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

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

Neo Patwa

Pandunia

Ceqli

Unish

Lingwa de Planeta

Ardano

rabbit

koneyo    S

rabit

koelya

kunin

race

rasa

rase

rasa

rack

stender

radio

radio    E

radio

radio

radish

lagano    Tg

lobo

raft

bera    H

raft

rail

rail

rel

railroad

railroad

reldao

rain

ama    Gu

baran    Fa

rain

pluvia

rainbow

rainbo

skay-arka

raise

lev    F

rake

rasta

range

sierra    S

rare, unusual

selten    G

birla    H

raro

rarefied

budense

rat

mixa    R

rather

bal

ratio, rate

mwendo    Sw

proporsion

rattan

rotan

raw

cru    F

ro

ray, beam

kenge    Sw

promyen    Ph

rai

rey

razor

razor

raser

reach

reac

ateni

read

soma    Sw

kan    P

ler    S

lekti

ready

tayar    H

redi

tayar

real, actual

hakiki

real

reale

rear

rear

baka

reason

razon

riyu

reson

receipt

resit

receive

subi    F

bei    P

resiv

resivi

recent

resent

resente

recognize

rekoni

record

rekord

rekordi

rectangle

retangl

rektangula

red

pula    Tg

hong    P

red

rube

rozal

refrigerator

frigo

refuse

refuz

refusi

region, area

region

regret, sorry

gomen    J

regret

afsosi

regular, periodic

regular

regulare

reign

toci    J

reject

rejet

refusi

relationship

relaso

relatia

relax(ed)

santai    In

dinlem    T

relaks

release, let go

cor    H

relis

lasi

religion

din    H

relijio

religia

remain, stay

stei    E

reman

resti

remainder, remnant

baki

remander

resta

remember, memory

memo    E

pomni    R

jide

remembi

remove, take off

ondoa    Sw

remuv

rent

sewa    In

rent

repair

xuli

repar

repari

repel

repeli

replace, substitute

daiti    P

replas

remplasia

represent

represent

representi

reptile

reptila

request

rekest

pregi

require

yogu

rescue

mede

resku

resemble, similar to

macam    Si

sim    E

similar

simile

reserve

yudim    P

reserv

reside, dwell

dwel    E

zu

habiti

resign

respect

staha    Sw

suncin

rispet

respekti

responsibility

zeren

responsia

rest

xuxi    P

xuxi    P

dinlem    T

rest

restrain

restren

reteni

result

result

resulta

retrieve

return

fan    P

return

returni

reveal, disclose

revel

reveli

revelation

revelia

reward

reward

rekompensi

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