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==Pronunciation== |
==Pronunciation== |
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The word {{tp|n}} violates Toki Pona's strict [[phonotactics]]. Speakers still accept this because they may consider it easy to pronounce or technically not a word in the first place but an {{wp|onomatopoeia}}. {{tp|n}} does not have to be pronounced {{IPA|/n/}} but can stand in for any hum or nasal sound, regardless of phonotactics. Some compare the word {{tp|n}} to the [[coda nasal]]. |
The word {{tp|n}} violates Toki Pona's strict [[phonotactics]]. Speakers still accept this because they may consider it easy to pronounce or technically not a word in the first place but an {{wp|onomatopoeia}}. {{tp|n}} does not have to be pronounced {{IPA|/n/}} but can stand in for any hum or nasal sound, regardless of phonotactics. Some compare the word {{tp|n}} to the [[coda nasal]]. |
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==={{tp|ku}}=== |
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For {{ku|en}}, respondents in {{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} translated these English words as {{tp|n}}: |
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==See also== |
==See also== |