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

List of notable styles edit

Community-specific styles edit

Phonology edit

Word avoidance edit

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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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Historical styles edit

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