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 | ||||||
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 | |
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 | ||||||