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6 [six]

Reading and writing

6 [seis]	Leer y escribir

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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.	Y_ l_o_ Yo leo. Y_ l___ Yo leo. __ ____ Yo leo.
I read a letter (character).	Y_ l_o u_a l_t_a_ Yo leo una letra. Y_ l__ u__ l_____ Yo leo una letra. __ ___ ___ ______ Yo leo una letra.
I read a word.	Y_ l_o u_a p_l_b_a_ Yo leo una palabra. Y_ l__ u__ p_______ Yo leo una palabra. __ ___ ___ ________ Yo leo una palabra.

I read a sentence.	Y_ l_o u_a f_a_e_ Yo leo una frase. Y_ l__ u__ f_____ Yo leo una frase. __ ___ ___ ______ Yo leo una frase.
I read a letter.	Y_ l_o u_a c_r_a_ Yo leo una carta. Y_ l__ u__ c_____ Yo leo una carta. __ ___ ___ ______ Yo leo una carta.
I read a book.	Y_ l_o u_ l_b_o_ Yo leo un libro. Y_ l__ u_ l_____ Yo leo un libro. __ ___ __ ______ Yo leo un libro.

I read.	Y_ l_o_ Yo leo. Y_ l___ Yo leo. __ ____ Yo leo.
You read.	T_ l_e_. Tú lees. T_ l____ Tú lees. __ _____ Tú lees.
He reads.	É_ l_e_ Él lee. É_ l___ Él lee. __ ____ Él lee.

I write.	Y_ e_c_i_o_ Yo escribo. Y_ e_______ Yo escribo. __ ________ Yo escribo.
I write a letter (character).	Y_ e_c_i_o u_a l_t_a_ Yo escribo una letra. Y_ e______ u__ l_____ Yo escribo una letra. __ _______ ___ ______ Yo escribo una letra.
I write a word.	Y_ e_c_i_o u_a p_l_b_a_ Yo escribo una palabra. Y_ e______ u__ p_______ Yo escribo una palabra. __ _______ ___ ________ Yo escribo una palabra.

I write a sentence.	Y_ e_c_i_o u_a f_a_e_ Yo escribo una frase. Y_ e______ u__ f_____ Yo escribo una frase. __ _______ ___ ______ Yo escribo una frase.
I write a letter.	Y_ e_c_i_o u_a c_r_a_ Yo escribo una carta. Y_ e______ u__ c_____ Yo escribo una carta. __ _______ ___ ______ Yo escribo una carta.
I write a book.	Y_ e_c_i_o u_ l_b_o_ Yo escribo un libro. Y_ e______ u_ l_____ Yo escribo un libro. __ _______ __ ______ Yo escribo un libro.

I write.	Y_ e_c_i_o_ Yo escribo. Y_ e_______ Yo escribo. __ ________ Yo escribo.
You write.	T_ e_c_i_e_. Tú escribes. T_ e________ Tú escribes. __ _________ Tú escribes.
He writes.	É_ e_c_i_e_ Él escribe. É_ e_______ Él escribe. __ ________ Él escribe.

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