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Message definition (Gender neutral language in Swedish)

When it comes to naming people who belong to a specific nationality, there may be gender specification in the form of adding gender-specific endings such as ”norrman”/“norrmän” or ”norska”/“norskor” to make it masculine and feminine respectively. To make it gender-inclusive/gender-vague, you can instead refer to someone as e.g. norsk person/norska personer, svensk person/svenska personer, polsk person/polska personer, japansk person/japanska personer, engelsk person/engelska personer, fransk personer/franska personer, brasiliansk person/brasilianska personer, nederländsk person/nederländska personer etc.

Syskon. Neutral, standard. Means sibling(s).
Lillasyskon/Storasyskon. Neutral, standard. Means little sibling(s)/big sibling(s).
Yngre syskon/Äldre syskon. Neutral, standard. Means younger sibling(s)/older sibling(s).
Föräldrasyskon/försyskon. Neutral, nonstandard. Means pibling(s)/parent’s sibling(s).
Morssyskon. Partially neutral, nonstandard. Means mother’s sibling(s).
Farssyskon. Partially neutral, nonstandard. Means father’s sibling(s).
Föster. Partially neutral, nonstandard. Means parent’s sister/aunt.
Förbror. Partially neutral, nonstandard. Means parent’s brother/uncle.
Syskonbarn. Neutral, standard. Means nibling/niece/nephew.
Systerbarn. Partially neutral, standard. Means sister’s child.
Brorsbarn. Partially neutral, standard. Means brother’s child.
Syskondotter. Partially neutral, standard. Means sibling’s child/niece.
Syskonson. Partially neutral, standard. Means sibling’s child/nephew.
Kusin. Neutral, standard. Means cousin.
Syssling. Neutral, standard but “tremänning” is more common. Means second-cousin.
Brylling. Neutral, standard but “fyrmänning” is more common. Means third-cousin.
Pyssling. Neutral, standard but “femmänning” is more common. Means fourth-cousin.