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

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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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

Basic English plus

Neo Patwa

Pandunia

Ceqli

Unish

Lingwa de Planeta

Ardano

fable

guwa

fabula    S

face

muka    H

muka

kao    J

fas

ura

facility

siso

fact

sasi

fakta

factor

yoin    J

factory

gonjan

fabrika

faculty

jainen

fail

sibai

fali

fairy

feya    R

feo

feya

fall

pada

fal    E

luo    P

false, untrue

fals

false

family

gajo

familia

gesin

famous

fama    Po

vumen

famose

fan

fan    E

fenger

far

dale    R

far    E

dale

farm

kampo    S

farm    E

farm    E

ferma

ebhin

farmer

nobu

fascinate

mihuo

fast, early

wiki    Hw

xnel    G

fast    E

fat

fat    E

gras

father

papa

pa

pa

patra (papa)

fatigue

piro

fear

felelem    Hu

dar

fobi

feather

pluma    S

feda

feder

pluma

pluma

fee

bosu

feel, sense

syenta    S

sentir

senti

felt (fabric)

filta    Sh

female

meli    TP

xi

fem

gin    Gk

fence

fens    E

barika

fern

felce    I

ferry

dulun    P

feri    E    

fertile

toyo    J

furau    P

dasan

frutixil

fever

homa    Sw

fever    E

febra

few, little

tuti    W

poko

xao    P

fiction

sosol

fiktia

field

kampo    S

fild    E

agra

famba

fig

tini    Sw

figa

fight, combat

luca    S

pel    S

fait

batali

figure

suzi

file (dossier)

fail

fail

film, cinema

sine    F

fimi

film    E

film    E

pelikula

find

naiti    R

find    E

findi

fine, levy

saman    Si

fine    E

finger

finga    Bi

fingr    G

dito

finga

fingerprint

jimun    K

finish, complete

fini    F

fin    F

fini

fire

fwego    S

fair    E

fire    E

agni    H

ahia

fireplace, hearth

kamin

first

unme

fish

pwasan    F

fixi

kala    Fi

fix    E

fix

ikunga

fisherman

obu

fist

tatom    Th

poin    F

kulak    R

five

nam    V

fai    E

pent

fif

lima

fixed

befiks

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