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===Alphabet===
{{tp|sitelen Lasina}} has no official {{w|alphabetical order}} or {{w|letter name}}s. In practice, the collation order of the {{w|ISO basic Latin alphabet}} (identical to that of the {{w|English alphabet}}) is often used to alphabetize lists in {{tp|sitelen Lasina}} . This may be influenced by the prevalence of "{{tp|[[AEI pi toki pona]]}}" alphabet charts. ▼[[File:Pronunciation Toki Pona.png|thumb|Original "{{tp|AEI pi toki pona}}" alphabet chart by {{tok|jan Nikita}}]]
▲{{tp|sitelen Lasina}} has no official {{w|alphabetical order}} or {{w|letter name}}s. In practice, the collation order of the {{w|ISO basic Latin alphabet}} (identical to that of the {{w|English alphabet}}) is often used to alphabetize lists in {{tp|sitelen Lasina}}.
This may be influenced by the prevalence of "'''{{tp|AEI pi toki pona}}'''" alphabet charts, which are common [[visual aid]]s. The first alphabet chart for Toki Pona was created by {{tok|jan Nikita}} (Nikita Ayzikovsky), possibly the third speaker of Toki Pona, in May 2002.<ref>{{tok|jan Nikita}}. [https://web.archive.org/web/20030104234356/http://lament.hypermart.net/pictures/tokipona.png [Image<nowiki>]</nowiki>]. Archived from the original 4 January 2003. Retrieved 28 January 2024.</ref> This chart has become well recognized as it was included in the pronunciation lesson from the course by [[jan Pije|Bryant Knight]] ({{tok|jan Pije}}),<ref>{{cite web|author=Bryant J. Knight|date=2014|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009045828/http://tokipona.net/tp/janpije/lesson/lesson2.html|title=Lesson 2: Pronunciation & the Alphabet|website={{tp|lipu pi jan Pije}}|archive-date=2014-10-09|access-date=2024-01-28}}</ref> as well as other courses and on Wikipedia. It originally used the name {{tp|Elena}} ("Greece") for the letter ''E'', as there was not any content words starting with that letter until the word {{tp|[[esun]]}} was created.
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