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

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

black

siya    Fa

kala    H

corn    R

hei

swate

blackmail

xantaz

blacksmith

fabro

blade

lama    LF

lame    F

lamina    Po

blame

vina

blami    E

blanket

kamal    H

blanket    E

manta    S

blemish

spota    E

bless

bles    E

blesi    E

blind

gudi    Te

blind    E

blister

cala    H

cala    H

blase

pao    P

block

blok    E

blok    E

blood

damu    A

blud    E

hema    Gk

kuden

blow, puff

fuki    J

blo    E

blo    E

fuki    J

blue

nila    H

nili    H

blu    E

blu    E

blu    E

nil

blunt

tumpul    In

blunt    E

tupe    R

boat

kapal    M

nave    I

bot    E

bota    E

body

mwili    Sw

badan    A

badi    E

korpa    L

ju

boil

boil    E

buli    F

bomb

bomba    S

bomba    S

bom    E

bomb    E

bomba    S

bone

oso    Po

os    L

osta    La

book

kitabo    A

buku    In

hon    J

buk    E

kitaba    A

kitab    A

booking, reservation

bukin

buking    E

boot

bota    E

buta    E

border, frontier

kinar    H

bord

borda    E

boring, frustrating

syan    Si

boring    E

enoi-xe

borrow

jie    P

pren lonem

both

bod

ambi    I

sikarua

bottle

botol    B

bin    J

ping    P

botl    E

botela    S

boter

bottom

tala    H

botom    E

diba    P

bounce

bauns    E

risalti    S

bowl

bakuli    Sw

boul    E

kopa    S

box

xomba    Sw

kasa    T

kong    P

boks    E

boksa    E

katon    F

boy

mwana    Sw

boi    E

boi    E

bracelet

mwala    TP

braslet

brain

nuwe    K

nau    P

nao    P

brein    E

brake

breik    E

brek    E

branch, bough

xuba    A

ramo

branca    E

brass

bras

latun    R

bread

pane    I

pan    I

pan    I

pan    I

mianbao

break

peca    M

brek    E

rupti    La

breakdown

falo

breakfast

acim

breast

pestan    Fa

sina    H

brest

mam    La

breath

sum

breathe

sansa    H

spir    La

spiro    La

spiri    La

brick

tobe    Co

tubi

tili    Fi

brik    E

brik    E

bride

sposa

bridegroom

sposo

bridge

palam    Ta

pont    F

ponta    F

tapo

bright (lum.)

liao    P

liang

yarke    R

bring

bring    E

bringi    E

broccoli

brokoli

broken

brokn

broom

brum    E

brum    E

brum    E

rondwia

brother

didi    P

bruder    G

brata    E

brown

namtan    Th

brawn    E

braun    G

brun    F

brun    F

brush

skopi    I

buraxi    Sw

tuli    B

brux    E

brax    E

bubble, foam

pau    P

bubl

pao    P

bucket, pail

baldi    H

tong

dalwa    A

kaka

bud

bud    E

burjon    F

bug, insect

dudu    Z

konju

insekta

building

bilding    E

bildura

bulb

bulbo    S

bulb    E

bull

toro    S

tarvos

bullet

pulya    R

kula    Ic

bump

bump    E

balja    E

bunch

bunc    E

pila    S

bundle

bundl    E

fasia    L

bungalow

bangla    H

burden

jim    K

burn

flambe    F

brul    F

burn    E

jal    H

burst

meletu    In

burst    E

bengi    P

bury

hakoi    Tt

beri    E

dafni    A

bus

basi    Sw

bus    E

bus    E

bas

bush, shrub

puska    Fi

bux    E

bux    E

business

dielo    R

biz    E

biznes    E

businessman

bizman

business leader, tycoon

taikun    J

busy

mangi    P

bizi    E

but

lekin    A

but    E

bat    E

ikemo

butter

manteka    Li

buter    E

nayu    P

butterfly

coco    J

nabi    K

parpar    He

kolinuhon

button

baten    TP

boton    E

boton    E

buton    E

buy

kini    B

bai    E

kupi    R

by

de    J

bai    E

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