Is there a casual gender-neutral first-person pronoun?


I know that 私, while being used by both men and women, is relatively formal or
at least polite and so wouldn't necessarily be used when talking to a close
friend, etc. On the other hand, 俺、僕、and あたし are all gendered pronouns. Is
there a first-person pronoun that is gender neutral but still casual that
someone who is non-binary or otherwise not wanting to express their gender
could use?




As @user4092 stated in the comment above, there exists no such first-person
pronoun in the so-called Standard Japanese. If there existed one, someone
would have answered this question as soon as you posted it.

I could think of two such pronouns used in other dialects. One of them is 「
**わ** 」 used in Tsugaru dialect (Aomori Prefecture). This dialect is known for
its numerous extremely short words as 「わ」 might already suggest.

The other is 「 **わし** 」 used widely in the western half of Japan, but I must
also mention that it is not used by "everyone" in Western Japan at least the
way "I/me" is used by English-speakers. The socioeconomic and other factors
may well prevent people from using it. To be also noted is that 「わし」 is
generally used by older people.




As @user4092 stated in the comment above, there exists no such first-person
pronoun in the so-called Standard Japanese. If there existed one, someone
would have answered this question as soon as you posted it.

I could think of two such pronouns used in other dialects. One of them is 「
**わ** 」 used in Tsugaru dialect (Aomori Prefecture). This dialect is known for
its numerous extremely short words as 「わ」 might already suggest.

The other is 「 **わし** 」 used widely in the western half of Japan, but I must
also mention that it is not used by "everyone" in Western Japan at least the
way "I/me" is used by English-speakers. The socioeconomic and other factors
may well prevent people from using it. To be also noted is that 「わし」 is
generally used by older people.

