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==From {{tp|sitelen pona}}==
==From {{tp|sitelen pona}}==
Some words may be written using symbols yhat the look like their corresponding {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} glyphs. Examples include:
Some words may be written using symbols yhat the look like their corresponding {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} glyphs. Examples include:
* ''p'' for {{tp|mi}}
* ''p'' for {{sp|mi}}
* ''b'' or ''6'' for {{tp|sina}}
* ''b'' or ''6'' for {{sp|sina}}
* ''x'' for {{tp|ala}}
* ''x'' for {{sp|ala}}
** Can be unspaced [[Questions#verb ala verb|questions]], e.g. ''kxk'' for {{tp|ken ala ken}}
** Can be unspaced in [[Questions#verb ala verb|questions]], e.g. ''kxk'' for {{sp|ken ala ken}}
* ''k'' for {{tp|ken}}
* ''k'' for {{sp|ken}}
* ''w'' for {{tp|wile}}
* ''w'' for {{sp|wile}}
* ''>'' for {{sp|li}}


==Headnouns==
==Headnouns==
When referring to someone, their [[headnoun]] may be abbreviated as a single letter and attached to the name word without a space, e.g. {{tp|soweli Keju}} becoming {{tp|sKeju}}. Modifiers get their own letters, so {{tp|akesi wawa Lupon}} becomes {{tp|awLupon}}.
When referring to someone, their [[headnoun]] may be abbreviated as a single letter and attached to the name word without a space, e.g. {{tp|soweli Keju}} becoming {{tp|sKeju}}. Modifiers get their own letters, so {{tp|akesi wawa Lupon}} becomes {{tp|awLupon}}. was used at least as early as 2009.<ref>http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?p=6065#p6065</ref>


==See also==
==See also==