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Message definition (Gender neutral language in Swedish)

When it comes to naming people who belong to a specific ethnic group, there may be gendered 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 or gender-vague, one 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.

When it comes to naming people who belong to a specific ethnic group, there may be gendered 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 or gender-vague, one 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.

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-* '''Syskon.''' Neutral, standard. Means sibling(s).
+When it comes to naming people who belong to a specific ethnic group, there may be gendered specification in the form of adding gender-specific endings such as ”norr<u>man</u>”/“norr<u>män</u>” or ”norsk<u>a</u>”/“norsk<u>or</u>” to make it masculine and feminine respectively. To make it gender-inclusive or gender-vague, one 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.
-* '''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.