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==Rules==
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# '''(C)V({{tp|n}}) syllable structure''': "Each syllable consists of a consonant plus a vowel, plus an optional {{tp|n}}."
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At least one other rule is often noted:
* '''No adjacent nasals.''' {{Indent|In sequences like {{tp|*anna}} and {{tp|*anma}}, the first syllable's coda {{tp|-n}} would {{wp|Assimilation (phonology)|assimilate}} to the second syllable's onset nasal: respectively {{tp|ana}} and {{tp|ama}}.
===Coda nasal===
The '''coda nasal''' or '''moraic nasal''' is an {{w|archiphoneme}}, that is an underspecificied {{wp|phoneme}}, written as {{IPA|/N/}} and realized as {{IPA|[m ~ n ~ ɲ ~ ŋ]}} depending on context. It undergoes {{w|Assimilation (phonology)|assimilation}}, that is it gets more similar to the following consonant, in words such as {{tp|anpa}}, which may be pronounced as {{IPA|[ˈampa]}}, and {{tp|enko}} (an obscure {{tp|nimi sin}}), which may be pronounced as {{IPA|[ˈeŋko]}}.
===Palatalization===
The syllable {{tp|*ti}} is disallowed because of {{wp|Palatalization (sound change)|palatalization}}, a common sound
=={{tp|wuwojiti}}==
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'''{{tp|wuwojiti}}''' is a {{w|mnemonic}} word for the disallowed syllables in [[Toki Pona]] phonotactics: {{tp|*wu}}, {{tp|*wo}}, {{tp|*ji}}, {{tp|*ti}}, and their equivalents with coda
{|class="wikitable"
! Disallowed
! colspan="2" | Alternatives
|-
! {{tp|*wu(n)}}
| {{tp|u(n)}}<ref group="lower-alpha" name="word-initially">Chiefly word-initially.</ref>
| rowspan="2" | {{tp|wa(n)}}
|-
! {{tp|*wo(n)}}
| {{tp|o(n)}}<ref group="lower-alpha"
|-
! {{tp|*ji(n)}}
| {{tp|i(n)}}<ref group="lower-alpha"
| {{tp|je(n)}}
|-
! {{tp|*ti(n)}}
| {{tp|si(n)}}
| {{tp|te(n)}}
|}
==Syllables==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!{{tp|∅}}
!rowspan="10" style="padding:0.4em 0.2em;text-orientation:sideways;transform:rotate(0.5turn);width:1.6em;writing-mode:vertical-rl;"| Null coda
|style="width:2em;"|{{tp|a}}||style="width:2em;"|{{tp|e}}||style="width:2em;"|{{tp|i}}||style="width:2em;"|{{tp|o}}||style="width:2em;"|{{tp|u}}
!rowspan="10" style="padding:0.4em 0.2em;text-orientation:sideways;transform:rotate(0.5turn);width:1.6em;writing-mode:vertical-rl;"| Coda
|style="width:2em;"|{{tp|an}}||style="width:2em;"|{{tp|en}}||style="width:2em;"|{{tp|in}}||style="width:2em;"|{{tp|on}}||style="width:2em;"|{{tp|un}}
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===Number of possible words===
The number of phonotactically allowed words, up to <var>n</var> syllables, is given by the following equation: {{Indent|<math>92\cdot\sum_{\sigma=1}^{n}72^{\left(\sigma-1\right)}</math>}}
That is:
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