Prospective Word Choices for a Provisional Global Core Vocabulary, from Basic English plus: Mi - My 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 | ||||||
middle, center | medi La | midl | mida | |||
midnight | midnait | midnoca | ||||
military | lugun | |||||
milk | late I | xir Fa | milk | milka | susu | |
mill | melihaus | mlin | ||||
million | milion | milion | ||||
mind | mind | menta | ||||
mine | main | |||||
miner | maino | |||||
miniature | mini L | |||||
minority | minimtaa | |||||
mint | nana | minta | ||||
minute | fen P | miniti | minut | minuta | minito | |
miracle | miraki | mirakla | ||||
mirage | sarabi | |||||
mirror, reflect | aena B | mira | miror | mira | spegulis | |
misplace, lose | mis | lusi | ||||
Miss | mis | |||||
miss | mis | fali | ||||
mist, fog | kasumi J | jun | mist | |||
mistake | baram H | silsu | ||||
Mister, Mr | sinior | |||||
misunderstand | ohe | |||||
mix, blend | mixen G | miks | miksi | |||
moan | gemi | |||||
mole | benka Bu | |||||
moment, instant | bli E | moment | momenta | |||
monarch | xa Fa | |||||
Monday | lunadi | mandeg | ||||
money | pesa H | pesa | bani Ro | moni | mani | mane |
monk | sunino K | |||||
monkey | nyani Sw | simya L | saru J | bandar | vundro | |
monster | monstro S | |||||
month | xar A | mes S | mes | |||
moon | luna S | bulan In | luna I | luna | nuna | |
more | moa E | plu F | mor | pyu | ||
morning | acim K | bore We | morning | sabah | uma | |
mosque | ||||||
mosquito | mogi K | moskito | moskita | esaru | ||
moss, lichen | molsa Ca | |||||
most | most | zui | ||||
mother | mama E | ma | ma La | mata (mama) | ||
motion | moso | |||||
motor, engine | moto | motor | motor | |||
motorcycle | moto F | motorsiklo | motosikla (moto) | |||
mould, mildew | mufa I | |||||
mountain | monte S | xan | xan P | mont F | monta | hondoc |
mouse | mixa R | maus G | maus G | |||
moustache | xarib | |||||
mouth | boka S | tim A | ib | muh | cang | |
move, go | ale Bi | cal H | muv | muvi | ||
movie, film | kino G | muvi | kino | |||
Mrs | madam | |||||
much | muito Po | muco | buku | |||
mud | lodo S | poto | lama | kica | ||
muscle | masel Ta | muskol | muskul | |||
museum | myuse F | muze F | ||||
mushroom | fungo I | mogu P | mogu P | funga | ||
music | myusika I | zene Hu | muzik | musika | ||
must, have to | dwa F | tyen | ||||
mustard | mustal | mustrd | mostarda | |||
mutual, reciprocal | mutuale | |||||
mystery | misteri | misteria | ||||
myth | mito | |||||
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 | ||||||