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Styles of Toki Pona are the styles of speech which are common to particular speakers, communities, or eras of Toki Pona.

List of notable styles

Community-specific styles

Phonology

Word avoidance

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According to jan Kekan San:

jon't and palin't mainly refer to semantic shifts, with the actual word-avoidance styles being obscure
(jo is at 99% reported usage, pali is at 100%)

Could also cover niche or otherwise unused styles as teaching tools ("e.g. no pi, no modifiers, no preverbs, no second li, no colors but kule, no names") or for fun ("only third person, minimize the word list as much as possible, no e, no la")

Additionally:

What are en't and lon't

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en't
gendern't (avoiding meli, mije, and sometimes tonsi)
jan't
jon't
lon't
nanpan't
pin't
tenpo dropping

Historical styles

The subject of this section is historical information that is presented for completeness, and might not reflect current usage.

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-[[Toki Pona]] has many '''{{w|Style (sociolinguistics)|styles}}''' that are common to particular speakers, [[communities]], or [[era]]s.
+'''Styles of Toki Pona''' are the {{w|Style (sociolinguistics)|styles of speech}} which are common to particular speakers, [[communities]], or [[era]]s of Toki Pona.
 ==List of notable styles==
-*[[Head dropping]]
+* [[Abbreviations]]
+* [[Acronyms]]
-*[[pu-rism|{{tp|pu}}-rism]]
+* [[Head dropping]]
+* {{tp|[[kepeken e]]}}
+* {{tp|[[meli Sonko]]}}
+* [[Preverb marking]]
+* [[pu-rism|{{tp|pu}}-rism]]
+* [[Reduplication]]
+===Community-specific styles===
+* {{tp|[[kulupu pi toki pona pi ma Anku]]}} dialect
+* {{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} dialect
+* {{tp|[[nasin panke]]}}
+===Phonology===
+* [[Denasalization]]
+* [[Sandhi]]
 ===Word avoidance===
+{{Misleading|section}}
-*[[en't|{{tp|en}}'t]]
+{{Needs work|
-*[[gendern't]] (avoiding {{tp|[[meli]]}}, {{tp|[[mije]]}}, and sometimes {{tp|[[tonsi]]}})
-*[[jan't|{{tp|jan}}'t]]
+According to {{tok|jan Kekan San}}:
+*{{tp|jo}}n't and {{tp|pali}}n't mainly refer to semantic shifts, with the actual word-avoidance styles being obscure{{Indent|({{tp|jo}} is at 99% reported usage, {{tp|pali}} is at 100%)}}
-*[[jon't|{{tp|jo}}n't]]
+*Could also cover niche or otherwise unused styles as teaching tools ("e.g. no {{tok|pi}}, no modifiers, no preverbs, no second {{tok|li}}, no colors but {{tok|kule}}, no names") or for fun ("only third person, minimize the word list as much as possible, no {{tok|e}}, no {{tok|la}}")
-*[[lon't|{{tp|lon}}'t]]
+Additionally:
-*[[nanpan't|{{tp|nanpa}}n't]]
-*[[pin't|{{tp|pi}}n't]]
+*What are {{tp|en}}'t and {{tp|lon}}'t
+|section}}
-*[[tenpo dropping|{{tp|tenpo}} dropping]]
+* [[en't|{{tp|en}}'t]]
+* [[gendern't]] (avoiding {{tp|[[meli]]}}, {{tp|[[mije]]}}, and sometimes {{tp|[[tonsi]]}})
+* [[jan't|{{tp|jan}}'t]]
+* [[jon't|{{tp|jo}}n't]]
+* [[lon't|{{tp|lon}}'t]]
+* [[nanpan't|{{tp|nanpa}}n't]]
+* [[pin't|{{tp|pi}}n't]]
+* [[tenpo dropping|{{tp|tenpo}} dropping]]
-===Community-specific styles===
+===Historical styles===
+{{Main|Historical usage}}
-*{{tp|[[kulupu pi toki pona pi ma Anku]]}} dialect
+{{Start section|Historical}}
-*{{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} dialect
-*{{tp|[[nasin panke]]}}
+* [[Archaic words]]
+* {{tp|[[li pi]]}}
+* {{tp|[[pi X en Y]]}}
+{{End section}}
+==See also==
+* [[Calendar systems]]
+* [[Number systems]]
 {{Stub}}
-[[Category:Styles of Toki Pona]]
+[[Category:Styles of Toki Pona| ]]