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[[Toki Pona]] has many '''{{w|Style (sociolinguistics)|styles}} of speech''' that are common to particular speakers, [[communities]], or [[era]]s.
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==List of notable styles
* [[Abbreviations]]
* [[Acronyms]]
* [[Head dropping]]▼
* {{tp|[[meli Sonko]]}}
* [[Preverb marking]]
* [[pu-rism|{{tp|pu}}-rism]]
* [[Reduplication]]
===Community-specific styles===
* {{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} dialect
* {{tp|[[nasin panke]]}}
===Phonology===
* [[Denasalization]]
* [[Sandhi]]
===Word avoidance===
{{Misleading|section}}
▲* [[Head dropping]]
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%)}}
*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}}")
Additionally:
*What are {{tp|en}}'t and {{tp|lon}}'t
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* [[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]]
===
{{Main|Historical usage}}
▲* {{tp|ma pona pi toki pona}} dialect
{{Start section|Historical}}
▲* {{tp|[[nasin panke]]}}
* [[Archaic words]]
* {{tp|[[li pi]]}}
* {{tp|[[pi X en Y]]}}
{{End section}}
==See also==
[[Category:Styles of Toki Pona]]▼
* [[Calendar systems]]
* [[Number systems]]
{{Stub}}
{{General}}
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