Prospective Word Choices for a Provisional Global Core Vocabulary, from Basic English plus:  Ba - Bi

Key to Languages:   A = Arabic,  Al = Albanian,  Am = Amharic,  B = Bengali,  Ba = Bambara,  Bi = Bislama,  Bm = Burmese,  Bu = Bulgarian,  C = Croatian,  Ca = Catalan,  Ch = Cherokee,  Ck = Chinook,  Co = Coptic,  Ct = Cantonese,  Cz = Czech,  D = Dutch,  Da = Danish,  E = English,  Es = Estonian,  Et = Etruscan,  F = French,  Fa = Farsi,  Fi = Finnish,  Fu = Fulani,  G = German,  Gj = Gujarati,  Gk = Greek,  Gu = Guarani,  Gy = Gypsy,  H = Hindi,  Ha = Hausa,  He = Hebrew,  Hk = Hakka,  Ht = Haitian  FC,  Hu = Hungarian,  Hw = Hawaiian,  I = Italian,  Ic = Icelandic,  Ig = Igbo,  In = Indonesian,  Ir = Irish,  J = Japanese,  Ja = Javanese,  Jm = Jamaican,  K = Korean,  Ka = Kampuchean,  Kh = Kurdish,  Kt = Kutuba,  Ku = Kupang,  L = Latin,  La = Latinate,  LF = Lingua Franca,  Li = Lingala,  M = Malay,  Ma = Maharaja,  Mc = Macaista,  My = Malayalam,  Na = Nahuatl,  Ng = Nagamese,  Oc = Occitan,  P = Putonghua (Mandarin Chinese),  Pa = Pashtu,  Ph = Polish,  Po =  Portuguese,  Qe = Quechua,  Qi = Quiche,  R = Russian,  Ro = Romanian,  Rm = Romansch,  S = Spanish,  Sa = Sanskrit,  Sb = Serbian,  Se = Seychellois,  Sh = Swedish,  Si = Singlish,  Sl = Slovene,  Sm = Saramaccan,  Sn = Samoan,  So = Shona,  Sr = Sranan,  Su = Sumerian,  Sw = Swahili,  T = Turkish,  Ta = Tamil,  Te = Telugu,  Tg = Tagalog,  Th = Thai,  TP = Tok Pisin,  Tt = Tetun,  U = Urdu,  V = Vietnamese,  W = Wolof,  We = Welsh,  Y = Yoruba,  Z = Zulu    

Consonants as in English etc. except as shown:  b   c = /tsh/ [tʃ] ~ "Italian [c]" as in "ciao, cello" d   f   g = plosive as in "go"   h   j = /dzh/ [dʒ] ~ "English [j]" as in "jet"   k   (digraph{kh} = [x] ~ "ch" as in "Bach" or "loch")   l   m   n   p   q = [q] ~ as in Arabic "qaf"   r   s   t   v   w   x = /sh/ [ʃ] as in Portuguese, Basque etc.   y   z  (digraph{zh} = [ʒ] "French [j]")   apostrophe {'} = glottal stop [ʔ]     the five vowels are pronounced separately as in Spanish (e.g. "Port Said","patio")

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Basic English plus

Neo Patwa

Pandunia

Ceqli

Unish

Lingwa de Planeta

Ardano

baby

bebi    E

bebe    F

bebe    F

beba    C

back (dorsal)

kosta    Po

bak    E

bei    P

back (return)

baka    Sh

fan    P

hou

bak    E

bad

baya    Sw

bad    E

buhao    P

bag

xanta    Bu

saku    Po

bora    H

bag    E

bake

beik    E

peci    R

ball

goli    H

boli    H

bol    

bol    E

balloon

paloncino    I

balun    E

balon    

balon

bamboo

bambu    M

bulu    In

bambu    

bambu

banana

banana    E

banan    F

banana

banana

banan    F

bandage

pati    H

bandaj

banister

rampe

bank

banko    E

beng    TP

bank    E

banka    T

barbecue, grill

babaku

barbeku    E

barley

barli    E

bori

damai    P

barrel, cask

tono

barel    E

barela

barrier

barier    E

barier    E

base

caran    H

bas

basa

baseball

beisbol    E

besbol    E

basement, cellar

kela

basment

basket

gamia    B

basket    E

basket    E

basketball

basketbol    E

basketbol    E

bath

mandi    In

banya    S

bano    S

battery

pilya    Po

bateri    E

bateri    E

bay

golfo    I

haiwan    P

baia

buhta    R

be

es    S

bi

beach

sahel    A

playa    S

playa    S

bead

lulu    Sw

bizu    F

bean

kaxam    M

fasoli    R

bin    E

bona    G

bear (urs.)

balu    H

balu    H

balu    H

gom    K

ber    E

beard

sakal    T

devu    Sw

barb

barba    Po

beautiful

swai    Th

bel    F

bela    I

jamile    A

beaver

bobra    R

ahmic

because, due to

ibo    R

koz    E

por    S

apan

become

lai    P

naru    J

fa-

bed

katil    Th

bed    E

kama    Po

palanco

bee

haci    J

bi    E

mifen    P

urup

before

bifo    E

ante

bifo    E

aperuma

begin, start

kaixi    P

kaixi    P

za    R

start    E

begin

behavior, conduct

fasin    Bi

biheiv    E

suluk    A

behind

dera    F

baken

sau

believe

yakin    In

ver    R

kred

kredi    La

bell

kampana    LF

bel    E

gloka    G

belongings

averi

below

bawa    In

sami    Po

sub    L

sub    L

wanda

belt

sinto    Po

belt    E

belta    E

bent

muta    Ta

bent    E

kurve    La

berry

yagoda    R

beri    E

baya    S

between

twin    E

inter    L

inter    L

bicycle

bike    E

bisikla (baik)    E

big, large

maha    Ma

big    E

gran    F

gaipal

bird 

cidya    H

nunu    Ig

faul    E

tori    J

faula    E

keb

birth

nasen    La

nasim    La

janma    H

bit

bit    E

kroha    R

bite

kami    J

bite    E

kusi    R

bitter

bita    E

amar

bitre    E

A       Ba - Bi    Bl - By       Ca - Cl    Co - Cu       D       E       Fa - Fi    Fl - Fu      G       H       I       J - K       L       Ma - Me    Mi - My       N       

O      Pa - Pi    Pl - Py       Q      Ra - Re    Rh - Ry      Sa - Sh    Si - Sq    St - Sy       Ta - Ti    To - Ty      U - V       W - X       Y - Z       Homepage