Two or more formal classes of nouns, genders, are distinguished. For example, in Italian, nouns are either masculine, often ending in –o, or feminine, ending in –a. See Corbett (2008).

<br><br><b>Reference</b><br>
Corbett, Greville G. 2008. Number of Genders.
In Haspelmath et al. (2008), chapter 30.
Available online at <a href="http://wals.info/feature/30"> http://wals.info/feature/30</a href>. 

