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| Jan | |
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| Stage | Modern CLT |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdʒan/ |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Etymology | from Middle Jugān, from Proto jugun variant |
| Related words | Jor, daes |
Jan — free people, spoken of as a class. The everyday form.
Notes
Reference rather than address. A slave does not call anybody Jan; a slave says the Jan when speaking about free people generally, which means speaking to another slave.
Not an insult and not quite neutral either. Said within earshot of a free person it is a small impertinence, and everyone involved knows it.
Neutral as it stands. The Spraecha does not carry gender by default and marks it only when it matters, a habit inherited from a time when nobody could see who they were talking to. Add da- for a man or ma- for a woman where the distinction is doing work.