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{{Short description|Alleged benefits and applications of Toki Pona}}
{{Hatnote|For applications in the computing sense, see [[Software]].}}
[[Toki Pona]] has many alleged '''benefits and applications'''. These are often cited as reasons to learn the language.
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Toki Pona was created to help manage thoughts during depression, and its therapeutic applications have been studied in professional contexts. In 2007, Pekka Roponen, working as a psychiatrist in Finland, had patients track their thoughts in Toki Pona and claimed that "negative thought patterns and cognitions can be transferred and eliminated by simply using the language."<ref name="Canadian has people talking about lingo she created">{{cite web|url=//theglobeandmail.com/technology/canadian-has-people-talking-about-lingo-she-created/article20399052|title=Canadian has people talking about lingo she created|author=Roberts, Siobhan|username=|date=July 9, 2007|website={{w|The Globe and Mail}}|publisher=|access-date=2023-12-28|quote=}}</ref>
According to {{tok|[[jan Sonja]]}}, the lack of superfluity in Toki Pona can make it useful for problem-solving: "It helps you see patterns, and how things are connected in different ways".<ref name="Canadian has people talking about lingo she created" />
==Simplifying speech==
Toki Pona can often simplify manners of speech, requiring that the speaker [[mi ken ala toki pona e ijo la mi sona ala e ijo|provide a clear explanation of nontrivial concepts]]. This may have applications in literary and communication fields.
On the wiki formerly hosted at [[tokipona.org]], {{tok|jan Sonja}} suggested that this lack of "jargon or fluff" could even be used to reveal the honest meaning of "the {{w|doublespeak}} that large organizations use to manipulate and dehumanize people".<ref>{{cite web|url=//en.tokipona.org/wiki/What_is_Toki_Pona%3F|url-status=unfit|title=What is Toki Pona?|website=Toki Pona|archive-url=//archive.is/UkIZ|archive-date=4 Dec 2012|access-date=2024-01-23}}<blockquote>
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==Conveying thoughts==
===Language strategies===
According to an experiment by Paolo Coluzzi while teaching Italian at the {{wp|University of Malaya}}, Toki Pona can improve speakers' [[circumlocution]] and other communication strategies when learning additional languages. Use of these strategies makes up for unknown or forgotten words and expressions in the unfamiliar language.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Coluzzi,
Toki Pona has also been proposed as a microcosm of the language learning experience that is easier to accomplish than learning a full natural language.
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==References==
{{Source|Toki Pona: The Language of Good/What is Toki Pona?#Benefits|''Toki Pona: The Language of Good'' {{sect}} Benefits}}
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