Beginner Texts in Toki Pona

Using Sitelen Pona

o lukin kepeken toki pona pi sitelen Lasina

sina pali e toki kepeken sitelen pona li wile pana e ona lon ilo tawa lukin pi jan ale la:
o pana kepeken sitelen pona kepeken sitelen Lasina kin.

sina pana kepeken sitelen Lasina la

๐‘ฎ๐‘ฐ๐‘› ๐‘ฆ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ฆ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘ฆ๐‘– ๐‘ฟ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘™ ๐‘ž ๐‘–๐‘ฑ๐‘๐‘ฐ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ ๐‘•๐‘’๐‘ฎ๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘‘

๐‘”๐‘ฐ๐‘•๐‘ฉ๐‘•: ๐‘ง๐‘๐‘ฎ๐‘ฐ๐‘ข๐‘ณ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ฃ๐‘ต ๐‘ฅ๐‘ฑ๐‘’๐‘• ๐‘’๐‘ญ๐‘ฏ๐‘‘๐‘ง๐‘ฏ๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘ฏ sitelen pona ๐‘ฏ ๐‘๐‘ณ๐‘š๐‘ค๐‘ฆ๐‘–๐‘ฆ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฆ๐‘‘ ๐‘‘ ๐‘ž ๐‘ข๐‘ง๐‘š ๐‘–๐‘ซ๐‘› ๐‘๐‘ฎ๐‘ฉ๐‘๐‘ฒ๐‘› sitelen [la sina nasin] ๐‘‘๐‘ฎ๐‘จ๐‘ฏ๐‘•๐‘’๐‘ฎ๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘ธ ๐‘ž๐‘ฑ๐‘ฎ sitelen pona ๐‘ข๐‘ผ๐‘ฎ๐‘’.

๐‘ž ๐‘ฎ๐‘จ๐‘–๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘จ๐‘ค

๐‘ž๐‘ฑ๐‘ฎ ๐‘ธ ๐‘ค๐‘ญ๐‘‘๐‘• ๐‘ ยท๐‘ฎ๐‘ฐ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘‘ ๐‘›๐‘ต ๐‘ž๐‘ฆ๐‘•.

๐‘“๐‘ธ ๐‘ข๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ง๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘จ๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘ฉ๐‘ค, ๐‘ฆ๐‘ฏ ๐‘•๐‘ฉ๐‘ฅ ๐‘š๐‘ฎ๐‘ฌ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ผ๐‘Ÿ, nasin nanpa ๐‘’๐‘จ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘ผ๐‘Ÿ (๐‘จ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ข๐‘ง๐‘ค ๐‘จ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ง๐‘ฏ๐‘ฐ sitelen pona ๐‘’๐‘จ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘ผ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ง๐‘ฏ๐‘›๐‘ผ๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘ผ๐‘ฅ ๐‘ฑ ๐‘“๐‘ญ๐‘ฏ๐‘‘ ๐‘ž๐‘จ๐‘‘ ๐‘ฃ๐‘จ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ค๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ฉ๐‘—๐‘ผ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ญ๐‘ฏ) ๐‘ธ ๐‘’๐‘ฉ๐‘‘ ๐‘ญ๐‘“ ๐‘จ๐‘‘ ๐‘‘๐‘ง๐‘’๐‘•๐‘‘ ๐‘ฎ๐‘จ๐‘๐‘ฆ๐‘™.

๐‘ฉ๐‘›๐‘ฆ๐‘–๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘ฉ๐‘ค๐‘ฐ,

๐‘‘๐‘ง๐‘’๐‘ฏ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘ฉ๐‘ค ๐‘’๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘•๐‘ฆ๐‘›๐‘ผ๐‘ฑ๐‘–๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘Ÿ

๐‘ฟ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฉ๐‘š๐‘ฆ๐‘ค๐‘ฆ๐‘‘๐‘ฐ ๐‘’๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘•๐‘ฆ๐‘›๐‘ผ๐‘ฑ๐‘–๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘Ÿ

๐‘จ๐‘’๐‘•๐‘ง๐‘•๐‘ฉ๐‘š๐‘ฆ๐‘ค๐‘ฆ๐‘‘๐‘ฐ ๐‘’๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘•๐‘ฆ๐‘›๐‘ผ๐‘ฑ๐‘–๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘Ÿ

๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘ฎ๐‘ฆ๐‘™ ๐‘’๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘•๐‘ฆ๐‘›๐‘ผ๐‘ฑ๐‘–๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘Ÿ

๐‘›๐‘ฆ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฒ๐‘ฏ ๐‘“๐‘ฉ๐‘ค๐‘ญ๐‘•๐‘ฉ๐‘“๐‘ฐ

๐‘ฒ ๐‘๐‘ฟ ๐‘ฟ๐‘•๐‘ฆ๐‘ก ๐‘ sitelen pona ๐‘ญ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ž ๐‘ข๐‘ง๐‘š ๐‘ข๐‘ฆ๐‘ž๐‘ฆ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ž ๐‘“๐‘ฉ๐‘ค๐‘ญ๐‘•๐‘ฉ๐‘“๐‘ฐ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘ฎ๐‘ฉ๐‘œ๐‘ฎ๐‘ง๐‘•๐‘ฆ๐‘ ๐‘ง๐‘ฏ๐‘ฃ๐‘จ๐‘ฏ๐‘•๐‘ฅ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘‘: ๐‘ž๐‘ฑ๐‘ฎ ๐‘ฆ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฏ๐‘ด ๐‘ข๐‘ฑ ๐‘ ๐‘ฏ๐‘ด๐‘ฆ๐‘™ ๐‘ฃ๐‘ต ๐‘ฆ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฐ๐‘›๐‘ฆ๐‘™ ๐‘ธ ๐‘’๐‘ญ๐‘ฏ๐‘‘๐‘ง๐‘ฏ๐‘‘, ๐‘ฃ๐‘ฌ ๐‘ž๐‘ฑ ๐‘ธ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฐ๐‘›๐‘ฆ๐‘™ ๐‘ธ ๐‘’๐‘ญ๐‘ฏ๐‘‘๐‘ง๐‘ฏ๐‘‘, ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ข๐‘ญ๐‘‘ ๐‘›๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘ฒ๐‘• ๐‘ฏ ๐‘•๐‘ง๐‘‘๐‘ฆ๐‘™๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ž๐‘ฑ ๐‘ธ ๐‘ฟ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘™ ๐‘‘ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฐ๐‘› ๐‘ธ ๐‘’๐‘ญ๐‘ฏ๐‘‘๐‘ง๐‘ฏ๐‘‘. ๐‘ฆ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ž๐‘ฆ๐‘• ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘•๐‘ป๐‘‘๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘‘๐‘ฐ, ๐‘ข๐‘ฐ ๐‘ฅ๐‘ฉ๐‘•๐‘‘ ๐‘•๐‘‘๐‘ฎ๐‘ฒ๐‘ ๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฎ๐‘ฉ๐‘๐‘ฒ๐‘› ๐‘ฑ ๐‘š๐‘ฑ๐‘•๐‘ค๐‘ฒ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ ๐‘ฉ๐‘•๐‘ง๐‘ฏ๐‘–๐‘ฉ๐‘ค ๐‘’๐‘ญ๐‘ฏ๐‘‘๐‘ง๐‘ฏ๐‘‘ ๐‘ฏ ๐‘“๐‘ณ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘–๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘จ๐‘ค๐‘ฆ๐‘‘๐‘ฐ ๐‘‘ ๐‘จ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฅ๐‘ง๐‘ฏ๐‘ฐ ๐‘ฟ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ผ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘จ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘ญ๐‘•๐‘ฉ๐‘š๐‘ฉ๐‘ค.

๐‘ž ๐‘’๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘•๐‘‘๐‘ฎ๐‘ณ๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘ฆ๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘จ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ฆ๐‘ก, toki pona, ๐‘ฆ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ž ๐‘š๐‘ฑ๐‘•๐‘ค๐‘ฒ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ฏ ๐‘’๐‘ญ๐‘ฅ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฐ๐‘•๐‘น๐‘• ๐‘ ๐‘ญ๐‘ค ๐‘ฅ๐‘ง๐‘ฅ๐‘š๐‘ผ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘ž toki pona ๐‘’๐‘ฉ๐‘ฅ๐‘ฟ๐‘ฏ๐‘ฆ๐‘‘๐‘ฐ.

๐‘ž ๐‘’๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘•๐‘‘๐‘ฎ๐‘ณ๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘ฆ๐‘› ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฒ๐‘‘๐‘ฆ๐‘™ ๐‘•๐‘ฆ๐‘•๐‘‘๐‘ฉ๐‘ฅ, sitelen pona, ๐‘ฆ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘š๐‘ฟ๐‘‘๐‘ฉ๐‘“๐‘ฉ๐‘ค ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ฆ๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘‘๐‘ฆ๐‘ฏ๐‘ฟ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘‘ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘ณ๐‘ฅ ๐‘ฅ๐‘น ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ฅ๐‘น ๐‘ฟ๐‘ฏ๐‘ฐ๐‘’ ๐‘ฏ ๐‘๐‘จ๐‘ค๐‘˜๐‘ฉ๐‘š๐‘ฉ๐‘ค, ๐‘จ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘ญ๐‘ฏ๐‘‘๐‘• ๐‘•๐‘ฉ๐‘๐‘น๐‘‘ ๐‘ฅ๐‘น ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ฅ๐‘น ๐‘“๐‘ฐ๐‘—๐‘ผ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ค๐‘ฒ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ญ๐‘ฅ๐‘š๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘ฑ๐‘–๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ ๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘ฆ๐‘“๐‘•, ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘•๐‘‘๐‘ง๐‘ฏ๐‘›๐‘ฆ๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘ฆ๐‘“๐‘•, ๐‘•๐‘ฅ๐‘ญ๐‘ค ๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘ฆ๐‘“๐‘•, ๐‘ญ๐‘ค๐‘‘๐‘ผ๐‘ฏ๐‘ฉ๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘ฆ๐‘“๐‘•, ๐‘ฏ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ๐‘•๐‘๐‘ด๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘ณ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘—๐‘ต๐‘ฑ๐‘–๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ.

๐‘ž๐‘ฆ๐‘• ๐‘š๐‘ฟ๐‘‘๐‘ฉ๐‘“๐‘ฉ๐‘ค ๐‘‘๐‘ฎ๐‘ง๐‘–๐‘ผ ๐‘ ๐‘ž toki pona ๐‘’๐‘ฉ๐‘ฅ๐‘ฟ๐‘ฏ๐‘ฆ๐‘‘๐‘ฐ ๐‘ฃ๐‘จ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ž ๐‘๐‘ฉ๐‘‘๐‘ง๐‘ฏ๐‘–๐‘ฉ๐‘ค ๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฎ๐‘ฐ๐‘๐‘ง๐‘ฏ๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฐ๐‘๐‘ฉ๐‘ค ๐‘ฃ๐‘ต ๐‘“๐‘ฒ๐‘ฏ๐‘› ๐‘ž๐‘ฉ๐‘ฅ๐‘•๐‘ง๐‘ค๐‘๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฆ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ง๐‘ฏ๐‘ฐ ๐‘ ๐‘ž ๐‘•๐‘ฆ๐‘—๐‘ต๐‘ฑ๐‘–๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฉ๐‘š๐‘ณ๐‘ ๐‘“๐‘ผ๐‘ฅ ๐‘š๐‘ฐ๐‘ฆ๐‘™ ๐‘ฑ๐‘š๐‘ฉ๐‘ค ๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘ซ๐‘ค๐‘ฐ ๐‘ง๐‘ฏ๐‘ก๐‘ถ ๐‘ž toki pona ๐‘’๐‘ญ๐‘ฏ๐‘‘๐‘ง๐‘ฏ๐‘‘.

๐‘’๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘’๐‘ค๐‘ต๐‘ ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ

๐‘•๐‘ด ๐‘ข๐‘ง๐‘ฏ ๐‘ฆ๐‘‘โ€™๐‘• ๐‘‘๐‘ง๐‘’๐‘ฏ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘ฉ๐‘ค๐‘ฐ ๐‘“๐‘ฐ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฉ๐‘š๐‘ฉ๐‘ค, ๐‘๐‘ฎ๐‘ฉ๐‘๐‘ฒ๐‘› sitelen [la sina nasin] ๐‘ท๐‘ค๐‘‘๐‘ป๐‘ฏ๐‘ฉ๐‘‘๐‘ฆ๐‘๐‘Ÿ ๐‘‘ ๐‘˜๐‘น sitelen pona ๐‘’๐‘ญ๐‘ฏ๐‘‘๐‘ง๐‘ฏ๐‘‘. ๐‘ฆ๐‘ฏ ๐‘›๐‘ต๐‘ฆ๐‘™ ๐‘•๐‘ด, ๐‘ฟ ๐‘ฃ๐‘ง๐‘ค๐‘ sitelen pona ๐‘‘ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฐ๐‘ฅ๐‘ฑ๐‘ฏ Pona, ๐‘ฏ ๐‘’๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ๐‘‘๐‘ฎ๐‘ฆ๐‘š๐‘ฟ๐‘‘ ๐‘‘ ๐‘ฑ ๐‘’๐‘ณ๐‘ค๐‘—๐‘ผ ๐‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘ฏ๐‘’๐‘ค๐‘ต๐‘ ๐‘ฉ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ข๐‘ฆ๐‘ž๐‘ฆ๐‘ฏ ๐‘ž toki pona ๐‘’๐‘ฉ๐‘ฅ๐‘ฟ๐‘ฏ๐‘ฆ๐‘‘๐‘ฐ.

Read in English using the Latin Script

Thesis: Everyone who makes content in sitelen pona and publishes it to the web should provide sitelen Lasina transcriptions for their sitelen pona work.

The Rationale

There are lots of reasons to do this.

For one example, in some browsers, nasin nanpa characters (as well as any SP characters rendered from a font that has ligatures on) are cut off at text wrapping.

Additionally,

Technical considerations

Usability considerations

Accessibility considerations

Sharing considerations

Design Philosophy

I view usage of Sitelen Pona on the web within the philosophy of progressive enhancement: There is no way of knowing who is reading our content, how they are reading our content, and what device and settings they are using to read our content. In this uncertainty, we must strive to provide a baseline of essential content and functionality to as many users as possible.

The constructed language, Toki Pona, is the baseline and common resource of all members of the Toki Pona community.

The constructed writing system, Sitelen Pona, is beautiful and it continues to become more and more unique and valuable, as fonts support more and more features like combination glyphs, extended glyphs, small glyphs, alternate glyphs, and bespoke punctuation.

This beautiful treasure of the Toki Pona community has the potential to prevent people who find themselves in any of the situations above from being able to fully enjoy the Toki Pona content.

Conclusion

So when it's technically feasible, provide sitelen Lasina alternatives to your Sitelen Pona content. In doing so, you help Sitelen Pona to remain Pona, and contribute to a culture of inclusion within the Toki Pona community.