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This is a sound-change set to be applied to Toki Pona (Toki Pona is a famous conlang by Sonja Kisa).

== Phonology ==
=== Consonants ===
* p/f (f) t (th) k (kh)
* b d j
* m n
* w y h
* s l (š? r?) 

=== Vowels ===
* a i u (ä e o)
* ā (å) ī ū

== Sound changes ==

=== Establishing roots ===
* Consonants in Toki Pona morphemes are rearranged into roots of shape C_C_C or C_CC_C

=== Metathesis ===
* C N C roots where N and C share the same place of articulation become C C N roots

* C P C roots become C F C roots (/s/ is included as a pretend plosive and becomes /š/ instead of leniting away)

* C C S roots become C S C roots (S = semivowel, h is included for convenience's sake)
:: toki > T K Y > T Y K (example: taykh)

=== Voicing mutation ===
* A secondary derivation of a root can be made with voicing
:: P W N > B W N (example: baham)

=== Dissimilation and assimilation ===
* (C w n) becomes (C h m) with (a a) vowels.
:: pona > P W N + a a > faham, but P W N + u u > fūwn

* (C y j) may become (C w j)
:: toki > T Y K > D Y G > D Y J > dawj, not *dayj

* /š/ will become /z/ to dissimilate from /(d)ž/

=== Epenthesis ===
* a vowel may be inserted to break up the following root structures: (C h C, e.g. baham not bahm), (VP F VP, e.g. hasab not hasb)
:: ''Counter examples: 'ism, šd?''

== Additional Morphology ==
* Definite article ''al-''

* Actor suffix ''mu-''

* Adjective ending ''-iyy''

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezāfe Ezafe] ''-i''

* ???

== Examples ==
[http://tokipona.net/tp/classicwordlist.aspx Source of TP roots].
''Note that the original Toki Pona words were originally developed by Sonja Kisa and/or company.''

* akesi (lizard) -> ʔ K S -> 'akhaš ('ajaz)
* ala (no) -> ʔ L H -> 'alāh
* alasa (hunt) -> ʔ L S -> 'alaš
* ale (all) -> ʔ L Y -> ʔ Y L + H for fun -> 'aylah
* anpa (low) -> ʔ N P -> 'anaf (maybe 'afan, dissimilating because -n-f- is prone to assimilating to -m-f-)
* ante (different) -> ʔ N T -> ʔ T N -> 'athan
* anu (or) -> ʔ N W -> ʔ W N -> 'awn, 'aham
* awen (keep) -> ʔ Y N -> 'ayn
* en (and) -> replaced by wa, because of course.
* esun (shop) -> ʔ S N -> 'ašan
* ijo (thing) -> ʔ Y W -> ʔ Y H -> 'ayah
* ike (bad) -> ʔ K Y -> ʔ Y K -> 'aykh
* ilo (tool) -> ʔ L W -> ʔ W L -> 'aw(a)l OR 'alaw (this doesn't work too well, maybe *lawh or lahaw would be better)

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Ceige: Created page with "This is a sound-change set to be applied to Toki Pona (Toki Pona is a famous conlang by Sonja Kisa). == Phonology == === Consonants === * p/f (f) t (th) k (kh) * b d j * m n..."