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

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

wage, salary

salari    E

wagon

vagon

wagon

waist

yao

kamar    H

wait

mate    J

jam    Ka

weit

weit    E

wake, awake

kwanka    Sw

weik

walk, step

kamina    S

zou    P

pedi

wall

fal    Hu

stena    R

mur    F

mur

wallet, purse

bolsa    S

wander, drift

yuwayuwa    Sw

wander

want, desire

mau    In

kami

vol    F

want

yao

war

jang    H

war

gwer

warehouse

soko    J

warm

warm

warme

warn

avis    F

averti

wash

wasi    Sm

xpul    G

wax

wox

waste

muda    J

nangbi

vanisi

watch, monitor

figyel    Hu

wac

watch, timepiece

water

lakwa    LF

su

akwa

akwa

waterfall

pogpo

watermelon

arbuz

karpus

wave

nami    J

bolan

ola

onda

wax

lilin    Tt

waks

waksa

way, method, style

moda    I

sama    H

lu

dao    P

we

mis

nu    F

weak

lema    In

ruo

feble    La

wealth

jesan

weapon

sile    Kh

vuki

arma

weasel

mostela    Oc

wear

foro

weather

tenki

meteo

weave

wiv

teksi

wedge

kunya

Wednesday

aqadi

weed

zaso    J

week

semanya    S

wik

wik

weep, cry

ulda    K

naku    J

plak    R

weigh, weight

pes    S

pesa

welfare

benes

well, waterhole

kisima    Sw

kuan    H

bien    F

kuan    H

West

bati    T

kulon    Ja

west

westa

wet

gila    H

wet

mokre    R

whale

balina    T

balen    F

balena

what

ke    S

kwa    F

wat

wheat

gandum    M

grano

wit

wheel

koliso    R

vil    E

roda

rad    G

when

wen

wan

where

wer

wo

whether or not

seya    S

while

wail

whim, caprice

kapris

whirlpool

banwar    H

whistle

sifle    F

wisl

wisli

white

byel    R

byel    R

blan    F

blan

who

wu

hu    E

whole, complete

todo    S

tote

why

we

wai

wide, broad, width

pana    Sw

cora    H

waid

caure

wife

marie

molya    I

wild, feral

diki    R

wild

savaje

will

wil

volia    R

will-o'-the-wisp

calawa    H

win

tanti    V

gan    S

win

wind

hawa    H

wind

feng    P

window

bentana    S

vindo

windo

winda

wing

ala    Po

wing

ala

Winter

xita    A

winter

hima

wire

waya    E

waio

fil

wise

sofi    Gk

waiz

saje

witch

manu

with

wid

kun

without

sin    S

ben    H

witness

temwan    F

wizard

mago

wolf

lelu    Ck

berya    H

lobo    S

wulfa

woman

dareni    P

woman

gina    Gk

wood

kaju    In

wud

ligna

wool

lana    LF

lana

mao

word

kalim    A

mot

worda

work, effort

kokari

kam    H

work

gunsa

world

dunya    A

dunia    A

dunya    H

mond    F

munda

worm

kida    H

wom

wurma

worry, anxiety

susi    F

fanau    P

wori

nokalma

worth

val    E

kaci    J

wound

wund

wunda

wrap

rap

kuta    R

wrench

renc

wrestle

luti

wrinkle, crease

ruga

ruga

wrist

rist

polsa

write

kyan    Th

xie    P

kaku    J

skribi

wrong, incorrect

sala    M

ronf

noraite

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