Toki Pona - Conlang Profile	Advanced
Language Name Toki Pona Language Author Sonja Elen Kisa Year Began 2001 Site Toki Pona - site 1 Toki Pona - site 2 Broken Link No Site Language English, Esperanto, Toki Pona Site Author Sonja Elen Kisa Language Type personal language Uniqueness Toki Pona is a cute, pidgin-like language that naturally reduces ideas to their most simple and universal meanings. The entire language has only 14 sounds and 118 words. Though not able to discuss topics such as politics or rocket science without some loss of meaning, Toki Pona functions extremely well as a conversational and thought-provoking tool. Language Sources English, Tok Pisin, Finnish, Georgian, Dutch, Acadian French, Esperanto, Croatian, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) Design Principles See http://www.tokipona.org/intro.php and http://rowa.giso.de/languages/toki-pona/. Interest Of Others There is an outsider's review of Toki Pona. Pije, one of Toki Pona's three fluent speakers, has also made his own webpage for the language. Kowi (also known as Corey), also has a site for the language. A few other sites exist as well. Quotation O kama pona lon toki awen pi toki pona! Translation Welcome to the Toki Pona site! Dictionary Yes Etymologies No Grammar No Sample Texts Yes Unique Script No Primer No Babel Text No Lexicon Size 118 Submitted By Jeffrey Henning Date Submitted Sunday, July 14, 2002 Updated By Kowi Date Edited Friday, September 03, 2004 Description Of Update I fixed an error in the sample phrase, added my site to the "interests of others", added all the language sources, and made a slight modification. Date To Headline Friday, September 10, 2004 (link) < Tokana  Toki Pona  Tolte >
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