The following minmal pairs detected using MinPair 5.2. I think the only type of minimal pair it does not catch is Samoan style, where they ignore the consonants and pay attention to only the vowels. So "picnic" would be a Samoan minimal pair with "mini", but not "poknoc". And I may be wrong about Samoan minimal pairs, consider it an urban legend until I find a reference.
It is worth noting that just about all the words have a minimal pair. On one hand this enables poetry, on the otherhand, to this date I still confuse some minimal pairs.
a e a e
a e ala ale
a i ala ali
a i la li
a i ma mi
a i poka poki
a o a o
a o pana pona
a u anpa unpa
a u ma mu
e i ale ali
e i ken kin
e o e o
e o ken kon
e o len lon
e o meli moli
e u seli suli
e u sewi suwi
i o kin kon
i o seli selo
i o sina sona
i u mi mu
j k jo ko
j l ijo ilo
j p jan pan
j s jelo selo
j t jan tan
j t jelo telo
j w jan wan
k l ken len
k l kili lili
k l kon lon
k m kama mama
k m kute mute
k n poka pona
k p luka lupa
k s kama sama
k s kin sin
l m kala kama
l m la ma
l m li mi
l n li ni
l p li pi
l s lupa supa
l s walo waso
l t kule kute
l t laso taso
l t lawa tawa
l w laso waso
l w lawa wawa
l w seli sewi
l w suli suwi
m n mi ni
m p mi pi
m s mama sama
m s meli seli
m t mu tu
n p ni pi
n p noka poka
n p pini pipi
n t pana pata
p s pona sona
p t pan tan
p t poki toki
p w pan wan
s t selo telo
t w tan wan
t w taso waso
t w tawa wawa
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