10 December 2013

Basic vocabulary of Language P

This list is under construction:  The goal is to establish a limited but sufficient vocabulary, using Chinese-based compounding morphology whenever reasonable (e.g. des-dua “twelve” is literally “ten-two”, from 十二). The target is the 2600+ word wordlist of Simple English Wikipedia.
  • bara big, large
  • bon good, well 
  • char four (4)
  • chiko small, little 
  • des ten (10)
  • dua two (2)
  • el the
  • en in
  • i and
  • insan man (human being)
  • kitab book
  • lengua language, tongue 
  • luna moon
  • man man (adult male) 
  • mes month
  • mulier woman
  • nam name
  • nowe nine (9)
  • on one (1) 
  • ocho eight (8) 
  • panche five (5)
  • seba seven (7)
  • seis six (6) 
  • sol sun
  • tri three (3)

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