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")

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Basic English plus

Neo Patwa

Pandunia

Ceqli

Unish

Lingwa de Planeta

Ardano

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

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