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

List of notable styles

Word avoidance

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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

Community-specific styles

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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 ===Word avoidance===
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+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]]}})