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")

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Basic English plus

Neo Patwa

Pandunia

Ceqli

Unish

Lingwa de Planeta

Ardano

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

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