Sa - Sh


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

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Basic English plus	Neo Patwa	Pandunia	Ceqli	Unish	Lingwa de Planeta	Ardano


sabbath


sack			bora H	sak	sak


sacred				sakre


sad, unhappy	duka In			sad	triste


saddle			sela I


safe, secure	ancwan P		slan Ir	seif	sikure


sail				sail	parus


saint				san


salad	salada S	salada		salad	salata	salat


salmon	somon T	samon		samon


salt	sale I	sale	xio J	salt	solta	asin


same, equal	mwan Th		seim E	same	same	sama


sand	halena Et			sand	ramla	saurun


sandwich			sanwi E	sandwic	sandwic


satisfaction					satisfaktia


Saturday				landi		sabato


sauce	sose	sosi		sous F


sausage	sosisu T	sosisi		sosej	sosis


savage		jeman


save, rescue			xran Sl	sav	salvi


saw	sega I			sega	sega


say, tell	sema Sw			sei	xwo


scale				lin	ponder	mizan


scared				beskar


scholar				sabio


school	skola L			skol	skola	skul


science			sai E	siens	siensa


scissors	mikasi A	makasi		gawi	mikas	kafirko


score				skor	puntanamba


scorpion	bicu H			skorpion		ulifor


scratch				skrac	skrapia


scream, cry	kyalta Hu			skrim


screen				skrin


screen (barrier)			xirm G		ekran


screw		losi		skru	vinta


sculpture				jogag


sea	moana Hw		darya H	mer F	mar	mar


seagull	kamome J


seal	foka S			selo


search, look for	buska S			serc


season			zamana H	sezon	seson


seasoning, spice	masala H			masala H	spezia


seaweed				alga L


second (ord.)				dume


second (time)	myo P			sekond	sekunda


secret	baomi P	mimi	taino	sekret	sekret-nei


secretary				biso


section, segment					duan


security				boan


see	gani Ha			ver	vidi


seed	semya R			seme	semena	he


seek				sik	xuki


seem, appear				sim	sembli


seldom, rarely				seldom	rarem


self			sam R	self		sevis


sell	bendi I			sel	vendi


seminar		semina


send, mail	posti Fi			send	sendi


sense, perceive			cula Sb	sens	sensu


sentence			fra F		frasa


sequence, order				seqens	sekwia


separate				separ


series					seria


serious				serio	seriose


serve		seva		serv	servi


sesame	sesami E				sesam


set, place, lay		seta		set	seta


seven	sem R		cil K	sep	sem	saba


sew	sutwa Sa			sina	suti


sewer, drain			panala H


sex, gender				seks	seksu


shade, shadow	caya U	saja	saya H	ombra I	xada


shake, vibrate	beben G		tinga Sw	xeik	xeiki


shallow	xalo E		xalo E	xalo	cyen


shame	malu Si		xeim E	xam	xam


shape, form	kataci J	foma		xeip


share				fen P


shared, communal		komun


shark	icaka Z			xark		tribon


sharp	pwante F		kin E	xarp E	agude


shave			soru J	xeiv	rasi


she	ta P	ta P		el		xi


sheath			vaina S		dan


sheep	mentone LF		karneiro Po	yang P	yan	har


sheet		varaka		situ	folya


shelf				xelf	tana


shell, armor, crust	kina TP			xel	xel


shield				xild	xilda


shine			bril F	xain	brili


ship				xip	xip


shirt	kamiso S	kamisa	jama H	xirt	kamisa	kamiz


shiver, tremble	beben G


shoe				xu	xu


shoot			strel R	cut	xuti


shop, store	toko In	dukan		stor	xop


shore				hean		sahel


short	fupi Sw			xort	kurte


shortage				buzu


shortly				sugu


shorts, trunks				xorz	xorta


should, ought to					gai


shoulder	lipeka Li		spala I	omos	katfa	gavar


shovel				sab	lopata


show			dem E	xo	diki


shower	duca I				dux


shrimp	ebi J			ebi J


shrine			xrain E


shrink				xrink	dekresi


shut, closed	fasen E			xut


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