U - V


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


ugly	feyo Po			ugli	kurup H


ulcer, sore	pyaga I


umbrella	usan K			usan	pluvixirma


umpire, referee				umpiro	judista


uncle	xuxu P			onkl


under, below				sub L	sub


understand, comprehend	kapice I	likai	pren S	wakaru J	samaja H


underwear	kalson F			underwear


uniform	yunipom K				uniforma


unit	danwe P			unit


unite					uniti


universal					universale


university				universit	universitet


until			til E


up			sima Po	up	upar H


urine	pisi E				urina


use, utilize	pakai Si			uz	yus E



vacuum				vakum	vakuum


vague	aime P			vag


valley	wadi A	vale		vali	dol R


value				valu	valor


vapor, mist				vapor	vapor


vase				vaso


vegetable	legim Bi		vej E	vejetal	legum F


vehicle				veiko	veikla


veil				veil	vual


vein	mai P			vein	vena


vertical				vertikal	vertikale


very			trei F	veri	mui S


vibrate				vibra	vibra La


vice, deputy	wakil In


view				vu


village	desa In			mura J	vilaja


vine	bolostyan Hu			vine


vinegar	cuka In			vinegar	vinegra


violent				violent


virus					virus


visa	bisa E


visit	bisita S		fangwen	visit	visiti


vitamin	bitamin E	vitamin E


vocabulary				voka	leksika


vogue, fashion					moda


voice			vwa F	voz La	vos


volcano				volkan	vulkan


vomit				vomit	vomi


vote				vot	voti


vow				vou	kasam A


vowel	fokali Sw


voyage				viaje S	safar A


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