kama pona! sina ken kama sona e sitelen sitelen kepeken lipu ni.
Learn how to write in the hieroglyphic blocks known as sitelen sitelen. This is a system of non-linear writing you can use to free your mind or break from regular thought.
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dictionaries
other resources
sitelen sitelen acknowledgements and etymology
sitelen sitelen, indexed as t47 within the larger context of my art projects, would not have been possible without the work of others. Here are my greatest sources of debt, and some additional information on the etymology of the glyphs.
sitelen sitelen renderer by Olaf Janssen
July 29, 2020
type in toki pona, and this will translate it into sitelen sitelen for you to download
Vectorized sitelen sitelen by jan Sulijen
July 28, 2020
a set of vectorized sitelen sitelen by jan Sulijen
Vectorized sitelen sitelen by Jan Same
December 11, 2015
jan Same created a complete set of vectorized sitelen sitelen, including the syllable glyphs and an assortment of containers, and has used them to render the first page of The Little Prince.
Examples
sitelen mi
Designing glyphs - sitelen suwi pi nimi ku suli
September 5, 2021
creating new glyphs for the nimi sin was a collaborative effort, here are the images from the process
poka anu lon poka?
July 25, 2020
historical use of directional nouns in toki pona and sitelen sitelen
lipu lawa pi esun kama
August 2, 2012
This conceptual piece was born in the toki pona discussion forums where Matthew Martin (jan Mato) proposed writing up a sales contract in toki pona. He reasoned that if contracts in foreign languages could be held valid, than one in an artificial language should be valid as well. As a challenge, he asked if anyone wanted to sell him something using a toki pona contract.
Balloon Boy Interview
August 1, 2012
The nine pages that make up this piece are a translation of the interview by Wolf Blitzer of the “Balloon Boy” family. I was interested in seeing how loose “TV speak” would translate into a toki pona, and then further into sitelen blocks.
sitelen pi jan ante
jan Simo li pona e ike mi
August 7, 2020
jan Simo li pana e pona tawa ike mi. ike li lon lipu pi kama sona e sitelen sitelen. a taso pona ni li pona lukin kin!
meli pi sitelen sitelen
August 5, 2020
soweli Luwi li pana e sitelen mute. ona li sitelen meli li lukin sama sitelen sitelen
nasin nasa nanpa luka - meli ante
July 15, 2020
one year in and nasin nasa is still going strong! Episode 5: meli ante
Bohemian Rhapsody
June 12, 2020
Jan Iliana li pali e kulupu sitelen sitelen lili pi kalama musi Bohemian Rhapsody
nasin nasa issue one - sike noka
July 15, 2019
A new comic by Vacon Sartirani with text in toki pona and sitelen sitelen
meli lili pi len loje
June 25, 2019
jan Same's Complete translation of Little Red Riding Hood into toki pona and sitelen sitelen.
jan Talepi: jan jaki li pakala ike
August 2, 2012
Here's a humorous and dark image by jan Telepi. It's a rather free-form take on sitelen sitelen, with much of the emphasis placed on fleshing out the character of each of the glyphs.
Laughton McCry: Gilgamesh Page One
August 2, 2012
I can't say how excited I was when I got a link to this image in an email. Not only is jan Ote's translation of Gilgamesh into toki pona probably my favorite toki pona text to date, but this adaptation of my sitelen sitelen by Laughton McCry is just absolutely beautiful.
jan Ante: intenasijonale
August 2, 2012
This is jan Ante's sitelen sitelen using his own translation of L'Internationale. He has his own take on how li could be used as a red band right down the middle of the image, separating the subject from the rest of the sentence.