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If you have learned some languages, you will want to ask a question like this: what can I do to express something in this language.
Different languages have different answers.
How to differentiate the speaker and the listener and the person being referenced
By personal pronouns
This is the common way. I haven't found another answer yet, but maybe I can later.
How to tell the person being referenced is male or female
By personal pronouns with gender
This is very common. But not every language does so.
By personal pronouns and context
In Cantonese, the 3rd-person pronoun 佢 doesn't indicate gender. In Armenian, it is նա. In Persian, it is او.
Also in Mandarin, the "male 他, female 她, non-human 它" in P. R. China or "male 他, female 她, animal 牠, deity 祂 ， non-human 它" in R. O. China 3rd-person pronouns are written differently, but read the same.