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

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

flag, banner

bana    E

ki

flaga

drapo

flame

flam

flat, planar

plano    S

flat    E

plate

flavor, taste

flavor    E

gusta

flaw

kizu    J

dox    H

flax

lin

flea

pulce    I

pulga    S

fleece, wool, fur

mao    P

mau

flesh

rou    M

masu    R

flexible

plastika    S

fleksible

float

eleya    Sw

flot    E

floti

flood, deluge

flud    E

inundia

floor

lantai    In

swelo    S

maru

poda

keros

flour

farine    F

farina

flow

flo    E

flui

flower

fula    Ta

tsila    Ch

flor    S

flor    S

ilga

fly

tobi    J

flai    E

flai    E

flai    E

fly (insect)

moska    LF

tsaying    P

moska

foam, froth

skuma

fog

kasumi    J

jun

fog    E

tuman    R

kebet

fold

pyega    I

fold    E

pligi

follow

falo    E

folo    E

follower, disciple

cela    H

food

fud    E

fan    P

fool(ish)

babo    K

bobo

norasum-nei

foot

noga    R

caran

fut    E

peda

fut

football, soccer

futbol    E

futbol    E

for (in exchange for)

for    E

pur

por

for (to benefit etc.)

por    La

for    E

fo

por

force

fors    E

forsa

forearm

ude

forehead

goxi    Ha

ima

frenta

foreign(er)

frem    G

weguin

gariba    A

forest

hutan    In

forest    E

xulin

taun

forget

lupa    In

forget    E

fogeti

forgive, pardon

cama    H

pardoni

fork

gabel    G

pirun    Al  

fork     E

forka

fork

form, shape

form    E

forma

former

antes

forward

jelu    Fa

forward    E

avan    F

fossil

hasi

found(ation)

bina    H

jedan

four

xi    J

ne

kwar    La

sa

car    H

ina

fox

kicune    J

huli

tsula    Ch

foks    E

foksa

fragile

frajil    E

ruptixil

frame

ranka    In

frama

free

wolni    Ph

fri    E

libre

freedom

jiyu

freeze

friz    E

frosti

frequent(ly), often

lusi

oftem

kes

fresh

nyaman    In

fresh    E

Friday

goldi

fifdi

juma

friend

ami    F

ami    F

amigo

rafik

fright

kyofu    J

frog

dali    Ch

rana

hama    P

mbodo

from

de    La

from    E

fon

da

front

front    E

avana

frontier, border

kinar    H

frugal, thrifty

sparixil

fruit

fala    H

frui    F

frut    E

fruta

fare

fuel

fuel    E

jalka

full

ponu    Ku

ful    E

fule

function

fungi    L

funso    E

funny, comical

kili    H

fani

fun    E

drole

furniture

kagu    J

mebel

future

futur    E

futur    E

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