Prospective Word Choices for a Provisional Global Core Vocabulary, from Basic English plus: E 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 | ||||||
each | ge | kada | gil | |||
eagle | akila L | igl E | orla R | tado | ||
ear | gwi K | teling In | ear | aur | eizaha | |
earring | earing E | |||||
early | fru G | zao P | rane R | vave | ||
earth, soil | bumi M | bumi | tera I | arda A | arda | |
earthquake | jisin | sisma La | guria | |||
East | leste Po | dung P | est | esta | canjia | |
Easter | paska | |||||
easy | fasil F | kolai T | izi E | fasile F | ||
eat | cifan P | kom S | eat | ci P | ||
eclipse | eklips | eklipsa | ||||
edge | kinar H | kado | borda | |||
eel | maleo TP | angula | ||||
effect, influence | lefe F | efet | ||||
effort, work | kokari | efot | gunsa | |||
egg | wefo S | eg E | ovo | baida | ||
eggplant | bengan H | gaji | patlajan T | |||
eight | pal K | pal K | ot | ot | etu | |
either | idso | |||||
eland | pofu | |||||
elastic | plastika S | elastik | elastike | |||
elbow | siku In | elbo E | kuda F | dige | ||
elect | elekti | |||||
electricity | faifa Th | den | dyanxo P | eletrik | elektritaa | |
element | voso J | elementa | ||||
elephant | tembo Sw | hati | slon | elefant E | fil | |
elevator, lift | elevato | lifta | ||||
eleven | tenun | xi-un | ||||
embarrassment | muxkila H | |||||
embassy | embasi E | kali Ta | embasi E | daxiguan P | ||
emphasize, stress | emfasiz | aksenti | ||||
empty | hali | vago | vakue | |||
end, finish | end E | fini | ||||
endure, last | tahan Si | endur E | ||||
enemy | enemi E | duxman H | ||||
energy | enerj | energia | ||||
engine, motor | ensin TP | enjin E | ||||
engineer | giso | |||||
enough, suffiicient | basta S | enuf E | basta | esabu | ||
enter | enta E | enter E | zin P | |||
enthusiasm, zeal | zelo | |||||
envelope | lifafa H | envelop E | letakuta | |||
equal | eqal | egale | ||||
equivalent | dodo | |||||
error | baram H | eror E | ||||
escape, avoid | nige J | eskap | eskapi | |||
essay | gisa | |||||
essential | benzi | |||||
evaporate | vapori | |||||
even | ance I | hata | evn E | iven E | kma | |
evening | ban K | swar F | evning E | akxam | ||
eventually | aften | |||||
ever | ever E | eva E | ||||
every | kul H | evri E | kada | har | ||
everyone | evriun | daja | ||||
evil | malo S | xar-nei | ||||
exact, precise | tonu Sn | zus | eksakte | |||
examine, inspect | esam E | eksameni | ||||
examination | josa | |||||
example, sample | misale Am | piru P | esamplo E | eksampla | ||
excavate | kavar | kavi La | ||||
exceed | lalu In | coga | ||||
excellent | usu | |||||
except, apart from | ila Sw | eksept E | eksepte | |||
excess | coga | |||||
exchange, trade | kohan | interxanja | ||||
exclamation | gamtan | |||||
exclude | baije | |||||
excrement, feces | fese L | fek | ||||
exercise, practice | undong | tamrin | ||||
exist | esit E | eksisti | ||||
expand, grow | espand E | kresi | ||||
expect, anticipate | varni Hu | gidai | ekspekti | |||
expensive, costly | mahal In | espensiv E | gui | |||
experience | esperins | eksperiensi | ||||
experiment | sigen | eksperimenta | ||||
expert | maista G | jonmun | ||||
expire | mangi | |||||
explain | somin | |||||
explode | popa | eksplosi | ||||
explore | tangen | |||||
exposure | rocu | |||||
extent | bani | |||||
extinguish | sio | tuxi R | ||||
extra | yobun | |||||
extravagant | ranbi | |||||
exuberant | fengfu | |||||
eye | oyo S | ojo | oko | kanu | ||
eyeglasses | luneta LF | glas | okula | |||
eyelash | sil | silya S | ||||
eyelid | nunbro | palak H | kanurepa | |||
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 | ||||||
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