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The word {{tp|n}} violates [[Toki Pona]]'s [[phonotactics]]. Speakers may accept this because they consider it easy to pronounce, or not technically a word in the first place, but e.g. more like an {{wp|onomatopoeia}}. {{tp|n}} arguably 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 n|coda "n"]] sound (sometimes written as {{IPA|/N/}} when analyzed as a separate phoneme from {{IPA|/n/}}), which can also be pronounced as several different nasal sounds depending on context. (For example, {{IPA|[änpä]}} and {{IPA|[ämpä]}} are both correct pronunciations of {{tp|anpa}} ({{IPA|/aNpa/}}), and {{tp|Sonko}} ({{IPA|/soNko/}}) is often pronounced {{IPA|[
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