Instructions for Users

To go to a word that you want to see, simply click on the letter of the alphabet in the sidebar to the left, and then click on the right word.
Mulivo entries are displayed in the following format:

Sometimes at the top of the page you will find the word along with English synonyms and possibly a short definition.
This is followed by translations of the word in the 47 standard languages of Mulivo listed in a table.
- The names of the languages are in the left column. (We were using three-letter language codes initially, and they can be still found on some pages.)
- The middle column shows the word in the original script. If you can't see it correctly, it's probably because you don't have the proper font.
- The phonetic transcription to IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is in the right column. The transcriptions are not entirely accurate: for example stress, tone and dialect variations are omitted. The best reference to correct pronunciation is the original script of the language.
- The languages are set in order according to genetic, cultural and geographical relations. The basic order is: East Asian languages, Western languages, Turkic, Afro-Asian and Iranian languages, Indian, Indo-Chinese and Malayo-Polynesian languages, African languages and other languages.
Sometimes there is a link to additional translations in other languages. The additional languages are ordered alphabetically according to the language names.

Instructions for Contributors

If you are familiar with a language and know a word that isn't in the table yet, feel free to add it. You will need a password to log on. So please contact the editor.
If you need to create a new page, use the templates.
To obtain easily IPA characters, you can use the IPA keyboard.
There are also pages where we list the words by category. This can be useful for seeing what words have already been created.

There is a page that shows compound words, to be used by language designers in forming compounds. Please add to it if you of good compounds.
There is also a page that shows the grammatical attributes of various languages.
There is a page that shows common metaphors used in languages.