#ABC pi toki pona

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velvet magnet
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this is a project where we assign toki pona words to letters of the standart english alphabet

heady frigate
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as in

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their sounds?

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or shapes?

velvet magnet
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either could work

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also lets add the [abcptp] tag before the messages that actually contain the chosen letter & word

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[abcptp]

A = uta
because it's an open mouth

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restive wind
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a oke

velvet magnet
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polinpin might work for b because it is basically bowlingpin

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and there isnt any sitelen pona too similar to it

restive wind
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for A couldnt you use kapa it literally has A as its symbol

velvet magnet
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  1. its really obscure (2%) because nena means almost the same thing
restive wind
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k

velvet magnet
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and 2) there are better words for a (a, uta)

restive wind
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i was just wondering

velvet magnet
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ke

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anyway what do you think about polinpin for b

restive wind
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yh looks pretty good

velvet magnet
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i got the approval of one person

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[abcptp]

B = polinpin
because it's basically bowling pin

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restive wind
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oh wait what about sina

velvet magnet
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i dont think we should just find symbols that have a similar shape to the letter

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unless we have no better (more interesting) symbols for the job

haughty quarryBOT
velvet magnet
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the wjy

sleek gull
velvet magnet
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ah ok

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anyways mi tawa lape

velvet magnet
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c can be kasi because in english c makes /k/ and /s/ sounds
and because it kinda has a c-looking part if you rotate it
and because i havent found a better word for c

remote sundial
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a pali kasi telo e powe kon, ala ijo jelo kala lon ma ni o pona, kule lawa sin, tawa uta waso, wawa akesi, yutu seli... tenpo ni la mi sona e sitelen, o kama mi la o kalama kan mi :3