Other languages
5: esun 'store' (Akan, from edwamu [edʒum] 'at market', from dwa [dʒwa] 'market'), kulupu (Tongan kulupu, from English group), laso (Welsh glas 'sky, blue-green'), moku 'eat' (Japanese phonesthetic モグモグ(食べる) mogu mogu (taberu) 'munch'), pana 'give' (Swahili pana 'to give to each other')
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Toki Pona 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; several dozen with internet chat ability (date missing) Purpose constructed language, combining elements of the subgenres personal language, international auxiliary language and philosophical language Sources a posteriori language, with elements of English, Tok Pisin, Finnish, Georgian, Dutch...
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