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The '''toki pona ASCII syllabary''' by {{tok|[[jan Misali]]}}, or '''{{tp|sitelen Aki}}'''{{citation needed|date=2024-01-10}}, is a [[writing system]] that assigns each [[phonotactic]]ally allowed [[syllable]] in [[Toki Pona]] to a single {{abbr|{{w|ASCII}}|American Standard Code for Information Interchange}} character.
The syllabary can be used to [[Text compression|compress text]], with each character being reducible to 7 {{w|bit}}s. Word lengths range from unchanged (for one-letter words) to a third as long, such as {{tok|<code>C%</code>}} for {{tp|[[sinpin]]}}. A major limiting factor for the {{w|Data compression ratio|compression ratio}} is the need to separate words, which is generally done with the ASCII {{w|Whitespace character|space}} (<code> </code>). {{tok|Misali}} also suggests using the syllabary as an {{w|input method}} for other writing systems.
Due to the significant {{w|letter case}} and the use of all ASCII {{w|bracket}}s, it is unclear how to specify proper [[name]]s with this system. The only unused printable, non-whitespace ASCII characters are the period (<code>.</code>) and colon (<code>:</code>), which could be used for name marking where necessary, but there is no recommended style for doing so.
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