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Toki Pona has many styles of speech that are common to particular speakers, communities, or eras.

List of notable styles[edit | edit source]

Community-specific styles[edit | edit source]

Phonology[edit | edit source]

Word avoidance[edit | edit source]

This page may be misleading or lack nuance, and should be rewritten. Do not assume this information to be correct.

This section needs work:

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[edit | edit source]

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.
+[[Toki Pona]] has many '''{{w|Style (sociolinguistics)|styles}} of speech''' that are common to particular speakers, [[communities]], or [[era]]s.
 ==List of notable styles==
-*[[Abbreviations]]
+* [[Abbreviations]]
-*[[Acronyms]]
+* [[Acronyms]]
-*[[Head dropping]]
+* [[Head dropping]]
-*{{tp|[[kepeken e]]}}
+* {{tp|[[kepeken e]]}}
-*{{tp|[[meli Sonko]]}}
+* {{tp|[[meli Sonko]]}}
-*[[Preverb marking]]
+* [[Preverb marking]]
-*[[pu-rism|{{tp|pu}}-rism]]
+* [[pu-rism|{{tp|pu}}-rism]]
-*[[Reduplication]]
+* [[Reduplication]]
-===Word avoidance===
-*[[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===
-*{{tp|[[kulupu pi toki pona pi ma Anku]]}} dialect
+* {{tp|[[kulupu pi toki pona pi ma Anku]]}} dialect
-*{{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} dialect
+* {{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} dialect
-*{{tp|[[nasin panke]]}}
+* {{tp|[[nasin panke]]}}
+===Phonology===
+* [[Denasalization]]
+* [[Sandhi]]
+===Word avoidance===
+{{Misleading|section}}
+{{Needs work|
+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
+|section}}
+* [[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]]
 ===Historical styles===
-{{Historical|section}}
 {{Main|Historical usage}}
+{{Start section|Historical}}
-*[[Archaic words]]
-*{{tp|[[li pi]]}}
+* [[Archaic words]]
-*{{tp|[[pi X en Y]]}}
+* {{tp|[[li pi]]}}
+* {{tp|[[pi X en Y]]}}
+{{End section}}
-===Phonology===
-*[[Denasalization]]
-*[[Sandhi]]
 ==See also==
-*[[Calendar systems]]
+* [[Calendar systems]]
-*[[Number systems]]
+* [[Number systems]]
 {{Stub}}
+{{General}}
-[[Category:Styles of Toki Pona| ]]
+[[Category:Styles of speech| ]]

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