International spelling for Globish

Ideas for investigation

People who are not native speakers of English often want to improve the English language. Let the Anglophones keep their present language, while the rest of the world comunicates with each other in an improved version! This is understandable.
Three current ideas about how to do this are Globish, by Frenchman Jean-Paul Nerrière's Globish, the earlier Globish to accompany the roman script for Indian languages, by Indian Madhukar Gogate of India, and Basic Global English by Joachim Grzega of Germany.

My work as an Australian clinical child psychologist has been so much involved with children and adults with language problems, both Australian, immigrant and overseas, that I have always been interested in how the English language could be given a basic form for international use, by regularizing irregular grammar, clarifying verb forms and identifying metaphors and idioms as such.

My concern is with the relation of the written and spoken language.   It is surprising how little attention is paid to the spelling system in teaching English as a foreign language, yet most non-Anglophones who use English cannot read or write it beyond a few phrases. Nor can they cope with IPA and other codes for pronunciation.   Yet if the written language can be used to help learn the spoken language, and vice versa, as with say Italian or Indonesian, what benefits there would be - not least for education at home as well as overseas.   It has been demonstrated that Anglophone children take three years longer than German and Italian speakers to learn to read and write adequately.

Improved English for international use must surely include improved English spelling, to use to show pronunciation, at least. Here, for example, is the 1500 word vocabulary of the French Globish, allowing plenty of latitude for broadband vowels and 'pronunciation spelling'. Try it out, and see what helps English language learners, and what still needs improvement.

As far as possible, the spellings are both consistent and intuitive, but there is a key to it below and further details on http:/home.vicnet.net.au/~ozreadandspell/sp7princ.htm, which is also linked to other pages giving a background about English spellng and other writing systems, at http:/home.vicnet.net.au/~ozreadandspell/spelling.htm.
Some browsers do not show the grave accents that are used to indicate the long vowels,A E I O U, or show strange symbols instead. Let me know if there are problems.   I will have to resort to alternative representations, which include the 'silent-e tactic.
At some stage I hope to improve the setting out of the tables below.

French GLOBISH - web page jpn-globish.com. Vocabulary
Indian GLOBISH - http://www.mngogate.com/e02.htm
German BASIC GLOBAL ENGLISH http://www.grzega.de/

TABLE 1. The 1500 words vocabulary of the French Globish, in spelling which is also the key to pronunciation - Interspel 'Spelling for reading without traps for lerners'.

In red are the spellings which need no change from present standard spelling. Diacritic acsents are not essential exept for lerners, who can also hav the -shn suffix replacing -tion. ' Silent e' is admissabl to sho long vowels.
'c' can have 2 pronunciations. Other principls may be intuitivly understood.

a
àbel
about
abuv
acsept
acsident
account
acùz
across
act
activist
actor
add
administration
-administràshn
admit
adult

advertisment
advìze
affect
afraid
after
again  
against
àje         
àjensy          
aggression - agreshn
ago            
agree            
agricultùre
aid            
aim            
air            
air force
airplane
airport
alìve  

aul       
alì          
aulmòst
alone            
along
           
aulredy
aulso
aultho
aulways
ammùnition - amùnishn
amung
amount
anarky
ànsient
and
angger
anggl
anggry
animal
anniversary -
anivursary
announce
another

anser
eny
apologìze
appeal

apl
appoint
aprùve
assist
averaj
airèa
astronomy
avoid
argùe

arm            
army            
around
attack
arrest
attempt
arrive
art            
artillery

as- az            
ash  
automobile - automobèl
ask
at
           
atmosfère
awaud
attach
attend

attention - atenshn
authority
automatic

autum
awake
away
bàby
back
bad
bag
balance

baul
balloon              
ballot            
ban            
bank
bar            
barrier            
base
basket
           
batl          
be            
beat
           
bùtiful          
becaus
becum         
bed            
befor           
begin            
behìnd
         
believ            
bell            
belong
           
beloh         
bend
best            
betray            
better            
between            
big
bill           
billion
           
bìolojy
bird
birth
bite
black
blade
blame
blanket
bleed
blìnd
block

blud
blo
blu

bord           
boat            
body
bom

bone

buuk
border            
born
           
borroh           
bòth
botl
bottom            
box            
boy            
boycott  
brother            
brain              
brake            
branch
brass            
brave
           
bred
buulet
braik           
breathe           
brick

brij         
bus
brief

brite  
bring            
braudcast          
brown
brush

budjet
bild
bilding
burn
burst

bery
bisness
bisy
but
butter
button
 
bìy (buy)
bì           
cabinet
caul
caam
camera
camp  
          
campain
can            
cansel
canser
candidat
capital
captùre
car            
card  
cair
cairfel
carrij
carry
case            
cash            
cat            
catch
           
cauz
celebrate - -selebrate
senter
sentùry

seremony
sertin
chain
chairman
champion

chance - chanse
change - chànj
charge - charj
chase
cheer

cheez
kemical
kemistry
chest
chief
chìld

chooz
church
sircl
citizen - sitizen
city - sity
civilian -sivillian
claim
clash
clean
clear

clìmat
clìm
clock
clòse (adj)
clòze (verb)
cloth
cloud
coal
coast
coat
coffee
còld
collar

collect
collej
colony
culor
combine
cum
comfort
command
comment
committee
common
comùnicàte comùnity
company

compair
compete
complete
complex
compromìze

compùter
consern
condemm
condition-condishn
conference
confirm
congratùlate
congress 
connect

consurvativ          
consider            
contain            
continent
 
connect

continùe
contròl

convention -convenshn
 
    

cook
cool còoperàte
copy            
cork            
corn              
correct
cost            
cotton            
count  
          
cuntry
cort
cuver  
cow            
crash            
crèàte
creatùre
credit
           
crew            
crime            
criminal
crìsis

critisìze
crush
crì
cultùre
cup
cùre
current

curtin
custom
cut

damaj
dance

dànjer
dark
date
           
dauter
day            
ded          
def          
deal            
dear            
debate

det          
deside
declair
decrease
deep            
defeat

defend  
defisit
define
degree
delay
           
delicat
demand
democrasy
demonstrate
denounce

denì            
depennd
deploy
depression - depreshn
describe
dezurt (verb)
dezert (noun)
desine
desìre
destroy
detail
develop
devìse
dictàtor


dìet
difrent
dig
dinner
diplomat
direct

direction - direcshn

 

dirt              
disappear            
disarm
           
discover-discuver           
discuss            
disease            
disk            
dismiss            
dispùte           
dissident            
distance            
divide
           
du         
doctor     
docùment           
dog              
dollar
           
dor
dout           
down            
drain            
dream            
dress            
drink            
drive
drop
drug

drì         
dùring           
dust            
dùty
each
ear

erly
ern
erth
eaze
east
eazy
eat
ecolojy
economy
edùcàtion - edùcàshn
effect

effort              
egg
           
eight  ait         
either - ìther elastic            
electricity -electrisity eleven            
els    
embasy          
emergency - emurjensy emòtion -emòshn           
employ            
emty            
end            
enemy
           
enerjy           
enforce            
enjin            
enjineer           
enjoy            
enuf           
enter            
environment

equal  - eqwal equipment  - eqwipment
escape            
especially   - espeshly establish            
estimat           
ethnic            
evaporate
èven          
event
ever
every
evidence
èvil

examin
exampl
exellent
exept
exchànj
excùze
execùte
exersìze
exile
exist

expand  
expect
expèrience
experiment
expert
explain
explode

explor
export
express
extend
extra            
extreme

eye  - ìy        
face - fàse           
factory  
fail            
fair
           
faul           
faulse
family            
fàmus
far            
fast            
fat            
father            
fear
           
fether
feed
feel            
fertile
few
field

feerse
fifteen
fifth
fifty

fite
fill
film
fìnal
fìnance
fìnd
fine

finger - fingger

gain  
game
garden   
gas     
gather
           
jeneral   
get     
gift     
girl
    
giv
glass  
go      
goal   
god    
gòld

good  - guud
govern    
government
   grass
great   - grait
green
gray   
ground            
grùp           
grow - gròh
garantee          
gard          
gìde
gilty
gun    
hair  
  
haaf
hault
hand
hang
happen
happy
hard
harmony
hat
hate

hav
he
hed
hedqworters
heal
helth
helthy

hear              
hart          
heat            
hevy           
helicopter            
help            
her            
here            
hers            
hide   
         
hi        
hìjack          
hill            
him            
his            
history            
hit            
hòld           
hole            
holiday
           
hollow - hollo           
hòly           
home
           
honest - 'onest          
honor  -'onor          
hope
horribl  
         
hors           
hospital       
hostaj          
hostile            
hot     
       
hòtel           
hour  -'our          
hous
how
however

hùje
hùman
hùmor
hundred

hungger
hunt
hurry
hurt
husband

ìse
ìdèa


ìdentifì            
if            
infect              
interest

inflation     - inflàshn
interfère
ill            
illègal

imajin
imèdiat
import         
important   
         
imprùve          
in      
insident           
inclùde           
increase            
independent            
individùal           
industry            
inflùence           
inform   
         
information-informàshn           
inject     
injur          
innosent          
insane            
inspect       
 
insted           
instrument  
insult
   
insùranse         
intellijence           
intense            
international -internashonal
intu
invade
invent
invest
investigate
invite

involv
ìyon
ìland
is
issùe
it

jacket           
jail            
jewel            
job            
join            
joint            
joke
           
judge   -juj       
jump            
jùry       
just            
keep    
        
kee      
kick            
kill            
kìnd
kiss            
kit
           
knife -nife
kno - no           
knoledge - nolej
laboratory
làbor
lack            
lake            
land

languaj
larj
last            
late
           
laf
law
lead
(verb)
led (noun&vpast)
leak
lern
leve
left
leg
lègal
lend
less
letter
level
lìbrary



life              
lift  
          
lite   
like            
limit
line            
link            
lip
           
liquid-liqwid           
list            
listen  -lisn         
litl        
lìve (adj)
liv (verb)
load            
loan            
lòcal           
lock
           
long            
luuk            
loose            
looz           
loud            
luv          
lo            
loyal            
luck  
          
mashène
match
magazène           
mail            
main            
majority
make
male
man
manufactùre
meny
map
march
mark
market
marry
matèrial
matter
may



mayor - mair  
meal            
mean

mesùre -mezhùre           
meat            
mèdia  
          
medisin            
meet            
member            
memory            
mental  
          
mersy          
messaj          
metal            
method      
      
midl          
mite            
military              
milk            
million            
mìnd           
mine            
minister            
mìnor
          
minut (noun)
mìnùte (adj)
miss            
mist            
mistake            
mix            
mob            
model
           
moderàte
(verb)
moderat (noun, adj)
modern             muny          
munth
moon
moral

mor
morning
mòst

mother - muther
mountain
mouth

mùve
mùvie
much
murder

musl
mùsic

must              

my   - mì          

mistery

nail            

name            

narro

nàtion - nàshn

nàtiv          

natùral

nàvy

near            

nesessary

neck            

neither - nìther

nerv           

nùtral

never  

new            

news            

next            

nìse

nite           

nine            

nìnth          

no            

noiz            

nominate

noon            

normal

north            

nòze

not            

note

nothing

now

nòwhair

nùclear

number

obay

object (noun)

objecct (verb)

obsurv

ocùpì

òshn

of - ov

off

ofensiv

offer

offis         

offiser         

offisial  - ofishl        

ofn          

oil            

òld            

on            

once - wunse

one  - won           

ònly

òpen

operàte           

opinion            

opposit          

oppress            

or            

oranj           

order            

organize            

other - uther            

our            

ours            

oust            

out            

òver            

òe           

òn    (?oan)       

pàje

pain            

paint            

pan            

pants            

paper

paràde

paralel

parsel

pairent

parlament

part

party

pass

passenjer

passport

past

pàste

path

patient  -pàshent            
pay            

peace           

pen            

pensil           

pèpl           

persent           

perfect            

perform            

pèriod         

permanent            
permit (noun)

permitt (verb)
        
person            

fizical           

pictùre           

pèce           

pig            

pìlot            

pipe            

place            

plan            

plant            

plastic            

plate            

play            

pleze           

plenty            

pocket            

point            

poison            

polèce (?polis)        

polisy           

politics            

polùte           

poor

popùlar

popùlàtion-popùlàshn

port

position -pozishn

pozess

possibl

postpòne

potàto

poor

powder

power

praiz

pray

pregnant

present(noun,adj)

prezennt (verb)
 
president

press            

pressùre

prevent -

prìce

print

prison -

prìvat

prize            

probabl

problem

prosess

prodùce

professor

profit  

program

progress(verb)

prògress (noun)

projecct (verb)

pròject (noun)          

property

propòze

protect

protest (verb)

pròtest (noun)

prùve         

provide

public

publish

puul            

punish

purchas

pùre

purpos

puush

puut

quolity - qwolity

question -qwestion

quick - qwik

quiet - qwìet

quit - qwit

race

ràdar

ràdiàtion - ràdiàshn

ràdèo

raid              

rail            

rain            

raiz          

rair         

rate            

ray            

reach            

rèact          

reject (noun)

rejecct (verb)

read (V,N) 
red (verb)

redy          

real            

rèalistic           

reason            

resève           

recession,reseshn           

recognìze              

record (noun)            

recover  -recuver         

red            

redùce           

refùjee           

refuse (noun)  

refùze (verb)           

regret            

relàtion - relàshn            

relèse            

relijon            

remain            

remember            

remùve         

repair

repeat

report

represent

request - reqwest

require - reqwìre

rescùe

reserch

resine

resist

resolùtion- resolùshn

resorce

respect

responsibl

rest

restrain              

result            

retire            

return            

revolt            

rewaud          

rice            

rich            

ride            

rite           

rìot          

rise            

risk            

river            

road              

rob            

rock            

rocket            

ròl            

roof            

room            

root            

rope            

ruf           

round            

rubber            

rùin           

rule            

run

sabotaj

sacrifice

sad

safe

sed

sail

sault

same

sand

sattelìte

satisfì

save

say

ses

scale

scool 

sìence

sea            

serch

season

seat            

second

sècret         

secùrity

see            

seek

seem            

seze          

seldom

self            

sell              

senat

send            

sense           

sentence

separàte (noun)

separat (adj)

sèrès          

sèrius

serv            

set            

setl            

seven            

several

sevère

sex            

shade

shake

shall

shame

shape

share - shair

sharp

she

shelf

shell

shelter

shine

ship

shirt

shock

shu          

shoot            

short            

shuud           

shout            

sho          

shrink            

shut

sick            

side

sine          

signal            

sìlence           

silk            

silver            

similar            

simpl         

since            

sing  

singl          

situàtion - sitùashn          

six            

sìze

skeleton            

skill

skin

skirt

skì           

slave

sleep            

slide

slip            

slo            

smaul            

smash

smell

smile

smoke

smooth

snake

sneeze

sno

so

soap

sòcial - sòshl

socìety - sosìety

soft

soil

sòljer

solid

solv            

some  - sum           
son            

soon

sort            

sòl - soal           

sound            

south            

space            

speak            

special - speshl            
speech            

speed            

spend            

spirit              

sport            

spred            

spring            

spì            

squair- sqwair           

stand            

star            

start            

starv           

station - stàshn            
statùe           

stay            

strànje

steal

steam

steel

step

stick

still

stummik

stone

stop

stor

storm

story

strait

street

stretch  

strike            

strong

structùre

strugl

study            

stùpid

subject (noun)

subjecct (verb)           

substance

substitùte

suxeed- sucseed

such

sudden

suffer            

sugar - shuugar  

sujest

summer

sun            

sùpervize

suplì

support

supòze

supress

sùre -shùr           

surprise

surrender

surround

survive

suspect (noun)

suspecct (verb)

suspend

swollo

swair

sweet

swim

simpathy

sistem

tàbel

tail

take

tauk            

taul           

target            

tàste          

tax            

tea            

teach            

team            

tair (verb)

tear(noun)         

tecnical           

tecnolojy           

telefòne          

televizion         
tell            

ten            

term

terribl            

territory            

terror  
         
test            

than            

thank            

that            

the            

thèater          

thair           

thairs            

them            

then            

thèory            

thair           

thay

thick

thin

thing

think


third

thirteen

thirty

this

tho

thaut

thousand

threten

three

thru

theze

thro           

tie  - tì          

tìte

time            

tin            

tìred

tu           

today            

together            

tomorro            

tung          

tonìte           

too            

tool            

tooth            

top              

tortùre           

tòtal           

tuch           

towaud            

town

trade            

tradition - tradishon            
traffic            

train            

truck

transport

travel            

treason            

tresùre  -trezhùr          

treat            

treatment

treaty

tree


trìal

tribe

trick

trip

troop

trubl

tru

trust

trì

 tùbe

turn  

twelv

twenty

twice            

tuw          

under            

understand

ùnìte           

ùnivers

ùniversity

unless

until

up            

urj          

urjent

us              

ùse (noun)

ùze (verb)
         
vally            

valù          

vejtabl

vèicl

vursion -vurshn

very            

vèto          

vicius -vishus

victim            

victory

villaj

vìolàte

vìolence

visit

voice

vote

waje


wait

wauk

waul

wont

wor

worm

worn

wosh

wàste            

wotch          

wauter           

wave

way            

we            

weak            

welth         

wepon          

wair            

wether          

week            

wàte           

welcom    
       
well            

west              

wet            

whot

wheat            

wheel            

when            

whair           

which            

while            

white            

hu            

hòl -hoal           

whì           

wide            

wife            

wìld


will

win

wind (noun)

wìnd (verb)

windo

wuuman

wimen

wine

wing

winter

wire

wìze

wish

with

withdraw

without

wonder              

wonderfuul - wonderfl            
wuud

wuul            

wurd          

wurk            

wurld            

wurry            

wurse              

wurth            

wound (verb)
wùnd (noun)            

rek            

rìte           

rong            

year
           
yello   
  
yes

yesterday

yet


u

yung

yur

yurs

zèro


This pronunsiàtion kee tries to be as intùitiv as posibl.

Note how often the spelling is able to distinguish between nouns and verbs that have dfferent vowel pronunciations.

Here is further detail:

CONSONANTS - b c/k/q d f g h j l m n p r s t v w x y z ch sh th zh wh ng Fìnal -ce is pronounced as /ss/.   'th' is not distinguishd between voiced and unvoiced. Dubld consonants indicate a stressd silabl, or short vowel as in horrid, carrot.

Vowels


1. Five primary short vowels a e i o u as in
MAT PET BIT NOT CUT.

2. Long vowels also a e i o u, but with diacritics when needed,
à è ì ò ù as in
BÀBY MÈDIUM KÌND GÒLD DÙTY

Where diacritics are not posibl, thay can be omitted or 'majic e' can be used, as in
BABE REDE KITE BONE DUDE

3. ar er air au/or as in
CAR PERTURB (UR = stressed sound) HAIR FORTTAUT.

4. ow oy oo oo as in ROUND BOIL BOOT BOOK (or w or UU or what?
Standard Spelling has no specific spelling pattern for the sound as in WOLF COULD PUT BOOK.


FINAL VOWELS
as in PITY MAY BE, HI-FI GO NÙ.SPA HER AIR FOR SAW COW BOY TOO

OTHER VOWEL SPELLINGS
EACH is SPOKEN ONLY ONE WAY, as in
PAID MEET BEAT RIGHT BOAT NEW FIRST

iii. IRREGULAR STRESS can be shown by dubld consonants or UR
as in UMBRELLA MELLANCOLY COMITTY PERTURB

For how this could be incorporated into an International Spelling for English, see 'Seven Principles'

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