Which words are commonly written in Sitelen Pona?
nimi seme li suli kepeken
nimi seme li suli kepeken
- 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
Process nasin alasa nasin alasa
Algorithm: Three appointed members assign words to one of four Tiers of Teachability, drawing on different sources of data to make their determinations.
Each appointed member was free to design their own algorithm based on their data source. The sources are as follows:
anpa-sewi en kala en mun li lon kulupu pi(alasa nimi)
ni^ en ni^ en ni^ li pali lon ona taso
zz li nanpa e suli kepeken pi(nimi ale) kepeken sona ante tan
pini la kulupu pi(alasa nimi) li wan e pilin ona tu wan
sona ante tan la ona pali li kepeken sona ni lon nasin pi(wile ona)
o kama sona e ijo tu wan lon kulupu pali pi(alasa nimi)
zz e pali tu wan pi(kulupu ni^) e nasin tu wan pi(kulupu ni^)
anpa sewi en kala en mun li lon kulupu pi alasa nimi. ona tu wan li pali lon ona taso li nanpa e suli kepeken pi nimi ale kepeken sona ante tan. pini la, kulupu pi alasa nimi li wan e pilin ona tu wan.
sona ante tan la ona pali li kepeken sona ni lon nasin pi wile ona. o kama sona kulupu pi alasa nimi e pali tu wan pi kulupu ni e nasin tu wan pi kulupu ni.
Mrs. Lang (anpa sewi) anpa-sewi anpa sewi
As the creator of the Toki Pona language and the Sitelen Pona script, Mrs. Lang has a unique decades-long view of their stability. Mrs. Lang published Sitelen Pona in Toki Pona: The Language of Good (2014). In 2021, Mrs. Lang conducted a series of word usage surveys, the results of which were published in the book Toki Pona Dictionary.
Mrs. Lang assigned all words from the 2014 publication as Tier 1 words, and then assigned the rest via discretion, informed by the Official Toki Pona book series and the creator's own distinctive lived experience.
Mrs. Lang (author of Official Toki Pona series) held one vote within this algorithm.
anpa-sewi li mama pi(toki+pona) li mama pi(sitelen+pona)
ona li sona e toki pona tan tenpo open la
zz sona ona li suli a li tenpo a
lipu pu pi(anpa-sewi) li kama lon tenpo pini li mama e sitelen+pona
lon tenpo pini pi(poka lili) la anpa-sewi li alasa e suli kepeken pi(nimi mute)
zz zz zz zz zz zz zz zz zz zz zz zz li pana e sona ni^ tawa lipu ku
nasin nimi nanpa pi(anpa-sewi) li ni
zz nimi ale pi(lipu pu) li suli kepeken nanpa wan
zz nimi ante ale la anpa-sewi li kepeken sona mama ona li kepeken pilin mama ona
pali nimi la pilin pi(anpa-sewi)
zz li pilin wan pi(pilin tu wan)
anpa sewi li mama pi toki pona li mama pi sitelen pona. ona li sona e toki pona tan tenpo open la sona ona li suli a li tenpo a. lipu pu pi anpa sewi li kama lon tenpo sike #MALLTT li mama e sitelen pona. lon tenpo sike #MAMW la anpa sewi li alasa e suli kepeken pi nimi mute li pana e sona ni tawa lipu ku.
nasin nimi nanpa pi anpa sewi li ni: nimi ale pi lipu pu li suli kepeken nanpa wan. nimi ante ale la anpa sewi li kepeken sona mama ona li kepeken pilin mama ona.
pali nimi la pilin pi anpa sewi li pilin wan pi pilin tu wan.
lipu Linku and kala Asi lipu Linku en kala [alasa sona ilo] lipu Linku en kala Asi
The Linku project provides open datasets for Toki Pona. The Linku maintainers annually survey the community regarding what words they use and understand. The word dataset lists words under one of four usage categories: core (90%- 100%), common (60%-90%), uncommon (30%-60%), and obscure (0%-30%).
In reworking this data for Tiers of Teachability in Common Sitelen Pona, kala Asi, the initiator of Linku, slightly modified the threshold:
- Tier 1: [80%; 100%], reflecting 'Linku core' words and some 'Linku common' words
- Tier 2: [60%; 80%], reflecting most 'Linku common' words
- Tier 3: [30%; 60%], reflecting 'Linku uncommon' words
As reported by kala Asi, the Linku project held one vote within this algorithm.
pali Linku li lipu e sona mute lon nimi pi(toki+pona)
kulupu pali Linku li alasa e sona ni^ tan kulupu lon tenpo sike ale
zz jan kulupu li kepeken nimi seme li sona e nimi seme
lipu nimi Linku li poki e nimi tan suli ona kepeken poki tu tu ni
jan luka luka la jan luka tu tu li kepeken la nimi li suli a
zz zz zz zz jan luka wan li kepeken la nimi li suli
zz zz zz zz jan tu wan li kepeken la nimi li suli lili
zz zz zz zz ante la nimi li suli ala
kala [alasa sona ilo] li jan pali pi(kulupu Linku) lon pali ni
ona li ante e sona Linku pi(suli nimi) tawa suli nimi pi(sitelen+pona kulupu) la
zz ona li ante lili e nanpa
- suli kepeken nanpa wan la jan luka la jan tu tu li kepeken
zz nimi ale te suli a to li lon ni^
zz nimi te suli to pi(mute lili) li lon ni^ - suli kepeken nanpa tu la jan luka la jan tu wan li kepeken
zz nimi mute te suli to li lon ni^ - suli kepeken nanpa mute la jan luka luka la jan tu wan li kepeken
zz nimi ale te suli lili to li lon ni^
pali nimi la sona pi(lipu Linku) en nasin pi(kala [alasa sona ilo])
zz li pilin wan pi(pilin tu wan)
pali Linku li lipu e sona mute lon nimi pi toki pona. kulupu pali Linku li alasa e sona ni tan kulupu lon tenpo sike ale: jan kulupu li kepeken nimi seme, li sona e nimi seme. lipu nimi Linku li poki e nimi tan suli ona, kepeken poki tu tu. nimi wan la, jan LL la: jan LTT li kepeken la nimi li 'suli a'. jan LW li kepeken la 'suli'. jan TW la 'suli lili'. ante la 'suli ala'.
kala Asi li jan pali pi kulupu Linku lon pali ni. ona li ante e sona Linku pi suli nimi tawa suli nimi pi sitelen pona kulupu la, ona li ante lili e nanpa:
- suli kepeken #W: jan LL la jan LTW li kepeken. nimi ale pi poki 'suli a' en nimi lili pi poki 'suli' li lon ni.
- suli kepeken #T: jan LL la jan LW li kepeken. nimi mute pi poki 'suli' li lon ni.
- suli kepeken #TW: jan LL la jan TW li kepeken. nimi ale pi poki 'suli lili' li lon ni.
pali nimi la sona pi lipu Linku en nasin pi kala Asi li pilin wan pi pilin tu wan.
ilo Muni and Gregory Danielson III (mun Kekan San)
ilo [mute. nimi.]
en mun [ken . kalama . nasa][mute:]
ilo Muni en mun Kekan San
ilo Muni is a word usage analyzer that draws on a large corpus of community data, filtered to only contain Toki Pona text. mun Kekan San is the author of ilo Muni and set the following thresholds in assigning the words to Tiers of Teachability.
- Tier 1: Words with >=10% authorship over >=5 years, reflecting all words in the Official Toki Pona series' 2014 publication, as these words are known to be stable.
- Tier 2: Words with >=7.5% authorship over >=4 years, reflecting the threshold that most closely captures all words in Linku's 'common' category.
- Tier 3: Words >=5% authorship over >=3 years, reflecting the last point before statistical noise becomes an issue.
As reported by mun Kekan San, ilo Muni held the tie-breaking vote within this algorithm.
ilo [mute. nimi.] li kama e sona nanpa pi(nasin nimi kepeken)
zz kepeken poki suli pi(toki+pona taso)
mun [ken . kalama . nasa][mute:] li mama e ilo [mute]
ona li wile sona e suli nimi pi(sitelen+pona kulupu) kepeken ilo [mute] la
zz mun li pali e nasin ni
- suli kepeken nanpa wan la nimi ale pi(lipu pu) li lon
zz tenpo sike luka la
zz zz jan wan ale la ona luka luka li kepeken - suli kepeken nanpa tu la nimi ale suli pi(lipu Linku) li lon
zz tenpo sike tu tu la
zz zz jan tu ale la ona luka luka tu tu li kepeken - suli kepeken nanpa tu wan la ilo [mute] li pakala nanpa nasa ala
zz tenpo sike tu wan la
zz zz jan wan ale la ona luka taso li kepeken
pali nimi la ilo [mute.nimi] en nasin pi(mun [ken][mute])
zz li pilin wan pi(pilin tu wan)
taso ken tu li pilin pi(mute sama) la pilin mun li ken anpa e pilin ante
ilo Muni pi mute nimi li kama e sona nanpa pi nasin nimi kepeken poki suli pi toki pona taso. mun Kekan San li mama e ilo Muni. ona li wile sona e suli nimi pi sitelen pona kulupu kepeken ilo Muni la mun li pali e nasin ni:
- suli kepeken #W: tenpo sike L la jan WA la ona LL li kepeken nimi ni. nasin ni la nimi ale pi lipu pu li lon.
- suli kepeken #T: tenpo sike TT la jan TA la jan LLTT li kepeken nimi ni. nasin ni la nimi ale 'suli' pi lipu Linku li lon.
- suli kepeken #TW: tenpo sike TW la jan WA la ona L li kepeken nimi ni. nanpa ni la ilo Muni li pakala nanpa nasa ala.
pali nimi la ilo Muni en mun Kekan San li pilin wan pi pilin tu wan. ken tu li pilin pi mute sama la pilin pi mun Kekan San li ken anpa e pilin ante.
Results sona kama sona kama
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Or download the raw results: WORDS
o lukin e sitelen nimi pi( suli nanpa wan)
o lukin e sitelen nimi pi( suli nanpa tu)
o lukin e sitelen nimi pi( suli nanpa tu wan)
o lukin e sona ale ni> zz sitelen nimi
o lukin e sitelen nimi pi suli #W
o lukin e sitelen nimi pi suli #T
o lukin e sitelen nimi pi suli #TW
o lanpan e sona ale: sitelen nimi