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

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

ugly

feyo    Po

ugli

kurup    H

ulcer, sore

pyaga    I

umbrella

usan    K

usan

pluvixirma

umpire, referee

umpiro

judista

uncle

xuxu    P

onkl

under, below

sub    L

sub

understand, comprehend

kapice    I

likai

pren    S

wakaru    J

samaja    H

underwear

kalson    F

underwear

uniform

yunipom    K

uniforma

unit

danwe    P

unit

unite

uniti

universal

universale

university

universit

universitet

until

til    E

up

sima    Po

up

upar    H

urine

pisi    E

urina

use, utilize

pakai    Si

uz

yus    E

vacuum

vakum

vakuum

vague

aime    P

vag

valley

wadi    A

vale

vali

dol    R

value

valu

valor

vapor, mist

vapor

vapor

vase

vaso

vegetable

legim    Bi

vej    E

vejetal

legum    F

vehicle

veiko

veikla

veil

veil

vual

vein

mai    P

vein

vena

vertical

vertikal

vertikale

very

trei    F

veri

mui    S

vibrate

vibra

vibra    La

vice, deputy

wakil    In

view

vu

village

desa    In

mura    J

vilaja

vine

bolostyan    Hu

vine

vinegar

cuka    In

vinegar

vinegra

violent

violent

virus

virus

visa

bisa    E

visit

bisita    S

fangwen

visit

visiti

vitamin

bitamin    E

vitamin    E

vocabulary

voka

leksika

vogue, fashion

moda

voice

vwa    F

voz    La

vos

volcano

volkan

vulkan

vomit

vomit

vomi

vote

vot

voti

vow

vou

kasam    A

vowel

fokali    Sw

voyage

viaje    S

safar    A

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