Co - Cu


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


coal	kolta G			koal E	karbon


coast				kosta S	sahil A


coat	mantel In	koti Sw		kot E	palto R


cockroach					kukaraca S


coffee	kafe I	kafe I	kawa A	kofi	kahwa A	kofi


coin	sika H			koin E	moneta I	beso


cold	tanda H			kold E	lenge P	yurimo'


collar	koleto I			kolar E


color	tinta S		kolor S	kolor E	kolor E


column	kolona LF			kolum E


comb	kuxi J			kuxi J	kanga H	aia


come	lai P		ven F	kom	lai


comfort	sabai Th			komfort E	bien P


command, control		kabu U		komand E	komanda S


command, order		komanda		komand E


committee	komiti E			komiti E	komitee E


common		puton P		komun E	komune E


communal, shared		komun			komunitaa


company	kampuni Sw			kompani E	firma


compare				kompar E	kompari E


complete			pura H	komplet E


compound						fado


comprehend				kapir


compromise				tuxi	kompromis E


computer	kompyuta E		gin H	komputo E	komp R


concern				kanxin J


concrete		beton G		konkrit E


condition	hali Sw			kondiso E	stasa


cone	kono Gk				konus


confusion	babel He			konfuz


connection	lian P			konet E	ligia La


conscious				konsios E	konsiose E


consequence				keka J


consider				kaolu P	kaulu P


container				konteno E	dan H


contest, competition		bisai P		kontest E	kompeti


continue, keep on	kipan Bi			kontinu E	kontinui E


convenient			benri J	konveni	byen P


conversation				daiwa


cook	koken D		vari R	kuk E	kuki E


cool				kul E	lenge-ki


cooperate				koperat E	kogun P


copper	cepu Ta			kopr E	kuprum L


copy	kopi E	kopi E		kopi E	kopia S


coral	sango J			koral E


coriander	daniya H


cork	filin A			kork E	korka


corn, maize	maise S			kon	mais


corner, angle	sumi J	kona		kona


correct	dwi P		kore E	ret


cosmetic	makiya F			kosmetik E


cotton	kutun A	koton E		koton E	koton E	nilf


cough	keso P			tos	kafkaf Bi


coupon		kupon E


count		konta S		kaunt E	konti


counterfeit				izo


country	stan H			nara		tar


countryside	kampo S			rus		rif


courage	dan P			yuki J	kuraja L


court				kort E


cousin	pinsan Ta		zin E	kozn


cover	kafa E		gai T	kovr E	kovra E


cow	nyunyu P			tore S	gova Pa


crab	ganan Bm			krab E


crack, fissure	fenda Po			krak E	krek


crawl				rampi	kripi E


crazy, mad	foli F			krazi E	fole


cream	pomada S			krim E


credit, lend	hitel Hu			kredit E	kredit


cricket				grilo


crime	kutam My			krime E	krimen


crisis				wigi


crocodile	mamba Sw			krokodil E


cross				kros E	kros E


crowd				gunjon


cry, weep	ulda K			naku	plak R


crystal	tinte V			kristal E


cuckoo		kuku


cucumber	pepino Po			kukmo K	gurka G


culture			kyoyo J	kultur E


cup	kopa S			kup E	tasa A


cupboard		kabadi Sw		kupbord E	guidza P


currency				tonho


current				kurent E


curry		kari Ta


curtain	katin E			katen E	kurtena


curve				kurv E	kurva


cushion	kusen D	kuxen		kuxon E


custom, tradition	pasin TP			kostom


customer, guest	kliente S


customs	dwana S			kustom


cut	kata A	kata A		kut E	kati	kapude


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