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This is a non-exhaustive list of the '''writing systems''' created for [[Toki Pona]].
Many different writing systems have been created to write toki pona. This is an incomplete list of them. Text samples in this article all represent the sentence
:;jan li pana e moku tawa sina


The [[Latin script]], {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}}, and {{tp|[[sitelen sitelen]]}} are the three writing systems featured in ''[[Toki Pona: The Language of Good]]''. They are also the best known and most widely understood. However, tinkerers often {{w|Constructed writing system|invent other writing systems}} for personal or aesthetic expression, [[Text compression|data compression]], compatibility with other natural-language writing systems, neographic experiments with the limited vocabulary, or simply for fun.
==Logographies==
===sitelen Enli===
aka ✎ ⟄ ᑈ ☺ (sitelen pi toki pona). toki pona words represented by Unicode symbols. By Henrik Theiling


==Types of writing systems==
Documentation:
* '''{{w|Abjad}}''': Only consonants are written; the reader must infer vowels. (Impure abjads may have optional vowel diacritics or a limited number of vowel glyphs.)
*[http://www.theiling.de/schrift/tokipona.html website]
* '''{{w|Abugida}}''': Each symbol is a consonant with secondary vowel notation.
Text sample:
* '''{{w|Alphabet}}''': Consonants and vowels are written separately. {{tp|[[sitelen Lasina]]}} and the {{w|International Phonetic Alphabet}} are examples of alphabets.
:;ⵅ ↴ ✉ ↱ ☕ ⇥ ⇈
* '''{{w|Logography}}''': Each symbol is a word. {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} and the word glyphs of {{tp|[[sitelen sitelen]]}} are examples of logographies.
* '''{{w|Syllabary}}''': Each symbol is a [[syllable]] or [[mora]]. The syllable glyphs of {{tp|sitelen sitelen}} are an example of a syllabary.
----
* '''{{w|Featural writing system|Featural}}''': Symbols are directly based on features of the [[phonology]].


==List of writing systems==
===sitelen jaki===
{{Needs work|Clean up formatting|section}}
Doesn't support gender, coloursa and numbers. By kulupu pi wawa unu
<!--Keep sitelen Lasina, sitelen pona, and sitelen sitelen at the top, then sort alphabetically.-->

{| class="wikitable sortable"
Documentation:
!Name
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a28Lzl7OHzDiB8u1dU-wLdlKpphpOSLbwJ80NKTYINM/edit full description]
!Creator
Text sample:
!Type
[[File:sitelen jaki sample.png|frameless|35px]]
!Description

!style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 240px;"|Text sample
===sitelen Kansi===
|-
Adaptations of Hanzi
!'''{{tp|[[sitelen Lasina]]}}'''

|{{tok|[[jan Sonja]]}}
Documentation:
|Alphabet
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/g4lbif/%E8%A8%80%E8%89%AF_toki_pona_with_hanzi/ sitelen ma Sunko]
|{{w|Latin script}}, broadly identical to the {{w|International Phonetic Alphabet}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190624121347/https://albanocruz.numancer.com/conlangs/2017/11/07/kanjis.html sitelen Kanji tan jan Mato (archived)]
|{{tok|jan li pana e moku tawa sina.}}
*[http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?t=2689 attempt by jan U]
|-
*[http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?t=1519 attempt by jan Josan]
!'''{{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}}'''
*[http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2549 attempt by jan lili]
|{{tok|[[jan Sonja]]}}
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/otmjvw/toki_pona_in_chinese_characters/ attempt on Reddit]
|Logography
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/j6nvxd/sitelen_lemon_an_aesthetically_consistent/ sitelen Lemon], derived characters
|Widely used hieroglyph-inspired system with features such as [[Combined glyphs|combinable]] glyphs
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20220921122642/http://tokipona.net/tp/ClassicWordList.aspx classic word list]
|{{sps|jan li pana e moku tawa sina}}
Text sample:
|-
:;人为发向食于尔
!'''{{tp|[[sitelen sitelen]]}}''' /<br /> {{tp|sitelen suwi}}

|[[Jonathan Gabel]] ({{tok|jan Josan Kapo}})
===sitelen ko===
|Logography with alphasyllabary
Cuneiform style script
|

* [https://jonathangabel.com/toki-pona Overview and full lesson]
Documentation:
* [https://livingtokipona.smoishele.com/examples/liveinput/liveinput.html Live renderer]
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/i71a3g/sitelen_ko_a_script_for_clay/ words]
* [https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/301380012156911616/825491811522445373 Anki flashcards]
Text sample:
* [https://app.memrise.com/course/364183/sitelen-sitelen-2 Memrise flashcards]
[[File:sitelen ko sample.png|frameless|300px]]
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen sitelen sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>

|-
===sitelen kule===
!{{tp|[[leko pona]]}}
Assigns a colour to each word, with a sorting and color names based on [https://www.seximal.net/colors jan Misali's proposed names for colours]. Names are indicated by a toggle "white". Sentences are indicated by line breaks or a double "white". By jan Mena
|{{tok|jan Sowan}}

|Logography (WIP)
Documentation:
|3D blocks in branching lines
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/92eopg/sitelen_kule_a_colourbased_writing_system_for/ Reddit]
* [//docs.google.com/document/d/1lYKt0ih3m7coKVXRfYgyz6QYsjDzT9EiOIkhIrevI44 Description (incomplete)]
Text sample:
|{{n/a|<small>Glyphs for {{tp|pana}}, {{tp|moku}}, {{tp|tawa}}, {{tp|sina}} unknown</small>}}
[[File:sitelen kule sample.png|frameless|200px]]
|-

!{{tp|linja pi kama wan}}
===sitelen mun===
|{{Empty|cell}}
based on Gallifreyan. By jan Jonatan
|Alphabet, compressed

|{{Empty|cell}}
Documentation:
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:linja pi kama wan sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
*[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/301380012156911616/877221693930750012/sitelen_mun.pdf full description]
|-
Text sample:
!{{tp|linja pi kute mute}}
[[File:sitelen mun sample.png|frameless|200px]]
|{{tp|jan Inkepa}}
===sitelen Nelan===
|Alphabet, compressed

|compresses all letters into 6 symbols, like this: p=>a; n,s=>e; j,m=>i; k,t=>o; w=>u (l gets unchanged)

|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:linja pi kute mute sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
Documentation:
|-
*[http://tokipl.wdfiles.com/local--files/art-pisma/nelanth-tp.gif word list]
!{{tp|sitelen aeiou}}
Text sample:
|{{Empty|cell}}
[[File:sitelen Nelan sample.png|frameless|300px]]
|Alphabet, compressed
===sitelen Nosu===
|{{Empty|cell}}
By jan Lane
|{{tok|iae ui aaea e ioou oaaa eiea.}}

|-
Documentation:
!{{tp|[[sitelen akesi]]}}
*[https://pastebin.com/MZD5iXpJ character list]
|{{tok|ilo Eko}}, with contributions from {{tok|jan Sonja}} and {{tok|jan Tepo}}
Text sample:
|Logography, sitelenponido
:;ꊿꆹꁵꀔꋠꁧꆏ
|Adaptation of {{tp|sitelen pona}} in ASCII
===sitelen palisa (jan ilo Katapin)===
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/16uRD4ag-reoUJLVuWT0CUXd4lHuRYHJ3Mn-JjFzFiRw list of words]
A 14-segment logography for Toki Pona. By jan ilo Katapin.
|{{tok|<code>,O, > “n’ >> DC /\_ b</code>}}

|-
Documentation:
![[toki pona ASCII syllabary|{{tp|sitelen Aki}}]]
*[https://github.com/abalidoth/sitelen_palisa repository]
|{{tok|[[jan Misali]]}}
Text sample:
|Syllabary
[[File:sitelen_palisa_sample.png|frameless|300px]]
|Each syllable is represented by a single ASCII character.
===sitelen Emosi===
*[https://seximal.net/tkpn website]
:''Main article: [[sitelen Emosi]]''
|{{tok|<code>j l bn e Oq Tw sn</code>}}
====sitelen pilin====
|-
:''Main article: [[sitelen pilin]]''
!{{tp|[[sitelen Alapi]]}}<br />(Arabic script)
Documentation:
|{{Empty|cell}}
*[https://sites.google.com/view/sitelenemoji website]
|Abjad
Text sample:
|Adaption of the {{w|Arabic script}}
:;👤▶️📤⏩🍽️↪️👉
*[https://reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/n527wv/sitelen_alapi_pi_toki_pona_the_arabic_abjad_for Reddit]

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200618130953/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh9Wypm6pXs&gl=US&hl=en YouTube] ({{tok|jan Wote}})
====sitelen jelo====
|dir="rtl"|{{tok|ين لي پنا ه مكو توا سنا}}
:''Main article: [[sitelen jelo]]''
|-
By waso Keli
!{{tp|[[sitelen Anku]]}}

|{{Empty|cell}}
Text sample:
|Alphasyllabary
:;🧑▶️🙌⏩🍜🛫👆
|Hangul
===sitelen pona===
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qi7dMTsR4OVRiSxj_iGDARpirnYCSsJizVQssAxVeZA Description] ({{tok|jan Nosu}})
:''Main article: [[sitelen pona]]''
* [https://namu.wiki/w/%EB%8F%84%EA%B8%B0%20%EB%B3%B4%EB%82%98?from=%ED%86%A0%ED%82%A4%20%ED%8F%AC%EB%82%98#s-3 Description in Korean]
By jan Sonja
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070313181500/http://www.tokipona.bravehost.com/korean.html Website] by {{tok|jan}} n649po

* [https://reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/8mx951/hangul_for_toki_pona Nonstandard attempt on Reddit]
Text sample:
:;{{sp|jan li pana e moku tawa sina}}
|{{tok|얀 리 파나 에 모구 타와 시나}}
|-
====sitelen akesi====
!{{tp|sitelen Antowi}}
An adaptation of sitelen pona in ASCII (which sounds a lot like akesi). Made by jan Sonja, jan Tepo and ilo Eko
|{{tok|jan Jeli}}

|Logography, sitelenponido
Documentation:
|Material design version of {{tp|sitelen pona}}, as a font
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/16uRD4ag-reoUJLVuWT0CUXd4lHuRYHJ3Mn-JjFzFiRw/edit list of words]
*[https://reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/ususnn/sitelen_antowi_material_design_style_sitelen_pona Reddit]
Sample text:
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen Antowi sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
:,O, > “n’ >> DC /\_ b
|-
====sitelen Asuki====
!{{tp|sitelen Asi}}
A larger-scale ASCII adaptation of sitelen pona. By jan pi nimi ala
|{{tok|jan Juli}}

|Alphasyllabary
Documentation:
|
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/fzlmnz/mi_pali_e_sitelen_asuki_ascii_pi_toki_pona/ Reddit]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/340307145373253642/835504014346682409/sitelen_Asi.pdf PDF]
Text sample:
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen Asi sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
<pre> ____
|-
!{{tp|sitelen Asuki}}
|{{tok|jan pi nimi ala}}
|Logography, sitelenponido
|Larger-scale ASCII adaptation of {{tp|sitelen pona}}
* [https://reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/fzlmnz/mi_pali_e_sitelen_asuki_ascii_pi_toki_pona Reddit]
|
<pre style="display: inline-block; font-size:0.5em; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1em;">
____
.-. \ \ | / \\ \__/ /| |
.-. \ \ | / \\ \__/ /| |
| | \ __ \\ __ / | |---.
| | \ __ \\ __ / | |---.
'._.' / / | // / | / | | |
'._.' / / | // / | / | | |
/ \ / V | // V | \ |_ '-' </pre>
/ \ / V | // V | \ |_ '-'
</pre>
====sitelen luka====
|-
sitelen pona adapted to be faster for handwriting. By jan Kaja
!''{{tok|sitelen}} Diacritics''
|{{Empty|cell}}
|Abugida
|{{Empty|cell}}
|{{Empty|cell}}
|-
![[User:.hecko/sitelen Elijan|{{tp|sitelen Elijan}}]]
|[[User:.hecko|{{tok|jan Kita}}]], {{tok|tonsi Losi}}
|Abugida
|Adaptation of [https://elianscript.org/ElianScriptFull.html Elian script]
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen Elijan sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|[[sitelen Elina]]}}<br />(Greek script)
|{{Empty|cell}}
|Alphabet
|Adaption of the {{w|Greek script}}
|{{tok|γιαν λι πάνα ε μόκου τάγουα σίνα}}
|-
!{{tp|[[sitelen Emosi]]}}
|{{Empty|cell}}
|Logography, emoji
|Multiple adaptations of {{w|emoji}}
|{{Empty|cell}}
|-
![[Toki Pona Script|{{tp|sitelen Enli}} / {{tp|sitelen pi toki pona}}]]
|Henrik Theiling
|Logography
|Words represented by Unicode symbols
* [https://theiling.de/schrift/tokipona Website]
|{{tok|ⵅ ↴ ✉ ↱ ☕︎ ⇥ ⇈}}
|-
!{{tp|sitelen esun}}
|{{tok|jan Emelilijan}}
|Alphabet
|Interlace orthography inspired by {{w|Kēlen}}. Consonants in sitelen esun are combinations of loops and vowels are combinations of crossovers.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/301377942062366741/878770578931204136/image0.png Alphabet]
|{{Empty|cell}}
|-
!{{tp|sitelen esun}}
|{{tok|jan Nikola}}
|Logography
|Words represented by logos
* [https://jan-nikola.gitlab.io/sitelen-esun/about.html Website]
|{{Empty|cell}}
|-
!{{tp|[[sitelen Ilakana]]}}<br />(Hiragana)
|{{Empty|cell}}
|Syllabary
|Adaptations of {{w|hiragana}} for Toki Pona
* [https://thaiyoo.com/tokipona/bjasian.htm word list]
* [https://deviantart.com/derroflcopter/journal/Hiragana-for-Toki-Pona-339541633 DeviantArt]
* [https://reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/e7g91u/sitelen_hiragana_%E3%81%B2%E3%82%89%E3%81%8C%E3%81%AA Reddit]
|{{tok|やん り ぱな え もく たわ しな}}
|-
!{{tp|sitelen jaki}}
|{{tok|kulupu pi wawa unu}}
|Logography
|Lacks support for gender, color and numbers
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a28Lzl7OHzDiB8u1dU-wLdlKpphpOSLbwJ80NKTYINM Description]
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen jaki sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|[[sitelen jelo]]}}
|{{tok|waso Keli}}
|Logography, emoji
|{{Empty|cell}}
|🧑▶️🙌⏩🍜🛫👆
|-
!''sitelen kalama''
|jan Kinlo Watesa
|Alphabet
|The shape of the letters resemble the positions of the tongue, teeth and lips.


* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x3taG__Qz021ofpy9qXNlMitgXzshHOz/view?usp=drive_link font]
Documentation:
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen kalama la sitelen ijo.png|alt=jan li pana e moku tawa sina.|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
*[https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/301380012156911616/833152784202727484/image1.png Description]
|-
*[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/301380012156911616/833152783687221278/image0.png word list]
!{{tp|sitelen kalama nanpa san}}
Text sample:
|{{tok|jan Sewaka}} (JupiterBoy100)
[[File:sitelen luka sample.png|frameless|300px]]
|Alphabet
====sitelen pipi====
|
A combination of toki pona and Hollow Night's writing aesthetics. By Plum of the Palette system
*[https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/2006862/sitelen-kalama-nanpa-san font]

|{{Empty|cell}}
Documentation:
|-
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/19-Murt4028P7n8yaYWz7nlgP5PEzIhDMiJG4JE5C7dI/edit#heading=h.20o383housu5 full description]
!{{tp|[[sitelen Kansi]]}} (Chinese characters)
Text sample:
|{{Empty|cell}}
[[File:sitelen pipi sample.png|frameless|200px]]
|Logography
====sitelen pona pona====
|Multiple adaptations of Chinese characters; see {{sect|sitelen Kansi#External links|{{tp|sitelen Kansi}}#External links}}
Adaptation of sitelen pona and font with the following stated goals:
|{{tok|人为发向食于尔}}
*remove redundant information from glyphs
|-
*use a consistent shape inventory
!{{tp|sitelen Kanujapa}}
*fit glyphs onto a baseline, descending or ascending when appropriate
|{{Empty|cell}}
*make glyphs easy to differentiate at small sizes
|Abugida
*align with standard Latin punctuation and text (can be used inline)
|Adaptation of Canadian Aboriginal syllabics for Toki Pona
Documentation:
*[https://jackhumbert.github.io/sitelen-pona-pona/ website]
*[https://zrajm.github.io/toki-pona-syllabics website]
|{{tok|ᔭᓐ ᓕ ᐸᓇ ᐁ ᒧᑰ ᑕᕙ ᓯᓇ // ᔭᓐ ᓕ ᐸᓇ ᐄ ᒨᑯ ᑕᕙ ᓯᓇ}}
Text sample:
|-
[[File:spp sample.png|frameless|300px]]
====sitelen telo Momo====
!{{tp|sitelen kasi linja}}
|Nathan McCoy
Very stylised sitelen pona, as a font
|Alphasyllabary

|Includes a blocky style called {{tp|sitelen kasi leko}}
Text sample:
[[File:sitelen telo Momo sample.png|frameless|300px]]
====sitelen Antowi====
Material design version of sitelen pona, as a font. By jan Jeli

Documentation:
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/ususnn/sitelen_antowi_material_design_style_sitelen_pona/ Reddit]
Text sample:
[[File:sitelen Antowi sample.png|frameless|300px]]
====sitelen lili====
Alternate "streamlined" design of sitelen pona, as a font. By jan Kokan Ato.

Text sample:
[[File:sitelen lili sample.png|frameless|300px]]
====sitelen pona Sonko====
Chinese seal script inspired sitelen pona. By jan Ose

Documentation:
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/eobrq5/an_attempt_at_a_chinese_seal_script_inspired/ Reddit]
*[https://imgur.com/a/3O628Mw word list]
Text sample:
[[File:sitelen pona Sonko sample.png|frameless|300px]]
===sitelen Precomposed Vowel Characters===
Each word is exactly 1 Unicode character

Documentation:
*[https://wyub.github.io/tokipona/sitelenike/sitelenvowel website]
Text sample:
:;ĩâởeÀǘỠ
===sitelen sitelen (or sitelen suwi)===
[[File:Sitelen nimi ale (more square).png|thumb|right]]
By Jonathan Gabel

Documentation:
*[https://jonathangabel.com/toki-pona/ Overview and full lesson]
*[http://livingtokipona.smoishele.com/examples/liveinput/liveinput.html Live Toki Pona Sitelen Sitelen Renderer]
*[https://app.memrise.com/course/364183/sitelen-sitelen-2/ Memrise]
*[https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/301380012156911616/825491811522445373 Anki]
Text sample:
[[File:sitelen sitelen sample.png|frameless|200px]]
===sitelen telo===
Japanese aesthetic

Documentation:
*[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KDVbtq8_GaC2DqOUrb10IXlVgp7DJIJi full description and font]
*[https://app.memrise.com/course/5965215/sitelen-telo-linja-telo/ Memrise]
*[https://app.memrise.com/course/5965231/sitelen-telo-linja-sin/ Memrise]
Text sample:
[[File:sitelen telo sample.png|frameless|300px]]
===sitelen Tewa===
Intended for handwriting. Mixes logography and alphabet use of characters depending on diacritics. By jan Tewa

Documentation:
*[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/301380012156911616/879684167728775238/Sitelen_Tewa_1.1_pdf.pdf full description]
Text sample:
[[File:sitelen Tewa sample.png|frameless|300px]]
===toki pona lili===
Each word is 2 characters long. By jan Wija

Documentation:
*[https://wyub.github.io/tokipona/sitelenike/tokiponalili website]
Text sample:
:;JnLiPnEeMkTwSi

==Syllabaries==
===sitelen Aki===
Each syllable is represented by a single ASCII character

Documentation:
*[https://www.seximal.net/tkpn website]
Sample text:
:j l bn e Oq Tw sn
===sitelen Ilakana===
Adaptations of Hiragana for toki pona

Documentation:
*[https://thaiyoo.com/tokipona/bjasian.htm word list]
*[https://www.deviantart.com/derroflcopter/journal/Hiragana-for-Toki-Pona-339541633 DeviantArt]
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/e7g91u/sitelen_hiragana_%E3%81%B2%E3%82%89%E3%81%8C%E3%81%AA/ Reddit]
Text sample:
:;やん り ぱな え もく たわ しな
==Abugidas==
===sitelen Diacritics===
===sitelen Elijan===
:''Main article: [[User:.hecko/sitelen Elijan]]''
Text sample:
[[File:sitelen Elijan sample.png|frameless|200px]]
===sitelen Kanujapa===
Adaptation of Canadian Aboriginal syllabics for toki pona

Documentation:
*[https://zrajm.github.io/toki-pona-syllabics/ website]
Text sample:
;: ᔭᓐ ᓕ ᐸᓇ ᐁ ᒧᑰ ᑕᕙ ᓯᓇ // ᔭᓐ ᓕ ᐸᓇ ᐄ ᒨᑯ ᑕᕙ ᓯᓇ
===sitelen lape===
Syllables derived from sitelen pona. By jan Ali

Documentation:
*[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/301377942062366741/827353312960446494/IMG_4662.png description]
*[https://greenguy5294.github.io/linjalapesuwi/ font]
Text sample:
[[File:sitelen lape sample.png|frameless|300px]]
===sitelen lili sin===
Documentation:
*[https://www.facebook.com/groups/sitelen/permalink/2853346944719672/ Facebook]
Text sample:
[[File:sitelen lili sin sample.png|frameless|300px]]
===sitelen Tawi===
Adaptation of Thai script

Documentation:
*[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/301377942062366741/900149977886634044/v5.PNG syllable overview by lipu2222]
Text sample:
:;ยันลิปะนะเอะโมะกุตะวะซินะ
==Abjads==
===sitelen Alapi===
Arabic
Documentation:
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/n527wv/sitelen_alapi_pi_toki_pona_the_arabic_abjad_for/ Reddit]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20200618130953/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh9Wypm6pXs&gl=US&hl=en YouTube (archived) by jan Wote]
Sample text:
:ين لي پنا ه مكو توا سنا
===sitelen nanpa===
Hex number writing system

Documentation:
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/100JLsAzeQPemJNKiJ582FrIE5e2Kt2ebZckMPYbpYro/edit full description]
Sample text:
:1D030650B042089075
==Alphabets==
===Unsorted alphabets (WIP)===
====sitelen pakala (jan pi poki pi telo seli kasi)====
Sample text:
[[File:sitelen pakala jan pi poki pi telo seli kasi sample.png|frameless|300px]]
====sitelen pakala (jan Samsta36)====
Sample text:
[[File:sitelen pakala jan samsta36 sample.png|frameless|300px]]
====sitelen palisa (Heav)====
Sample text:
[[File:sitelen palisa heav sample.png|frameless|300px]]
====sitelen palisa ilo====
Sample text:
[[File:sitelen palisa ilo sample.png|frameless|300px]]
====sitelen pi ike mute (jan pi sona lili)====
Sample text:
[[File:sitelen pi ike mute jan pi sona lili sample.png|frameless|300px]]
====sitelen pi ike mute (pipi Motan)====
Sample text:
[[File:sitelen pi ike mute pipi motan sample.png|frameless|300px]]
====sitelen pi linja lili====
Sample text:
[[File:sitelen pi linja lili sample.png|frameless|300px]]
====sitelen pi linja mute ala====
Sample text:
[[File:sitelen pi linja mute ala sample.png|frameless|300px]]
====sitelen pi linja wan====
Sample text:
[[File:sitelen pi linja wan sample.png|frameless|300px]]
====sitelen Setasan====
Sample text:
[[File:sitelen setasan sample.png|frameless|300px]]
====sitelen Sewakana====
Sample text:
[[File:sitelen sewakana sample.png|frameless|300px]]
====sitelen soweli====
Sample text:
[[File:sitelen soweli sample.png|frameless|300px]]
====sitelen toki pi linja wan====
Sample text:
[[File:sitelen toki pi linja wan sample.png|frameless|300px]]
===Alpha-syllabic scripts===
====sitelen Anku====
Hangul
Documentation:
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qi7dMTsR4OVRiSxj_iGDARpirnYCSsJizVQssAxVeZA/edit by jan Nosu]
*[https://namu.wiki/w/%EB%8F%84%EA%B8%B0%20%EB%B3%B4%EB%82%98?from=%ED%86%A0%ED%82%A4%20%ED%8F%AC%EB%82%98#s-3 text in Hangul about toki pona]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070313181500/http://www.tokipona.bravehost.com/korean.html website (archived)] by jan n649po
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/8mx951/hangul_for_toki_pona/ an attempt on Reddit]
Sample text:
:얀 리 파나 에 모구 타와 시나
====sitelen Asi====
writing wu, wo, ji, ti automagically results in u, o, i, si. By jan Juli

Documentation:
*[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/340307145373253642/835504014346682409/sitelen_Asi.pdf PDF]
Sample text:
[[File:sitelen Asi sample.png|frameless|300px]]

====sitelen kasi linja====
Includes a blocky style called sitelen kasi leko. By Nathan McCoy

Documentation:
*[https://codepen.io/NMCcCoy/full/jOMdZYq generator]
*[https://codepen.io/NMCcCoy/full/jOMdZYq generator]
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen kasi linja sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
Sample text:
|-
[[File:sitelen kasi linja sample.png|frameless|300px]]
!''sitelen Keme''(Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs)
====sitelen leko====
|jan Emeli
By soweli Apen
|Logography
|Uses Ancient Egyptain hieroglyphs. Not exactly an adaptation, but some words kept their original meaning.


* [https://github.com/Em-7dice/stelen-Keme Word list]
Documentation
|<big>𓀀𓇮𓂞𓏙𓇬𓂽𓂭</big>
*[https://sites.google.com/view/catboyaspen/sitelen-leko website]
|-

!{{tp|[[sitelen Kililisa]]}}<br />(Cyrillic script)
====sitelen linja====
|{{Empty|cell}}
By jan Tiko
|Alphabet

|Adaptation of the {{w|Cyrillic script}}
Documentation:
|{{tok|йан ли пана е моку тава сина}}
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/fefpvd/sitelen_linja/ Reddit]
|-
Text sample:
[[File:sitelen linja sample.png|frameless|35px]]
!{{tp|[[sitelen ko]]}}
|{{Empty|cell}}
====sitelen Nowa====
|Logography
Glyph design inspired by Arabic script, but combined similar to Hangul script. By jan Nowa
|{{w|Cuneiform}}-style script

* [https://reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/i71a3g/sitelen_ko_a_script_for_clay Word list]
Documentation:
* [https://jan-sikusi.neocities.org/html/sitelenko Font]
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/16Eu6XdxQ4qH6x5MMKzFl_kQ-ZSV1LNRVVVZEsapvCg4/edit full description]
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen ko sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
Text sample:
|-
[[File:sitelen Nowa sample.png|frameless|300px]]
====sitelen Musisan====
!{{tp|sitelen kule}}
|{{tok|jan Mena}}
Documentation:
|Logography
*[https://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/mushisan/tokipona.gif alphabet]
|Assigns a colour to each word, with a sorting and color names based on {{tok|jan Misali}}'s proposed names for colours.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://seximal.net/colors|title=color naming scheme|website=seximal.net|author={{tok|jan Misali}}|access-date=2024-01-02}}</ref> Names are indicated by a toggle "white". Sentences are indicated by line breaks or a double "white".
Text sample:
* [https://reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/92eopg/sitelen_kule_a_colourbased_writing_system_for Word list]
[[File:sitelen Musisan sample.png|frameless|300px]]
|[[File:sitelen kule sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]
====sitelen pi jan Nuwoma====
|-
By jan Nuwoma.
!{{tp|sitelen lape}}

|{{tok|jan Ali}}
Documentation:
|Abugida
*[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/340307145373253642/867949919728721950/unknown.png consonants key]
|Syllables derived from {{tp|sitelen pona}}
*[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/340307145373253642/867949943099367475/unknown.png vowels key]
*[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/340307145373253642/867950290920435712/unknown.png combination key]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/301377942062366741/827353312960446494/IMG_4662.png description]
*[https://greenguy5294.github.io/linjalapesuwi font]
Text sample:
[[File:sitelen pi jan Nuwoma sample.png|frameless|300px]]
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen lape sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
====sitelen pi nasin sijelo monsuta====
!{{tp|[[sitelen Lasina majuna]]}}
Documentation:
|{{tok|kulupu Menasewi}}
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/13pe-4Y7Pzv6IkHpCrPyaOtXdWA_OliH8Cj_wMb_JbQs/edit?usp=sharing full description]
|Alphabet
Text sample:
|Joke adaptation of {{tp|sitelen Lasina}} to resemble Latin inscriptions
[[File:sitelen pi nasin sijelo monsuta sample.png|frameless|300px]]
|<span style="font-family:'Trajan Pro 3','Trajan Pro 2','Trajan Pro',Trajan,serif;">{{tok|IAN LI PANA E MOCV TAVA SINA}}</span><br /><span style="font-family:serif;">{{tok|ian lj pana e mocu taua sina}}</span>
====sitelen poka====
|-
Documentation:
![[User:56independent/Sitelen Latin Lili|Sitelen Latin Lili]]
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/pe4m2n/mi_pali_e_sitelen_sin_pi_toki_pona_sitelen_poki/ Reddit]
|56inepenete
Text sample:
|Reverse abjad
[[File:sitelen poka sample.png|frameless|300px]]
|A system where each consonant becomes a diacritic added to a vowel
====sitelen pona (jan Mimoku)====
|{{tok|ąn ì âna e õú āȧ ïna.}}
By jan Mimoku
|-

!{{tp|sitelen leko}}
Documentation:
|{{tok|soweli Apen}}
|Alphasyllabary
|
[https://sites.google.com/view/catboyaspen/sitelen-leko website]
|{{Empty|cell}}
|-
!{{tp|sitelen lili}}
|{{tok|jan Kokan Ato}}
|Logography, sitelenponido
|Alternate "streamlined" design of {{tp|sitelen pona}}, as a font
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen lili sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|sitelen lili lili}}
|{{tok|ilo Tani}}
|Alphabet
|Featural alphabet. Characters are based on how they are articulated in the mouth
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/17ok330/i_made_a_featural_toki_pona_writing_system/ Original post]
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen lili lili.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|sitelen lili sin}}
|{{Empty|cell}}
|Abugida
|
*[https://facebook.com/groups/sitelen/permalink/2853346944719672 Facebook]
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen lili sin sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|sitelen linja}}
|{{tok|jan Tiko}}
|Alphasyllabary
|
*[https://reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/fefpvd/sitelen_linja Reddit]
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen linja sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|sitelen linja leko}}
|{{Empty|cell}}
|Alphabet
|
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G8Z4Baj7TmAMC26hR4DLTd9mdXLtpHgBzXGbfznKu-Y full description]
|style="background: #282727;"|[[File:sitelen linja leko sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]
|-
!{{tp|sitelen luka}}
|{{tok|jan Kaja}}
|Logography, sitelenponido
|{{tp|sitelen pona}} adapted to be faster for handwriting
* [https://web.archive.org/web/https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/301380012156911616/833152784202727484/image1.png Description]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/301380012156911616/833152783687221278/image0.png Word list]
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen luka sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|[[sitelen mun]]}}
|{{tok|jan Jonatan}}
|Logography
|Based on Gallifreyan
* [https://web.archive.org/web/https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/301380012156911616/877221693930750012/sitelen_mun.pdf Full description]
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen mun sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|sitelen Munka}}
|{{tok|jan Kawin}}
|Alphasyllabary
|Glyph design inspired by Hangul
* [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1061485980382670911/1189937065681490010/IMG_4626.png?ex=659ffa40&is=658d8540&hm=14059d3f0015ff0f9674fb1c138bfa3ffebb4959d0ba1e9fd4858c3a34719ffa& full description]
|{{Empty|cell}}
|-
!{{tp|[[sitelen musi]]}}
|{{Empty|cell}}
|Alphabet, compressed
|
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen musi sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|sitelen Musisan}}
|{{Empty|cell}}
|Alphasyllabary
|
* [https://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/mushisan/tokipona.gif Alphabet]
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen Musisan sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|sitelen nanpa}}
|{{Empty|cell}}
|Abjad
|Hex number writing system
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/100JLsAzeQPemJNKiJ582FrIE5e2Kt2ebZckMPYbpYro full description]
|{{tok|1D030650B042089075}}
|-
!{{tp|sitelen Nelan}}
|{{Empty|cell}}
|Logography
|
*[https://tokipl.wdfiles.com/local--files/art-pisma/nelanth-tp.gif Word list]
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen Nelan sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|sitelen Nosu}}<br />(Yi script)
|{{tok|jan Lane}}
|Logography
|
*[https://pastebin.com/MZD5iXpJ character list]
|{{tok|ꊿꆹꁵꀔꋠꁧꆏ}}
|-
!{{tp|sitelen Nowa}}
|{{tok|jan Nowa}}
|Alphasyllabary
|Glyph design inspired by Arabic script, but combined similar to Hangul script
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/16Eu6XdxQ4qH6x5MMKzFl_kQ-ZSV1LNRVVVZEsapvCg4 full description]
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen Nowa sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|sitelen pakala}}
|{{tok|jan pi poki pi telo seli kasi}}
|Alphabet
|{{Empty|cell}}
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen pakala jan pi poki pi telo seli kasi sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|sitelen pakala}}
|{{tok|jan Samsta36}}
|Alphabet
|{{Empty|cell}}
|[[File:sitelen pakala jan samsta36 sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]
|-
!{{tp|sitelen palisa}}
|Heav
|Alphabet
|{{Empty|cell}}
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen palisa heav sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|sitelen palisa}}
|{{tok|jan ilo Katapin}}
|Logography
|A 14-segment logography for Toki Pona
*[https://github.com/abalidoth/sitelen_palisa Repository]
|style="background: #001010;"|[[File:sitelen palisa sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]
|-
!{{tp|sitelen palisa ilo}}
|{{Empty|cell}}
|Alphabet
|{{Empty|cell}}
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen palisa ilo sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|sitelen pi ike mute}}
|{{tok|jan pi sona lili}}
|Alphabet, unsorted (WIP)
|Each word is a stack of {{w|Combining character|combining}} {{w|diacritical mark}}s, reminiscent of {{w|Zalgo text}}
|{{tok| ͯͣ͆ ͬͥ ͩͣ͆ͣ ͤ ͫͦͨͧ ͭͣͪͣ ͮͥ͆ͣ}}
|-
!{{tp|sitelen pi ike mute}}
|{{tok|the motan}}
|Alphabet, unsorted (WIP)
|{{Empty|cell}}
|{{tok|ýchė[ ėkėSUPA eauble i ė企ė[ ý⁷ ėg[}}
|-
!{{tp|sitelen pi jan Nuwoma}}
|{{tok|jan Nuwoma}}
|Alphasyllabary
|
*[https://web.archive.org/web/https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/340307145373253642/867949919728721950/unknown.png consonants key]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/340307145373253642/867949943099367475/unknown.png vowels key]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/340307145373253642/867950290920435712/unknown.png combination key]
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen pi jan Nuwoma sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|sitelen pi linja lili}}
|{{Empty|cell}}
|Alphabet, unsorted (WIP)
|{{Empty|cell}}
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen pi linja lili sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|sitelen pi linja mute ala}}
|{{Empty|cell}}
|Alphabet, unsorted (WIP)
|{{Empty|cell}}
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen pi linja mute ala sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|sitelen pi linja wan}}
|{{Empty|cell}}
|Alphabet, unsorted (WIP)
|{{Empty|cell}}
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen pi linja wan sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|sitelen pi nasin sijelo monsuta}}
|{{Empty|cell}}
|Alphasyllabary
|
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/13pe-4Y7Pzv6IkHpCrPyaOtXdWA_OliH8Cj_wMb_JbQs Full description]
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen pi nasin sijelo monsuta sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|[[sitelen pilin]]}}
|{{Empty|cell}}
|Logography, emoji
|
* [https://sites.google.com/view/sitelenemoji Website]
|{{tok|👤▶️📤⏩🍽️↪️👉}}
|-
!{{tp|sitelen pipi}}
|Plum of the Palette system
|Logography, sitelenponido
|A combination of Toki Pona and Hollow Night's writing aesthetics
* [https://docs.google.com/document/d/19-Murt4028P7n8yaYWz7nlgP5PEzIhDMiJG4JE5C7dI Full description]
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen pipi sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|sitelen pipi ante}}
|kulupu kule
|Logography, sitelenponido
|A freeform writing system based on {{tp|sitelen pipi}}
* [https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8yHeCdY/ TikTok]
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen pipi ante sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|sitelen poka}}
|{{Empty|cell}}
|Alphasyllabary
|
*[https://reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/pe4m2n/mi_pali_e_sitelen_sin_pi_toki_pona_sitelen_poki Reddit]
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen poka sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|[[sitelen pona pi jan Mimoku|sitelen pona]]}}
|{{tok|jan Mimoku}}
|Alphasyllabary
|
*[https://tokipona.livejournal.com/15917.html Blog]
*[https://tokipona.livejournal.com/15917.html Blog]
*[https://wikipesija.org/wiki/sitelen_pona_pi_jan_Mimoku Wikipesija]
*[[wikipesija:sitelen pona pi jan Mimoku|Wikipesija]]
*[http://tokipl.wikidot.com/art-pisma suno pona] (Polish)
*[https://tokipl.wikidot.com/art-pisma {{tok|suno pona}}] (Polish)
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen pona jan mimoku sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
Text sample:
|-
[[File:sitelen pona jan mimoku sample.png|frameless|300px]]
====sitelen sike (jan NalathniDragon)====
!{{tp|sitelen pona Juniko}}
|Logography, sitelenponido
By u/NathanMcCoy
|Various attempts at representing sitelen pona with Unicode symbols

|
Documentation:
*[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10sPAQHQeE1OtuAKTolUCognNFYseIEI310Ktc6yfsRw sitelen juniko]
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/fl90k2/sitelen_sike_a_writing_method_aiming_for/ Reddit]
*[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10PDzA1yWFFKJQJ9Sp9hVv5c6hTPZe24tv7d9aFOktmQ nasin Unikote] - Espansa input adaptation
Text sample:
*[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1w97oh0RXp_Ea7bg9XpuarI2CnnSED7e6oFLDgAhktjo sitelen Aki]
[[File:sitelen sike jan nalathnidragon sample.png|frameless|300px]]
*[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yAamDqYNp0WlVb75uuSuqx7aA8Ay4Sa1-ir1P9NuwDM/ Sitelen Pona in Unicode]
====sitelen sinpin (jan Jese)====
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AryCc0INHe8MAc4p5N4yEP9rA6BMLywePGUXGkEakSE Unicoded SP]
To be carved on rocks and wood like Elder Futhark
|{{Empty|cell}}

|-
Documentation:
!{{tp|[[sitelen pona pona]]}}
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/o46dlw/i_made_a_new_sitelen_sitelen_sinpin_designed_to/ Reddit]
|Jack Humbert
Text sample:
|Logography, sitelenponido
[[File:sitelen sinpin jan jese sample.png|frameless|300px]]
|Adaptation of {{tp|sitelen pona}}
====sitelen sinpin (jan soweli Apen)====
* [https://jackhumbert.github.io/sitelen-pona-pona website]
By jan soweli Apen
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:spp sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>

|-
Documentation:
!{{tp|sitelen pona Sonko}}
|{{tok|jan Ose}}
|Logography, sitelenponido
|Chinese seal script inspired {{tp|sitelen pona}}
*[https://reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/eobrq5/an_attempt_at_a_chinese_seal_script_inspired Reddit]
*[https://imgur.com/a/3O628Mw word list]
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen pona Sonko sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!''{{tok|sitelen}} Precomposed Vowel Characters''
|{{Empty|cell}}
|Logography
|Each word is exactly 1 Unicode character
*[https://wyub.github.io/tokipona/sitelenike/sitelenvowel website] {{dead link}}
|{{tok|ĩâởeÀǘỠ}}
|-
!{{tp|sitelen Pusake}}<br />(Futhark)
|{{Empty|cell}}
|Alphabet
|Adaption of the {{w|Futhark runes}}
|{{tok|ᛃᚨᚾ ᛚᛁ ᛈᚨᚾᚨ ᛖ ᛗᛟᚲᚢ᛫}}
|-
!{{tp|sitelen Setasan}}
|{{Empty|cell}}
|Alphabet, unsorted (WIP)
|{{Empty|cell}}
|[[File:sitelen setasan sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]
|-
!{{tp|sitelen Sewakana}}
|{{Empty|cell}}
|Alphabet, unsorted (WIP)
|{{Empty|cell}}
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen sewakana sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|sitelen sike}}
|{{tok|akesi kon Nalasuni}}
|Alphasyllabary
|
*[https://reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/fl90k2/sitelen_sike_a_writing_method_aiming_for Reddit]
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen sike jan nalathnidragon sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|sitelen sike}}
|{{tok|jan omch}}
|Alphabet
|
*[https://reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/pfjcu6/mi_pali_e_sitelen_sike_link_to_the_generator_in Reddit]
*[https://omch.itch.io/sitelen-sike Generator]
|style="background: #000;"|[[File:sitelen sike jan omch sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]
|-
!{{tp|sitelen sinpin}}
|{{tok|jan Jese}}
|Alphasyllabary
|To be carved on rocks and wood like Elder Futhark
*[https://reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/o46dlw/i_made_a_new_sitelen_sitelen_sinpin_designed_to Reddit]
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen sinpin jan jese sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|sitelen sinpin}}
|{{tok|jan soweli Apen}}
|Alphasyllabary
|
*[https://sites.google.com/view/catboyaspen/sitelen-sinpin Full description]
*[https://sites.google.com/view/catboyaspen/sitelen-sinpin Full description]
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen sinpin jan soweli apen sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
Text sample:
|-
[[File:sitelen sinpin jan soweli apen sample.png|frameless|300px]]
=====sitelen sinpin lili=====
!{{tp|sitelen sinpin lili}}
|{{tok|jan soweli Apen}}
Condensed form of sitelen sinpin - each face can fit a whole word. By jan soweli Apen
|Alphasyllabary

|Condensed form of {{tp|sitelen sinpin}}&mdash;each face can fit a whole word.
Documentation:
*[https://sites.google.com/view/catboyaspen/sitelen-sinpin-lili Full description]
*[https://sites.google.com/view/catboyaspen/sitelen-sinpin-lili Full description]
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen sinpin lili sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
Text sample:
|-
[[File:sitelen sinpin lili sample.png|frameless|300px]]
====sitelen suwi ko====
!{{tp|sitelen soweli}}
|{{Empty|cell}}
For writing in sand. By u/NathanMcCoy
|Alphabet, unsorted (WIP)
|{{Empty|cell}}
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen soweli sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|sitelen suwi ko}}
|{{tok|akesi kon Nalasuni}}
|Alphasyllabary
|For writing in sand
*[https://reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/ko4kid/sitelen_suwi_ko_a_soft_cute_sitelen_for_wet_sand Reddit]
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iwcSyEEJlGbzOl62r3uW7TMHiD_uR046 font]
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen suwi ko sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|sitelen Tawi}}<br />(Thai script)
|{{Empty|cell}}
|Alphabet
|Adaptation of the {{w|Thai script}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/301377942062366741/900149977886634044/v5.PNG syllable overview by lipu2222]
|{{tok|ยันลิปะนะเอะโมะกุตะวะซินะ}}
|-
!{{tp|[[sitelen telo]]}}
|{{Empty|cell}}
|Logography
|Japanese aesthetic
*[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KDVbtq8_GaC2DqOUrb10IXlVgp7DJIJi full description and font]
*[https://app.memrise.com/course/5965215/sitelen-telo-linja-telo Memrise]
*[https://app.memrise.com/course/5965231/sitelen-telo-linja-sin Memrise]
|[[File:sitelen telo sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]
|-
!{{tp|sitelen telo Momo}}
|{{Empty|cell}}
|Logography, sitelenponido
|Very stylised {{tp|sitelen pona}}, as a font
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen telo Momo sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|sitelen Tewa}}
|{{tok|jan Tewa}}
|Logography
|Intended for handwriting. Mixes logography and alphabet use of characters depending on diacritics.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/301380012156911616/879684167728775238/Sitelen_Tewa_1.1_pdf.pdf full description]
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen Tewa sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|sitelen toki pi linja wan}}
|{{Empty|cell}}
|Alphabet, unsorted (WIP)
|{{Empty|cell}}
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen toki pi linja wan sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!{{tp|sitelen uta}}
|{{Empty|cell}}
|Alphasyllabary
|
*[https://reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/p50nlj/sitelen_uta_a_featural_writing_system Reddit]
|<div style="mix-blend-mode: multiply;">[[File:sitelen uta sample.png|frameless|240x240px]]</div>
|-
!Tagbanwa script
|{{tok|nja Emikilikity}}
|Abugida
|Adapation of the {{w|Tagbanwa script}} (the vowel {{tp|a}} is implied)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/301380012156911616/1134135520407081031/Tagbanwa.svg.png grapheme overview]
|{{tok|᜶ᝬᝨ ᝮᝲ ᝩᝨ ᝡ ᝫᝳᝣᝳ ᝦᝯ ᝰᝲᝨ᜶}}
|-
!{{tp|toki pona lili}}
|{{tok|jan Wija}}
|Logography
|Each word is 2 characters long.
*[https://wyub.github.io/tokipona/sitelenike/tokiponalili website]
|{{tok|JnLiPnEeMkTwSi}}
|-
!Transliteration into Chinese
|{{Empty|cell}}
|Logography, Chinese characters
|Decided by a vote in the Chinese Toki Pona community on {{w|Tencent QQ}}. Most people primarily write Toki Pona using Latin script.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1132006220920791070/1132951437966581822/1.xlsx Excel]
|{{tok|人兮出}}<ref group="lower-alpha">The characters {{lang|zh|出}} and {{lang|zh|予}} have equal votes for the word {{tp|pana}} in the first round, and are equally valid. One should be used instead of both.</ref>{{tok|予乎食向尔}}
|}


==Notes==
Documentation:
<references group="lower-alpha"/>
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/ko4kid/sitelen_suwi_ko_a_soft_cute_sitelen_for_wet_sand/ Reddit]
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iwcSyEEJlGbzOl62r3uW7TMHiD_uR046/view font]
Text sample:
[[File:sitelen suwi ko sample.png|frameless|300px]]
====sitelen uta====


==See also==
Documentation:
* [[Calendar systems]]
*[https://www.reddit.com/comments/p50nlj Reddit]
* [[Number systems]]
Text sample:
[[File:sitelen uta sample.png|frameless|300px]]

===Non-featural alphabets===
====sitelen Lasina====
Latin characters

Sample text:
:jan li pana e moku tawa sina
====sitelen esun====
sitelen esun is an interlace orthography based on Kēlen. Consonants in sitelen esun are combinations of loops and vowels are combinations of crossovers. By jan Emelilijan

Documentation:
*[https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/301377942062366741/878770578931204136/image0.png alphabet]

====sitelen kalama nanpa san====
By jan Sewaka (JupiterBoy100)

Documentation:
*[https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/2006862/sitelen-kalama-nanpa-san font]
====sitelen linja leko====
Documentation:
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G8Z4Baj7TmAMC26hR4DLTd9mdXLtpHgBzXGbfznKu-Y/edit full description]
Text sample:
[[File:sitelen linja leko sample.png|frameless|300px]]
====sitelen Elina====
Sample text:
[[File:sitelen elina sample.png|frameless|300px]]
====sitelen Kililisa====
Sample text:
[[File:sitelen kililisa sample.png|frameless|300px]]
====sitelen Pusake====
Sample text:
[[File:sitelen pusake sample.png|frameless|300px]]
====sitelen sike (jan omch)====
Sample text:
[[File:sitelen sike jan omch sample.png|frameless|300px]]
===Compressed alphabets===
====sitelen musi====
Sample text:
[[File:sitelen musi sample.png|frameless|200px]]
====linja pi kute mute====
Sample text:
[[File:linja pi kute mute sample.png|frameless|300px]]
====linja pi kama wan====
Sample text:
[[File:linja pi kama wan sample.png|frameless|300px]]
====sitelen aeiou====
Sample text:
[[File:sitelen aeiou sample.png|frameless|300px]]
====shorthand with only 6 strokes====
Sample text:
[[File:shorthand with only 6 strokes sample.png|frameless|300px]]


==References==
[[Category:Writing systems]]
<references />
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Latest revision as of 07:25, 2 March 2024

This is a non-exhaustive list of the writing systems created for Toki Pona.

The Latin script, sitelen pona, and sitelen sitelen are the three writing systems featured in Toki Pona: The Language of Good. They are also the best known and most widely understood. However, tinkerers often invent other writing systems for personal or aesthetic expression, data compression, compatibility with other natural-language writing systems, neographic experiments with the limited vocabulary, or simply for fun.

Types of writing systems[edit | edit source]

List of writing systems[edit | edit source]

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Name Creator Type Description Text sample
sitelen Lasina jan Sonja Alphabet Latin script, broadly identical to the International Phonetic Alphabet jan li pana e moku tawa sina.
sitelen pona jan Sonja Logography Widely used hieroglyph-inspired system with features such as combinable glyphs jan li pana e moku tawa sina
sitelen sitelen /
sitelen suwi 		Jonathan Gabel (jan Josan Kapo) Logography with alphasyllabary
leko pona jan Sowan Logography (WIP) 3D blocks in branching lines Glyphs for pana, moku, tawa, sina unknown
linja pi kama wan
Under construction: Empty cell
 Alphabet, compressed
Under construction: Empty cell
linja pi kute mute jan Inkepa Alphabet, compressed compresses all letters into 6 symbols, like this: p=>a; n,s=>e; j,m=>i; k,t=>o; w=>u (l gets unchanged)
sitelen aeiou
Under construction: Empty cell
 Alphabet, compressed
Under construction: Empty cell
 iae ui aaea e ioou oaaa eiea.
sitelen akesi ilo Eko, with contributions from jan Sonja and jan Tepo Logography, sitelenponido Adaptation of sitelen pona in ASCII ,O, > “n’ >> DC /\_ b
sitelen Aki jan Misali Syllabary Each syllable is represented by a single ASCII character. j l bn e Oq Tw sn
sitelen Alapi
(Arabic script)
Under construction: Empty cell
 Abjad Adaption of the Arabic script ين لي پنا ه مكو توا سنا
sitelen Anku
Under construction: Empty cell
 Alphasyllabary Hangul 얀 리 파나 에 모구 타와 시나
sitelen Antowi jan Jeli Logography, sitelenponido Material design version of sitelen pona, as a font
sitelen Asi jan Juli Alphasyllabary
sitelen Asuki jan pi nimi ala Logography, sitelenponido Larger-scale ASCII adaptation of sitelen pona 
                        ____                
 .-.   \   \ | /  \\    \__/    /|   |      
|   |   \    __    \\    __    / |   |---.  
'._.'   /   /  |   //   /  |  /  |   |   |  
 / \   /   V   |  //   V   |  \  |_   '-'
sitelen Diacritics
Under construction: Empty cell
 Abugida
Under construction: Empty cell
Under construction: Empty cell
sitelen Elijan jan Kita, tonsi Losi Abugida Adaptation of Elian script
sitelen Elina
(Greek script)
Under construction: Empty cell
 Alphabet Adaption of the Greek script γιαν λι πάνα ε μόκου τάγουα σίνα
sitelen Emosi
Under construction: Empty cell
 Logography, emoji Multiple adaptations of emoji
Under construction: Empty cell
sitelen Enli / sitelen pi toki pona Henrik Theiling Logography Words represented by Unicode symbols ⵅ ↴ ✉ ↱ ☕︎ ⇥ ⇈
sitelen esun jan Emelilijan Alphabet Interlace orthography inspired by Kēlen. Consonants in sitelen esun are combinations of loops and vowels are combinations of crossovers.
Under construction: Empty cell
sitelen esun jan Nikola Logography Words represented by logos
Under construction: Empty cell
sitelen Ilakana
(Hiragana)
Under construction: Empty cell
 Syllabary Adaptations of hiragana for Toki Pona やん り ぱな え もく たわ しな
sitelen jaki kulupu pi wawa unu Logography Lacks support for gender, color and numbers
sitelen jelo waso Keli Logography, emoji
Under construction: Empty cell
 🧑▶️🙌⏩🍜🛫👆
sitelen kalama jan Kinlo Watesa Alphabet The shape of the letters resemble the positions of the tongue, teeth and lips.
jan li pana e moku tawa sina.
sitelen kalama nanpa san jan Sewaka (JupiterBoy100) Alphabet
Under construction: Empty cell
sitelen Kansi (Chinese characters)
Under construction: Empty cell
 Logography Multiple adaptations of Chinese characters; see sitelen Kansi § External links 人为发向食于尔
sitelen Kanujapa
Under construction: Empty cell
 Abugida Adaptation of Canadian Aboriginal syllabics for Toki Pona ᔭᓐ ᓕ ᐸᓇ ᐁ ᒧᑰ ᑕᕙ ᓯᓇ // ᔭᓐ ᓕ ᐸᓇ ᐄ ᒨᑯ ᑕᕙ ᓯᓇ
sitelen kasi linja Nathan McCoy Alphasyllabary Includes a blocky style called sitelen kasi leko
sitelen Keme(Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs) jan Emeli Logography Uses Ancient Egyptain hieroglyphs. Not exactly an adaptation, but some words kept their original meaning. 𓀀𓇮𓂞𓏙𓇬𓂽𓂭
sitelen Kililisa
(Cyrillic script)
Under construction: Empty cell
 Alphabet Adaptation of the Cyrillic script йан ли пана е моку тава сина
sitelen ko
Under construction: Empty cell
 Logography Cuneiform-style script
sitelen kule jan Mena Logography Assigns a colour to each word, with a sorting and color names based on jan Misali's proposed names for colours.[1] Names are indicated by a toggle "white". Sentences are indicated by line breaks or a double "white".
sitelen lape jan Ali Abugida Syllables derived from sitelen pona
sitelen Lasina majuna kulupu Menasewi Alphabet Joke adaptation of sitelen Lasina to resemble Latin inscriptions IAN LI PANA E MOCV TAVA SINA
ian lj pana e mocu taua sina
Sitelen Latin Lili 56inepenete Reverse abjad A system where each consonant becomes a diacritic added to a vowel ąn ì âna e õú āȧ ïna.
sitelen leko soweli Apen Alphasyllabary

website

Under construction: Empty cell
sitelen lili jan Kokan Ato Logography, sitelenponido Alternate "streamlined" design of sitelen pona, as a font
sitelen lili lili ilo Tani Alphabet Featural alphabet. Characters are based on how they are articulated in the mouth
sitelen lili sin
Under construction: Empty cell
 Abugida
sitelen linja jan Tiko Alphasyllabary
sitelen linja leko
Under construction: Empty cell
 Alphabet
sitelen luka jan Kaja Logography, sitelenponido sitelen pona adapted to be faster for handwriting
sitelen mun jan Jonatan Logography Based on Gallifreyan
sitelen Munka jan Kawin Alphasyllabary Glyph design inspired by Hangul
Under construction: Empty cell
sitelen musi
Under construction: Empty cell
 Alphabet, compressed
sitelen Musisan
Under construction: Empty cell
 Alphasyllabary
sitelen nanpa
Under construction: Empty cell
 Abjad Hex number writing system 1D030650B042089075
sitelen Nelan
Under construction: Empty cell
 Logography
sitelen Nosu
(Yi script) 		jan Lane Logography ꊿꆹꁵꀔꋠꁧꆏ
sitelen Nowa jan Nowa Alphasyllabary Glyph design inspired by Arabic script, but combined similar to Hangul script
sitelen pakala jan pi poki pi telo seli kasi Alphabet
Under construction: Empty cell
sitelen pakala jan Samsta36 Alphabet
Under construction: Empty cell
sitelen palisa Heav Alphabet
Under construction: Empty cell
sitelen palisa jan ilo Katapin Logography A 14-segment logography for Toki Pona
sitelen palisa ilo
Under construction: Empty cell
 Alphabet
Under construction: Empty cell
sitelen pi ike mute jan pi sona lili Alphabet, unsorted (WIP) Each word is a stack of combining diacritical marks, reminiscent of Zalgo text ͯͣ͆ ͬͥ ͩͣ͆ͣ ͤ ͫͦͨͧ ͭͣͪͣ ͮͥ͆ͣ
sitelen pi ike mute the motan Alphabet, unsorted (WIP)
Under construction: Empty cell
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sitelen pi jan Nuwoma jan Nuwoma Alphasyllabary
sitelen pi linja lili
Under construction: Empty cell
 Alphabet, unsorted (WIP)
Under construction: Empty cell
sitelen pi linja mute ala
Under construction: Empty cell
 Alphabet, unsorted (WIP)
Under construction: Empty cell
sitelen pi linja wan
Under construction: Empty cell
 Alphabet, unsorted (WIP)
Under construction: Empty cell
sitelen pi nasin sijelo monsuta
Under construction: Empty cell
 Alphasyllabary
sitelen pilin
Under construction: Empty cell
 Logography, emoji 👤▶️📤⏩🍽️↪️👉
sitelen pipi Plum of the Palette system Logography, sitelenponido A combination of Toki Pona and Hollow Night's writing aesthetics
sitelen pipi ante kulupu kule Logography, sitelenponido A freeform writing system based on sitelen pipi
sitelen poka
Under construction: Empty cell
 Alphasyllabary
sitelen pona jan Mimoku Alphasyllabary
sitelen pona Juniko Logography, sitelenponido Various attempts at representing sitelen pona with Unicode symbols
Under construction: Empty cell
sitelen pona pona Jack Humbert Logography, sitelenponido Adaptation of sitelen pona
sitelen pona Sonko jan Ose Logography, sitelenponido Chinese seal script inspired sitelen pona
sitelen Precomposed Vowel Characters
Under construction: Empty cell
 Logography Each word is exactly 1 Unicode character ĩâởeÀǘỠ
sitelen Pusake
(Futhark)
Under construction: Empty cell
 Alphabet Adaption of the Futhark runes ᛃᚨᚾ ᛚᛁ ᛈᚨᚾᚨ ᛖ ᛗᛟᚲᚢ᛫
sitelen Setasan
Under construction: Empty cell
 Alphabet, unsorted (WIP)
Under construction: Empty cell
sitelen Sewakana
Under construction: Empty cell
 Alphabet, unsorted (WIP)
Under construction: Empty cell
sitelen sike akesi kon Nalasuni Alphasyllabary
sitelen sike jan omch Alphabet
sitelen sinpin jan Jese Alphasyllabary To be carved on rocks and wood like Elder Futhark
sitelen sinpin jan soweli Apen Alphasyllabary
sitelen sinpin lili jan soweli Apen Alphasyllabary Condensed form of sitelen sinpin—each face can fit a whole word.
sitelen soweli
Under construction: Empty cell
 Alphabet, unsorted (WIP)
Under construction: Empty cell
sitelen suwi ko akesi kon Nalasuni Alphasyllabary For writing in sand
sitelen Tawi
(Thai script)
Under construction: Empty cell
 Alphabet Adaptation of the Thai script ยันลิปะนะเอะโมะกุตะวะซินะ
sitelen telo
Under construction: Empty cell
 Logography Japanese aesthetic
sitelen telo Momo
Under construction: Empty cell
 Logography, sitelenponido Very stylised sitelen pona, as a font
sitelen Tewa jan Tewa Logography Intended for handwriting. Mixes logography and alphabet use of characters depending on diacritics.
sitelen toki pi linja wan
Under construction: Empty cell
 Alphabet, unsorted (WIP)
Under construction: Empty cell
sitelen uta
Under construction: Empty cell
 Alphasyllabary
Tagbanwa script nja Emikilikity Abugida Adapation of the Tagbanwa script (the vowel a is implied) ᜶ᝬᝨ ᝮᝲ ᝩᝨ ᝡ ᝫᝳᝣᝳ ᝦᝯ ᝰᝲᝨ᜶
toki pona lili jan Wija Logography Each word is 2 characters long. JnLiPnEeMkTwSi
Transliteration into Chinese
Under construction: Empty cell
 Logography, Chinese characters Decided by a vote in the Chinese Toki Pona community on Tencent QQ. Most people primarily write Toki Pona using Latin script. 人兮出[a]予乎食向尔

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ The characters 出 and 予 have equal votes for the word pana in the first round, and are equally valid. One should be used instead of both.

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ jan Misali. "color naming scheme". seximal.net. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
Development and usage jan Sonja · Toki Pona: The Language of Good (2014) · Tokiponidos · Software (Tools · Fonts) · suno pi toki pona · Toki Pona census · Toki Pona Dictionary (2021) · UCSUR · Linku · ISO 639-3
Conventions Phonology (Phonotactics) · Words (Tokiponization) · Grammar (Word order) · Social conventions · Writing systems (sitelen Lasina · sitelen pona · sitelen sitelen) · luka pona (sign language) · Number systems · Calendar systems · Styles (pu · pu-rism · ku · Nonstandard)
Philosophy Minimalism · Context · Circumlocution · Expression · Lexicalization · Multiple sentences · Comparisons
Resources Frequently asked questions · Courses · Dictionaries · Cheat sheets · Visual aids · Communities · Websites · Media
pu sitelen Lasina (Latin) · sitelen pona (sitelen-pona) · sitelen sitelen
Natlang transliterations sitelen Kililisa (Cyrillic) · sitelen Kana (Japanese) · sitelen Anku (Hangul) · sitelen Kansi (Chinese) · sitelen Alapi (Arabic) · sitelen Iwisi (Hebrew) · sitelen Elina (Greek)
Other Toki Pona Script (dingbats) · sitelen pona pi jan Mimoku · ASCII syllabary · sitelen musi · sitelen ko (cuneiform) · sitelen telo · leko pona (3D) · sitelen mun (Gallifreyan) · nasin pi sitelen jelo (emoji)
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