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# '''(C)V({{tp|n}}) syllable structure''': "Each syllable consists of a consonant plus a vowel, plus an optional {{tp|n}}."
# '''Null onset is word-initial only''': "The first syllable of a word does not need to begin with a consonant." {{Indent|As a corollary, every syllable after the first <em>does</em> need to begin with a consonant, thus is CV({{tp|n}}). There are no adjacent vowels or {{wp|diphthong}}s. The sequence {{tp|ana}} is syllabified as {{tp|a‧na}} (2 morae), not {{tp|an‧a}} (3 morae).}}
# '''No {{tp|*ti}}''': "The syllables {{tp|
# '''No {{tp|*wo}} or {{tp|*wu}}''': "The consonant {{tp|w}} cannot appear before {{tp|o}} or {{tp|u}}."
# '''No {{tp|*ji}}''': "The consonant {{tp|j}} cannot appear before {{tp|i}}." {{Indent|These two rules cover the same thing. {{tp|*wo}}, {{tp|*wu}}, and {{tp|*ji}} are disallowed because the semivowel in the onset, {{tp|w}} or {{tp|j}}, can be hard to distinguish from the vowel. The syllables would sound too close to {{tp|o}}, {{tp|u}}, and {{tp|i}}, respectively.}}
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===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]}}; {{tp|[[enko]]}} (an obscure {{tp|nimi sin}}), which may be pronounced as {{IPA|[ˈeŋko]}}; and {{tp|[[linja]]}}, which may be pronounced as {{IPA|['liɲja]}}.<ref>{{
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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 nasal. Some uncommon {{tp|[[nimi sin]]}} flout this rule, often as a joke. The word is also uncommonly extended as {{tp|wuwojitinmanna}} to showcase the "no adjacent nasals" rule.
The word {{tp|wuwojiti}} possibly originated as a name by {{w|Discord}} user {{tok|jan Wuwojiti}}.<ref>{{cite Discord|url=https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/301377942062366741/439929044528660480|name=Netscape|username=Netscape#5728|channel={{tok|toki-pona}}|server={{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}}|access-date=2023-12-11|quote={{tok|mi jan Wuwojiti}}}}</ref> Later, the name was used as a word or mnemonic.
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The following table shows some accepted alternatives to the disallowed syllables.
▲{| class="wikitable"
! Disallowed syllable
! colspan="2" | Alternatives
|-
! {{tp|*wu(n)}}
| {{tp|u(n)}}<ref group="lower-
| rowspan="2" | {{tp|wa(n)}}
|-
! {{tp|*wo(n)}}
| {{tp|o(n)}}<ref group="lower-
|-
! {{tp|*ji(n)}}
| {{tp|i(n)}}<ref group="lower-
| {{tp|je(n)}}
|-
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| {{tp|te(n)}}
|}
==Syllables==
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!rowspan="2"|Running total
|-
|style="text-align:start;"|{{tp|a–win}}
|92
|-
|style="text-align:start;"|{{tp|aja–winwin}}
|6 624
|6 716
|-
|style="text-align:start;"|{{tp|ajaja–winwinwin}}
|476 928
|483 644
|-
|style="background:#ececec;text-align:center;"|–
|<math>92\cdot72^{\left(n-1\right)}</math>
|<math>92\cdot\sum_{\sigma=1}^{n}72^{\left(\sigma-1\right)}</math>
|}
▲==Notes==
▲<references group="lower-alpha" />
==References==
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