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'''{{tp|nasin sitelen kalama}}''' is a popular alternative method of writing names in {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} based on {{w|Mora (linguistics)|morae}}. It was created by {{tok|jan Pumiko}} of {{tok|kulupu kasi}} as a response to similar, but unmarked systems, which she felt were too unreadable.
==Description==
[[File:jan Kulumin Sinpin.png|thumb|{{tp|jan Kulumin Sinpin}}, written in {{tp|nasin sitelen kalama
The system is primarily based on {{w|Mora (linguistics)|morae}}, a unit of speech similar to a {{w|syllable}}. In the [[moraic analysis]] of Toki Pona, a mora is either a vowel (V), a consonant–vowel pair (CV), or the [[coda n|coda {{tp|-n}}]] (N). For example, the word {{tp|anpa}} is split into the morae {{tp|a-n-pa}}.
In {{tp|nasin sitelen kalama}}, a word followed by no symbol is read as its first letter, similarly to the system in {{lipu pu}}. Each dot adds another mora. For example:
:{|
|-
| {{sp|jan [pona]}}
| *{{tp|jan P}}
|-
| {{sp|jan [pona ..]}}
| {{tp|jan Po}}
|-
| {{sp|jan [pona .. ..]}}
| {{tp|jan Pona}}
|-
| {{sp|jan [taso .. pona .. linja .. ..]}}
| {{tp|jan Tapolin}}
|}
If the word starts in a valid mora (i.e. a single vowel), the first dot indicates the next mora. For example:
:{|
|-
| {{sp|jan [anpa]}}
| {{tp|jan A}}
|-
| {{sp|jan [anpa ..]}}
| {{tp|jan An}}
|-
| {{sp|jan [anpa .. ..]}}
| {{tp|jan Anpa}}
|-
| {{sp|jan [en .. wile ..]}}
| {{tp|jan Enwi}}
|}
{{w|Colon (punctuation)|Colons}} indicate the entire word and is equivalent to dots with the number of morae in the word. For example:
:{|
|-
| {{sp|jan [kepeken]}}
| *{{tp|jan K}}
|-
| {{sp|jan [kepeken ::]}}
| {{tp|jan Kepeken}}
|-
| {{sp|jan [pali :: jo ::]}}
| {{tp|jan Palijo}}
|}
In writing, the dots and colons are usually placed in the midline of the text and sometimes with {{w|fullwidth}}.
==History==
===
Over time, some {{tp|sitelen pona}} users began to write their names in more experimental ways. Based on the existing {{tp|pu}} way of representing a name by writing a {{tp|sitelen pona}} character for each letter in the name inside of a cartouche, these ways
* Preferring a glyph to be used syllabically:
:{|
|-
| {{sp|jan [sitelen sona]}}
| {{tp|jan Siso}}
|-
| {{sp|nimi [insa pan telo]}}
| {{tp|nimi Inpante}}
|}
* Impossible sequences of sounds adding sounds based on what the next sound in the sitelen pona character would be:
:{|
|-
| {{sp|jan [sitelen sona ale]}}
| *{{tp|jan Ssa}} → {{tp|jan Sisa}}
|-
| {{sp|telo [uta anpa]}}
| *{{tp|telo Ua}} → {{tp|telo Uja}}
|}
* Using different forms to the cartouches to indicate a name that is spelled like a word:
:{|
|-
| {{sp|kasi {seli}|font=linja lipamanka}}
| {{tp|kasi Seli}}
|-
| {{sp|nimi {insa pan telo}|font=linja lipamanka}}
| {{tp|nimi Insa Pan Telo}} / {{tp|nimi Insapantelo}}
|}
* Characters get combined to form syllables:
:{|
|-
| {{sp|soweli [kili-awen wile-esun]|font=linja lipamanka}}
| {{tp|soweli Kawe}}
|}
None of these were solidified and virtually all of them were met with confusion by others for a number of reasons. For example, forming cartouches differently is just something that happens in handwriting and isn't really enough to mark the cartouche as having a different system; unmarked systems are largely backwards-incompatible with pu spelling and it's not clear if [insa pan ale] spells out Ipa or Inpana or Insapanale or anything in-between; unexpectedly encountering another system stops reading flow and requires nice knowledge; no one can agree on using the same system
===Creation of {{tp|nasin sitelen kalama}}===
[[File:nsk.png|250px|thumb|alt=Screenshot from a discord message in sitelen pona: "toki a. mi pali e nasin sitelen sin. ona la sina ken sitelen pona e kalama pi nimi sina. nasin ni li: sitelen nimi wan la o toki e kalama open taso. kalama [nena] li sama nimi n. sitelen [dot] li lon poka pi sitelen nimi la o toki e kulupu open pi nimi ni. kalama [mu dot] li sama nimi mu. sina pana e sitelen [dot] mute la o toki e kulupu kalama ante. nimi [kalama dot dot] li sama nimi kala. sitelen [colon] li lon poka la o toki e ale nimi. nimi [telo colon] li sama nimi telo. nasin ni la sina ken lili e sitelen kalama sina li ken sona pona e ona. -jan Pumiko"|Original message describing nasin sitelen kalama]]
{{tp|nasin sitelen kalama}} was created by {{tok|jan Pumiko}}, a member of the {{tok|kulupu kasi}} system, in 2022. This was in order to formalize the previous systems.
===Adoption===
{{Needs work|scope=section}}
In an informal emoji reactions poll on the Discord server ma pona pi toki pona<ref>[https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/828474497865744444/1067795425278562334 link to poll], data from 2023-01-30; 72 responses, of these, 62 reported being able to read sp and 54 reported writing in sitelen pona</ref>, 77.4% of those who can read sitelen pona and 81.5% of those who write in sitelen pona can read nasin sitelen kalama. 54.8% of sp readers and 61.1% of sp writers use it.
==Applications==
[[File:Kijetesantakalu sewi (sitelen pona) - chorus.png|250px|thumb|{{tp|nasin sitelen kalama}} used to indicate morae in the sheet music for {{tp|kijetesantakalu sewi}}]]
{{tp|nasin sitelen kalama}} can be used to write {{tp|sitelen pona}} lyrics in [[sheet music]]
==Criticism and limitations==
{{Needs work|scope=section}}
* small dots are too easy to mistake for "lili"
* people use it as if it were the new default system, but it's only meant to formalise a way for the people who would otherwise use much worse systems, not to replace or officially expand the sitelen pona cartouches
*Cartouches may be [[ambiguous]] on the rare, but feasible, occasion that multiple words share a glyph. Examples include {{spt|[
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