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··· sina toki e toki [_insa_nasin_luka_insa] taso ···
Welcome to my Toki Pona shrine!
Toki Pona (self-stylization: "toki pona") is an artificial minimalist language that only features around 130 words in total, with a simple grammar to go alongside it. It was invented several decades ago by Sonja Lang to help cope with her depression.
Toki Pona's high concept essentially is: a language that through its inherent limitations forces you to focus your thoughts on the very core essence of you really want to express, without all the unnecessary fluff that comes with speaking naturally grown languages. Words do not have a hyperspecific rigid meaning, but rather encompass a whole stretch of associated concepts including being able to be used as verbs, nouns, adjectives and any other word type. With that small and ambiguous a vocabulary, contrary to what you might expect, thanks to very cleverly expandable rules you can actually express just about anything if you so please without having to rely on a natural language like English.
Over time, a strong online community of toki pona speakers and enthusiasts has grown, one that tends to be inclusive, young and very diverse. There are tons of projects out there in toki pona, including YouTube entertainment, fan fiction, regular VRChat meetups and much more. The toki pona community is expansive and welcoming.
As a linguist, I of course loved the concept and promptly learned it. For almost six years now, I have been writing and talking Toki Pona, and I consider myself part of its very vibrant community.
This shrine is not only my declaration of love to this language, but also features my toki pona projects!
If you want to learn toki pona, I am currently working on a comprehensive course on how to learn the langage that you can access in the future by clicking here! Such a thing does take a while to complete though, so don't hold your breath.
··· o kama pona! ···
mi jan [_linja_ilo_jo_ante_nasin]. lipu ni li tomo kon. mi toki e pilin mi tawa toki+pona e pali mi pi toki+pona lon lipu ni.
tenpo sike luka wan la, mi sona e toki+pona! musi mi mute li kepeken toki+pona.
kon nimi pi toki pona li suli. nimi ale pi toki pona li jo e kon mute. tan ona la, nasin pi toki pona li pona mute tawa mi.
··· ma ante ···
sina wile la, o toki e jan ante lon tomo [_mije_ante_soweli_ona_toki_ona_nasin]: ma toki [_soko_olin_soko_e_linja_insa]
mi kama sona e tomo toki+pona ante la, mi wile pana e nimi ona tawa lipu ni.
··· musi mi ···
mi pini pali e musi mute kepeken toki+pona:
- musi toki kepeken nasin [_sina_insa_toki_ale_toki_e_kin_insa]: musi toki "tenpo mun li ale" (nanpa nimi: 276)
- musi toki mi sin: musi+toki "jan+alasa en soweli sona" (nanpa nimi: 495)