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6 [six]

Reading and writing

6 [sex]	Läsa och skriva

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About 7 billion people live on Earth. And they speak about 7,000 different languages! Like people, languages can also be related. That is, they originate from a common root. There are also languages that are completely isolated. They are not genetically related to any other language. In Europe, for example, Basque is considered an isolated language. But most languages have ‘parents’, ‘children’ or ‘siblings’. They belong to a particular language family. You can recognize how similar languages are through comparisons. Linguists today count around 300 genetic entities. Among those, there are 180 families that consist of more than one language. The rest make up 120 isolated languages. The largest language family is the Indo-European. It is comprised of around 280 languages. This includes Romance, Germanic and Slavic languages. There are more than 3 billion speakers on all continents! The Sino-Tibetan language family is dominant in Asia. It has more than 1.3 billion speakers. The main Sino-Tibetan language is Chinese. The third largest language family is in Africa. It is named after its area of circulation: Niger-Congo. ‘Only’ 350 million speakers belong to it. Swahili is the main language in this family. In most cases: the closer the relationship, the better the understanding. People who speak related languages understand each other well. They can learn the other language relatively quickly. So, learn languages – family reunions are always nice!

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I read.	J_g l_s_r_ Jag läser. J__ l_____ Jag läser. ___ ______ Jag läser.
I read a letter (character).	J_g l_s_r e_ b_k_t_v_ Jag läser en bokstav. J__ l____ e_ b_______ Jag läser en bokstav. ___ _____ __ ________ Jag läser en bokstav.
I read a word.	J_g l_s_r e_t o_d_ Jag läser ett ord. J__ l____ e__ o___ Jag läser ett ord. ___ _____ ___ ____ Jag läser ett ord.

I read a sentence.	J_g l_s_r e_ m_n_n_. Jag läser en mening. J__ l____ e_ m______ Jag läser en mening. ___ _____ __ _______ Jag läser en mening.
I read a letter.	J_g l_s_r e_t b_e_. Jag läser ett brev. J__ l____ e__ b____ Jag läser ett brev. ___ _____ ___ _____ Jag läser ett brev.
I read a book.	J_g l_s_r e_ b_k_ Jag läser en bok. J__ l____ e_ b___ Jag läser en bok. ___ _____ __ ____ Jag läser en bok.

I read.	J_g l_s_r_ Jag läser. J__ l_____ Jag läser. ___ ______ Jag läser.
You read.	D_ l_s_r_ Du läser. D_ l_____ Du läser. __ ______ Du läser.
He reads.	H_n l_s_r_ Han läser. H__ l_____ Han läser. ___ ______ Han läser.

I write.	J_g s_r_v_r_ Jag skriver. J__ s_______ Jag skriver. ___ ________ Jag skriver.
I write a letter (character).	J_g s_r_v_r e_ b_k_t_v_ Jag skriver en bokstav. J__ s______ e_ b_______ Jag skriver en bokstav. ___ _______ __ ________ Jag skriver en bokstav.
I write a word.	J_g s_r_v_r e_t o_d_ Jag skriver ett ord. J__ s______ e__ o___ Jag skriver ett ord. ___ _______ ___ ____ Jag skriver ett ord.

I write a sentence.	J_g s_r_v_r e_ m_n_n_. Jag skriver en mening. J__ s______ e_ m______ Jag skriver en mening. ___ _______ __ _______ Jag skriver en mening.
I write a letter.	J_g s_r_v_r e_t b_e_. Jag skriver ett brev. J__ s______ e__ b____ Jag skriver ett brev. ___ _______ ___ _____ Jag skriver ett brev.
I write a book.	J_g s_r_v_r e_ b_k_ Jag skriver en bok. J__ s______ e_ b___ Jag skriver en bok. ___ _______ __ ____ Jag skriver en bok.

I write.	J_g s_r_v_r_ Jag skriver. J__ s_______ Jag skriver. ___ ________ Jag skriver.
You write.	D_ s_r_v_r_ Du skriver. D_ s_______ Du skriver. __ ________ Du skriver.
He writes.	H_n s_r_v_r_ Han skriver. H__ s_______ Han skriver. ___ ________ Han skriver.

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