Tokiponize English Proper Names — nimi jan tawa toki pona

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.

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Input (one name per line)

Accepts spaces, hyphens, apostrophes, and common patterns like McX, O’X. Prefix a token with / for direct IPA input (e.g. /dʒan/); wrap multiple words like /dʒan ɫuk/.

Options

Output style

Token boundaries

Phonology mode

Keep final consonants for recognizability (append a vowel)

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).

1. Export / Import Page Config

Export all your settings and overrides to a single JSON file, or import a previously exported config. To edit your config: export it, edit the JSON file, then import it back. Includes: UI options, name overrides, IPA overrides, and mapping policy.

2. Name Overrides overrides: defaults 0, custom 0

Overrides match case-insensitively against whole lines and individual tokens. Values should be Tokiponized forms (no "jan "), changes are remembered across sessions.

3. IPA Token Overrides IPA overrides: 0

Per-token IPA overrides. Click any underlined IPA segment in the results table to edit it. Overrides are keyed by normalised token and remembered across sessions.

4. Symbol Mapping Policy policy: default

Controls how IPA-ish symbols map to Toki Pona phonemes before CV(N) syllabification. Changes are remembered across sessions.

phonemize: not loaded double-metaphone: not loaded

Results

Exports the rows currently shown in the table.

Toki Pona Result	Phonemes / IPA (best effort) (Editable)	Normalized Tokens	Original	Notes

Guarantee: output matches ^(?:[ptkmnswlj]?[aeiou](?:n)?)+$ and (strict mode) avoids ji, ti, wu, wo.