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

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")

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

Basic English plus

Neo Patwa

Pandunia

Ceqli

Unish

Lingwa de Planeta

Ardano

rhinocerous

rino

rhythm

ritmo    S

ritma

rice

cawal    H

cawal    H

ris

ris

beras

rich

kaya    M

ric

rice

ride

ride

raki

ridge

krinale    It

right, direction

kulya    Sw

rait

desne

kuanan

right, privilege

haka    U

haul    We

genri

prava

rightly, properly

hau    P

ret

raite

ring, band

anilo    S

pete

ring

halka

sising

riot

balwa    H

motin

rebelia

ripe

lepi    Sr

mur

ritual, ceremony

ritual

river

nadi    B

rio    S

riva

valat

road

dolu

road

kamina

kana

rob, steal

culi    M

roba

cur    H

rob

cori

robe, gown, kaftan

bubu

rock

xito    P

rok

rocket

roket

raketa

role

role

rol

roll

rol

roli

roof, top, lid

cati    T

ruf

ruf

room

cemba    E

kama

cam    I

rum

xamba

ara

root

koren    R

rut

riza

ramun

rope, bind

kamba    Sw

zail    G

rop

korda

rose

gulabi     Te

roza

bara    H

roz

rosa

han

rotate, turn, spin

heli    E

roti

rotten

berot

rough, coarse

rof

rude

round

rond

kopoal

route

lu

dao

routine

rutin

row

rang

rub

kose    Tt

rub

frikti

rubber

geta    In

gomu    J

guma

rug, mat

rug

tapis

rule, regulation

rul

regula

rumor

run

run

lopi

rush, hurry

rux

hasti

rust, corrosion

kutu    Sw

rujia

rye

rogen

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