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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 by their first letters, similarly to the system in {{lipu pu}}. Each dot adds another
:{|
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| {{sp|jan [pona]}}
| *{{tp|jan P}}
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| {{sp|jan [pona ..]}}
| {{tp|jan Po}}
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| {{sp|jan [pona .. ..]}}
| {{tp|jan Pona}}
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| {{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:
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| {{sp|jan [anpa .. ..]}}
| {{tp|jan Anpa}}
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| {{sp|jan [en .. wile ..]}}
| {{tp|jan Enwi}}
|}
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| {{sp|jan [kepeken ::]}}
| {{tp|jan Kepeken}}
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| {{sp|jan [pali :: jo ::]}}
| {{tp|jan Palijo}}
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