Hey non-binary latinxs!! // Hola latines no binaries!!
(Post bilingüe)
A friend has reminded me the existence of two letters that would be awesome if you use she they or he they pronouns in English but can't find an alternative in Spanish!
So, we all know that there's the letter -e that we started using recently to mark neutrality in usually genderized words for people, like chica and chico (girl and boy) becoming chique, amigo and amiga becoming amigue. But where does this leave us people that use two kinds of genderized words (neutral and a binary one)? I personally identify as demigirl/demiwoman which is being female but not quite, I use she/her and they/them on english, but in spanish people usually go to ella (she) and we got the neutral pronoun elle (still not accepted by the RAE tho) but none of these pronouns feel exactly right and I would like to propose an old letter that is used on latinisms: æ and œ which are literally contractions of the letters -a & -e and o- & -e.
Æ æ is pronounced (in spanish) as ae like when you say curriculum vitae which is originally curriculum vitæ. The pronoun would be læ / ellæ.
While Œ œ is pronounced (in spanish) oei or as an accentuated -é because that letter became the letter -e. Although in french it sounds like a weird -o like in the word eau (water). The pronoun would be lœ / œl / ellœ.
You can listen how it sounds on Google translate!
-------SPANISH VERSION DOWN ⬇️-------
Una amistad me recordó de la existencia de dos letras muy buenas para nosotres que usamos de a dos pronombres (el neutral y uno binario).
Personalmente me yo me identifico como demigénero/demimujer que es básicamente sentirse de x género pero no del todo, el neutral y el pronombre femenino no se sienten del todo propios para mí así que se me recordó de los latinismos æ (contracción de -a y -e) y œ (contracción de -o y -e).
Æ æ se pronuncia literalmente ae, así que el pronombre sería læ / ellæ reemplazando la/ella y elle.
Mientras Œ œ se pronuncia maso menos como un oei o como una -e acentuada (de esta letra viene la letra -e en nuestro español moderno), aunque en francés a pronuncia como una -o un poco rara, como en la pronunciación de eau (agua). El pronombre sería œl / lœ / ellœ reemplazando él/lo y elle
Pueden oír cómo se pronuncian las letras en Google translate con palabras como currículum vitae/vitæ o fœderal