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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
dì
dìet
difrent
dig
dinner
diplomat
direct
direction
- direcshn
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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 |
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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
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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
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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
lì
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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1. Five primary short vowels a e i o u as in
MAT PET BIT NOT CUT.
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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
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3. ar er air au/or as in
CAR PERTURB (UR = stressed sound) HAIR FORTTAUT.
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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.
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FINAL VOWELS as in PITY MAY BE, HI-FI GO NÙ.SPA HER AIR FOR SAW COW BOY TOO
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OTHER VOWEL SPELLINGS
EACH is SPOKEN ONLY ONE WAY, as in
PAID MEET BEAT RIGHT BOAT NEW FIRST |
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iii. IRREGULAR STRESS can be shown by dubld consonants or UR
as in UMBRELLA MELLANCOLY COMITTY PERTURB
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For how this could be incorporated into an International Spelling for English, see 'Seven Principles'
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