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

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

stab, jab

stab

piki

stage

sane    Fa

staj

stair(s)

skala    I

ster    E

skala    I

silim

stake, post

bongwi    J

stamp

stamp

stand, vertical

tate    J

stand

stendi

star

stela    L

star

sitar

stare

mirar    S

start, begin

kaixi    P

kaixi    P

za    R

start

begin

station

stasion    In

staso

steal, rob

culi    M

roba

cur    H

stel

cori

steam

moxi    Sw

stim    E

stim

vapor

steel

stil    E

stal

stal

step

step

stew

satu     Th

stick, glue

kole    F

glua

stick, rod, staff

makel    He

cari    H

stik

stiff, rigid

stif

rigide

still, yet

mada    J

stil

haixi

sting

pike    F

stir

stir

muvi-miksi

stomach

mide    T

wi

stomak

stone

xito    P

kamen

ston

ston

ston

stop, cease

stapi    E

stop

storage

kande    Sw

store, shop

toko    In

dukan

stor

xop

storm

tufan    A

tufan    A

storm    E

storm

storma

story, report

stori

rakonta

straight, proper

polole    Hw

rekt

rekte

strange

gwai    P

stranj

stranje

strap

belta

stream

sine

street

tori    J

strit

jalan

stretch, extend

strec

ekstendi

strike, stoppage

straik

gunstopa

string, cord

hilo    S

string

syen

stripe

palasa    R

straip

stripa

stroke

strok

darba

strong

silni    R

silno    R

strong

study

logi    Gk

studi

studi

stuff, material

xo    G

matier    F

material

stupid

stupide

subject

subjet

tema

submit

substitute, replace

daiti    P

substitu

substitut

subway, u. railway

metro    F

metro

succeed

fai sukses

such

tal

suck

susu    Tt

suki

sudden, abrupt

sasa    H

sudn

abrupte

sugar

sukali    Tg

suka

sugar

sukra

suggest, propose

sujest

proposi

suitable, proper

sutabl

godi-xe

suitcase

valise    F

summer

leto    R

ete    F

saif

summit, peak, top

sima    LF

top    E

sima

sun

sol    S

tajan

sun    E

sol

surya

Sunday

soldi

sunflower

suryaflor

superior in rank

bwana    Sw

superio

support, advocate

fuyo    J

suport

suporti

suppose, presume

supoz

suposi

sure, certain

pasti    In

jakin    A

xur    E

sert

serte    La

surface

surfas

surfas

surprise, startle

etone    F

jing    P

surpriz

surpris

suspicion, distrust

caka

suspet

swallow

sununu

swalo

gloti

swamp, marsh

numa    J

sumpa

swan

hansa    Sa

swan    E

sisme

sweat, perspiration

han    P

sudor

sudor

sweater

fulana    Sw

sweto

sweep

sao    P

brumi

sweet

dolce    I

dolce

swelling, inflation

puhulika

swim

nata    LF

swim

swimi

sword

epe    F

zian

syllable

silaba

symbol

simbol

symptom

sintom

syringe

siringa

system

sistem    E

sistem

sistema

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