Explaination

This is a list of explainations for Toki Pona writing systems that can be easily seen at places where the original sites are blocked.

Heres an example for how this would look.

Example

Type: Example

By: Example

Explaination

Letters and Symbols

Sample Text: jan li pana e moku tawa sina.

Official Scripts

The three scripts seen in the book "Toki Pona: The Language of Good".

sitelen Lasina

Type: Alphabet

By: jan Sonja

sitelen Lasina is the most popular script for toki pona. It is the same as the latin alphabet and the letters are written like in the IPA.

sitelen Lasina works like the ipa. vowels are written "aeiou" and consonants are written "jklmnpstw". Punctuation is like in english, ".,!?:"()", and names are represented by capitalizing the first letter of the name.

Sample Text: jan li pana e moku tawa sina.

sitelen pona

Type: Logography

By: jan Sonja

sitelen pona is a logographic script made for toki pona and is the second most popular script for the language.

Punctuation works like in english, but names are represented by putting the glyphs with the correct syllable/letter in a rounded box or cartouche. A list of word glyphs can be found below.

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Sample Text: Image

sitelen sitelen / sitelen suwi

Type: Logography and Syllabary

By: jan Josan Kapo

sitelen sitelen, or sitelen suwi, is a logographic script made for toki pona. It usually uses a logography but occasionally uses a syllabary and is written both left to right and top to bottom but mainly the latter.

Use the images below for reference.

sitelen sitelen syllabic script - basic building blocks sitelen sitelen logographic script Image

Sample Text: Image

Transcriptions

The scripts which take scripts from other languages and turn them into scripts for toki pona.

Etymological Spelling

Type: Mixed

By: u/CreditTraditional709

Etymological Spelling is a writing system which takes every word in toki pona (including nimi sin), and replaces them with the etymological root of the word.

A list of the etymological roots for most toki pona words can be found here.

Sample Text: 人 LI PANA E モグモグ TOWARDS SINÄ ⋮

sitelen Aja

Type: Alphabet

By: mute (multiple inventors)

sitelen Aja is the toki pona version of the Armenian Alphabet.

a - ա | e - է | i - ի | j - յ | k - կ | l - լ | m - մ | n - ն | o - ո | p - պ | s - ս | t - տ | u - օ | w - վ

Sample Text: յան լի պանա է մոկօ տավա սինա.

sitelen Alapi

Type: Abjad

By: mute

sitelen Alapi is the toki pona version of the Arabic Abjad.

The letters can be found in the table below.

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Sample Text: ين لي پنا ه مكو توا سنا

sitelen Anku

Type: Alphabet

By: mute

sitelen Anku is the toki pona version of the Hanul Syllabary.

∅ - ㅇ | a - ㅏ | e - ㅓ | i - ㅣ | j - ㅑ, ㅕ, ㅛ, or ㅠ (based on vowel) | k - ㄱ/ㅋ | l - ㄹ | m - ㅁ | n - ㄴ | o - ㅗ | p - ㅂ/ㅍ | s - ㅅ | t - ㄷ/ㅌ | u - ㅜ | w - ㅘ, ㅝ, or ㅟ (based on vowel)

Sample Text: 얀 리 바나 에 모구 다와 시나

sitelen Elijan

Type: Abugida

By: jan Kita and tonsi Losi

sitelen Elijan is the toki pona version of the Elijan Abugida.

Use the image below for reference

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Sample Text: Image

sitelen Elina

Type: Alphabet

By: mute

sitelen Elina is the toki pona version of the Greek Alphabet.

a - α | e - ε | i - ι | j - γ | k - κ | l - λ | m - μ | n - ν | o - ο | p - π | s - σ | t - τ | u - υ | w - β

Sample Text: γαν λι πανα ε μοκυ ταβα σινα.

sitelen esun

Type: Alphabet

By: jan Emililijan

sitelen esun is the toki pona version of the Kēlen Interlace Orthography.

TBA

Sample Text: Image

sitelen Ilakana

Type: Syllabary

By: mute

sitelen Ilakana is the toki pona version of the Hirigana Syllabary

-- -a -e -i -o -u
∅-
j- 𛀁 𛀆
k-
l-
m-
n-
p-
s-
t-
w- 𛄟
-n

やんりはなえもくたわしな

sitelen Iwisi / sitelen Iwi

Type: Abjad

By: u/pineapple_jeff (version listed here)

sitelen Iwisi is the toki pona version of the Hebrew Abjad.

∅ - א | a - Kamatz | e - Tzere | i - Hirik | j - י | k - ק | l - ל | m - מ | n - נ | o - Holam | p - פ | s - ס | t - ט | u - | w - kubbutz

Sample Text: עָן לִ פָןָ אֵ מֹךֻ תָשָ סִןָ

sitelen Kakolisa

Type: Alphabet

By: jan Awewi

sitelen Kakolisa is the toki pona version of the Glagolitic Alphabet

a - ⰰ | e - ⰵ | i - ⰹ/ⰻ | j - ⱑ, ⱗ, ⱖ, or ⱓ (iotated vowel), else ⰹ/ⰻ| k - ⰽ | l - ⰾ | m - ⰿ | n - ⱀ | o - ⱁ | p - ⱂ | s - ⱄ | t - ⱅ | u - ⱆ | w - ⰲ

Sample Text: ⱑⱀ ⰾⰹ ⱂⰰⱀⰰ ⰵ ⰿⱁⰽⱆ ⱅⰰⰲⰰ ⱄⰹⱀⰰ.

sitelen Kansi

Type: Logography

By: mkpoli (sitelen Munjan, aka the version listed here)

sitelen Kansi is the toki pona version of the Chinese Logography.

A word list can be found here

Sample Text: 人者施乎食于汝。

sitelen Kanujapa

Type: Abugida

By: jan Sajen

sitelen Kanujapa is the toki pona version of the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics.

Use the image below for reference

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Sample Text: ᔭᓐ ᓕ ᐸᓇ ᐁ ᒧᑰ ᑕᕙ ᓯᓇ

sitelen Katakana

Type: Syllabary

By: TBA

sitelen Katakana is the toki pona version of the Katakana Syllabary.

-- -a -e -i -o -u
∅-
j- 𛄡 𛄠
k-
l-
m-
n-
p-
s-
t-
w- 𛄢
-n

Sample Text: ヤンリハナエモクタワシナ

sitelen Keme

Type: Logography

By: jan Emeli

sitelen Keme is the toki pona version of Ancient Egyptian Heiroglyphics.

A word list can be found here.

Sample Text: 𓀀𓇮𓂞𓏙𓇬𓂽𓂭

sitelen Kililisa

Type: Alphabet

By: mute

sitelen Kililisa is the toki pona version of the Russian/Cyrillic Alphabet.

a - a | e - э/е | i - и | j - й | k - к | l - л | m - м | n - н | o - о | p - п | s - с | t - т | u - у | w - в

Sample Text: йан ли пана е моку тава сина.

sitelen Kisi

Type: Abugida

By: jan Pasetopa

sitelen Kisi is the toki pona version of the Ge'ez Abugida.

-- -a -e -i -o -u
∅-
j-
k-
l-
m-
n-
p-
s-
t-
w-
-n

Sample Text: ጃን ሊ ፓና አ ሞኩ ታዋ ሲና።

sitelen Kusalasi

Type: Abugida

By: jan Niwe

sitelen Kusalasi is the toki pona version of the Gujarati Abugida.

Use the image below for reference

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Sample Text: યં લી પન એ મોકૂ તવ સીન

sitelen Losala / sitelen Lontala

Type: Example

By: Example

Explaination

Letters and Symbols

Sample Text: jan li pana e moku tawa sina.

sitelen Nosu

Type: Example

By: Example

Explaination

Letters and Symbols

Sample Text: jan li pana e moku tawa sina.

sitelen Panla Asan

Type: Example

By: Example

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Letters and Symbols

Sample Text: jan li pana e moku tawa sina.

sitelen Pulamese

Type: Abugida

By: jan Pasetopa

sitelen Pulamese is the toki pona version of the Burmese Abugida.

a - အ/ပ | e - ဧ/ပေ | i - ဣ/ပိ | j - ဇ် | k - က် | l - လ် | m - မ် | n - န် | o - ဩ/ပော | p - ပ် | s - သ် | t - တ် | u - ဥ/ပု | w - ဝ်

Sample Text: ဇန် လိ ပန ဧ မောကု တဝ သိန.

sitelen Pusake

Type: Example

By: Example

Explaination

Letters and Symbols

Sample Text: jan li pana e moku tawa sina.

sitelen So / sitelen Sewijen

Type: Example

By: Example

Explaination

Letters and Symbols

Sample Text: jan li pana e moku tawa sina.

sitelen Tana

Type: Example

By: Example

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Letters and Symbols

Sample Text: jan li pana e moku tawa sina.

sitelen Tawi

Type: Example

By: Example

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Letters and Symbols

Sample Text: jan li pana e moku tawa sina.

sitelen Tenwa

Type: Example

By: Example

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Letters and Symbols

Sample Text: jan li pana e moku tawa sina.

sitelen Tewanakali

Type: Example

By: Example

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Letters and Symbols

Sample Text: jan li pana e moku tawa sina.

sitelen Tapanwa / Tagbanwar Script

Type: Example

By: Example

Explaination

Letters and Symbols

Sample Text: jan li pana e moku tawa sina.

Sitelenponidos

sitelen akesi

Type: Logography

By: ilo Eko, jan Sonja, and jan Tepo

sitelen akesi is a sitelenponido with the goal of turning sitelen pona into emoticons.

TBA

Sample Text: ,O, > "n' >> DC /\_ b

Sitelenlasinos

linja pi kama wan

Type: Compressed Alphabet

By: jan Inkepa

linja pi kama wan is a version of sitelen Lasina, compressed to 9 letters.

TBA

Sample Text: Image

linja pi kute mute

Type: Compressed Alphabet

By: jan Inkepa

linja pi kute mute is a version of sitelen Lasina, compressed to 6 letters instead of linja pi kama wan's 9.

TBA

Sample Text: Image

sitelen Aeiou

Type: Compressed Alphabet

By: efofecka

sitelen Aeiou is a version of sitelen Lasina that has been compressed to the 5 vowels.

a=apw, e=ens, i=imj, o=otk, u = ul

Sample Text: iae ui aaea e ioou oaaa eiea.