For 10 points—name this form of grammatical categorization most commonly found in masculine, feminine and neuter.
In many languages, it is divided further into animate and inanimate items. In some languages, such as French and German it is assigned and used to categorize all nouns and pronouns, directly affecting the agreement of adjectives and adverbs. Others, such as English, apply it to living beings in concept and rarely in grammar. For 10 points—name this form of grammatical categorization most commonly found in masculine, feminine and neuter.
In many languages, it is divided further into animate and inanimate items.
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