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

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

place, location

swo    P

jay    H

plas

loko

lag

plan, design

plana    S

plan

plan

plan, idea

daswan    P

idea    E

ideea

plane

plein    E

plane

plana

planet

plane    E

planet

planeta

plant

planta    L

plant

planta

plastic

plastik

plastik

plate

sani    Li

sahan

plato

pyata

platform

platform

platinum

platin

play

spilen    G

plei    E

plei

plei

playground

undojo    J

plaza, town square

pyasa    I

pleasant, likeable

suki

plezer

please, request

mintan    In

pri    F

pliz

please, invite

cing    P

pliz

pleasure

plezer

plesir

plot

trama

plow/plough

plu    Cz

pluga

plug, stopper

plug

stoper

plum

plum

sliva

pocket

poce

karman    R

poket

pox

poem

ci

poem

poema

point, tip

dyen    P

point

nok

afa

poison, toxin

sumu    Sw

venen

poizn

toksin

pole

stang    G

stanga

police

polisi    E

polisi

polis

polis

polis

polite

sapan    In

pool, billiards

biliar

poor

miskin    In

pover

povre

population

ingu

port

haun    Da

port

porta

portion

porso

position

poz

posision

positive

positive

possible

posibl

posible

post, stake

bongwi    J

pilar

pot

panela    Po

poti

pot

pot

potato

patata    Na

patata

potat

patata

patato

pour

mwaga    Sw

pour

liti

poverty

yelemo'

powder

kona    J

puda

pouder

puda

power

power

mahta

lamu

prairie

preri    E

praise

laudi

pray(er)

dasal    Tg

dua

prei

prei

pregnant

hamil    A

premium

premi

present, gift

kado    F

present

preserve

preserv

preservi

president

pangulo    Tg

prezident

presidenta

press

pres

presi

pretend, feign

simuli

pretty

joli    F

prevent

preventi

price, cost

kaci    K

pris

prais

priest

prist

pop

print

capi    U

print

printi

prior, previous

presedi-xe

prison, jail

prison

prison

private

privat

private

prize, award

medale    I

priz

prisa

probable

probabl

probable

problem

wenti    P

process, procedure

prosedur

proses

proclaim

seimei    J

professional

pro    E

profit, gain

li    P

samra    H

profit

profit

program

program

programa

progress

progres

prohibit, forbid

prohibit

prohibi

project, venture

projet

proyekta

promise, pledge

vada

promesa

prompt, timely

promt

byen

pronounce

pronun    S

proof, evidence

itibati    Sw

pruva

properly, rightly

hau    P

protect, defend

kawal    In

protet

defensi

protest, objection

protest

protesta

prototype, model

prototip

proud

garwe

provide, supply

provid

provisi

province, state

stato    I

provinsia

public

publik

publika

pull

lagu    Te

srin    Ir

pul

tiri

pump

pompa    I

pumpa

pumpkin

kadu    H

zuka

punish

cufa    P

puni    E

punir

puni

puppet

pupa

pure

pure

hamal

purple

lila    Tg

jamuni    H

purpur

violete

purse, wallet

bolsa    S

push

puse

pux

pux

put, place

pone    S

pon    S

put

pon

puzzle, riddle

pahel    H

puzl

pyramid

piramida

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