Prospective Word Choices for a Provisional Global Core Vocabulary, from Basic English plus:  N

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

nail (fingernail)

panya    H

tsume    J

nail

naka

kuku

nail (metal)

spika    Sw

nel

naked, nude

luo    P

nakid

nude

name

nyem    Jm

name    E

kyam    I

nom    F

nam

nama

namely, i.e.

jani

nome

narrow

patala    H

naro

tange

ineal

nation

nara

nasion

rice

native

nativ

janmi-

nature, environment

ziram    P

natur

natura

natur

nature, reality

tsayun    K

natur

navel

nabla

navy

hegun

near, close

cika    J

prei    F

jin

blise

hika

necessary, required

nesesari

necesare

neck

kwelo    S

mog

galsa

mind

necklace

kolano    I

nekleis

necktie

nektai

tai

need, want

yao    P

nid

nidi

needle

nidl

aguya

jaum

negative

negativ

negative

neglect

neglet

neglektia

negotiate

nego

neighbour

ninju

neither....nor

nor....nor

nephew

nefo

nerve

nervo

nerva

nest

nest

nesta

net, web

file    F

jal    H

net

neta

neutral

nutro

neutrale

never

neva

tinin

nevertheless

sed

new

neo    L

neu

nove

news

habari    A

habari    A

nuz

novas

newspaper

gaseta    R

jurnal    F

nuzpaper

periodiko

next

pili    Sw

nekst

sekwi-xe

nice

nais

latife

niece

nise

night

noce    S

bam    K

nait

noca

kio

nightingale

bulbul

nightmare

kabus

nine

nin    G

nov

nin

nau

no

no    E

no

no

no

noble

kulin    H

nobl

noise

noiz

xum

noon

middei

zuhr

normal, ordinary

normal

pincan

North

xamal    A

xam    Fa

nord    F

norda

bei

nose

bini    Fa

hana    J

noz    E

nos

naso

not

no

bu    P

non

bu

non

note, annotation

nota

note

nota

nothing

noding

aine

notice, observe

coi    Ca

notis

merki

noun

erinea

novel

roman

novel

now

nau

nau

kanan

nowadays

naudi

number, numeral

nume    Kt

tsal    G

numero

sifra

nun

sunini    K

nurse

nurso

nut

nut

nuta

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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