sitelen sitelen
sitelen sitelen (also known as sitelen suwi) is a logographic writing system for toki pona, created by Jonathan Gabel around 2006.[1] It is one of the two non-Latin writing systems featured in pu, the other being sitelen pona. The overall style of sitelen sitelen was inspired by US west-coast comix and east-coast grafitti, while the word shapes themselves are often taken from hieroglyphs or religious symbols.[2]
sitelen sitelen is non-linear in nature: instead of a straight row, words are arranged in blocks reminiscent of comic strips. Prepositions and part-of-sentence marking particles wrap around their contents, similarly to sitelen pona's cartouches.
Glyphs
Words
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a
-
akesi
-
ala
-
alasa
-
ale / ali
-
anpa
-
ante
-
anu
-
awen
-
e
-
en
-
esun
-
ijo
-
ike
-
ilo
-
insa
-
jaki
-
jan
-
jelo
-
jo
-
kala
-
kalama
-
kama
-
kasi
-
ken
-
kepeken
-
kili
-
kiwen
-
ko
-
kon
-
kule
-
kulupu
-
kute
-
la
-
lape
-
laso
-
lawa
-
len
-
lete
-
li
-
lili
-
linja
-
lipu
-
loje
-
lon
-
luka
-
lukin
-
lupa
-
ma
-
mama
-
mani
-
meli
-
mi
-
mije
-
moku
-
moli
-
monsi
-
mu
-
mun
-
musi
-
mute
-
nanpa
-
nasa
-
nasin
-
nena
-
ni
-
nimi
-
noka
-
o
-
olin
-
ona
-
open
-
pakala
-
pali
-
palisa
-
pan
-
pana
-
pi
-
pilin
-
pimeja
-
pini
-
pipi
-
poka
-
poki
-
pona
-
pu
-
sama
-
seli
-
selo
-
seme
-
sewi
-
sijelo
-
sike
-
sin
-
sina
-
sinpin
-
sitelen
-
sona
-
soweli
-
suli
-
suno
-
supa
-
suwi
-
tan
-
taso
-
tawa
-
telo
-
tenpo
-
toki
-
tomo
-
tu
-
unpa
-
uta
-
utala
-
walo
-
wan
-
waso
-
wawa
-
weka
-
wile
Syllables
sitelen sitelen includes an alphasyllabary that is used to write names.
Null coda | a | e | i | o | u | Coda -n | an | en | in | on | un |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
∅ |
a |
e |
i |
o |
u |
∅…n |
an |
en |
in |
on |
un |
j |
ja |
je |
– | jo |
ju |
j…n |
jan |
jen |
– | jon |
jun |
k |
ka |
ke |
ki |
ko |
ku |
k…n |
kan |
ken |
kin |
kon |
kun |
l |
la |
le |
li |
lo |
lu |
l…n |
lan |
len |
lin |
lon |
lun |
m |
ma |
me |
mi |
mo |
mu |
m…n |
man |
men |
min |
mon |
mun |
n |
na |
ne |
ni |
no |
nu |
n…n |
nan |
nen |
nin |
non |
nun |
p |
pa |
pe |
pi |
po |
pu |
p…n |
pan |
pen |
pin |
pon |
pun |
s |
sa |
se |
si |
so |
su |
s…n |
san |
sen |
sin |
son |
sun |
t |
ta |
te |
– | to |
tu |
t…n |
tan |
ten |
– | ton |
tun |
w |
wa |
we |
wi |
– | w…n |
wan |
wen |
win |
– |
Notable works
In 2012, Gabel created a contract written in sitelen sitelen, describing the sale of itself for 100 USD to jan Mato.[3]