21st Century Basic English
International Words
Groups working on international words suggests the following for consideration.
information
production
television
PC
computer
1) Survivors from the second round of inquiry - i.e. words that
have not yet been 'disqualified' as possible international words:
alleluia
bikini
chocolate
cocoa
coffee
curry
czar/tsar
golf
jazz
mama
papa
shock
yoga
Possible 'international word' candidates (that pass the Chinese test):
alleluia -- Hallelujah
bikini
card
[the chemical elements]
chocolate
cocoa
curry
czar/tsar
golf
jazz
ninja
OK
sauna
shock
T-shirt
yoga
"Words below follow lists of possible candidates for international words,
along with others that failed either the Chinese or another language
test, based on the responses I received."
alcohol
allergy
automobile
banana
calculator [second]
catastrophe
chess
class [social]
climate
cocktail
coffee * (see note below)
computer
democracy
detective
diskette
elephant
fax
football
garage
gas
gay
hygiene
jeans
jogging
kangaroo
karate
mama (Japanese _haha_)
mass
metal
microphone
muesli (sort of breakfast cereal)
music
organisation
papa (Japanese _chichi_)
planet
radio
rendez-vous, revdezvous
rock (music)
sex appeal
striptease
sugar
symbol
taxi
tea **
television
telephone
theater
tiger
train
tunnel - [second]
video
violin
xerox
zoom (lens)
http://www.ling.su.se/staff/hartmut/intervok.htm
Project director : Hartmut Traunmüller, Department of Linguistics, Stockholm University.
igloo , alcove
Examples are:
allegro, aria, imbroglio from Italian;
cargo, matador, rancho from Spanish;
bouquet, bureau, chassis from French;
budget, interview, reporter, standard from English;
hinterland, kirschwasser, landwehr from German.
Green words are Basic or [supplimental]
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