Tokiponize Proper English Names
Best-effort phonetic Tokiponization for English proper names. Output is guaranteed to be valid CV(N) syllables (final n only).
o ante e nimi jan tawa toki pona. nimi li ken jo e kipisi CV(N) taso.
Disclaimer: This tool is provided “as is”, with no claim, guarantee, or warranty that the output is correct,
complete, or suitable for any purpose. You are responsible for verifying results. This is a best-effort approximation. Pronunciations vary, and different Tokiponization choices can be valid. Please review and adjust the result to match your intended pronunciation and community conventions.
sona: ilo ni li pana e nimi pi ken mute taso. toki uta li ken ante lon jan ante. o lukin e nimi ni, o ante e ona tawa toki uta sina.
Accepts spaces, hyphens, apostrophes, and common patterns like McX, O’X.
Style notes: Different tokiponizations can be valid. If you prefer a different style, adjust Mapping policy
(phoneme→TP choices like r→w/l/∅) and use Overrides for specific names.
Keep final consonants = more recognizable (loanword-like). Off = stricter (drop illegal finals).
Keep final consonants = more recognizable (loanword-like). Off = stricter (drop illegal finals).
Overrides match case-insensitively against whole lines and individual tokens.
Values should be Tokiponized forms (no “jan ”), changes are remembered, unless reset.
overrides: defaults 0, custom 0
Controls how IPA-ish symbols map to Toki Pona phonemes before CV(N) syllabification, changes are remembered, unless reset.
policy: default
phonemize: not loaded
double-metaphone: not loaded
Results
Exports the rows currently shown in the table.
| Toki Pona Result | Original | Normalized Tokens | Phonemes / IPA (best effort) | Notes |
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Guarantee: output matches ^(?:[ptkmnswlj]?[aeiou](?:n)?)+$ and (strict mode) avoids ji, ti, wu, wo.