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6 [six]

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6 [šest]	Branje in pisanje

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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.	B_r_m_ (_a_ b_r_m_) Berem. (Jaz berem.) B_____ (___ b______ Berem. (Jaz berem.) ______ ____ _______ Berem. (Jaz berem.)
I read a letter (character).	B_r_m č_k_. (_r_u_e_._ Berem črko. (Črkujem.) B____ č____ (_________ Berem črko. (Črkujem.) _____ _____ __________ Berem črko. (Črkujem.)
I read a word.	B_r_m b_s_d_. Berem besedo. B____ b______ Berem besedo. _____ _______ Berem besedo.

I read a sentence.	B_r_m s_a_e_. Berem stavek. B____ s______ Berem stavek. _____ _______ Berem stavek.
I read a letter.	B_r_m p_s_o_ / B_r_m d_p_s_ Berem pismo. / Berem dopis. B____ p_____ / B____ d_____ Berem pismo. / Berem dopis. _____ ______ _ _____ ______ Berem pismo. / Berem dopis.
I read a book.	B_r_m k_j_g_. Berem knjigo. B____ k______ Berem knjigo. _____ _______ Berem knjigo.

I read.	B_r_m_ Berem. B_____ Berem. ______ Berem.
You read.	B_r_š_ Bereš. B_____ Bereš. ______ Bereš.
He reads.	B_r_. Bere. B____ Bere. _____ Bere.

I write.	P_š_m_ (_a_ p_š_m_) Pišem. (Jaz pišem.) P_____ (___ p______ Pišem. (Jaz pišem.) ______ ____ _______ Pišem. (Jaz pišem.)
I write a letter (character).	P_š_m č_k_. Pišem črko. P____ č____ Pišem črko. _____ _____ Pišem črko.
I write a word.	P_š_m b_s_d_. Pišem besedo. P____ b______ Pišem besedo. _____ _______ Pišem besedo.

I write a sentence.	P_š_m s_a_e_. Pišem stavek. P____ s______ Pišem stavek. _____ _______ Pišem stavek.
I write a letter.	P_š_m p_s_o_ Pišem pismo. P____ p_____ Pišem pismo. _____ ______ Pišem pismo.
I write a book.	P_š_m k_j_g_. Pišem knjigo. P____ k______ Pišem knjigo. _____ _______ Pišem knjigo.

I write.	P_š_m_ Pišem. P_____ Pišem. ______ Pišem.
You write.	P_š_š_ Pišeš. P_____ Pišeš. ______ Pišeš.
He writes.	P_š_. Piše. P____ Piše. _____ Piše.

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