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% sitelen pona description and examples
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% june 2020
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<style>
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@font-face {
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font-family: "sitelen pona";
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src: url("linjapimeja19.woff")
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}
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.sp {
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font-size:3em;
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font-family:"sitelen pona";
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font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;
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}
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.spflex {
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display: none;
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flex-direction: row;
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flex-wrap: wrap;
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border: 2px solid #9b9b9b;
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border-radius: 4pt;
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}
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.spitem {
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flex-grow: 1;
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width: 4em;
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padding: 0.25em;
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margin: 0.5em;
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border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;
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border-radius: 4pt;
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text-align: center;
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overflow: hidden;
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}
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@media tty {
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.spflex {
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display: none !important;
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}
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}
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</style>
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## sitelen pona
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> %info%
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> The part of the book describing sitelen pona was published with a
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> non-commercial [CC-BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
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> license. Hence, it's easily available online in other courses,
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> such as ["o kama sona e toki pona!"'s
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> page](http://tokipona.net/tp/janpije/hieroglyphs.php) on the system, which
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> describes it almost exactly the same as the official book.
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>
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<noscript>
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<div class="error">
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Your web browser has JavaScript disabled. Without it, this page cannot check
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whether or not the "linja pimeja" font has successfully loaded. Therefore, the
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sitelen pona table will remain hidden.
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</div>
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</noscript>
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<div class="spflex">
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">a</div> a/kin</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">akesi</div> akesi</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">ala</div> ala</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">alasa</div> alasa</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">ale</div> ale/ali</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">anpa</div> anpa</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">ante</div> ante</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">anu</div> anu</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">awen</div> awen</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">e</div> e</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">en</div> en</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">esun</div> esun</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">ijo</div> ijo</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">ike</div> ike</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">ilo</div> ilo</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">insa</div> insa</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">jaki</div> jaki</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">jan</div> jan</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">jelo</div> jelo</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">jo</div> jo</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">kala</div> kala</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">kalama</div> kalama</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">kama</div> kama</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">kasi</div> kasi</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">ken</div> ken</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">kepeken</div> kepeken</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">kili</div> kili</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">kiwen</div> kiwen</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">ko</div> ko</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">kon</div> kon</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">kule</div> kule</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">kulupu</div> kulupu</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">kute</div> kute</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">la</div> la</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">lape</div> lape</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">laso</div> laso</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">lawa</div> lawa</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">len</div> len</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">lete</div> lete</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">li</div> li</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">lili</div> lili</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">linja</div> linja</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">lipu</div> lipu</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">loje</div> loje</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">lon</div> lon</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">luka</div> luka</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">lukin</div> lukin</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">lupa</div> lupa</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">ma</div> ma</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">mama</div> mama</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">mani</div> mani</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">meli</div> meli</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">mi</div> mi</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">mije</div> mije</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">moku</div> moku</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">moli</div> moli</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">monsi</div> monsi</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">mu</div> mu</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">mun</div> mun</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">musi</div> musi</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">mute</div> mute</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">nanpa</div> nanpa</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">nasa</div> nasa</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">nasin</div> nasin</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">nena</div> nena</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">ni</div> ni</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">nimi</div> nimi</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">noka</div> noka</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">o</div> o</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">olin</div> olin</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">ona</div> ona</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">open</div> open</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">pakala</div> pakala</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">pali</div> pali</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">palisa</div> palisa</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">pan</div> pan</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">pana</div> pana</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">pi</div> pi</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">pilin</div> pilin</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">pimeja</div> pimeja</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">pini</div> pini</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">pipi</div> pipi</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">poka</div> poka</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">poki</div> poki</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">pona</div> pona</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">pu</div> pu</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">sama</div> sama</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">seli</div> seli</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">selo</div> selo</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">seme</div> seme</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">sewi</div> sewi</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">sijelo</div> sijelo</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">sike</div> sike</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">sin</div> sin</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">sina</div> sina</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">sinpin</div> sinpin</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">sitelen</div> sitelen</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">sona</div> sona</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">soweli</div> soweli</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">suli</div> suli</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">suno</div> suno</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">supa</div> supa</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">suwi</div> suwi</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">tan</div> tan</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">taso</div> taso</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">tawa</div> tawa</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">telo</div> telo</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">tenpo</div> tenpo</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">toki</div> toki</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">tomo</div> tomo</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">tu</div> tu</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">unpa</div> unpa</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">uta</div> uta</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">utala</div> utala</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">walo</div> walo</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">wan</div> wan</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">waso</div> waso</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">wawa</div> wawa</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">weka</div> weka</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">wile</div> wile</div>
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</div>
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<script>
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document.fonts.load("12pt 'sitelen pona'").then(function () {
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var box = document.getElementsByClassName('spflex');
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for (var i=0; i < box.length; i++)
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box[i].style.display = "flex";
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});
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</script>
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Much like the Latin alphabet, it is written left-to-right and top-to-bottom.
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Each character represents one word (or sometimes even a phrase), or one letter
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in a proper name.
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Since toki pona's basic dictionary only uses 120 words, there are only 120
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characters one needs to learn. And most of these characters are, in one way or
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another, direct representations of the words they mean.
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For example, "lawa", meaning "head", is literally a symbol of a head with a cap
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on. "nanpa", meaning "number", is based on the "#" number sign, etc.
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An adjective character can be put inside or over/under a noun character to
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represent a noun phrase.
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> %info%
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> You might notice that toki pona's "logo", used on the cover of the official
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> book and on most websites to represent it, is, in fact, sitelen pona's
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> composite character for "toki pona", with the "pona" symbol written inside the
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> "toki" symbol.
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Unofficial words are written inside a "cartouche" symbol (a rounded shape that
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surrounds all the characters), with characters for words that start with their
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first letters. For the example linked above (and used in the official book), "ma
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Kanata" is written as "ma [kasi alasa nasin awen telo a]".
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Since the question mark is used as the character for "seme", question sentences
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may be ended with a period (or a smaller question mark) instead, depending on
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the text.
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### Examples
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Here's some basic text written in sitelen pona.
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> %warning%
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> (If your browser is unable to load the ["linja pimeja" font](https://github.com/increpare/linja_pimeja),
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> the text below would just show up in large Latin characters.
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> %sp%
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> wan ni pi lipu ni li sitelen kepeken sitelen pona. sina ken ala ken sona e ni.
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>
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<a name="answers" href="#answers" onclick="revealSpoilers();">Reveal translation</a>
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> %spoiler%
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> This part of this document is written using sitelen pona. Can you understand
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> it?
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For some other texts written in sitelen pona, including a page that tries to
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teach someone to read it without using any other writing system, check out the
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website ["tomo pi sitelen pona"](https://davidar.github.io/tp/) by jan Tepu.
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### Fonts
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The text above is displayed using a font called "linja pimeja". However, for
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displaying sitelen pona text online, there is a ton of other options. Here are
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the most common ones.
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* A font called "[linja pona](musilili.net/linja-pona/)" is characteristic for
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its basic design and support for tons and tons of different composite
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characters. It is the most popular option.
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* "[sitelen pona pona](https://jackhumbert.github.io/sitelen-pona-pona/)" is a
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font that features some characters way different from regular sitelen pona,
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but looks very nice on different font sizes and doesn't require any
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modification to toki pona text in order to look good. In particular, this is
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my favorite font.
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* I have also designed a font for sitelen pona, called "[insa pi supa
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lape](supalape.html). It is based on the font "Bedstead"(hence the name) and
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uses the same algorithm to convert small bitmaps of different characters into a
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fully-functional vector font.
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### sitelen emoji / sitelen pilin
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A system called "sitelen emoji" (or "sitelen pilin") adapts sitelen pona by
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using an emoji character for each of the possible sitelen pona characters. This
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makes it possible to use it in most web browsers and messenger apps.
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* [Official page](https://sites.google.com/view/sitelenemoji)
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* [Description of the system, as well as a Windows emoji character chart and
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example text](https://omniglot.com/conscripts/sitelenemoji.htm)
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---
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[Page about other alternative writing systems](x2.html)
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[Top page](index.html)
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% /dev/urandom
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% april 2020
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<style>
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@font-face {
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font-family: "sitelen pona";
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src: url("linjapimeja19.woff")
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}
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.sp {
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font-size:3em;
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font-family:"sitelen pona";
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font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;
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}
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.spflex {
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display: none;
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flex-direction: row;
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flex-wrap: wrap;
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border: 2px solid #9b9b9b;
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border-radius: 4pt;
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}
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.spitem {
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flex-grow: 1;
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width: 4em;
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padding: 0.25em;
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margin: 0.5em;
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border: 1px solid #9b9b9b;
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border-radius: 4pt;
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text-align: center;
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overflow: hidden;
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}
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@media tty {
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.spflex {
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display: none !important;
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}
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}
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</style>
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While the most common writing system for toki pona by far is the Latin alphabet,
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there have been others adapted, or created specifically, for toki pona.
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("simple writing"), created by Sonja Lang herself and published in the official
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book.
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> %info%
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> The part of the book describing sitelen pona was published with a
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> non-commercial [CC-BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
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> license. Hence, it's easily available online in other courses,
|
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> such as ["o kama sona e toki pona!"'s
|
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> page](http://tokipona.net/tp/janpije/hieroglyphs.php) on the system, which
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> describes it almost exactly the same as the official book.
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>
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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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<noscript>
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<div class="error">
|
||||
Your web browser has JavaScript disabled. Without it, this page cannot check
|
||||
whether or not the "linja pimeja" font has successfully loaded. Therefore, the
|
||||
sitelen pona table will remain hidden.
|
||||
</div>
|
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</noscript>
|
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|
||||
<div class="spflex">
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">a</div> a/kin</div>
|
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">akesi</div> akesi</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">ala</div> ala</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">alasa</div> alasa</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">ale</div> ale/ali</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">anpa</div> anpa</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">ante</div> ante</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">anu</div> anu</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">awen</div> awen</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">e</div> e</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">en</div> en</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">esun</div> esun</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">ijo</div> ijo</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">ike</div> ike</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">ilo</div> ilo</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">insa</div> insa</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">jaki</div> jaki</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">jan</div> jan</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">jelo</div> jelo</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">jo</div> jo</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">kala</div> kala</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">kalama</div> kalama</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">kama</div> kama</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">kasi</div> kasi</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">ken</div> ken</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">kepeken</div> kepeken</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">kili</div> kili</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">kiwen</div> kiwen</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">ko</div> ko</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">kon</div> kon</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">kule</div> kule</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">kulupu</div> kulupu</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">kute</div> kute</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">la</div> la</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">lape</div> lape</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">laso</div> laso</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">lawa</div> lawa</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">len</div> len</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">lete</div> lete</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">li</div> li</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">lili</div> lili</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">linja</div> linja</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">lipu</div> lipu</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">loje</div> loje</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">lon</div> lon</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">luka</div> luka</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">lukin</div> lukin</div>
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">lupa</div> lupa</div>
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||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">ma</div> ma</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">mama</div> mama</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">mani</div> mani</div>
|
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<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">meli</div> meli</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">mi</div> mi</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">mije</div> mije</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">moku</div> moku</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">moli</div> moli</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">monsi</div> monsi</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">mu</div> mu</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">mun</div> mun</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">musi</div> musi</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">mute</div> mute</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">nanpa</div> nanpa</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">nasa</div> nasa</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">nasin</div> nasin</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">nena</div> nena</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">ni</div> ni</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">nimi</div> nimi</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">noka</div> noka</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">o</div> o</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">olin</div> olin</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">ona</div> ona</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">open</div> open</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">pakala</div> pakala</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">pali</div> pali</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">palisa</div> palisa</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">pan</div> pan</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">pana</div> pana</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">pi</div> pi</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">pilin</div> pilin</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">pimeja</div> pimeja</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">pini</div> pini</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">pipi</div> pipi</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">poka</div> poka</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">poki</div> poki</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">pona</div> pona</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">pu</div> pu</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">sama</div> sama</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">seli</div> seli</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">selo</div> selo</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">seme</div> seme</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">sewi</div> sewi</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">sijelo</div> sijelo</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">sike</div> sike</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">sin</div> sin</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">sina</div> sina</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">sinpin</div> sinpin</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">sitelen</div> sitelen</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">sona</div> sona</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">soweli</div> soweli</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">suli</div> suli</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">suno</div> suno</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">supa</div> supa</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">suwi</div> suwi</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">tan</div> tan</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">taso</div> taso</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">tawa</div> tawa</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">telo</div> telo</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">tenpo</div> tenpo</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">toki</div> toki</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">tomo</div> tomo</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">tu</div> tu</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">unpa</div> unpa</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">uta</div> uta</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">utala</div> utala</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">walo</div> walo</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">wan</div> wan</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">waso</div> waso</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">wawa</div> wawa</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">weka</div> weka</div>
|
||||
<div class="spitem"><div class="sp">wile</div> wile</div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
<script>
|
||||
document.fonts.load("12pt 'sitelen pona'").then(function () {
|
||||
var box = document.getElementsByClassName('spflex');
|
||||
for (var i=0; i < box.length; i++)
|
||||
box[i].style.display = "flex";
|
||||
});
|
||||
</script>
|
||||
|
||||
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.
|
||||
>
|
||||
|
||||
<a name="answers" href="#answers" onclick="revealSpoilers();">Reveal translation</a>
|
||||
|
||||
> %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
|
||||
|
||||
|
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