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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. Contact. 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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dànjer
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dirt |
effort |
expand |
gain |
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jacket
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life
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mayor - mair |
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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 peace pen pensil pèpl persent perfect perform pèriod permanent fizical pictùre pèce pig pìlot pipe place plan plant plastic plate play pleze plenty 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) press pressùre prevent - prìce prison - prìvat prize probabl problem prosess prodùce professor profit program progress(verb) prògress (noun) projecct (verb) 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 |
rail rain raiz rair rate ray reach rèact reject (noun) 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 |
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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) 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 soon sort sòl - soal sound south space speak special - speshl speed spend spirit sport spred spring spì squair- sqwair stand star start starv station - stàshn stay strànje steal steam steel step stick still stummik stone stop stor storm story strait street |
stretch strike strong 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 |
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tauk taul target tàste tax tea teach team tair (verb) tear(noun) tecnical tecnolojy telefòne televizion ten term terribl territory terror 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 thezethro tie - tì tìte time tin tìred tu today together tomorro tung tonìte too tool tooth top tortùre tòtal tuch towaud town trade tradition - tradishon train truck transport travel treason tresùre -trezhùr treat treatment treaty tree
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trìal tribe trick trip troop trubl tru trust trì tùbeturn twelv twenty twice tuw under understand ùnìte ùnivers ùniversity unless until up urj urjent us ùse (noun) ùze (verb) 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 woshwàste wotch wauter wave way we weak welth wepon wair wether week wàte welcom 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 wuul wurd wurk wurld wurry wurse wurth wound (verb) rek rìte rong year |
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.
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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' Back to topBack to home page, Ozideas