natural->grammatical gender

[Greg Pulliam]

I had a question from a student last night that I did not know the
answer to--thought maybe someone on this list might be able to point
me in a productive direction:

>Are there any known instances of languages which have changed from a
>system with natural gender to one with grammatical gender?


Thanks for any and all help!

Greg

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Gregory J. Pulliam
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