diff --git a/pages/tokipona/sitelen_pona.md b/pages/tokipona/sitelen_pona.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..17d0fe9 --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/tokipona/sitelen_pona.md @@ -0,0 +1,283 @@ +% sitelen pona description and examples +% /dev/urandom +% june 2020 + + + +## sitelen pona + +> %info% +> The part of the book describing sitelen pona was published with a +> non-commercial [CC-BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) +> license. Hence, it's easily available online in other courses, +> such as ["o kama sona e toki pona!"'s +> page](http://tokipona.net/tp/janpije/hieroglyphs.php) on the system, which +> describes it almost exactly the same as the official book. +> + + + +
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akesi
akesi
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ala
ala
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alasa
alasa
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anpa
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ante
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anu
anu
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awen
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pilin
pilin
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pimeja
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pipi
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poka
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poki
poki
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pona
pona
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pu
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sama
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seli
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selo
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seme
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sewi
sewi
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sijelo
sijelo
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sike
sike
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sin
sin
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sina
sina
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sinpin
sinpin
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sitelen
sitelen
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sona
sona
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soweli
soweli
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suli
suli
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suno
suno
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supa
supa
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suwi
suwi
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tan
tan
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taso
taso
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tawa
tawa
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telo
telo
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tenpo
tenpo
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toki
toki
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tomo
tomo
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tu
tu
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unpa
unpa
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uta
uta
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utala
utala
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walo
walo
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wan
wan
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waso
waso
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wawa
wawa
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weka
weka
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wile
wile
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+ + + +Much like the Latin alphabet, it is written left-to-right and top-to-bottom. +Each character represents one word (or sometimes even a phrase), or one letter +in a proper name. + +Since toki pona's basic dictionary only uses 120 words, there are only 120 +characters one needs to learn. And most of these characters are, in one way or +another, direct representations of the words they mean. + +For example, "lawa", meaning "head", is literally a symbol of a head with a cap +on. "nanpa", meaning "number", is based on the "#" number sign, etc. + +An adjective character can be put inside or over/under a noun character to +represent a noun phrase. + +> %info% +> You might notice that toki pona's "logo", used on the cover of the official +> book and on most websites to represent it, is, in fact, sitelen pona's +> composite character for "toki pona", with the "pona" symbol written inside the +> "toki" symbol. + +Unofficial words are written inside a "cartouche" symbol (a rounded shape that +surrounds all the characters), with characters for words that start with their +first letters. For the example linked above (and used in the official book), "ma +Kanata" is written as "ma [kasi alasa nasin awen telo a]". + +Since the question mark is used as the character for "seme", question sentences +may be ended with a period (or a smaller question mark) instead, depending on +the text. + +### Examples + +Here's some basic text written in sitelen pona. + +> %warning% +> (If your browser is unable to load the ["linja pimeja" font](https://github.com/increpare/linja_pimeja), +> the text below would just show up in large Latin characters. + +> %sp% +> wan ni pi lipu ni li sitelen kepeken sitelen pona. sina ken ala ken sona e ni. +> + +Reveal translation + +> %spoiler% +> This part of this document is written using sitelen pona. Can you understand +> it? + +For some other texts written in sitelen pona, including a page that tries to +teach someone to read it without using any other writing system, check out the +website ["tomo pi sitelen pona"](https://davidar.github.io/tp/) by jan Tepu. + +### Fonts + +The text above is displayed using a font called "linja pimeja". However, for +displaying sitelen pona text online, there is a ton of other options. Here are +the most common ones. + + * A font called "[linja pona](musilili.net/linja-pona/)" is characteristic for + its basic design and support for tons and tons of different composite + characters. It is the most popular option. + + * "[sitelen pona pona](https://jackhumbert.github.io/sitelen-pona-pona/)" is a + font that features some characters way different from regular sitelen pona, + but looks very nice on different font sizes and doesn't require any + modification to toki pona text in order to look good. In particular, this is + my favorite font. + + * I have also designed a font for sitelen pona, called "[insa pi supa + lape](supalape.html). It is based on the font "Bedstead"(hence the name) and +uses the same algorithm to convert small bitmaps of different characters into a +fully-functional vector font. + +### sitelen emoji / sitelen pilin + +A system called "sitelen emoji" (or "sitelen pilin") adapts sitelen pona by +using an emoji character for each of the possible sitelen pona characters. This +makes it possible to use it in most web browsers and messenger apps. + +* [Official page](https://sites.google.com/view/sitelenemoji) + +* [Description of the system, as well as a Windows emoji character chart and +example text](https://omniglot.com/conscripts/sitelenemoji.htm) + +--- + +[Page about other alternative writing systems](x2.html) + +[Top page](index.html) + + diff --git a/pages/tokipona/x2.md b/pages/tokipona/x2.md index a4c8d99..24f3d3e 100644 --- a/pages/tokipona/x2.md +++ b/pages/tokipona/x2.md @@ -2,45 +2,6 @@ % /dev/urandom % april 2020 - - While the most common writing system for toki pona by far is the Latin alphabet, there have been others adapted, or created specifically, for toki pona. @@ -102,213 +63,9 @@ The most common writing system created for toki pona is the logographic *sitelen ("simple writing"), created by Sonja Lang herself and published in the official book. -> %info% -> The part of the book describing sitelen pona was published with a -> non-commercial [CC-BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) -> license. Hence, it's easily available online in other courses, -> such as ["o kama sona e toki pona!"'s -> page](http://tokipona.net/tp/janpije/hieroglyphs.php) on the system, which -> describes it almost exactly the same as the official book. -> +Much like the Latin alphabet, it's written left-to-right and top-to-bottom, but each character represents an entire word instead of just one sound (or even more if "composite characters" are used). Unofficial words are written inside cartouches (long shapes that surround a bunch of characters), with characters for each letter added inside. - - -
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kala
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lili
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linja
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mije
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monsi
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mu
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mun
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nanpa
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nimi
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ona
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pakala
pakala
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pali
pali
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palisa
palisa
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pan
pan
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pana
pana
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pi
pi
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pilin
pilin
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pimeja
pimeja
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pini
pini
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pipi
pipi
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poka
poka
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poki
poki
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pona
pona
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pu
pu
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sama
sama
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seli
seli
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selo
selo
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seme
seme
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sewi
sewi
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sijelo
sijelo
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sike
sike
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sin
sin
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sina
sina
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sinpin
sinpin
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sitelen
sitelen
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sona
sona
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soweli
soweli
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suli
suli
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suno
suno
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supa
supa
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suwi
suwi
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tan
tan
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taso
taso
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tawa
tawa
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telo
telo
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tenpo
tenpo
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toki
toki
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tomo
tomo
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tu
tu
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unpa
unpa
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uta
uta
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utala
utala
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walo
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wan
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waso
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wawa
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weka
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wile
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- - - -Much like the Latin alphabet, it is written left-to-right and top-to-bottom. -Each character represents one word (or sometimes even a phrase), or one letter -in a proper name. - -Since toki pona's basic dictionary only uses 120 words, there are only 120 -characters one needs to learn. And most of these characters are, in one way or -another, direct representations of the words they mean. - -For example, "lawa", meaning "head", is literally a symbol of a head with a cap -on. "nanpa", meaning "number", is based on the "#" number sign, etc. - -An adjective character can be put inside or over/under a noun character to -represent a noun phrase. - -> %info% -> You might notice that toki pona's "logo", used on the cover of the official -> book and on most websites to represent it, is, in fact, sitelen pona's -> composite character for "toki pona", with the "pona" symbol written inside the -> "toki" symbol. - -Unofficial words are written inside a "cartouche" symbol (a rounded shape that -surrounds all the characters), with characters for words that start with their -first letters. For the example linked above (and used in the official book), "ma -Kanata" is written as "ma [kasi alasa nasin awen telo a]". - -Since the question mark is used as the character for "seme", question sentences -may be ended with a period (or a smaller question mark) instead, depending on -the text. - -Here's some basic text written in sitelen pona. - -> %warning% -> (If your browser is unable to load the ["linja pimeja" font](https://github.com/increpare/linja_pimeja), -> the text below would just show up in large Latin characters. - -> %sp% -> wan ni pi lipu ni li sitelen kepeken sitelen pona. sina ken ala ken sona e ni. -> - -Reveal translation - -> %spoiler% -> This part of this document is written using sitelen pona. Can you understand -> it? - -For some other texts written in sitelen pona, including a page that tries to -teach someone to read it without using any other writing system, check out the -website ["tomo pi sitelen pona"](https://davidar.github.io/tp/) by jan Tepu. - -### sitelen emoji / sitelen pilin - -A system called "sitelen emoji" (or "sitelen pilin") adapts sitelen pona by -using an emoji character for each of the possible sitelen pona characters. This -makes it possible to use it in most web browsers and messenger apps. - -* [Official page](https://sites.google.com/view/sitelenemoji) - -* [Description of the system, as well as a Windows emoji character chart and -example text](https://omniglot.com/conscripts/sitelenemoji.htm) +* [Full description, fonts and examples](sitelen_pona.html) ## sitelen sitelen