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The following chart shows all 92 syllables under Toki Pona phonotactics.
 
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!
!{{tp|∅}}
! colspan="5" | Null coda
!rowspan="10" style="padding:0.4em 0.2em;text-orientation:sideways;transform:rotate(0.5turn);width:1.6em;writing-mode:vertical-rl;"| Null coda
! colspan="5" | Coda nasal
|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 nasal
|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}}
|-
! ∅
!{{tp|j}}
|{{tp|ja}}||{{tp|je}}|| style="backgroundwidth:#ececec2em;" |–||{{tp|jo}}|| {{tp|jua}}
|{{tp|jan}}||{{tp|jen}}|| style="backgroundwidth:#ececec2em;" |–||{{tp|jon}}|| {{tp|june}}
| style="width:2em;" | {{tp|i}}
| style="width:2em;" | {{tp|o}}
| style="width:2em;" | {{tp|u}}
| 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}}
|-
! {{tp|kj}}
| {{tp|ja}}
|{{tp|ka}}||{{tp|ke}}||{{tp|ki}}||{{tp|ko}}||{{tp|ku}}
| {{tp|je}}
|{{tp|kan}}||{{tp|ken}}||{{tp|kin}}||{{tp|kon}}||{{tp|kun}}
| style="background: #ececec;" | –
| {{tp|jo}}
| {{tp|ju}}
| {{tp|jan}}
| {{tp|jen}}
| style="background: #ececec;" | –
| {{tp|jon}}
| {{tp|jun}}
|-
! {{tp|lk}}
| {{tp|ka}}
|{{tp|la}}||{{tp|le}}||{{tp|li}}||{{tp|lo}}||{{tp|lu}}
| {{tp|ke}}
|{{tp|lan}}||{{tp|len}}||{{tp|lin}}||{{tp|lon}}||{{tp|lun}}
| {{tp|ki}}
| {{tp|ko}}
| {{tp|ku}}
| {{tp|kan}}
| {{tp|ken}}
| {{tp|kin}}
| {{tp|kon}}
| {{tp|kun}}
|-
! {{tp|ml}}
| {{tp|la}}
|{{tp|ma}}||{{tp|me}}||{{tp|mi}}||{{tp|mo}}||{{tp|mu}}
| {{tp|le}}
|{{tp|man}}||{{tp|men}}||{{tp|min}}||{{tp|mon}}||{{tp|mun}}
| {{tp|li}}
| {{tp|lo}}
| {{tp|lu}}
| {{tp|lan}}
| {{tp|len}}
| {{tp|lin}}
| {{tp|lon}}
| {{tp|lun}}
|-
! {{tp|nm}}
| {{tp|ma}}
|{{tp|na}}||{{tp|ne}}||{{tp|ni}}||{{tp|no}}||{{tp|nu}}
| {{tp|me}}
|{{tp|nan}}||{{tp|nen}}||{{tp|nin}}||{{tp|non}}||{{tp|nun}}
| {{tp|mi}}
| {{tp|mo}}
| {{tp|mu}}
| {{tp|man}}
| {{tp|men}}
| {{tp|min}}
| {{tp|mon}}
| {{tp|mun}}
|-
! {{tp|pn}}
| {{tp|na}}
|{{tp|pa}}||{{tp|pe}}||{{tp|pi}}||{{tp|po}}||{{tp|pu}}
| {{tp|ne}}
|{{tp|pan}}||{{tp|pen}}||{{tp|pin}}||{{tp|pon}}||{{tp|pun}}
| {{tp|ni}}
| {{tp|no}}
| {{tp|nu}}
| {{tp|nan}}
| {{tp|nen}}
| {{tp|nin}}
| {{tp|non}}
| {{tp|nun}}
|-
! {{tp|sp}}
| {{tp|pa}}
|{{tp|sa}}||{{tp|se}}||{{tp|si}}||{{tp|so}}||{{tp|su}}
| {{tp|pe}}
|{{tp|san}}||{{tp|sen}}||{{tp|sin}}||{{tp|son}}||{{tp|sun}}
| {{tp|pi}}
| {{tp|po}}
| {{tp|pu}}
| {{tp|pan}}
| {{tp|pen}}
| {{tp|pin}}
| {{tp|pon}}
| {{tp|pun}}
|-
! {{tp|ts}}
| {{tp|sa}}
|{{tp|ta}}||{{tp|te}}||style="background:#ececec;"|–||{{tp|to}}||{{tp|tu}}
| {{tp|se}}
|{{tp|tan}}||{{tp|ten}}||style="background:#ececec;"|–||{{tp|ton}}||{{tp|tun}}
| {{tp|si}}
| {{tp|so}}
| {{tp|su}}
| {{tp|san}}
| {{tp|sen}}
| {{tp|sin}}
| {{tp|son}}
| {{tp|sun}}
|-
! {{tp|wt}}
| {{tp|ta}}
|{{tp|wa}}||{{tp|we}}||{{tp|wi}}||colspan="2" style="background:#ececec;"|–
| {{tp|te}}
|{{tp|wan}}||{{tp|wen}}||{{tp|win}}||colspan="2" style="background:#ececec;"|–
| style="background: #ececec;" | –
| {{tp|to}}
| {{tp|tu}}
| {{tp|tan}}
| {{tp|ten}}
| style="background: #ececec;" | –
| {{tp|ton}}
| {{tp|tun}}
|-
! {{tp|w}}
| {{tp|wa}}
| {{tp|we}}
| {{tp|wi}}
| colspan="2" style="background: #ececec;" | –
| {{tp|wan}}
| {{tp|wen}}
| {{tp|win}}
| colspan="2" style="background: #ececec;" | –
|}
 
===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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