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The subject of this article is nonstandard and will not be understood by most speakers.

If you are a learner, this information will not help you speak the language. It is recommended to familiarize yourself with the standard style, and to be informed and selective about which nonstandard styles you adopt.

Some acronyms and initialisms for common phrases have seen use. They are sometimes resisted for concerns of lexicalizing the underlying phrases.

A[edit | edit source]

alp: ale li pona ("all is well", "life is good", "don't worry")

J[edit | edit source]

j-: jan (headnoun)

L[edit | edit source]

lp

luka pona (sign language)
linja pona (font)

ls: linja sike (font)

M[edit | edit source]

mpptp: ma pona pi toki pona (Discord server)

msa: mi sona ala ("idk", "I don't know")

S[edit | edit source]

sp: sitelen pona (writing system by jan Sonja)

spp: sitelen pona pona (writing system)

spt: sitelen pona taso ("Sitelen Pona only")

sptp: suno pi toki pona (event)

ss: sitelen sitelen, sitelen suwi (writing system)

T[edit | edit source]

tp: toki pona

tpt: toki pona taso ("Toki Pona only")

Substitute letters[edit | edit source]

Some speakers use letters not in the Toki Pona alphabet to stand in for sitelen pona glyphs. Examples include x for ala, к (ka) for ken, ρ (rho) for mi, and Y? for anu seme. Thus, msa (mi sona ala) could become msx or ρsx.

Single-use[edit | edit source]

Many single-use backronyms are created in the game Acrophobia (commonly musi Ako).

In sitelen pona, names are read as acronyms of the words written in a cartouche.

nimi sin[edit | edit source]

Acronyms and initialisms have also been used to coin some nimi sin, sorted here by their recognition as of 2023:

Uncommon[edit | edit source]

omekapo: o moku e kala pona

Obscure[edit | edit source]

kamalawala: kama pi lawa ala

kuntu: kalama musi tan uta

kutopoma: kulupu pi toki pona pi ma Anku

melome: meli pi olin meli

mijomi: mije pi olin mije

peto: pana e telo oko

omekalike: o moku e kala ike

omen: o moli e mi

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+{{Nonstandard}}
-A few [[wikipedia:Acronym|'''acronyms''']] and [[wikipedia:Initialism|'''initialisms''']] for common phrases have seen use. They are sometimes resisted for concerns of [[Lexicalization|lexicalizing]] the underlying phrases.
+Some '''{{w|acronym}}s''' and '''{{w|initialism}}s''' for common phrases have seen use. They are sometimes resisted for concerns of [[Lexicalization|lexicalizing]] the underlying phrases.
 <div style="column-count:2;">
-<div style="break-inside:avoid-column;">
+<div style="break-inside: avoid-column;">
 ===A===
-;''alp''
+;{{tp|alp}}
-:''ale li pona'' ([[Phrase Book|"all is well", "life is good", "don't worry"]])
+:{{tp|ale li pona}} ([[Phrase Book|"all is well", "life is good", "don't worry"]])
 </div>
-<div style="break-inside:avoid-column;">
+<div style="break-inside: avoid-column;">
+===J===
+;{{tp|j-}}
+:{{tp|jan}} ([[headnoun]])
+</div>
+<div style="break-inside: avoid-column;">
 ===L===
-;''lp''
+;{{tp|lp}}
-#''[[luka pona]]'' (sign language)
+#{{tp|[[luka pona]]}} (sign language)
-#''[[linja pona]]'' (font)
+#{{tp|[[linja pona]]}} (font)
 </div>
-<div style="break-inside:avoid-column;">
+<div style="break-inside: avoid-column;">
-;''ls''
+;{{tp|ls}}
-:''[[linja sike]]'' (font)
+:{{tp|[[linja sike]]}} (font)
 </div>
-<div style="break-inside:avoid-column;">
+<div style="break-inside: avoid-column;">
 ===M===
-;''mpptp''
+;{{tp|mpptp}}
-:''[[ma pona pi toki pona]]'' (Discord server)
+:{{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} (Discord server)
 </div>
-<div style="break-inside:avoid-column;">
+<div style="break-inside: avoid-column;">
-;''msa''
+;{{tp|msa}}
-:''mi sona ala'' ("idk", "I don't know")
+:{{tp|mi sona ala}} ("idk", "I don't know")
 </div>
-<div style="break-inside:avoid-column;">
+<div style="break-inside: avoid-column;">
 ===S===
-;''sp''
+;{{tp|sp}}
-:''[[sitelen pona]]'' ([[writing system]] by [[jan Sonja]])
+:{{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} ([[writing system]] by [[jan Sonja]])
 </div>
-<div style="break-inside:avoid-column;">
+<div style="break-inside: avoid-column;">
-;''spp''
+;{{tp|spp}}
-:''[[sitelen pona pona]]'' (writing system)
+:{{tp|[[sitelen pona pona]]}} (writing system)
 </div>
-<div style="break-inside:avoid-column;">
+<div style="break-inside: avoid-column;">
-;''spt''
+;{{tp|spt}}
-:''sitelen pona taso'' ("Sitelen Pona only")
+:{{tp|sitelen pona taso}} ("Sitelen Pona only")
 </div>
-<div style="break-inside:avoid-column;">
+<div style="break-inside: avoid-column;">
-;''sptp''
+;{{tp|sptp}}
-:''[[suno pi toki pona]]'' (event)
+:{{tp|[[suno pi toki pona]]}} (event)
 </div>
-<div style="break-inside:avoid-column;">
+<div style="break-inside: avoid-column;">
-;''ss''
+;{{tp|ss}}
-:''[[sitelen sitelen]]'', ''sitelen suwi'' ([[writing system]])
+:{{tp|[[sitelen sitelen]]}}, {{tp|sitelen suwi}} ([[writing system]])
 </div>
-<div style="break-inside:avoid-column;">
+<div style="break-inside: avoid-column;">
 ===T===
-;''tp''
+;{{tp|tp}}
-:''[[toki pona]]''
+:{{tp|[[toki pona]]}}
 </div>
-<div style="break-inside:avoid-column;">
+<div style="break-inside: avoid-column;">
-;''tpt''
+;{{tp|tpt}}
-:''[[toki pona taso]]'' ("Toki Pona only")
+:{{tp|[[toki pona taso]]}} ("Toki Pona only")
 </div>
 </div>
-===Single-use===
+===Substitute letters===
+{{Hatnote|See also: [[Abbreviations#From sitelen pona|Abbreviations#From {{tp|sitelen pona}}]]}}
-Many single-use [[wikipedia:Backronym|backronyms]] are created in the game [[wikipedia:Acrophobia (game)|Acrophobia]] (commonly ''musi Ako'').
+Some speakers use letters not in the [[sitelen Lasina|Toki Pona alphabet]] to stand in for {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} glyphs. Examples include '''{{tp|x}}''' for {{sp|[[ala]]}}, '''{{tp|к}}''' (ka) for {{sp|[[ken]]}}, '''{{tp|ρ}}''' (rho) for {{sp|[[mi]]}}, and '''{{tp|Y?}}''' for {{sp|[[anu seme]]}}. Thus, {{tp|msa}} ({{sp|mi sona ala}}) could become {{tp|msx}} or {{tp|ρsx}}.
-In ''[[sitelen pona]]'', [[name]]s are read as acronyms of the words written in a cartouche.
-==''nimisin''==
+===Single-use===
+Many single-use {{w|backronym}}s are created in the game [[wikipedia:Acrophobia (game)|Acrophobia]] (commonly {{tp|musi Ako}}).
-Acronyms and initialisms have also been used to coin some ''[[nimisin]]'', sorted here by [[ijo Linku#Word usage surveys|recognition in 2022]]:
+In {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}}, [[name]]s are read as acronyms of the words written in a cartouche.
-===Rare===
-;''[[omekapo]]''<!--16%-->
-:''<ins>o</ins> <ins>m</ins>oku <ins>e</ins> <ins>ka</ins>la <ins>po</ins>na''
+=={{tp|nimi sin}}==
+Acronyms and initialisms have also been used to coin some {{tp|[[nimi sin]]}}, sorted here by [[ijo Linku#Word usage surveys|their recognition]] as of 2023:
+<div style="column-count:2;">
+<div style="break-inside: avoid-column;">
+===Uncommon===
+;{{tp|[[omekapo]]}}
+:{{tp|<ins>o</ins> <ins>m</ins>oku <ins>e</ins> <ins>ka</ins>la <ins>po</ins>na}}
+</div>
+<div style="break-inside: avoid-column;">
 ===Obscure===
+;{{tp|[[kamalawala]]}}
-;''[[kuntu]]''<!--7%-->
-:''<ins>k</ins>alama <ins>m</ins>usi <ins>t</ins>an <ins>u</ins>ta''
+:{{tp|<ins>kama</ins> pi <ins>law</ins>a <ins>ala</ins>}}
+</div>
-;''[[peto]]''<!--3%-->
+<div style="break-inside: avoid-column;">
-:''<ins>p</ins>ana <ins>e</ins> <ins>t</ins>elo <ins>o</ins>ko''
+;{{tp|[[kuntu]]}}
-;''[[omen]]''<!--1%-->
-:''<ins>o</ins> <ins>m</ins>oli <ins>e</ins> <ins>m</ins>i''
+:{{tp|<ins>k</ins>alama <ins>m</ins>usi <ins>t</ins>an <ins>u</ins>ta}}
+</div>
-;''[[kutopoma]]''<!--0%-->
+<div style="break-inside: avoid-column;">
-:''<ins>ku</ins>lupu pi <ins>to</ins>ki <ins>po</ins>na pi <ins>m</ins>a <ins>A</ins>nku''
+;{{tp|[[kutopoma]]}}
+:{{tp|<ins>ku</ins>lupu pi <ins>to</ins>ki <ins>po</ins>na pi <ins>m</ins>a <ins>A</ins>nku}}
+</div>
+<div style="break-inside: avoid-column;">
+;{{tp|[[melome]]}}
+:{{tp|<ins>mel</ins>i pi <ins>o</ins>lin <ins>me</ins>li}}
+</div>
+<div style="break-inside: avoid-column;">
+;{{tp|[[mijomi]]}}
+:{{tp|<ins>mij</ins>e pi <ins>o</ins>lin <ins>mi</ins>je}}
+</div>
+<div style="break-inside: avoid-column;">
+;{{tp|[[peto]]}}
+:{{tp|<ins>p</ins>ana <ins>e</ins> <ins>t</ins>elo <ins>o</ins>ko}}
+</div>
+<div style="break-inside: avoid-column;">
+;{{tp|[[omekalike]]}}
+:{{tp|<ins>o</ins> <ins>m</ins>oku <ins>e</ins> <ins>kal</ins>a <ins>ike</ins>}}
+</div>
+<div style="break-inside: avoid-column;">
+;{{tp|[[omen]]}}
+:{{tp|<ins>o</ins> <ins>m</ins>oli <ins>e</ins> <ins>m</ins>i}}
+</div>
+</div>
 ==See also==
-*[[Abbreviations]]
+* [[Abbreviations]]
+{{Words}}

Words
Parts of speech	Content words (Roles · Prepositions · Preverbs · Names · Numbers) · Particles (Semiparticles) · Interjections
Usage	Book presence (nimi pu · nimi ku) · Eras (pre-pu · post-pu · post-ku) · Usage categories · nimi sin · Synonyms · Reserved words · Place and language names
Core words	a · akesi · ala · alasa · ale / ali · anpa · ante · anu · awen · e · en · esun · ijo · ike · ilo · insa · jaki · jan · jelo · jo · kala · kalama · kama · kasi · ken · kepeken · kili · kiwen · ko · kon · kule · kulupu · kute · la · lape · laso · lawa · len · lete · li · lili · linja · lipu · loje · lon · luka · lukin · lupa · ma · mama · mani · mi · moku · moli · monsi · mu · mun · musi · mute · nanpa · nasa · nasin · nena · ni · nimi · noka · o · olin · ona · open · pakala · pali · palisa · pan · pana · pi · pilin · pimeja · pini · pipi · poka · poki · pona · pu · sama · seli · selo · seme · sewi · sijelo · sike · sin · sina · sinpin · sitelen · sona · soweli · suli · suno · supa · suwi · tan · taso · tawa · telo · tenpo · toki · tomo · tu · unpa · uta · utala · walo · wan · waso · wawa · weka · wile
Common words	kijetesantakalu · kin · kipisi · ku · leko · meli · mije · misikeke · monsuta · n · namako · soko · tonsi
Uncommon words	epiku · jasima · kokosila · lanpan · linluwi · majuna · meso · nimisin · oko
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