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

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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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

jacket

jaket    E

jaka

jade

jar

jar    E

jar    E

jug

jaga

jaw

jau

jabra

jealousy

jelos

jaluse

jelly

yeli    E

jeli    E

jelee

jellyfish

medusa    S

jewel, gem

juya

yuwel

boat

jewelry

hoya    S

job, employment

pexa    H

job    E

gunsa    P

join

join    E

join    E

joint

joint    E

ketuit

journey

safari    Sw

jomi

safara

judge

krino    Gk

juji

judi

judgment

jugo

juice, liquid

malul    A

jus

jus

jump, leap

spring    E

salta    S

salti

junction

junkso

jury

jurii

just, equitable

just    E

juste

palau

justice

duyu    Ch

kangaroo

kangaru    E

kangaru'

keep, retain

kip    E

reteni

kelp

alga

kettle

ketel    E

ketl    E

key

cabi    U

cabi

kle    F

klef

kape

kick

caba

kik    E

kiki

kidney

kilya    A

kidni    E

nefra

bolbo

kill

kil    E

kili

kilo

kilo    Gk

kin, clan

genta

kind, sort, type

lei    P

kain    E

kind    E

sorta

kind, caring

kind    E

latife    A

kindness

niumamo'

king

king    E

regus

nigus

kiss

kis    E

kisi

kitchen

kusina    LF

kuzin

knee

gutana    H

genu    F

genu    F

tumeng

knife

caku    H

caku    H

dao

sikin    A

bes

knot

nodo    I

nodo

know

sabe    S

jan    H

sab

jan

knowledge

zisi

jansa

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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