Editing Noun class (section)

=== Common criteria for noun classes ===<!--linked from [[List of glossing abbreviations]]-->

Common criteria that define noun classes include:

* [[animacy|animate vs. inanimate]] (as in [[Ojibwe language|Ojibwe]])
* rational vs. non-rational (as in [[Tamil language|Tamil]])
* human vs. non-human
* human vs. animal (zoic) vs. inanimate
* male vs. other
* male human vs. other (as in [[Polish language|Polish]] in [[masculine virile]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Slavic Languages |url=http://www.lsa.umich.edu/slavic/dept/WebBasedLanguage/Polish/Grammar/NominativePlural/MascVPL/Index.htm |publisher= |access-date=2022-06-22 |archive-date=2016-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009104628/http://www.lsa.umich.edu/slavic/dept/webbasedlanguage/Polish/Grammar/NominativePlural/MascVPL/Index.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>)
* masculine vs. feminine
* masculine vs. feminine vs. neuter
* common vs. neuter
* strong vs. weak
* augmentative vs. diminutive
* [[Count noun|countable]] vs. [[Mass noun|uncountable]]