Public Draft: Common Sitelen Pona te sitelen pona kulupu to li lipu pi(pini ala) lipu pi sitelen pona kulupu (li pini ala)

Tier 1 Punctuation Characters sitelen nasin pi(suli nanpawan) sitelen nasin pi suli #W

• [ ] start of cartouche sitelen li open e poki pi(nimi kalama) ni tu li open e poki pi nimi kalama , zz , end of cartouche sitelen li pini e poki pi(nimi kalama) li pini e poki pi nimi kalama

  This pair of invisible characters go on either side of glyphs to render them within a cartouche. nimi kalama li ni> zz ona li sama kute tawa nimi pi(toki ante) li nimi pi(toki+pona ala). sitelen open en sitelen pini li selo e poki. nimi kalama li ni: ona li sama kute tawa nimi pi toki ante li nimi pi toki pona ala. 'sitelen Lasina' la 'Lasina' li nimi kalama. sitelen pona la nimi kalama ale li lon insa poki.

  Sequence: open la open: jan 'cartouche-start' anpa mama awen 'cartouche-end'jan 'nimi-open' anpa mama awen 'nimi-pini' Appears as: pini la pini: jan [anpa mama awen]
• luka&luka combined glyph, non-standard combination
  (zero-width joiner) sitelen+ni li wan e sitelen tu kepeken nasin ken ni li wan e sitelen tu kepeken nasin ken *

  This invisible character is used to combine two glyphs in a non-standard way or in a way the fontmaker specifies. Depending on the shape of the glyphs and preferences of the fontmaker, the combination may end up combined into a glyph taking features from each glyph, joined horizontally, stacked, nested, or combined some other way. sitelen+ni kon la jan pali pi(nasin sitelen ilo) li wan e sitelen tu kepeken nasin ken pona. ken la sitelen tu li ken wan pi nasin sin li ken wan anpa sewi li ken wan selo insa. sitelen ni kon la jan pali pi nasin sitelen ilo li wan e sitelen tu kepeken nasin ken pona. ken la sitelen tu li ken wan pi nasin sin li ken wan anpa sewi li ken wan selo insa.

  Sequence: open la open: soweli 'zw-joiner' suwi li kalama 'zw-joiner' jakisoweli 'wan-ken' suwi li kalama 'wan-ken' jaki Appears as: pini la pini: soweli&suwi li kalama&jaki
• luka-luka combined glyph, written above
  (stacking joiner) sitelen+ni li wan e sitelen tu lon anpa lon sewi ni li wan e sitelen tu lon anpa lon sewi

  This invisible character is used to combine two glyphs by stacking the second glyph over the first. sitelen+ni kon li wan e sitelen tu la nasin sitelen ilo li pana e sitelen nanpa tu tawa sewi pi(sitelen nanpa wan). sitelen ni kon li wan e sitelen tu la nasin sitelen ilo li pana e sitelen nanpa tu tawa sewi pi sitelen nanpa wan.

  Sequence: open la open: soweli 'stack-joiner' suwi li kalama 'stack-joiner' jakisoweli 'wan-sewi' suwi li kalama 'wan-sewi' jaki Appears as: pini la pini: soweli-suwi li kalama-jaki
• luka+luka combined glyph, written inside
  (nesting joiner) sitelen+ni li wan e sitelen tu lon selo lon insa ni li wan e sitelen tu lon selo lon insa

  This invisible character is used to combine two glyphs by writing the second glyph inside the first. sitelen+ni kon li wan e sitelen tu la nasin sitelen ilo li pana e sitelen nanpa tu tawa insa pi(sitelen nanpa wan). sitelen ni kon li wan e sitelen tu la nasin sitelen ilo li pana e sitelen nanpa tu tawa insa pi sitelen nanpa wan.

  Sequence: open la open: soweli 'nesting-joiner' suwi li kalama 'nesting-joiner' jakisoweli 'wan-insa' suwi li kalama 'wan-insa' jaki Appears as: pini la pini: soweli+suwi li kalama+jaki
• | ideographic space sitelen pi weka sitelen sitelen pi weka sitelen *

  Used to create a visible space, which can be used as sentence-ending punctuation, or within the indented style. weka sitelen li ken pini e toki. nasin ante wan la, weka sitelen li lon open pi(linja sitelen) la toki pi(linja ni<) li awen e toki pi(linja pini). tenpo mute la selo pi(weka sitelen) li suli sama sitelen wan. weka sitelen li ken pini e toki. nasin ante wan la, weka sitelen li lon open pi linja sitelen la, toki pi linja ni li awen e toki pi linja pini. tenpo mute la selo pi weka sitelen li suli sama sitelen wan.

  Sequence: open la open: mi toki 'ideographic-space' sina toki alami toki 'weka-sitelen' sina toki ala Appears as: pini la pini: mi toki zz sina toki ala

Tier 2 Punctuation Characters sitelen nasin pi(suli nanpatu) sitelen nasin pi suli #T

• zz zz start of long glyph sitelen+ni li open e linja anpa poki ni tu li open e linja anpa poki , zz , end of long glyph sitelen+ni li pini e linja anpa poki li pini e linja anpa poki

  When used after a glyph that a fontmaker supports as extendable, this pair of invisible characters go on either side of the glyphs that the extension should go around. suli la sitelen+ni tu li lon nasin pi nimi te pi to. zz linja li ken kama lon anpa pi(nimi mute) li ken pana lukin e sona ni> zz poki pi nimi te pi to li open lon seme li pini lon seme. suli la ni tu li tawa nimi 'pi.' linja li ken kama lon anpa pi nimi mute li ken pana lukin e sona ni: poki pi nimi 'pi' li open lon seme li pini lon seme.

  Sequence: open la open: kili jelo pi 'long-start' nena selo nasa mute laso 'long-end'kili jelo pi 'linja-open' nena selo nasa mute laso 'linja-pini' Appears as: pini la pini: kili jelo pi(nena selo nasa mute laso)
• te to left corner bracket sitelen+ni li open e poki toki nimi te en to li open e poki toki nimi , zz , right corner bracket sitelen+ni li pini e poki toki nimi li pini e poki toki nimi *

  Used as quotation punctuation. The left opens, the right closes. sitelen+ni tu li lon toki pi(nasin tu) ni>
  zz nimi ijo la lipu te jan [o suli uta] pi(wawa nasa) to li musi.
  zz toki jan la te mi pakala a to. te o pilin ike ala to. "toki a" la linja lili tu pi sitelen Lasina li pana e sona ni: "toki a" li toki nimi pi mi ala. sitelen pona kulupu li pali sama kepeken sitelen leko pi ma Nijon.

  Sequence: open la open: ona li toki 'left-bracket' sina pona 'right-bracket'ona li toki 'te-open' sina pona 'to-pini' Appears as: pini la pini: ona li toki te sina pona to
• . middle dot sitelen pi(sike lili insa) sitelen pi sike lili insa

  Mostly used as sentence-ending punctuation. In a cartouche, it can refer to one mora in nasin sitelen kalama. sitelen pi(sike lili insa) li ken toki e ni> zz pini pi(linja toki) li lon seme. poki pi(nimi kalama) la nasin sitelen kalama li sitelen e kalama namako wan kepeken sitelen pi(sike lili). sitelen pi sike lili li ken toki e ni: pini pi linja toki li lon seme. poki pi nimi kalama la, nasin sitelen kalama li sitelen e nimi kalama kepeken sitelen pi sike lili.

  Sequence: open la open: a 'middle-dot' nasin pi ma 'cartouche-start' poka 'middle-dot' 'cartouche-end' li wawa 'middle-dot'a 'sike-insa' nasin pi ma 'nimi-open' poka 'sike-insa' 'nimi-pini' li wawa 'sike-insa' Appears as: pini la pini: a. nasin pi ma[poka.] li wawa.
• : colon sitelen pi(sike lili tu) sitelen pi sike lili tu

  In a cartouche, used to indicate that a word should be fully sounded out in nasin sitelen kalama. poki pi(nimi kalama) la nasin sitelen kalama li sitelen e kalama ale pi(nimi wan) kepeken sitelen pi(sike lili tu). poki pi nimi kalama la nasin sitelen kalama li sitelen e kalama ale pi nimi wan kepeken sitelen pi sike lili tu.

  Sequence: open la open: ma 'cartouche-start' a meli 'colon' kala 'middle-dot' 'cartouche-end' selima 'nimi-open' a meli 'sike-tu' kala 'sike-insa' 'nimi-pini' seli Appears as: pini la pini: ma [a meli: kala.] seli

Tier 3 Punctuation Characters sitelen nasin pi(suli nanpatu wan) sitelen nasin pi suli #TW

• , combining tally mark sitelen+ni li linja lili anpa lon poki pi(nimi kalama) ni li linja lili anpa lon poki pi nimi kalama

  In a cartouche, used to write names in the compact nasin sitelen kalama pi linja lili style. nasin sitelen kalama pi(linja lili) la linja lili wan li lon linja anpa lon poki pi(nimi kalama) la nimi kalama o kepeken kalama wan tan sitelen ni> zz ona li lon sewi pi(linja lili). nasin sitelen kalama pi linja lili la linja lili wan li lon linja anpa lon poki pi nimi kalama la nimi kalama o kepeken kalama wan tan sitelen ni: ona li lon sewi pi linja lili.

  Sequence: open la open: ma 'cartouche-start' a meli 'tally' 'tally' 'tally' 'tally' kala 'tally' 'tally' 'cartouche-end' selima 'nimi-open' a meli 'linja' 'linja' 'linja' 'linja' kala 'linja' 'linja' 'nimi-pini' seli Appears as: pini la pini: ma [a meli,,,,kala,,] seli

* These characters are already served by public-use Unicode codepoints and do not require new assignments. nanpa pi(sitelen ilo) la sitelen+nasin ni li wile ala e sitelen sin namako pi(sitelen+pona taso)
li ken kepeken sitelen lon pi nasin [jan uta ni: ko:]. nasin Juniko la sitelen nasin ni li wile ala e sitelen sin namako pi sitelen pona taso li ken kepeken sitelen lon pi nasin Juniko.