gender in Hijra's speech?

[Peter Friedlander]

Dear Colleagues,
A Japanese colleague interested in gendered language forms asked me about how Hijra's speak, as men or women. 
As far as I know in Hindi hijras speak using female agreements for first person, but what about other South Asian languages, any suggestions on anybody who has written on this?
Also are the precedents from Sanskrit or Tamil literatures of  men speaking as women and adopting language forms distinctive of women?
regards
Peter
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Dr Peter G. 
Friedlander
Senior Lecturer in Hindi and Buddhist 
Studies
Asian Studies
School of Social 
Sciences
La Trobe University, VIC 
3086
Tel: 61 + 3 9479 
1400
Email p.friedlander at latrobe.edu.au


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