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During its development in the early 2000s, [[Toki Pona]] had major differences from its current, standard form. Various words and features changed and were added and removed. While a lot of information has been lost, since most of the activity at that time was on the unarchived IRC chatroom, there is still enough publicly accessible information to reconstruct early forms of Toki Pona.
==Phonology==
The [[phonology]] has remained unchanged from its initial form.
==Grammar==
There have been several changes in the grammar of [[Toki Pona]] since its inception, most notably in the meanings and use of certain [[particles]].
=== {{tp|en}} ===
{{Main|en#History}}
In current use, {{tp|en}} only separates multiple subjects. It changed use several times before converging on the final system and was used for almost every definition of English "[[and]]".
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=== {{tp|li pi}} ===
{{Main|li pi|{{tp|li pi}}}}
Today, {{tp|pi}} rebrackets a following multiword phrase as a modifier. The previous usage of {{tok|[[pi]]}} to mean "of" could also be used with the predicate marker to mean "made of".{{citation needed|date=2024-01-01}}
{{Example|<nowiki>*</nowiki>tomo ni li pi kiwen.|This house is made out of stone.}}
=== {{tp|pi <var>X</var> en <var>Y</var>}} ===
{{Main|pi X en Y|{{tp|pi <var>X</var> en <var>Y</var>}}}}
This construction was (and sometimes still is) used to mean "of X and Y" or to list two adjectives. It is mostly replaced with just listing the adjectives now, although sometimes{{when?|date=2024-01-16}} that is ambiguous.
{{Example|<nowiki>*</nowiki>len pi loje en laso|a red-and-blue shirt|len pi(loje en laso)}}
=== {{tp|anu}} ===
{{Needs work|Provide an example|section}}
{{Main|anu#History}}
{{tp|[[anu]]}} was historically used as a [[question]] marker, without being accompanied by {{tp|[[seme]]}} as is currently standard.
=== ''o'' ===
{{Main|o#History}}
Some of the earliest Toki Pona texts feature an obsolete use of ''o.'' Placed before the subject of a sentence, ''o'' expressed the [[Glossary#optative|optative mood]] (used for wishes); before the predicate, it could only signal an [[Glossary#Imperative|imperative]] (used for commands). The following examples of optative sentences are taken from the earliest version of Toki Pona's Wikipedia page<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Toki_Pona&oldid=2842887</ref> (2004), but the vocabulary in the text suggests it was written in 2002.
{{Example|o nimi pi mi mute li kama suli!|May our name become important!}}{{Example|o jan li sona ala e toki pi jan ante.|May people not understand each other's languages.}}
''o'' stopped appearing before the subject early in the language's history.{{citation needed|date=2024-05-06}} Since then, the second sentence type with ''o'' (before the predicate) has subsumed the meaning of the former: the imperative and optative were merged.
==Lexicon==
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==External links==
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FFYmXCZM4sCateaRtopUK9wVjmWlYSwGQSh3HXOzgMI/edit?usp=sharing {{tok|toki pona majuna}}]
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