Prospective Word Choices for a Provisional Global Core Vocabulary, from Basic English plus:  A

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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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

able

fei    G

abl    E

about

abaut    E

om    Sh

above

nuwa    Th

sima    Po

abov    E

sobre    S

accident

tainan    V

tainan    V

sago

ache

duka    H

tong    P

tung    P

across

datu    Te

akros    E

add

tamba    In

kar    H

adi

address

unwan    A

adres    E

adres

admire

sifu    Sw

amir    E

admiri

advocate, support

fuyo    J

suport    E

suporti

after

nyuma    Sw

bada    A

ihu    P

afte    E

again

lagi    M

zai    P

snova    R

against

anti    E

samna    H

anti    E

kontra    S

age

gil    He

aje    E

yax    T

agree

oke    E

gri    E

doi    J

konsenti

ailment

bing

aim

gol    E

aim    E

gola    E

air

hava    A

hawa    A

air    E

aera

airplane

airplane    E

avion    F

alive

viv    La

jive    R

all

saba    H

kul    H

al    E

oli    E

almost

kwasi    L

kasi    E

preske    F

already

ya    S

je    R

dezha    F

yo    Fi

also

mo    J

bien    S

also    E

toxi    R

hobo

always

imer    G

sempre    F

daim

ambassador

ambasado    E

daxi    P

ambulance

among

parmi    F

inter    L

miden    G

ancestor

sonzo    K

and

i

i

e    F

e    F

na

angle

sumi    J

kulma    Fi

anglo

angula

angry

nesu    Ja

koler    F

angri    E

animal

nyama    Sw

hevan    In

bete    F

animal    E

naim

ankle

tobil

another

unodro

otre    F

halan

answer, reply

amsa    Ha

anser    E

jawaba    A

ant

ali-dudu    J

murave    R

ant    E

furmi    F

azka

any

koi    H

eni    E

eni    E

itea

apologize

skusa    I

skusa    I

apparatus

gigu    K

apple

pingwo    P

seb    H

apla    E

appreciate

asante    Sw

aprez

approve

apruv    E

aprobi    S

apron

delantal    S

apron    E

arch

bage    Sh

arc    E

arka    R

arm

xoli    P

bra    F

arm    E

brasa    Po

army

impi    Z

armi    E

arme    G

around

bauwe    P

piramun    Fa

um

sirkum    La

arrive

fika    Sw

ariv    E

arivi    E

art

kala    H

xu    P

art    E

arta    E

article (written)

makala    A

makala    A

karangan    In

gisa

artikla

as

az    E

ascend

subir

ash

jasen

pepla

ask

duman    Se

ask    E

kwesti    La

association, club

cama    Sw

klub    E

kluba    E

klob    E

at

sta    I

a    F

pa    Sw

attempt, try

nuli    P

tentar    F

trai

attention

zui

atentia    La

attraction

dro    E

atir    F

attribute, -ness

sifa    A

auction

okso

aunt

bibi  In

tete    So

tia    S

tia    S

authority

hawala    H

genri    K

mahta    G

autumn

osyen    R

tumna    E

aki    J

oton    F

average

mezo

avoid

evit    F

eviti    F

awake

okiru    J

aware

konsia

away

wek    G

ax(e)

soka

ono

haca

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