Prospective Word Choices for a Provisional Global Core Vocabulary, from Basic English plus: H 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 | ||||||
habit | habit E | abyas H | ||||
hail | hail E | aispluvia | ||||
hair | gaxi Ha | har G | har G | har G | ||
haircut | usip | |||||
half | demi F | haf E | haf E | duanad | ||
hammer | matelo I | hama | gane Ch | hamra | ||
hand | xoli P | tang In | mano S | handa | yada | |
handle | handl E | graspa | ||||
handmade | sugon | |||||
hang, suspend | koke Ht | hang E | pendi | |||
happen, occur | slu R | hapn E | eventi La | |||
happy | hapi E | kuci | hapi E | felise | sasainas | |
harbor | hafen G | haun Da | harbor E | |||
hard | gati Te | hard E | tverde R | |||
hare | tuza P | kalul | ||||
harm | nuksan H | |||||
harmony | joha | harmonia | ||||
harness | jota H | |||||
harvest | harvest E | rekoli | ||||
hat, cap | topi Fa | topi | hat E | xapa F | ||
hatch | buha | |||||
hate, dislike | haten D | heit E | odi | |||
have, hold, own | tene S | hav E | hev | oxun | ||
he | ta P | ta | el | hi | ||
head | kepala In | sir H | hed E | kapa | koba | |
headache | duton | |||||
health | sant | seha | ||||
healthy | genki J | genkan | sane | |||
hear | oir | audi | ||||
heart | moyo Sw | cin | dil H | hart | kordia | ul |
heaven | hevn E | swarga H | ||||
heavy | hefi | paino Fi | hevi E | grave | ||
heel | eri | topuk T | ||||
helicopter | helgi | |||||
helix | vinta | |||||
hell | inferna | |||||
helmet | helmet E | helma | ||||
help, service | pomogi R | mede | help E | helpi | ||
hemp | tama P | bang H | kanapa | |||
herb | mulika Te | |||||
herd | gurta R | navat | ||||
here | hier E | hir | hano | |||
hide, conceal | kaxe F | kace | haid E | ahfi A | ||
high, height | alti L | alt | gao P | |||
hill | hil E | kolina | ||||
hinge | xarnir | |||||
hip | hip E | kalca | ||||
hippopotamus | gubu Fu | hama K | ||||
hire | koyon | |||||
history | histori E | historia | ||||
hit, strike | takan Si | ku F | hit E | darbi A | ||
hoarfrost, rime | frima | |||||
hockey | hokey | |||||
hold, grasp | kling E | hold E | teni | |||
hole, pit | fosa LF | dong P | ana J | dun P | ||
holiday, vacation | cuti B | hyuil K | holidi E | festa | ||
hollow | holo E | hole | ||||
holy, sacred | sante H | |||||
home | hom E | kukaya | ||||
honey | myel F | madu | honi E | madu | ||
hook | kanca T | huk E | huk E | |||
hope | axa B | hope E | nadi | |||
horn | pembe Sw | laba | tsuno J | horn E | korna | |
horror | konbu | |||||
horse | hisan A | gora H | uma J | kaval | glogun | |
hospital | lopital Ht | hospital E | hospital E | |||
hot | kalda I | hot E | garme H | salal | ||
hotel, inn | hotel E | hotel E | hotel | |||
hour | ganta H | hora S | hora S | ora | wato | |
hourglass | ramlakloka | |||||
house | dom R | haus G | haus G | neium | ||
how | wi | komo | kanjan | |||
however | aber G | yedoh G | ||||
hug, include | palo Ku | hug E | ||||
huge, enormous | goda | gro-gran | ||||
human | human E | jen P | kpan | |||
humble, modest | namre | |||||
humor | kili H | humor E | yuma R | |||
hundred | sent | sto R | likulu | |||
hungry | fame LF | hungri E | hunge E | |||
hunt | vana Ro | hunt | xikari | |||
husband | mario | murxa Gy | ||||
hyena | fisi Sw | |||||
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 | ||||||