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 Toki Pona: The Language of Good, alongside sitelen pona. The overall style of sitelen sitelen was inspired by United States west-coast comix and east-coast graffiti, 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
Word glyphs
Aside from tonsi, which was added in 2020, Gabel designed the glyphs for nimi ku suli in collaboration between lon Jawin, jan Pensa, and jan Saki, with feedback from Nundrum, Skymandr, and jan Temili.
- ↑ Original glyph, now deemed alternative
Syllable glyphs
sitelen sitelen includes an alphasyllabary that is used to write names. It is also used for the words pu and ku, which lack their own word glyphs.
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 | – |
Punctuation glyphs
Glyph | Name | sitelen Lasina |
---|---|---|
Period | . | |
Comma | , | |
Exclamation | ! | |
Question | ? | |
Colon | : | |
Cartouche | " " | |
Capsule |
Writing
Glyph density
When written at smaller sizes where they would otherwise be too dense, glyphs can be simplified. The drawing dictionary presents each word glyph at large and small sizes to demonstrate what details can be removed.
Notable works
lipu lawa pi esun kama
jan Mato wanted to test whether artificial languages were suited for sales contracts.[3] In 2009, Gabel followed through on Mato's challenge, negotiating with him mainly in Toki Pona[4] and creating "lipu lawa pi esun kama: a contract for future sales". Written in sitelen sitelen, the contract describes the sale of itself for $100 USD to jan Mato.[5]
Afterwards, Mato reflected on the experiment, providing his opinions on Toki Pona's suitability for contracts and business.[6]
External links
References
- ↑ https://www.jonathangabel.com/toki-pona/kama-pona/
- ↑ https://jonathangabel.com/toki-pona/acknowledgements/
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ Jonathan Gabel (August 2, 2012). lipu lawa pi esun kama.
- ↑ [3]