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Is कोई gender neutral like वह, or is it always masculine? E.g. could I say "कोई हिंदी बोल रही है।" if I knew it was a woman talking?
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किसी can refer to things and people. किसी चीज़ की परवाह नहीं है तुम्हे। You don't care about anything. कोई परवाह नहीं करता। No one cares.
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Question: Do you absolutely need नही to make कोई mean "no one"? Why then does the drop-down below the word here in duolingo list "nobody"?
No. कोई refers to one person which is why it conjugates as singular.
Your example would be better translated as कुछ लोग हिंदी बोल रहे हैं।
That said, कोई can sometimes be idiomatically used in that sense. Eg: यहाँ कोई हाँ बोल रहा है तो कोई और ना। इन लोगों में समझौता मुश्किल है। (Someone here is saying yes and someone else is saying no. A compromise between these people is difficult). Literally, this sentence just conveys that there is one person on each side but may be understood to mean that the group is split between the two options. However, 'यहाँ कोई हाँ बोल रहा है।' would unambiguously mean that there is one person on the 'yes' side while the others are presumably saying 'no'.