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kulupu pali pi sitelen pona

sitelen pona publishers &
typographers association

Tiers of Teachability sona pi suli kepeken sona pi suli kepeken

gradient of four colors each have a symbol belonging to respective tiers: sona 'knowledge', leko 'cube', linluwi 'network', and lastly kokosila 'to not speak toki pona'.

The following table describes the Tiers of Teachability into which Common Sitelen Pona assigns its word characters and punctuation characters. The purpose of these categories is to capture the way the Toki Pona community engages with Toki Pona and Sitelen Pona. In this, we understood that there is a wide array of ways in which any given member of the community may use Sitelen Pona, but community-wide, there are clear trends that emerge in what features any given speaker elects to use.

jan li wile kama sona pona e nasin sitelen la
zz ona o sona e nasin ni> zz kulupu pi(nasin sitelen) li kepeken
kulupu pi(sitelen+pona) la jan ante mute li kepeken nasin ante mute
jan mute li kepeken sitelen+pona musi zz taso lipu pi(sitelen+pona kulupu) la
zz mi wile sona e musi lili ala e ni
zz zz ale la sitelen nimi seme en sitelen+nasin seme li suli lon kepeken
insa pi(sitelen+pona kulupu) la tesuli nanpa wanto en te suli nanpa tu to
zz en te suli nanpa tu wanto li nanpa e suli pi(ijo suli kulupu^)

jan li wile kama sona pona e nasin sitelen la ona o sona e nasin ni: kulupu pi nasin sitelen li kepeken. kulupu pi sitelen pona la jan ante mute li kepeken nasin ante mute. jan mute li kepeken sitelen pona musi. taso lipu pi sitelen pona kulupu la mi wile sona e musi lili ala e ni: ale la sitelen nimi seme en sitelen nasin seme li suli lon kepeken? insa pi sitelen pona kulupu la 'suli kepeken #W' en 'suli kepeken #T' en 'suli kepeken #TW' li nanpa e suli pi ijo suli ni.

Summarizing Tiers of Teachability
Tier # Description
Tier 1 Almost universal, reflecting conservative interpretations of the writing system as first described in Toki Pona: The Language of Good (2014)
Tier 2 Very popular, widely used.
Tier 3 Somewhat popular. Peripheral, but needed by a prominent minority. Lowest teaching priority.
Tier 4 Unlisted.
nanpa pi suli kepeken li seme?
nanpa suli suli ni li seme
suli #W ale li kepeken ni. ale li pilin e ni: ni li lon nasin ni: lipu pu li toki open e sitelen pona.
suli #T jan mute a li kepeken ni.
suli #TW jan pi mute lili li kepeken ni. ni li lon ala nasin suli, taso jan kepeken li lili ala. pana sona la ni li lili nanpa wan.
lili sitelen pona kulupu la ni li weka.
nanpa pi(suli kepeken) li seme
nanpa suli suli ni< li seme
suli nanpa wan ale li kepeken ni<. ale li pilin e ni> zz ni< li lon nasin ni> zz lipu pu li toki open e sitelen+pona.
suli nanpa tu jan mute a li kepeken ni.<
suli nanpa tu wan jan pi(mute lili) li kepeken ni<. ni< li lon ala nasin suli. taso jan kepeken li lili ala.pana sona la ni< li lili nanpa wan.
lili sitelen+pona kulupu la ni< li weka.