Li Personal Pronoun Usage Criticized Null Wikt Etymology

(personal pronoun)
he
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/he

Pronunciation

• IPA
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
  (
  key
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
  ): /li/
• Hyphenation: li
• Audio:

  ( file https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Eo-li.ogg )

Pronoun

li (accusative

1. (personal pronoun)
   he
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/he

Usage notes

• Li is traditionally used as both a masculine and a gender-neutral pronoun, but since the 1970s generic usage has sometimes been criticized and is increasingly being avoided and replaced by "li aŭ ŝi". Some people think this is an imperfect solution which is inappropriately long, and since the 2010s it is additionally also criticized by some as being too exclusive to non-binary people. In response to such criticisms, there have been various proposals for new pronouns, but the only proposal that has been gaining some adoption is
  ri
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ri#Esperanto
  .

Synonyms

• (person whose gender is unknown):
  ri
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ri#Esperanto
  ,
  ŝli
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%9Dli#Esperanto

Related terms

• ili
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ili#Esperanto
  (“they”) (plural)