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

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

package, parcel

pakexi    Tg

pake

paket

paketa

paddle, oar

padl

rema

page

ilai    Ta

pana    H

paje

paja

pail, bucket

tong

dalwa

pain, suffer

saki    In

duka

pein    E

pein

tung

klesam

paint

kolore    It

peint

pinta

palace

istana    In

palas

pale

palid

palm

palma    S

palm

pama

pan

penam    Te

pan

frier

panda

xongmau

panda

pants, trousers

pantalon    F

pantalon    F

panta

paper

papye    F

bum    R

paper

paper

papel

parallel

paralel

paralele

paralysis

mabi

pardon, forgive

cama    H

pardoni

parent

bumo

park

park

parka

parking

pakin

park

parliament

ihe

parlamenta

parrot

odide    Y

papagai

parot

parsley

paseli    K

part, section

gida    Ha

tail    G

part

parta

party, celebrate

fyesta    S

pati

selebrar

festi    La

party, sect

parti

partii

past

hou    P

pasato

paste

peist

pasta

patch

patience

pasient

pasiensia

path, trail

senda    Po

dau    P

gil

amba

pattern

model

pause, hesitate

pausi

pay

peje

pei

pagi

pea

pwa    F

piz

pwa

peace

xanti    H

paz    S

salam

pats

peach

momo    J

tao    P

peacock

pafon    S

peanut

guba

pinut

ardanuta

pear

para    Ro

pwar    F

pera

pearl

lulu    Am

lulu

perla    S

pedestrian

piedo

pen

stilo    F

pen

pen    E

pen

bolkalam

pencil

pensil    E

kreyon    F

pensil

kalam

penguin

pinwen    E

pengin

peninsula

bando

peony

mudan

people

gens    F

jenta

pepper (spice)

pilipili

pili

pepe

pepa

pepper, capsicum

pima

perceive

cula    Sb

persiv

persepti

perfect

pafe    F

perhaps, maybe

asi    Cz

ama    K

mogbi

sigaru

permanent

perma

permanente

permit, allow

permi    E

permit

permiti

person, human being

yan    Ct

jin    J

person

jen

menx

petrol, gasoline

bensin    A

gasolin

pharmacy

apotika    In

farmasi

apotik

photograph

foto    E

foto

foto

piano

piano    I

piano

piano

piano

picture

ilasto    J

darlun    We

piktur

piktura

piece, part

fungu    Sw

fan

pezo

pes

pie

pai

pai

pig, swine

babi    In

swain    E

pig

swina

pigeon

hamama    A

hato    J

kur

pile, heap

halom    Hu

pail    E

pail

monton

pillow

pilo

pin

pin

pin

pine

pinya    I

pina

pineapple

anana    Tt

nanasi

ananas    F

pink

pink

rosa

pipe, tube

pipa    Hu

tuyo    F

paip

tuba

pity

piti

piti

pizza

piza    I

piza

piza

pitsa

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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