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Line 1: [[Toki Pona]] has many '''{{w\|Style (sociolinguistics)\|styles}} of speech''' that are common to particular speakers, [[communities]], or [[era]]s. {{Needs work\|}}▼ ~~A '''style of speech''' is a set of linguistic variants.~~ ==List of notable styles ~~of speech~~== * [[~~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\|According to {{tptok\|jan Kekan San}}~~'t]]~~: {{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~~What are {{tp\|en}}'t\| and {{tp\|pilon}}n'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~~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~~Archaic ~~panke~~words]]}} {{tp\|[[li pi]]}} [[Category:Styles of Toki Pona]]▼ * {{tp\|[[pi X en Y]]}} {{End section}} ==See also== * [[Calendar systems]] * [[Number systems]] {{Stub}} {{General}} ▲[[Category:Styles of ~~Toki~~speech\| ~~Pona~~]]