Prospective Word Choices for a Provisional Global Core Vocabulary, from Basic English plus:  O

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

oak

kwerka

oasis

vaha

oasis

oat

abena    S

yanmai

zeubuok

oath, swear

apixa    Sw

obey

obei

obedi

object

objet

obyekta

obscure

oskur

obstinate

ostinat

zide

occasion

kali    M

okaso

ves

occupant

januo

occur, happen

hapen    E

hapn    E

okur    E

occurrence, time

kali    Si

bala

fwa    F

o'clock

galas

octopus

nawita    Bi

oktopus

odor, fragrance, smell

fasana    Te

smel    E

fauha

of

ov    E

de

de

of course, naturally

tentu    In

naturale

off

ofi    E

offer

ofer

office

afisi    In

byuro    Ph

ofis

ofis

official

ofisa    E

ofiisiale

often, frequent

casto    R

lusi

oftem

txasto

oil (vegetable)

olyo    Po

tel    H

oil

olea

zet

oil (mineral)

olyo    Po

oil

nafta

okra

bindi    H

old

macu    Qe

old

lao

olive

acetuna    I

zetun

oliv

oliva

zeton

on

on    E

on

poro

once

unmal

one

wan    E

han    K

un    F

un

wahid

onion

basala    A

bawang    In

onion

luk

dikum

only, exclusively

tasol    TP

onli

toka

aivin

open

open    E

opn

ofni-nei

operation

operat

opinion

igen

opinia

opportunity

gihe

opposite

oposit

or

o

or

o

atau

orange

naranga    Sa

cungwa    Sw

oranj

oranje

orchard

pomar

order, command

manda    S

komanda

parya    R

order

organize

zosi

organisi

origin, source

asili    Sw

orijin

sursa

orejin

ornament

onamen    E

ornament

ornamenta

ostrich

ogongo    Y

straus

other

bye    P

ger    H

odro    S

otre

aro

out

out

aus

outside

waito    P

outsaid

ausen

silamo

oven, kiln

ofen    G

tanur    H

ovn

forna

over

sima    Po

ovr

overseas

hewe

owl

sowa    Ph

oul

own, possess

oun

posesi

oxygen

osijen

oksigen

oyster

muli    P

muli    P

ostra

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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