User:.hecko/to pon lil

    From sona pona

    my halfhearted riff on tipunsin, a one-syllable-per-word relex of toki pona

    changes:

    • initial consonant clusters allowed
    • more intuitive word changes
    • no extra pronunciation rules

    rules

    • syllable structure: (s)(p/t/k)(m/n/w/l/j)V(m/n/w/l/j/s)
    • no -uw -ow -ij -ej (because english has weird vowels)
    • no minpairs of -l and -w (to accomodate dark l; i guess i should ban -ol too then but we're already low on space so)
    • no minpairs of -m and -n

    example:

    • ona li tawa noka kepeken kalama ala, li jo e poki moku source
    • on li taw no kan klam al li jo e poj mo
    • (tipunsin) on li tawno ke kawlan li jo e kojmo

    dictionary

    toki pona to pon lil comment
    a a
    akesi kes
    ala al
    alasa las
    ale el
    anpa pa
    ante te changed from tej
    anu an
    awen wen
    e e
    en en
    esun es
    ijo i like the proposed replacement for iki; changed from joj
    ike ke
    ilo low changed from il
    insa in
    jaki jaj
    jan jan
    jelo jel
    jo jo
    kala kal
    kalama klam
    kama ka
    kasi kas
    ken ken
    kepeken kan old word kan meaning "with"
    kili kil
    kiwen kwen
    ko ko
    kon kon
    kule kul
    kulupu klu
    kute te
    la la
    lape pel
    laso so
    lawa law
    len len
    lete tle
    li li
    lili kli per etymology, "liklik"
    linja nja
    lipu plu
    loje loj
    lon lon
    luka lu changed from klaw
    lukin lun
    lupa pla changed from plu
    ma ma
    mama man
    mani min
    meli mel
    mi mi
    mije mje
    moku mo
    moli mol
    monsi moj
    mu mu
    mun mun
    musi mus
    mute me changed from mew
    nanpa nan
    nasa nas
    nasin naj changed from snin
    nena nen
    ni ni
    nimi nim
    noka no
    o o
    olin lin
    ona on
    open pen
    pakala kla
    pali pal
    palisa sa
    pan pan
    pana na
    pi pi
    pilin plin
    pimeja pja
    pini pin
    pipi pis i guess from deltarune "pipis"??
    poka po
    poki poj
    pona pon
    pu pu
    sama sam
    seli sel
    selo sol
    seme sem
    sewi sew
    sijelo slo
    sike ske
    sin sin
    sina si
    sinpin spin
    sitelen tlen
    sona son
    soweli sow
    suli sul
    suno sun
    supa psa
    suwi suj
    tan tan
    taso tas
    tawa taw
    telo tel
    tenpo ten maybe tem?
    toki to changed from toj
    tomo tow
    tu tu
    unpa pun
    uta ta
    utala tla
    walo wal
    wan wan
    waso was
    wawa wa
    weka we
    wile wil
    epiku pju
    jasima sma
    kijetesantakalu sklu
    kin kin
    kipisi ksi
    kokosila sla
    ku ku
    lanpan lan
    leko kol
    meso mes
    misikeke ski
    monsuta mon changed from stan
    n n
    namako naw
    oko kun analogy with lukin i Guess
    soko sko
    tonsi ton

    optional wackiness

    extra shortenings

    toki pona to pon lil
    mi (li) mli
    sina (li) sli
    anu seme su

    unambiguous dialect

    • blank onset → [h~ʔ] <'>
    • blank coda followed by n/l/s/w/j and then by another consonant → [ː] <(repeat vowel)>
    • two same consonants → gemination

    example:

    • kijetesantakalu tonsi li lanpan ala lanpan e soko
    • sklutonlilan'allan'eesko