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Subject: Re: Internationalize Emacs's messages (swahili)
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> Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2020 12:59:51 +0300
> From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
> 
> * Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> [2020-12-26 12:32]:
> > I think this issue is largely irrelevant to Emacs (and to translating
> > program messages in general), since it customary nowadays to avoid
> > gender-specific language.  We certainly do that in Emacs.
> 
> In many languages nouns have its gender classes

I don't see how this is relevant to the issue at hand.  If I'm missing
something, please tell what that is.