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Can you name the official words of Toki Pona?
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jansegersMONDAY, MARCH 19, 2007
Toki pona
Among weird conlangs I've found, I think Toki pona is an interesting one. It is a minimal language. Like a pidgin, it focuses on simple concepts and elements that are relatively universal among cultures. Toki pona aims to express maximal meaning with minimal complexity. The language has 14 phonemes and only 118 words. It is not designed as an international auxiliary language but is instead inspired by Taoist philosophy.
The 118 offical Toki pona words are: a, akesi, ala, ale (ali), anpa, ante, anu, awen, e, en ijo, ike, ilo, insa, jaki, jan, jelo, jo, kala, kalama, kama, kasi, ken, kepeken, kili, kin, kiwen, ko, kon, kule, kute, kulupu, la, lape, laso, lawa, len, lete, li, lili, linja, lipu, loje, lon, luka, lukin, lupa, ma, mama, mani, meli, mi, mije, moku, moli, monsi, mu, mun, musi, mute, nanpa, nasa, nasin, nena, ni, nimi, noka, o, oko, olin, ona, open, pakala, pali, palisa, pana, pi, pilin, pimeja, pini, pipi, poka, poki, pona, sama, seli, selo, seme, sewi, sijelo, sike, sin, sina, sinpin, sitelen, sona, soweli, suli, suno, supa, suwi, tan, taso, tawa, telo, tenpo, toki, tomo, tu, unpa, uta, utala, walo, wan, waso, wawa, weka, wile.
These words were based on words from English, Tok Pisin, Finnish, Georgian, Dutch, Acadian French, Esperanto, Croatian, Mandarin Chinese, and Cantonese. To see the origines, read here.
You'd be surprised to see how many things can be said with only those words. If you see the official list, each word has several meanings. For example, moli can mean death, to die, to be dead, to kill or even fatal. The precise meaning has to be taken from the context. But even with this polysemy, it is hard to have much things to say. Toki pona solves this with the use of "compund" words. For example, jan means person, and lili means small, little, young. If you combine them, you have jan lili, meaning child.
Toki pona only accepts capitalizing if the word is not in that list. Not even at the begining of a sentence.
There are no propper nouns. Toki pona has propper adjectives. This can be something difficult to understand at first. For example, Norway is a propper noun in English. To talk about that country in Toki pona, you need a noun and a propper adjective. The noun is ma, which means country, and the adjective is Nosiki (capitalized, because it is a word not included in the list. It is adapted to the Toki pona sound system). Then Norway is ma Nosiki (the adjective follows the noun).
This isn't an auxiliary language. And you won't find many speakers around. Then... why bother?! I am not sure. It has an interesting idea.
If you are curious, abut Toki pona, check a short course.
POSTED BY SAYQEEH
Designing an Artificial Robotic Interaction Language
Omar Mubin
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As a first step in the design process we aim to inherit the vocabulary set or wordconcepts of the simple artificial language Toki Pona [12]. It has 118 word conceptsand sufficiently caters for the needs of a simple language. We aim to adapt the pro-nunciation of the words of Toki Pona based on the requirements of word length andphonetic information. For example, given that Toki Pona is a simple language it hassome words which are very short; of course to be easier to learn for humans. Howeverto assist speech recognition, some of its words will need to be elongated based on aspecific methodology, which will attempt to improve the phonetic discernability of words and also be scalable to allow the generation of new words.
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https://www.academia.edu/2729430/Designing_an_artificial_robotic_interaction_language
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Monday, March 19, 2007
Toki pona
jansegersUF Alpha Omicron Pi
University of Florida Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority
Sonja Elen Kisa
Toki Pona Dictionary
Wesley
https://www.wattpad.com/80461-toki-pona-dictionary
#TokiPona #mention #sona_nimi #vocabulary #selo118 #level118 #sona #anno2008
New poll for tokipona
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Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the
tokipona group:
What is the best way to say "stone,
rock, metal, mineral" in Toki Pona?
o compound "wawa ma" (hardness of the earth)
o create new word "kiwen"
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tokipona/surveys?id=10654693
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Thanks!
http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=1&p=209&hilit=kan#p209
#TokiPona #kiwen #root #word #nimi_sin #nimi_namako #tan_nimi #selo118 #anno2002
NOTA BENE : it is the last classical word to be added to the #nimi118
Toki Pona - All Official Words
okamasona9 | Nov. 2006
https://www.cram.com/flashcards/toki-pona-all-official-words-407419
#TokiPona #mention #cards #lipu_nimi #Cram #sona #selo118 #anno2006
Greg Hewgill's Links
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Omniglot a guide to writing systems
Pinyin info a guide to the writing of Mandarin Chinese in romanization
Toki Pona, a fun constructed language with a vocabulary of only 118 words
Four Essential Travel Phrases
November 2001 version talks about 118 words
Natural, because it is meant to communicate basic human feelings, actions, concepts, and the realities of everyday life.
Simple, because it reduces words and ideas to their most simple meanings, avoiding unnecessary complexity. The entire language has only 14 sounds and 118 words.