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* This writing system goes with the pu system, where symbols read by their first letter. You can mix these systems!

* A '''mora''' is like a '''syllable''', but ends at the vowel because '''-n''' is a mora! '''na n pa'''

* A word with no punctuation after it represents one phoneme, as in the method used in ''pu''.

* Each dot (<code>·</code>) completes the next mora. ['''a'''npa] → ['''an'''pa''' · '''] → ['''anpa · · ''']

* Colons (<code>:</code>) add the whole word. ['''k'''epeken] → ['''ke'''peken''' · '''] → ['''kepe'''ken''' · · '''] → ['''kepeke'''n''' · · · '''] → ['''kepeken : ''']

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For example, in Japanese, morae can be V, CV, CyV, N (a nasal sound), or Q (a lengthening of the next consonant), and all of these get pronounced with the same duration.

Most fluent toki pona speakers pronounce toki pona this way{{citation needed|date=2024-02-26}}, where V, CV, and N are morae, meaning that “kon” is pronounced about twice as long as “ko,” and “pan” and “pana” are the same length.

===Representation of problematic morae===

====ju, nu, and pe====

It is sometimes assumed that, using only the {{tp|[[nimi pu]]}} and {{tp|[[nimi ku suli]]}}, it is not possible to write {{tp|ju}}, and {{tp|nu}} and {{tp|pe}} can only be written after certain other morae: {{tp|[[anu]]}}, {{tp|kepe}} (from {{tp|[[kepeken]]}}), {{tp|[[lape]]}}, and {{tp|ope}} (from {{tp|[[open]]}}). However, they can be written using individual phonemes, such as {{sp|jan [pilin esun]}} for jan Pe.

====n====

Many also rely on the [[phonotactic]]ally questionable word {{tp|[[n]]}}, because the moraic {{tp|n}} cannot be taken from the start of any other ([[nja|non-obscure]]) word glyph without also taking the vowel. However, words starting with the non-moraic {{tp|n}} can be used for the purpose, such as {{sp|jan [olin nasa]}} for jan On.

==History==