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

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

machine

maxin    E

maxin    E

masin    E

maxina

magazine

zina    E

magazin

jurnal

magic, sorcery

maji

magia

magnet

magnet    E

magnet

mail, post

mail    E

meil

main

xang    P

mein    E

maize, corn

maise    S

kon

mais

majority

maisitaa

make, produce

sana    H

far    F

meik

mah

make-up, cosmetics

makiya    F

kosmetik    E

male

maga    Te

jino    J

maskul-nei

amar

mammal

mamianimal

man

maga    Te

dareno    P

man    E

man

manager

manejo

manner, way

moda    I

sama    H

lu

mantis

preijuk

manufacture

sezo

many

meni    E

muco

dakal

map

ditu    P

map    E

karta

marble

marmo    I

mark

byau    P

mark    E

marka

market

pyata    Ro

market    E

bazar

marriage

maritura

marry

kawim    In

mari    E

masculine

masku

master

domin

match (fire-stick)

mac

agnistik

material, stuff

xo    G

matier    F    

material

mature

matur

mature

may

mog    R

maiu

maybe, perhaps

asi    Cz

ama    K

xayad    H

maraig

meadow

prato    I

livada    Bu

meal

tali    H

meal    E

cifan    P

meaning, significance

mana    Sw

mana

means

meso

measure

peso    S

mera

meji

meat

myaso    R

nama

karn    S

karne    I

masu    R

karea

medicine, drug

dawa    Sw

medisin    E

farmak

medium

medi    L

meet(ing)

onana    Sw

mit

miti

melody

melodi    E

melodi    E

melon

melone    LF

melon    E

melon

melt, liquify

fundi    LF

melt    E

fa-likwe

member, participate

memba    E

membro

yuan    P

memory

memori    E

mention

shou    P

menu

minu    H

menu

merchandise, goods

mali    Sw

guz

pin

mercy

mersi

rahimtaa    A

mermaid

ino

message

skela    Ir

mesej

mesaja

metal

metal    E

metal    E

metal

method, technique

metoda

meter, metre

meta

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