Prospective Word Choices for a Provisional Global Core Vocabulary, from Basic English plus: Rh - Ry 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 | ||||||
rhinocerous | rino | |||||
rhythm | ritmo S | ritma | ||||
rice | cawal H | cawal H | ris | ris | beras | |
rich | kaya M | ric | rice | |||
ride | ride | raki | ||||
ridge | krinale It | |||||
right, direction | kulya Sw | rait | desne | kuanan | ||
right, privilege | haka U | haul We | genri | prava | ||
rightly, properly | hau P | ret | raite | |||
ring, band | anilo S | pete | ring | halka | sising | |
riot | balwa H | motin | rebelia | |||
ripe | lepi Sr | mur | ||||
ritual, ceremony | ritual | |||||
river | nadi B | rio S | riva | valat | ||
road | dolu | road | kamina | kana | ||
rob, steal | culi M | roba | cur H | rob | cori | |
robe, gown, kaftan | bubu | |||||
rock | xito P | rok | ||||
rocket | roket | raketa | ||||
role | role | rol | ||||
roll | rol | roli | ||||
roof, top, lid | cati T | ruf | ruf | |||
room | cemba E | kama | cam I | rum | xamba | ara |
root | koren R | rut | riza | ramun | ||
rope, bind | kamba Sw | zail G | rop | korda | ||
rose | gulabi Te | roza | bara H | roz | rosa | han |
rotate, turn, spin | heli E | roti | ||||
rotten | berot | |||||
rough, coarse | rof | rude | ||||
round | rond | kopoal | ||||
route | lu | dao | ||||
routine | rutin | |||||
row | rang | |||||
rub | kose Tt | rub | frikti | |||
rubber | geta In | gomu J | guma | |||
rug, mat | rug | tapis | ||||
rule, regulation | rul | regula | ||||
rumor | ||||||
run | run | lopi | ||||
rush, hurry | rux | hasti | ||||
rust, corrosion | kutu Sw | rujia | ||||
rye | rogen | |||||
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 | ||||||