I made a mapping from all the possible toki pona syllables into musical chords. The bottom note of each chord is based on the starting consonant (or lack thereof) of the syllable, and the kinds of intervals between notes in the chord are based on the vowel and ending nasal, if there is one. The exact qualities of the intervals are adjusted depending on the bottom note to dial down some of the wildest chromaticism, but… there’s still some wild chromaticism in here

The rhythm and the order of the words is taken from the rap sections of the tokirap by jan Misali, also known as nimi ale lon toki pona: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_w0-VUMh2o

I was inspired to make this mapping from syllables to chords by a book: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. They’re gonna make a movie of it in like less than a year. One of the characters speaks using musical chords, and I wanted to hear some version of what that might sound like. Maybe even test myself to see if I could understand someone speaking in these chords eventually. But I’m getting ahead of myself