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

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

table

mesa    S

mesa

tabl

tabla

tail

weipa    P

teil    E

koda

kauda

take

toma    S

tom    S

teik

pren

talent

talent

talenta

talk, speak

tok

xwo    P

tall

tawil    A

alta

gao    P

tame, domesticated

palu    H

teim

tape

tepu

tainya    La

teip

tar

katran

task, job

taska

taste, flavor

lasa    Tg

gust    S

gusti

tense

tense

tax

taks

xui    P

taxi

takisi    E

tasi

taksi

tea

cai    H

ca    P

cai    R

ca    P

cai    H    

teach

tic

talim    A

teacher

guru    Sa

guru    H

tico

tear(drop)

larm    F

larma

tear, rip

stola    Ir

ter

tor    H

telephone

foni    E

denwa    J

telefon

telefon

telescope

teleskop

teleskop

television

teli    E

televi

teve    Fi

temperature

ondo    J

temperatura

temple

templ

mandir    H

temporary

fani    H

temporar

taimike

tempt

temta    La

ten

deka

tsein    G

ten

xi    P

tendency, tending to

tan    F

tend

tendensia

tennis

tenis

tenis

tent

hema    Sw

tent

terrible

lihai    P

teribl

test, check

test

testi

testimony

temwan    F

than, compared to

dan

kem

thank(s)

cece

fala    Sb

dank

danke    G

that

na    P

dat

ke

thaw

degel

the

to    Gk

theater

teatro

teatra

theft

furt

cor    H

then

den

theory

lilun

teori

teoria

there

der

dar

they

els

thick(ness)

tebal    In

dik

gros    F

thin, narrow

patala    H

din

din    G

thing

pela    TP

ding    G

ding    G

kosa    S

think

pensa    S

dum    R

dink

duma    R

thirsty

soifa    F

pyas    H

this

ce    P

dis

se

thorough

doro

thousand

kilo    Gk

mil

mil

thread, filament

filo    I

fio

three

san    P

san    P

tri    R

tri

tri

throat

holom    P

gorlo    R

gola

gorla

through

prin    Ro

dru

tra

throw

tupa    Sw

pao    P

lansa    La

thumb

granfinga

thunder

twono    I

tonder

tondra

Thursday

namudi

ticket

tike    F

tike

pyau    P

tiket

bileta

tide

mare    F

tie, bind

tai

ligi

tiger

puli    Ta

tiger

tigra

tight, strict

katina    Gj

tait

tang    H

till

til

time, duration

wela    Th

vakati

taim    E

taim

taim

time, occurrence

kali    Si

bala

fwa    F

ves

tin

stanyu    Ro

tin

tin

tiny, miniscule

tini

tanik    H

tip

punt

nok    H

tired, weary

cape    In

betire

fatigi-nei

title, position

gadi    H

titel

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