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Re:Adults learn language to fluency nearly as well as childr... by gridlockd on Saturday May 11, 2019 @07:20PM (#19889008)
It's worth noting that Japanese (like many Asian languages) has a certain degree of "sexual dimorphism" unlike western languages.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_differences_in_spoken_J...

Interestingly, it also has pitch as a part of accent:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_pitch_accent

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