Styles of speech: Difference between revisions

[[Toki Pona]] has many '''{{w|Style (sociolinguistics)|styles}}''' that are common to particular speakers, [[communities]], or [[era]]s.

*[[Abbreviations]]

*[[Acronyms]]

*[[Head dropping]]

*{{tp|[[kepeken e]]}}

*{{tp|[[meli Sonko]]}}

*[[Preverb marking]]

*[[pu-rism|{{tp|pu}}-rism]]

*[[Reduplication]]

{{Misleading}}

*[[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|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} dialect

*{{tp|[[nasin panke]]}}

*[[Archaic words]]

*{{tp|[[li pi]]}}

*{{tp|[[pi X en Y]]}}

===Phonology===

*[[Denasalization]]

*[[Sandhi]]

*[[Calendar systems]]

*[[Number systems]]