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==Coda nasal assimilation==
The coda nasal ''{{tp|-n''}} at the end of a [[syllable]] can be pronounced as any nasal consonant, and often {{w|Assimilation (phonology)|assimilates}} to the same {{w|place of articulation}} as the following consonant. It is less common for this to happen between words than within a word, but it may still occur, especially in rapid speech. For example, {{tp|[[pilin]] [[pona]]}} would become {{IPA|[ˈpili<mark>m</mark>‿ˈpona]}}.
==Glottal stop==
A Toki Pona example is a possible pronunciation of {{tp|[[tawa]] [[a]]}} {{IPA|[ˈtawa‿<mark>ʔ</mark>a]}}. Here, a glottal stop separates the adjacent {{IPA|/a/}} phonemes, which might otherwise only sound like {{tp|tawa}} with the end extended {{IPA|[ˈtawaː]}}.
{{tok|jan Mato}} speculated that such a glottal stop would develop between all consecutiveinstances vowelsof hiatus if Toki Pona were more widely spoken.<ref>{{cite web|url=//tokipona.net/tp/Sandhi.aspx|url-status=dead|title=Sandhi|author={{tok|jan Mato}}|username=|date=|website=tokipona.net|publisher=|archive-url=//web.archive.org/web/20130120091240/http://tokipona.net/tp/Sandhi.aspx|archive-date=Jan 20 2013|access-date=2024-03-12|quote=I suspect that if this were a spoken language, people would invent a glottal stop for the vowel/vowel sandhi and assimilate {{tok|nm}}/{{tok|nn}} into a single {{tok|m}} or {{tok|n}} sound.}}</ref>
==Glide==
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