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... 150) Men and women speak differently; how and how much differently depends on location, language among other factors. These differences can range from different uses of vernacular, to different words, to entirely different languages. ... The woman speaks to the children and everyone else in the tongue of the tribe she now lives in, but still speaks to her husband in her mother tongue, while he responds in his own language. ... 150)
Most differences among the language used by different genders are not as great as those aforementioned. For instance, some Native American tribes speak the same general language, but use different words for some things. In these tribes, it is actually shunned upon to use the language of the other gender; in fact, it questions the sexual-preference of the assailant. While the only differences in other Native American tribes is the use of different prefixes or suffixes to the word to make them either more or less masculine.
Approximate Word count = 713
Approximate Pages = 2.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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