Best compression for toki lili?

Signs and symbols: Writing systems (hieroglyphs, nail writing) and Signed Toki Pona; unofficial scripts too
Signoj kaj simboloj: Skribsistemoj (hieroglifoj, ungoskribado) kaj la Tokipona Signolingvo; ankaŭ por neoficialaj skribsistemoj
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janMato
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Best compression for toki lili?

Post by janMato »

mi wile toki mute taso toki lili li jo e suli taso pi kalama lili 140.

Vowels dropped unless it would cause a clash.
m wl tk mt ts tk ll l j e sul ts p klm ll.

Drop ends of long words
mi wil tok mut tas tok lil li jo e sul tas pi kal lil 140.

Space dropped on clitics (li, e, la, pi)
mi wile toki mute taso toki lili lijo esuli taso pikalama lili 140.

All spaces dropped.
miwiletokimutetasotokilililijoesulitasopikalamalili140.

2 letter codes
mi wi tk mt ts tk ll * jo ~ su ts @ ka ll 140
miwitkmttstkll*jo~suts@kall140

Unicode/Dingbats
⇊❣ᑈ◦ᑈ ▵↴⧈↱▽◦⟄♪▵140.

Unicode digbats have the best compression ratio. ~15 characters. It's about impossible to tell if there are spaces between the dingbats or not, even when there are spaces. If an entire civilization was using toki pona, they'd switch to dingbats-- faster to type.
For some reason, it's easiest for me to read the versions with endings dropped or with all spaces dropped.
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Re: Best compression for toki lili?

Post by zeme »

I like "mi wil tok mut tas tok lil li jo e sul tas pi kal lil 140."
how about Blissymbols? (hard to type though)
Please correct my mistakes :)
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