Fa - Fi


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


fable				guwa	fabula S


face	muka H	muka		kao J	fas	ura


facility				siso


fact				sasi	fakta


factor				yoin J


factory				gonjan	fabrika


faculty				jainen


fail				sibai	fali


fairy	feya R			feo	feya


fall		pada		fal E	luo P


false, untrue				fals	false


family				gajo	familia	gesin


famous	fama Po			vumen	famose


fan				fan E	fenger


far	dale R			far E	dale


farm	kampo S		farm E	farm E	ferma	ebhin


farmer				nobu


fascinate				mihuo


fast, early	wiki Hw		xnel G	fast E


fat				fat E	gras


father	papa	pa		pa	patra (papa)


fatigue				piro


fear	felelem Hu			dar	fobi


feather	pluma S	feda		feder	pluma	pluma


fee				bosu


feel, sense	syenta S			sentir	senti


felt (fabric)	filta Sh


female	meli TP		xi	fem	gin Gk


fence				fens E	barika


fern	felce I


ferry	dulun P			feri E


fertile	toyo J		furau P	dasan	frutixil


fever	homa Sw			fever E	febra


few, little	tuti W			poko	xao P


fiction				sosol	fiktia


field	kampo S			fild E	agra	famba


fig	tini Sw				figa


fight, combat	luca S		pel S	fait	batali


figure				suzi


file (dossier)				fail	fail


film, cinema	sine F	fimi	film E	film E	pelikula


find	naiti R			find E	findi


fine, levy	saman Si			fine E


finger	finga Bi		fingr G	dito	finga


fingerprint				jimun K


finish, complete	fini F		fin F	fini


fire	fwego S		fair E	fire E	agni H	ahia


fireplace, hearth					kamin


first				unme


fish	pwasan F	fixi	kala Fi	fix E	fix	ikunga


fisherman				obu


fist	tatom Th		poin F		kulak R


five	nam V		fai E	pent	fif	lima


fixed				befiks


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