Methodology behind Common Sitelen Pona nasin alasa pi sitelen pona kulupu nasin alasa pi sitelen pona kulupu

The methodology used to define Common Sitelen Pona was primarily developed by Mrs. Lang, the language's founder, with some contributions and changes collaboratively made by various members of the working group. This methodology, described below, was subsequently approved for use by a majority of the working group.

The development of Common Sitelen Pona required us to answer several questions. The majority of this work was involved in determining what "tier of teachability" each word character would belong to, based on the word's reported and observable usage, as well as its utilization by publishers. Further, each received a singular determined representative glyph based on similar criteria, with different members of the working group assigned to that effort.

Some matters were resolved by alternative processes. One complexity that arose was the issue of whether certain alternate glyphs were semantically distinct enough from the primary glyph for the same word. The words with glyphs that met this criteria would require separate codepoints in Unicode, and similarly would need to be recognized and adopted into Common Sitelen Pona as separate characters. The association studied this issue by community-wide survey, asking members of the community to report whether and how they distinguish the glyphs in question. The association then utilized that data to determine via vote, which such alternative glyphs should be included.

Later, the association studied specific punctuation marks and other features of Sitelen Pona in a similar manner, and again determined which would be included in Common Sitelen Pona via vote.

kepeken nasin seme la kulupu pali li kama sona e sitelen+pona kulupu li lipu e ona
suli la anpa-sewi li pali e nasin zz anpa-sewi li mama pi(toki+pona)
jan ante pi(kulupu pali) li pali poka li pana e pali lili e ante lili
pini la jan mute pi(kulupu pali) li wile e ni>zz kulupu li kepeken nasin
lipu+ni li toki suli e nasin pali pi(sitelen+pona kulupu) pi(anpa-sewi)

mi pali e lipu pi(sitelen+pona kulupu) la mi kulupu li wile e sona ante mute
alasa suli nanpa wan li ni
zz nimi ale pi(toki+pona) la sitelen nimi seme li suli tawa kepeken kulupu zz
zz mi alasa zz jan li toki seme e nasin kepeken pi(nimi ni<)
zz zz zz zz mi ken lukin e kepeken seme pi(nimi ni<) lon toki kulupu
zz zz zz zz lipu mama li kepeken ala kepeken nimi ni<
alasa suli nanpa tu li alasa e sona pi(ijo ante) kepeken nasin pi(sama mute)
zz lipu pi(sitelen+pona kulupu) la sitelen nimi ale o seme lukin o kepeken selo seme
zz tan selo ken ale pi(sitelen nimi wan) la
zz zz lipu pi(sitelen+pona kulupu) li pana e selo wan tawa sitelen nimi wan
zz ni^ la kulupu li alasa e selo pi(kepeken kulupu)
alasa suli tu ni^ li tawa jan ante pi(kulupu pali)

wile sona ante tu la mi alasa kepeken nasin ante zz wile sona nasa wan li ni
zz sitelen nimi wan li jo e selo ante mute la
zz zz selo ante ni^ li ken ala ken sama nimi ante
zz selo ante pi(sitelen nimi sama) li ken sona ante la ni< li ken nimi ante
zz selo ante pi(sitelen nimi sama) pi(sona ken ante) o kama sitelen nimi ante
zz zz lon lipu pi (sitelen+pona kulupu) lon nasin [jan uta ni: ko:]
zz mi kulupu li alasa e sona ni^ kepeken ni
zz zz mi pana e lipu pi(alasa pilin) tawa ale kulupu li alasa mute e ni
zz zz zz selo tu pi(sitelen nimi wan ni<) li pilin ala pilin sama lon sona
zz kama la jan sona mute pi(kulupu pali) li lukin e pilin pi(kulupu suli)
zz zz li toki e wile ona ni> zz selo seme pi(sitelen sama) o lon lipu
zz nasin pini li kama tan wile suli pi(jan sona mute kulupu)

tenpo ante la kulupu pali li alasa e sona ni
zz sitelen+pona la kulupu li nasin e sitelen nimi kepeken nasin seme pi(suli kepeken)
zz sitelen nasin seme pi(nimi ala) o lon lipu pi(sitelen+pona kulupu)
zz open la mi kulupu li pana e lipu pi alasa pilin tawa jan ale kulupu
zz pini sama la jan sona mute pi(kulupu pali) li lukin e lipu pilin
zz zz li toki e wile ona ni> zz sitelen nasin seme o lon lipu
zz nasin pini li kama tan wile suli pi(jan sona mute kulupu)

kepeken nasin seme la kulupu pali li kama sona e sitelen pona kulupu li lipu e ona? suli la anpa sewi li pali e nasin. jan ante pi kulupu pali li pali poka li pana e pali lili e ante lili. pini la jan mute pi kulupu pali li wile e ni: kulupu li kepeken nasin. lipu ni li toki suli e nasin.

pali ni la mi kulupu li wile e sona ante mute. pali pi mute nanpa wan li tawa alasa ni: sitelen nimi seme li suli tawa kepeken kulupu? nimi ale pi toki pona la mi lukin e ni: jan li toki seme e kepeken pi nimi ni; mi ken lukin e kepeken seme pi nimi ni lon toki kulupu; lipu mama li kepeken ala kepeken nimi ni. alasa nanpa wan li pini la alasa nanpa tu li kepeken nasin pi sama mute li alasa e sona pi ijo ante: lipu pi sitelen pona kulupu la sitelen nimi ale o seme lukin o selo seme. tan selo ken ale pi sitelen nimi la lipu pi sitelen pona kulupu li pana e ona wan taso tawa sitelen nimi wan. ni la kulupu li alasa e selo pi kepeken kulupu. alasa suli tu ni li tawa jan ante pi kulupu pali.

wile sona ante pi mute lili la mi kama e sona tan nasin ante. wile sona nasa wan li ni: sitelen nimi wan li jo e selo ante mute la selo ante ni li ken ala ken sama nimi ante? selo ante pi sitelen nimi sama li ken sona ante la, selo ni li ken nimi ante. ona o sitelen nimi ante lon nasin Juniko lon sitelen pona kulupu. mi kulupu li alasa e sona kepeken ni: mi pana e lipu pi alasa pilin tawa jan ale kulupu li alasa e ni mute: selo tu pi sitelen nimi wan ni li pilin ala pilin sama lon sona? kama la jan sona mute pi kulupu pali li kute e pilin pi kulupu suli li toki e wile ona ni: selo seme pi sitelen sama o lon lipu pi sitelen pona kulupu. nasin pini li kama tan wile suli pi jan kulupu.

tenpo ante la kulupu pali li alasa e sona ni: sitelen pona la kulupu li nasin e sitelen nimi kepeken seme? sitelen nasin seme li suli tawa kepeken kulupu li wile lon sitelen pona kulupu? open la mi kulupu li pana e lipu pi alasa pilin tawa jan ale kulupu. pini pi nasin sama la jan sona mute pi kulupu pali li lukin e lipu pilin li toki e wile lon ni: sitelen nasin seme o lon lipu pi sitelen pona kulupu.