Zango lexicon
bambu : bamboo : inspired by German Bambus, Russian bambúk, Greek bampoú, etc etc
bidza : pizza : from English pizza /pitsə/, Arabic bitzā
bodru : tree : synthesized from Dutch boom, Spanish árbol, Albanian dru, Greek dendro
denta : day (24-hour period, rather than sunlit period) : Bulgarian & Czech den, German Tag
denxu : diary : fusion of denta (day) + honxu (book)
dobri : good : inspired by Czech dobrý, Polish dobry, Ukrainian dóbryj
dribe : to drink : from English drink, Dutch drinken, Romanian bea, Spanish beber
grafe : to write : derived from Greek gráfo
grizi : gray : Maltese griż, French gris, Afrikaans grys
honxu : book : Japanese hon, Mandarin shū
jarna : day (as opposed to night) : vaguely inspired by Italian giorno
ka (a sentence-final particle; adding ka turns a declarative sentence into a question)
kundo : working out, doing physical exercise : Finnish kuntoilu, Japanese undō
lengo : language : inspired by Papiamentu lenga, Occitan lenga, Japanese gengo
libli : butterfly : inspired by Estonian liblikas, Tamazight iblilli
lindu : bird : from Estonian lind, Finnish lintu
luxni : light (visible energy) : inspiured by Spanish luz, Italian luce, Hindi raušnī
ma : I, me : ostensibly from Nepali ma
man : my
manje : to eat : Haitian Creole manje, Italian mangiare
musti : black : derived from Finnish musta, Estonian must
ne (a sentence-final particle seeking the listener’s agreement or seeking to soften a statement)
sabro : morning : inspired by Japanese asa, Turkish sabah, Greek proí, Russian útro
sleki : bad : derived from Latvian slikts, German schlecht, Dutch slecht
steno : shorthand writing : inspired by English stenography, French sténographie, etc etc
stilo : pen, writing utensil : inspired by Greek styló and Romanian stilou
teksi : taxi : from the globally widespread word taxi
valbi : white : Estonian valge, Finnish valkoinen, Romanian alb, Latin albus
vezda : star : inspired by Czech hvězda, Bulgarian zvezdá, Russian zvezda, Lithuanian žvaigždė
xadra : chess : inspired by Georgian čadraki, Portugese xadrez, Persian šatranj
xanda : the moon : inspired by Pali canda, Urdu čānd, Sanskrit and Hindi chandra
xanta : Monday : a fusion of xanda and denta
xarmo : automobile, car : Canadian French char, Tamil mōṭṭār, Swahili motokaa etc.
xazma : rain : not inspired by words in other languages
zan : this, these : not inspired by words in other languages
zango : Zango (the name of this language) : a portmanteau of “zan lengo”
zonta : Sunday : a fusion of zonzu and denta
zonzu : the sun : inspired by Dutch zon, German Sonne, Croatian sunce, Hindi sūrya
