Why is the pronoun I capitalized only in English? Detailed answer

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Why is the pronoun I capitalized only in English?

English is the only language in which it is customary to capitalize the pronoun "I". However, this is not due to any special egocentrism of the British, but is explained, apparently, by pure chance. In Old and Middle English, the first person pronoun was written as "ic", but over time the consonant was reduced. And since the single letter "i" was too inconspicuous in the texts, they began to increase it and gradually came to its constant capitalization.

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The Nigerian village of Ubang, with a population of just over 10 people, has its own language, unique with different lexicons for men and women. Some of the words in the language are common to all, the other part is completely different depending on the gender of the person using them. Although boys grow up mostly surrounded by women and use feminine words, around the age of ten they are expected to switch to the masculine version of the language, considering this as an indicator of maturation. However, the preservation of the language in the future is in question, since it does not have a written language, and children do not strive to know it well, preferring to speak English.

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