Which punctuation characters should use novel codepoints?
sitelen+nasin seme li sama sitelen lon pi nasin [jan]
sitelen nasin seme li sama sitelen lon pi nasin Juniko
- Methodology behind Common Sitelen Pona nasin alasa pi sitelen pona kulupu nasin alasa pi sitelen pona kulupu
- Tiers of Teachability sona pi suli kepeken sona pi suli kepeken
- Which words are commonly written in Sitelen Pona? nimi seme li suli kepeken nimi seme li suli kepeken
- Which versions of glyphs are representative of those commonly used in Sitelen Pona? selo wan seme pi sitelen nimi li suli kepeken selo wan seme pi sitelen nimi li suli kepeken
- Which variant glyphs for the same word are commonly used concurrently? sitelen nimi seme la selo mute li suli kepeken sitelen nimi seme la selo mute li suli kepeken
- Which punctuation features are commonly used in Sitelen Pona? sitelen+nasin seme li suli kepeken sitelen nasin seme li suli kepeken
- Which punctuation characters should use novel codepoints? sitelen+nasin seme li sama sitelen lon pi nasin [jan] sitelen nasin seme li sama sitelen lon pi nasin Juniko
Rationale and Results nasin en sona kama nasin en sona kama
For most of the punctuation characters in Common Sitelen Pona, the answer to the question is self-evident. Novel characters that have no existing Unicode equivalent are recommended to receive new codepoints. Characters that have an equivalent are recommended to rely on the existing codepoint.
Recommended to be mapped to existing codepoints:
- ZERO WIDTH JOINER
- IDEOGRAPHIC SPACE
- LEFT CORNER BRACKET
RIGHT CORNER BRACKET
Recommended to be assigned new codepoints:
- SITELEN PONA START OF CARTOUCHE
SITELEN PONA END OF CARTOUCHE - SITELEN PONA STACKING JOINER
- SITELEN PONA NESTING JOINER
- SITELEN PONA START OF LONG GLYPH
SITELEN PONA END OF LONG GLYPH - SITELEN PONA COMBINING TALLY MARK
- SITELEN PONA MIDDLE DOT
- SITELEN PONA COLON
SITELEN PONA MIDDLE DOT and SITELEN PONA COLON form an exceptional case. These two characters are routinely rendered in cartouches. As this behaviour deviates significantly from that expected of Unicode's MIDDLE DOT and COLON, we recommend that SITELEN PONA MIDDLE DOT and SITELEN PONA COLON be assigned new codepoints and not be combined with Unicode equivalents.
alasa sona ni^ li wile ala e pali namako zz mi ken pilin taso e sona
sitelen+nasin li sama ala sitelen lon pi(nasin [jan uta ni: ko:]) la
zz nanpa sin o lon tawa ona
sitelen+nasin li sama sitelen lon pi(nasin [jan uta ni: ko:]) la
zz o kepeken nanpa pi( sitelen lon)
sitelen+nasin ni li sama sitelen lon pi(nasin [jan] ) la ona o kepeken nanpa sama
- ZERO WIDTH JOINER
- IDEOGRAPHIC SPACE
- LEFT CORNER BRACKET
RIGHT CORNER BRACKET
sitelen+nasin ni li ante la ona o jo e nanpa sin
- SITELEN PONA START OF CARTOUCHE
SITELEN PONA END OF CARTOUCHE - SITELEN PONA STACKING JOINER
- SITELEN PONA NESTING JOINER
- SITELEN PONA START OF LONG GLYPH
SITELEN PONA END OF LONG GLYPH - SITELEN PONA COMBINING TALLY MARK
- SITELEN PONA MIDDLE DOT
- SITELEN PONA COLON
sitelen+nasin teSITELEN PONA MIDDLE DOTto en
sitelen+nasin teSITELEN PONA COLONto li nasa
tenpo mute la sitelen+nasin tu ni li kama lon poki nimi
sitelen teMIDDLE DOTto en sitelen teCOLON to
zz li sitelen lon tu pi (nasin [jan uta ni: ko:)]
taso ona li ken lon poki nimi la ni< li nasa mute nasin
ni^ la kulupu pali li pilin e ni
zz nanpa sin o lon tawa sitelen+nasin tu ni^
kulupu pali li alasa e sona ni la ona li wile ala pana e wawa pali mute. nasin li nasa ala; sitelen nasin li sin li sama ala sitelen lon pi nasin Juniko la nanpa sin o lon tawa ona. sitelen nasin li sama sitelen lon nasin Juniko la o kepeken nanpa pi sitelen lon.
sitelen nasin ni li sama sitelen lon pi nasin Juniko, ona o kepeken nanpa sama:
- ZERO WIDTH JOINER
- IDEOGRAPHIC SPACE
- LEFT CORNER BRACKET
RIGHT CORNER BRACKET
sitelen nasin ni li ante, ona o jo e nanpa sin:
- SITELEN PONA START OF CARTOUCHE
SITELEN PONA END OF CARTOUCHE - SITELEN PONA STACKING JOINER
- SITELEN PONA NESTING JOINER
- SITELEN PONA START OF LONG GLYPH
SITELEN PONA END OF LONG GLYPH - SITELEN PONA COMBINING TALLY MARK
- SITELEN PONA MIDDLE DOT
- SITELEN PONA COLON
taso a, sitelen SITELEN PONA MIDDLE DOT en sitelen SITELEN PONA COLON li nasa. tenpo mute la sitelen nasin ni tu li kama lon poki pi nimi kalama. o sona: sitelen MIDDLE DOT en sitelen COLON li lon a nasin Juniko. taso ona li ken lon poki nimi la ni li namako pi nasa mute. ni la kulupu pali li wile e ni: nanpa sin o lon tawa sitelen ni tu.