gender, a type of noun class system — nouns may be classified as ''masculine'' or ''feminine'' (for example Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic and French) and may also have a ''neuter'' grammatical gender (for example [[Sanskrit]], German, Polish, and the Scandinavian languages). In such languages, this is essentially a convention, which may have little or no connection to the meaning of the words. Likewise, a wide variety of phenomena have characteristics termed ''gender'', by analogy with [[male]] and [[female]] bodies or due to societal norms.
<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Gender''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Gender this link]].</center>
==Etymology and usage==
==Etymology and usage==
===The word ''gender'' in English===
===The word ''gender'' in English===
