Toki Pona
| Toki Pona | |
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| Pronunciation | [toki pona] |
| Created by | Sonja Elen Kisa |
| Date | 2001 |
| Setting and usage | testing principles of minimalism, the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis and pidgins |
| Users | three said to be fluent;[1] several dozen with internet chat ability (date missing) |
| Purpose |
constructed language, combining elements of the subgenres personal language, international auxiliary language and philosophical language
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| Sources | a posteriori language, with elements of English, Tok Pisin, Finnish, Georgian, Dutch, Acadian French, Esperanto, Croatian, Chinese |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None |
Toki Pona (in toki pona means good language or simple language) is a constructed (made-up) language. Sonja Elen Kisa, Canadian translator and linguist, made the language. It focuses on simple ideas that are known to all cultures. Toki Pona is a minimal (very small) language. It has only 123 words. Standardly toki pona use latin alphabet, but many toki-pona-speakers create other systems of writing for this language.
Example of text [change]
Lord's Prayer (translated by Pije/Jopi):
mama pi mi mute o, sina lon sewi kon.
nimi sina li sewi.
ma sina o kama.
jan o pali e wile sina lon sewi kon en lon ma.
o pana e moku pi tenpo suno ni tawa mi mute.
o weka e pali ike mi. sama la mi weka e pali ike pi jan ante.
o lawa ala e mi tawa ike.
o lawa e mi tan ike.
tenpo ali la sina jo e ma e wawa e pona.
Amen.
References [change]
- ↑ "Toki Pona Lesson 1". Bknight0.myweb.uga.edu. http://bknight0.myweb.uga.edu/toki/lesson/lesson1.html. Retrieved 2009-12-19.
