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In English, when we say "gendered language", we mean "grammatically gendered language", not just "language has gendered pronouns".
Except somehow a Gender-neutral language is one that has no gender the way I described. So what is the opposite of a Gender-neutral language? Gender-inclusive? Gender-bias?
A language doesn't "have gender" in any way other than noun class. Gender is cultural and exists outside of the confines of language. So "gendered language" would likely be referring to grammatical gender and not gender.
The original commenter who used the term "gender neutral language" meant "non-grammatically gendered language", that much is clear from context. It was a semantic mistake. Hopefully things are cleared up for you now. If you have a point beyond semantics, feel free to make it.