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I have created a relex of Toki Pona using my own criteria of word formation. Those criteria include brevity and meaningfulness in a scheme of word relatedness. I post this relex here to show what I would do if creating Toki Pona. I do not intend it as a replacement of Toki Pona, but as a personal amusement that others might like to see also. I call it "danga", which just means 'Toki Pona'. All the words have the shape (C)V(n). All the letters of the English alphabet are used, although 'y' occurs only in non-danga words. Pronunciation of some of the letters is arbitrary, but I use c as ch in church, j as in judge, q as s in measure, x as sh in ship. No words begin with 'n'. Words always end with a vowel or 'n', so spaces are not required to know when a word begins and ends and therefore spaces are optional in pure danga. All the grammar rules of Toki Pona also apply to danga. Non-danga words are capitalized and set off with spaces. 'N' indicates a semantic relation to the same word without 'n', and that relation is usually 'opposite of': ga = pona, gan = ike. Three words are the same in both Toki Pona and danga: e, o, and mu. Toki Pona > danga a ha akesi ve ala ci ali cu anpa ma ante gin anu en awen to e e en i ijo za ike gan ilo xa insa me jaki qen jan va jelo re jo tu kala vo kalama qo kama dun kasi vu ken un kepeken tan kili wu kin on kiwen ja ko je kon jo kule qu kulupu fe kute pan la an lape su laso ri lawa wi len xe lete qa li a lili hin linja ki lipu gun loje ro lon di luka wo lukin pon lupa lan ma ze mama fa mani xi meli go mi ba mije gon moku so moli jun monsi min mu mu mun xo musi ho mute co nanpa den nasa hon nasin da nena la ni bo nimi de noka won o o oko wa olin po ona bi open si pakala sa pali ta palisa ke pan vun pana se pi in pilin pi pimeja ran pini ka pipi ven poka mo poki xu pona ga sama gi seli qan selo men seme bu sewi man sijelo zi sike le sin ge sina be sinpin mi sitelen te sona pa soweli van suli hi suno qi supa ku suwi qe tan don taso u tawa do telo ji tenpo du toki dan tomo zo tu ce unpa pu uta we utala ti walo ra wan ca waso vi wawa he weka mon wile pe danga > Toki Pona All the words beginning with vowels are at the beginning of the list. a li an la e e en anu i en in pi o o on kin u taso un ken ba mi be sina bi ona bo ni bu seme ca wan ce tu ci ala co mute cu ali da nasin dan toki de nimi den nanpa di lon do tawa don tan du tenpo dun kama fa mama fe kulupu ga pona gan ike ge sin gi sama gin ante go meli gon mije gun lipu ha a he wawa hi suli hin lili ho musi hon nasa ja kiwen je ko ji telo jo kon jun moli ka pini ke palisa ki linja ku supa la nena lan lupa le sike ma anpa man sewi me insa men selo mi sinpin min monsi mo poka mon weka mu mu pa sona pan kute pe wile pi pilin po olin pon lukin pu unpa qa lete qan seli qe suwi qen jaki qi suno qo kalama qu kule ra walo ran pimeja re jelo ri laso ro loje sa pakala se pana si open so moku su lape ta pali tan kepeken te sitelen ti utala to awen tu jo va jan van soweli ve akesi ven pipi vi waso vo kala vu kasi vun pan wa oko we uta wi lawa wo luka won noka wu kili xa ilo xe len xi mani xo mun xu poki za ijo ze ma zi sijelo zo tomo