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Kokanu, formerly known as toki ma, is a tokiponido and an international auxiliary language notable for being compared against Toki Pona.^[1] It has around 360 words^[2], all from different languages around the world. It also has free word order, with the subject, verb and object all being marked by particles.

Phonology[edit | edit source]

Consonants[edit | edit source]

Kokanu has 11 consonant phonemes, two more phonemes than Toki Pona, with the addition of /tʃ/ and /h/.^[3]

Consonant phonemes of Kokanu
	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n
Plosive	p	t	tʃ ⟨c⟩	k
Fricative		s			h
Approximant		l	j	w

Vowels[edit | edit source]

Kokanu has five vowel phonemes, similarly to Toki Pona.^[3]

Vowel phonemes of Kokanu
	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Mid	e	o
Open	a

Example texts[edit | edit source]


Kokanu^[4]	Toki Pona	Literal translation	English
mi le makan in kuwosi un mi le lo sun jan ne.	mi moku e kili. mi tawa tan ma ni.	I [verb marker] eat [direct object marker] fruits and I [verb marker] move from place this.	I eat fruits and I leave.
te makan in kuwosi, le tope.	kili li pona tawa jan.	[relative clause verb marker] eat [direct object marker] fruit [verb marker] good.	Eating fruit is good.

References[edit | edit source]

↑ jan Sonja, jan Lakuse, et al. (8 April 2024). "Toki Pona: From Personal Art Project to Small World Language". University of Colorado Boulder. tokipona.org (transcript). p. 12.
↑ https://kokanu.com/en/
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "Introduction - Pronunciation". kokanu.com. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
↑ https://kokanu.com/en/docs/grammar/barebones-grammar-essentials?showall=1

External links[edit | edit source]

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[1] Sonja, jan Lakuse, et al. (8 April 2024). "Toki Pona: From Personal Art Project to Small World Language". University of Colorado Boulder. tokipona.org (transcript). p. 12.

[2] ttps://kokanu.com/en/

[phonology-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "Introduction - Pronunciation". kokanu.com. Retrieved 24 November 2023.

[4] ttps://kokanu.com/en/docs/grammar/barebones-grammar-essentials?showall=1

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-'''Kokanu''', formerly known as '''{{tp|toki ma}}''', is a [[tokiponido]] and an {{w|international auxiliary language}} notable for being compared against [[Toki Pona]].<ref>{{cite roundtable|page=12}}</ref>
+'''Kokanu''', formerly known as '''{{tp|toki ma}}''', is a [[tokiponido]] and an {{w|international auxiliary language}} notable for being compared against [[Toki Pona]].<ref>{{cite roundtable|page=12}}</ref> It has around 360 words<ref>https://kokanu.com/en/</ref>, all from different languages around the world. It also has free word order, with the subject, verb and object all being marked by particles.
 ==Phonology==
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 ! {{w|Open vowel|Open}}
 | colspan=2 | {{w|Open front unrounded vowel|a}}
+|}
+==Example texts==
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+
+!Kokanu<ref>https://kokanu.com/en/docs/grammar/barebones-grammar-essentials?showall=1</ref>
+!Toki Pona
+!Literal translation
+!English
+|-
+|mi le makan in kuwosi un mi le lo sun jan ne.
+|mi moku e kili. mi tawa tan ma ni.
+|I [verb marker] eat [direct object marker] fruits and I [verb marker] move from place this.
+|I eat fruits and I leave.
+|-
+|te makan in kuwosi, le tope.
+|kili li pona tawa jan.
+|[relative clause verb marker] eat [direct object marker] fruit [verb marker] good.
+|Eating fruit is good.
 |}