Ca - Cl


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


cabbage	kalam Fa			kabij E	kol S


cable				kabl E	kabel E


cage	gamia B			keij E	kafas A	kafas A


caiman		kaiman


cake	gato F	keke		keik E	kek Bi


calculate		hisabu A		kalkul	kalkuli


calendar	kalenda E	kalenda E		kalendar E


call				kol E	voki La


camel	gamalo A		kamel E	kamel E		ucami


camera			kamera E	kamera E


camp				kamp E	kampa E


can (able to)			fei G	kan E	mog R


can (tin)				kan E	tin-ken


canal (navigable)	nula Mc	kanali Fi	kanal E	kanal E	kanal E


cancel	anule F			kansel E


candle	xama A		xama H	co	kandela S


candy, sweets	kantu Ta			kandi E	bonbon F


cane	kana LF			kein E	baston F


canoe		kanu E		kanu E		kanawa


capital (city)	asima A			kapital E


car	auto E			kar E	auto


card				kard E	karta R


care			kamau J	soin F	kuidi S


carpet	popol Qi			karpet E	tapis F	tarpun


carrot	pastanaga Ca	karota		karot E	karota I


carriage, cart	yana Sa			karij E	gari H


carry	nosi R			kari E	porti La


cartoon		katun		kartun E


case	kaso S	kasa I		kas		tia


cassava	mandio Gu


castle	xato F			xiro J	kastela La


cat	myao Hk		felin L	kat E	kota R	puse


catch	fangen G		torai J	zua P	kapti La


caterpillar				campi	katapila E


cauliflower	gobi H			koliflor


cause	sase J	sababi A		riju J	kausi E


caution	kiasi Si			kosio


cave	guha Te	guha H		kav E	kaverna S	adus


cease				yamu J	stopi E


ceiling			siling E	teto	tavan T


celebrate				selebrar	festi La


cellar, basement		kela		selar E	kela


ceremony			seremoni E	xik K


certain, sure	pasti In	jakin A		sert	serte La


chain	kayena LF	cen F	ceyn E	cain E	kadena S


chair	kawi Th		cer E	izu J	kursi H


chalk	caki Sw		karya H	gis	kreta


change, exchange	kambi S		hwan P	canj E	xanji


channel (irrig.)	nula Mc	kanali Fi	canl E	canl E	handak T	sala


charm			carm E	carm E


cheap	xosta B			cep E	cipe E


check	ceke			cek E	cek E


cheek	kunci Ha		vang D	jia	wanga G	tiam


cheese	panil H		froma F	ciz E	kes S	paner


cherry	sakura J			ceri E	kirsa G


chess				ces E	xah H


chest	peco S		sina H	cest E	sadra A	kar


chestnut	kastali LF			cesnut E	kastana


chicken	ayam M	koko Li		cikn E	kok	tolos


chief		cefe Po	xang P	cif E	xefe F


child	pikin Sr	bana Li	fil La	ai	kinda G	yaro


chin	cane Fa		cene T	cin E	cibuk T	onglas


chocolate	xokola Na			cokolat E	xokolat E


choose	kime J		xwa F	cuz E	selekti


church				curc E	kirka G


cigarette				sigaret E	sigareta R


circle	mandala Sa		fana	yuan	sirkla E


circus		maxi P		sirkus E


citizen			simin K	sitizn E


city		siti	ceng P	siti E	urba L


claim			kleim E	kleim E	asertia


clam	kabya Tg			klam E


clan			klan E


class, rank	ceo Sw			klas E


classroom				klasrum E		ongol


claw	panya H	nahun H	gara Po	klo	naka H	kamit


clay	nyendo P			klei E	glina R


clean	limpya LF		klin E	klin E	klin E


clear	wade A		klar G	klar E	klare E


cliff				klif E	klif E


climb	eskale F			klim E	klimi E


clock	taco G			klok E	kloka E


closed, shut	fasen E			xut E	klosi-nei


cloth, fabric	kaliko Bi		pano Po	bu	kapra H	puon


cloud	nube I	jun P		yun	badal H	nube I


clown	payaso S			klaun E


club, association	xama Sw		zamgu	klub E	kluba E	klob E


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