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") | ||||||
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 | ||||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||||