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{{Short description|History of Toki Pona}}
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This is an overview of the '''history of [[Toki Pona]]''', including significant developments in the language and its [[communities]].
Where possible, please provide a source and a complete date. When adding a new link, please [[Project:Citing sources#Archiving sources|archive it]] via both [http://web.archive.org/ Wayback Machine] and [http://archive.ph/ archive.today] or [http://archive.is archive.is].
==2001==
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On 8 August, [[Sonja Lang]] made the first public post about Toki Pona on her website at {{w|GeoCities}}, under the username Marraskuu, meaning "November" in {{w|Finnish language|Finnish}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wyub.github.io/tokiponaarchive/2001-08-08.html|title=simple, primitivist language|website=Wyubsite|author=Sonja Lang|username=Marraskuu|date=2001-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808015056/https://wyub.github.io/tokiponaarchive/2001-08-08.html|archive-date=2022-08-08|access-date=2024-02-18}}</ref> In her post and email logs, Lang claimed that the entire language has "150 words". The website was later moved to [[tokipona.org]]<ref>Wikipedia. [https://web.archive.org/web/20040620163636/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toki_pona Toki Pona language]. ''Wikipedia''. Archived from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toki_pona original] on 20 June 2004. Retrieved 19 November 2023.</ref> and kisa.ca/tokipona.<ref>Damian Yerrick. [https://www.pineight.com/tokipona/tpreview.html {{tok|Toki Pona li pona ala pona?}}]. Archived from the original on 18 October 2005. Retrieved 19 November 2023.</ref>
On 9 August, the website claimed
<blockquote>
Toki Pona! The Natural, Simple Language. Toki Pona is a pidgin-like language designed to express basic human realities by reducing words and ideas to their most simple and universal meanings and avoiding unnecessary complexity. Inspired by the principles of Taoism and primitivism, the entire language has only 14 sounds and under 200 words
</blockquote>
Matthew Chrisholm ({{tok|jan Matejo}}), Lang's roomate at the time, seems to be the second Toki Pona speaker.
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==2002==
===March 2002===
On 24 March 2002, a Toki Pona group was created on {{w|Yahoo! Groups}}.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20020405050554/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tokipona/ Yahoo! Groups : tokipona]. Archived from the original on 5 April 2002. Retrieved 19 November 2023.</ref> The group was polled on whether the now-obsolete third-person pronoun {{tp|[[iki]]}} should be changed, as it was deemed to be too long and too similar to {{tp|[[ike]]}}
On the same day, Toki Pona was reviewed by Damian Yerrick,<ref>Damian Yerrick. [https://web.archive.org/web/20051017142651/https://pineight.com/tokipona/tpreview.html {{tok|Toki Pona li pona ala pona?}}]. ''Pin Eight''. Archived from [https://pineight.com/tokipona/tpreview.html the original] on 17 October 2005. Retrieved 19 November 2023.</ref><ref>Damian Yerrick. [https://web.archive.org/web/20030207173358/http://www.pineight.com/2002/ 2002 News Archive]. ''Pin Eight''. Archived from [http://www.pineight.com/2002/ the original] on 7 February 2003. Retrieved 19 November 2023.</ref> who "has pointed out problems that eventually were corrected".<ref>Damian Yerrick, Justin B. Rye. [https://web.archive.org/web/20020604102640/http://www.cs.rose-hulman.edu/~yerricde/tokipona/jbr.txt [Personal communications<nowiki>]</nowiki>]. ''cs.rose-hulman.edu''. Archived from the original on 4 June 2002. Retrived 19 November 2023.</ref>
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===April 2002===
On 8 April, Chuck Smith created an article about Toki Pona on the English [[Wikipedia]], titled "Toki Pona language".<ref>Chuck Smith (8 April 2002). [http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?t=13 Toki Pona - Wikipedia article]. ''Toki Pona Forums''. Retrieved 19 November 2023.</ref> The article's existence was repeatedly contested, but it ultimately
===May 2002===
On 15 May, Lang proposed the word {{tp|kiwen}} ("rock, stone, metal, material") to replace the previously used compound {{tp|wawa ma}} ("hardness of the earth").<ref>Sonja Elen Kisa (15 May 2002). [http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?f=33 New word for stone, metal, mineral?]. ''Toki Pona Forums''. Retrieved 19 November 2023.</ref> A poll<ref>tokipona@yahoogroups.com (15 May 2002). [http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?p=45#p45 New poll for toki pona]. ''Toki Pona Forums''. Retrieved 19 November 2023.</ref> resulted in 6 votes for {{tp|kiwen}} and 2 votes for {{tp|wawa ma}}.<ref>tokipona@yahoogroups.com (15 May 2002). [http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?p=52#p52 Poll results for toki pona]. ''Toki Pona Forums''. Retrieved 19 November 2023.</ref>
On 16 May, another poll on the Yahoo! group about {{tp|iki}} was created,
On 19 May, Nikita Ayzikovsky ({{tok|jan Nikita}}), who seems to be the third fluent speaker of Toki Pona,<ref>{{tok|jan Mato}} [{{tok|janMato}}] (17 March 2013).[http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?t=2204 toki pona ancient history- Who was Lament?]. ''Toki Pona Forums''. Retrieved 19 November 2023.</ref> created {{tp|[[AEI pi toki pona]]}},<ref>{{tok|jan Nikita}}. [https://web.archive.org/web/20030104234356/http://lament.hypermart.net/pictures/tokipona.png [Image<nowiki>]</nowiki>]. Archived from the original 4 January 2003. Retrieved 19 November 2023.</ref> an alphabet chart that has become well recognized through its inclusion in other resources.
On 31 May, following the second poll, {{tp|iki}} was replaced with {{tp|ona}}.<ref>{{cite web|author=tokipona@yahoogroups.com|date=2002-05-15|url=http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?t=1#p51|title=New poll for tokipona|website=Toki Pona Forums|access-date=2023-11-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=tokipona@yahoogroups.com|date=2002-05-15|url=http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?p=55#p55|title=Poll results for tokipona|website=Toki Pona Forums|access-date=2023-11-19}}</ref>
===July 2002===
On 8 July,
On 16 July, Lang published the Toki Pona phonetic conversion guidelines.<ref>{{cite web|author=Sonja Lang|date=2002-07-16|url=http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=61|title=How to convert a name into Toki Pona? - Toki Pona Forums|website=Toki Pona Forums|access-date=2023-11-19}}</ref> Some proper names for countries were updated, such as France becoming {{tp|ma Kanse}} instead of the previous {{tp|ma Lanse}}.<ref name="old-country-names"/>
===October 2002===
On 10 October, Knight published the poem "{{tp|kili lili}}".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?t=71|title=toki ante mute - Toki Pona Forums|website=Toki Pona Forums|accessdate=2023-11-19}}</ref> It was later included in his {{tp|[[o kama sona e toki pona!]]}} course, becoming a well-recognised poem among the community.<ref>Bryant J. Knight. [https://web.archive.org/web/20041217043620/http://tokipona.nytka.org:80/lesson/lesson5.html "Lesson 5: Adjectives, Compound Nouns"]. ''{{tp|lipu pi jan Pije}}''. Archived from the original on 17 December 2004. Retrieved 19 November 2023.</ref>
===November 2002===
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==2003==
===February 2003===
On 12 February, Lang introduced the question type {{tp|[[anu seme]]}} (or what?), inspired by the German particle ''{{lang|de|oder}}''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=112|title=New question type|website=Toki Pona Forums|author=Sonja Lang|date=2003-02-12|access-date=2023-11-27}}</ref>
===July 2003===
On 25 July, Knight completed the first version of his {{tp|[[o kama sona e toki pona!]]}} course,<ref name="pije-course-2003">{{cite web|url=http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=150|title=New Lessons Complete.|website=Toki Pona Forums|author=Bryant J. Knight|username=pije3|date=2003-07-25|access-date=2023-11-27}}</ref> which would become a major learning resource until Knight shut his site down in 2020.
==2004==
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[[File:Marek Blahuš, Eliazar Parra Cárdenas, Peter Baláž.jpg|250px|thumb|From left to right: Marek Blahuš, Eliazar Parra Cárdenas, and {{w|Peter Baláž (Esperantist)|Peter Baláž}} meeting in {{w|Modra}}, {{w|Slovakia}} in 2013]]
In late 2004, Eliazar Parra Cárdena published the originally Spanish-language course ''[[Toki Pona in 76 illustrated lessons]]''.<ref name="cardena-76lessons"/> An Esperanto translation became the first published Toki Pona textbook on 12 July 2013, and would go on to appear at Esperanto meetups.
==2005==
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==2007==
===May 2007===
On 7 May, Marcos Cramer ({{tok|jan Moku}}) requested the [[ISO 639-3]] language code <code>tok</code>.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iso639-3.sil.org/sites/iso639-3/files/change_requests/2007/2007-011.pdf|title=ISO 639-3 Registration Authority|website=iso639-3.sil.org|access-date=2023-12-28}}</ref> The request was rejected on 18 February 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iso639-3.sil.org/request/2017-035|title=Change Request Documentation: 2017-035|website=iso639-3.sil.org|access-date=2023-12-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://iso639-3.sil.org/sites/iso639-3/files/change_requests/2007/CR_Comments_2007-011.pdf|title=Comments received for ISO 639-3 Change Request 2007-011|website=iso639-3.sil.org|access-date=2023-12-28}}</ref> Much later, a second request was made in 2017 and rejected in 2018.<ref name=":15">https://iso639-3.sil.org/code_changes/change_request_index/data/all?title=&field_change_instance_af_idnt_cd_value=&field_change_instance_afctd_name_value=toki+pona&field_change_request_region_grp_tid=All&field_change_request_lf_group_tid=All&field_change_instance_chnge_type_tid=All&field_change_request_act_status_tid=All&items_per_page=50</ref> Following a third request, the identifier <code>tok</code> was eventually adopted in January 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/tok|title=tok | ISO 639-3|website=SIL International|access-date=2023-11-20}}</ref>
===July 2007===
According to an article published in ''{{w|The Globe and Mail}}'' on 9 July
==2008==▼
===February 2008===▼
<blockquote>
A Colorado programmer is developing an apocalyptic computer game with Toki Pona as the spoken language. An Israeli-German singer and member of the Stuttgart Chamber Choir is including it in a concert of musical pieces composed in constructed languages, alongside Esperanto and ''Star Trek''’s Klingon. … Pekka Roponen, a psychiatrist at the central hospital of Hameenlinnan, in southern Finland, … is studying the language’s usefulness in treating patients, having them keep track of their daily thoughts in Toki Pona.
</blockquote>
▲==2008==
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==2009==
===April 2009===
In the Yahoo group, {{tok|jan Sonja}} presented the word {{tp|[[kijetesantakalu]]}} as an [[April Fools' Day]] joke:<ref>http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=1033</ref>
<blockquote>
Although some of the new words I am considering are still in the testing phase, I can safely say that one word that has made the cut is "{{tok|kijetesantakalu}}", a noun for any animal from the Procyonidae family, such as raccoons, coatis, kinkajous, olingos, ringtails and cacomistles. I took it from the Finnish word {{lang|fi|kierteishäntäkarhu}}, meaning kinkajou.
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===November 2009===
On 18 November, {{tok|jan Sonja}} created Toki Pona [[merchandise]].<ref>http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=1183</ref>
===December 2009===
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==2010==
===January 2010===
As of 20 January, ''The Routledge Linguistics Encyclopedia'' (3rd ed.) by Kirsten Malmkjær
<blockquote>
Toki Pona is a language exploring the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis, designed to encourage positive thoughts.
</blockquote>
===June 2010===▼
===October 2010===
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===March 2013===
On 10 March, Christopher Huff created the (unofficial) ''Toki Pona Sign Language''.<ref>https://chuff.wordpress.com/tpsl</ref><ref>https://chuff.tumblr.com/post/45011424771/chris-huffs-toki-pona-sign-language</ref><ref>https://thelabyrinthmaker.tumblr.com/post/132632048934/chris-huffs-toki-pona-sign-language</ref><ref>http://forums.tokipona.org/viewtopic.php?t=2199</ref>
===July 2013===▼
==2014==
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===April–May 2014===
On 25 April, {{tok|jan Sonja}} sought graphic designers for the cover of her book.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/groups/sitelen/permalink/682346201819768/</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/groups/sitelen/permalink/694205550633833/</ref> On 25 May, she published ''[[Toki Pona: The Language of Good]]'' or {{tp|lipu pu}},<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Toki-Pona-Language-Sonja-Lang/dp/0978292308</ref><ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20140812052841/https://www.createspace.com/4802024</ref>
===June 2014===
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On 18 July, Kris Broholm interviewed {{tok|jan Sonja}} on a 45-minute episode of ''Actual Fluency Podcast'', "AFP 20 – Sonja Lang: Toki Pona, Conlanging and the meaning of life".<ref>https://actualfluency.com/afp-20-sonja-lang-toki-pona-conlanging-meaning-life/</ref>
On 20 July, {{tok|jan Wesi}} created a {{tp|sitelen pona}} font. From 2016 to 2021, {{tok|jan Same}}
===December 2014===
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===September 2015===
From 26 to 28 September, nine Esperantists from different countries went to {{w|Brno}} for a [[meetup]] named {{lang|eo|[[Eŭropa Tokipona Studado]]}} ({{tp|kama sona pi toki pona lon ma Elopa}}; "European Toki Pona Study").
===November 2015===
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===December 2015===
From 13 to 24 December, {{tok|[[jan Misali]]}} created a series of video lessons named [[12 Days of sona pi toki pona|''12 Days of {{tok|sona pi toki pona}}'']], making one episode per day. Despite this tight schedule and some resultant mistakes, the series would become one of the most common ways to learn Toki Pona in following years.
==2016==
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===March 2017===
On 20 March, {{tok|jan Tomani}} opened the "toki pona central hub preparation document".<ref>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Dzs-imNeZ8TMgdHUiiungJ4Yf97CJk9ylhQPXjWLsJU/edit</ref>
===April 2017===▼
===June 2017===
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===July 2017===
On 18 July, {{tok|jan Tomani}} created the {{tp|tomo pona}} website (toki pona central hub).<ref>https://www.facebook.com/groups/sitelen/permalink/1455645704489810/</ref>
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==2018==
===February 2018===
On 28 February, the {{tp|toki pona taso}} group on Facebook reached 500 members.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/groups/tokiponataso/permalink/1955721724746760/</ref>
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On 27 March, ''Oxford Dictionaries Blog'' published the article "Exploring Toki Pona: do we need more than 120 words?" by Simon Thomas.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190511184141/https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2018/03/27/toki-pona-invented-language-120-words/</ref>
===September 2018===
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==2019==
===January 2019===
===April 2019===
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On 4 June 2019, {{tok|jan Same}} published a translation of ''The Little Red Riding Hood'', available in {{tp|sitelen Lasina}}, {{tp|sitelen sitelen}}, and {{tp|sitelen pona}}.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/groups/sitelen/permalink/2299820960072276/</ref>
On 18 June, the "ISO" page on Wikia was changed to "[[Where is Toki Pona used?]]" because
On 25 June, Dev Bali published the "Toki Pona sitelen Emoji Keyboard" app on Google Play.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/groups/sitelen/permalink/2336193946434977/</ref>
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On 12 July, {{tok|jan Same}} presented {{tp|sitelen pona}} glyphs for {{tp|apeja}} and {{tp|kijetesantakalu}} following a series of polls on Facebook.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/groups/sitelen/permalink/2355123914541980/</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/groups/sitelen/permalink/2355080587879646/</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/groups/sitelen/permalink/2352892101431828/</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/groups/sitelen/permalink/2351528398234865/</ref>
On 21 July, the ''Toki Pona Pal'' app on Google Play reached 5,000+ installs.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190721160706/https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Moosader.TokiPonaPal</ref>
On 26 July, C. Ryan Moniz ({{tok|jan inwin}}) published the {{tp|[[nimi ale pona]]}} dictionary, one of the first to document several nonstandard words.
===August 2019===
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==2020==
===January 2020===
On 7 January 2020, {{tok|jan Lili}} posted a one-page
===February 2020===
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===April 2020===
On 23 April, {{tp|akesi seli lili}}, an independently published book of short stories written in Toki Pona, was published.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Toki-Pona-Stories-akesi-seli/dp/B087RGBT1S/130-1881816-0486727?psc=1</ref>
===May 2020===
On 18 May, a community poll selected a glyph for the then-new word {{tp|[[tonsi]]}}.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/gmhzgg/survey_results_how_much_people_likeddisliked/</ref> The next day, {{tok|jan Same}} added the glyph to the {{tp|linja pona}} font.<ref>https://musilili.net/linja-pona/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/gn8r6k/linja_pona_font_update/</ref>▼
▲On 18 May, a community poll selected a glyph for the then-new word {{tp|[[tonsi]]}}.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/gmhzgg/survey_results_how_much_people_likeddisliked/</ref> The next day, {{tok|jan Same}} added the glyph to the {{tp|linja pona}}.<ref>https://musilili.net/linja-pona/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/gn8r6k/linja_pona_font_update/</ref>
On 31 May, {{tok|jan Simejo}} published the "Toki Pona Keyboard" app on Google Play, intended to help quickly write with the {{tp|linja pona}} font on mobile devices.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/gtwgne/i_made_a_thing/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/gwe03c/toki_pona_keyboard_alpha_release/</ref>
===June 2020===
===July 2020===
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On 7 July, a Toki Pona course in the [[international auxiliary language]] {{w|Lingua Franca Nova}} emerged.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/hmqz3q/toki_pona_course_in_elefen/</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EsVZVXqjz0</ref><ref>https://elefen.org/vici/tocipona/xef</ref>
From 25 to 26 July, u/ElemenopiTheSequel published two major proposals for several new glyphs to be added to {{tp|linja pona}}, including {{tp|[[tuli]]}}, {{tp|[[po]]}}, {{tp|[[kapesi]]}}, {{tp|[[kan]]}}, and {{tp|[[mulapisu]]}}.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/hxzvew/i_made_a_sitelen_pona_glyph_for_every_nonpu_word/</ref> The second post outlined changes to some of these glyph proposals.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/hyi31s/a_revision_of_some_of_my_nonpu_glyphs/</ref>
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===August 2020===
On 10 August, u/B13614 created the {{tp|[[sitelen ko]]}} script.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/i71a3g/sitelen_ko_a_script_for_clay/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/i71b4b/example_for_sitelen_ko_on_clay/</ref>
On 12 August, u/ElemenopiTheSequel created the [[r/OffThePu|r/OffThe{{tok|Pu}}]] subreddit and Discord server, aiming to create new glyphs for every word in the extended {{tp|[[nimi ale]]}} dictionary.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/OffThePu/</ref><ref>https://discord.com/invite/yavm4nA</ref><ref>https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1odOeRhe7-I2g25OmeyazW5uAD56m5Po7</ref>
On 21 August, {{tok|[[jan Pije]]}} retired his
===September 2020===
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On 2 January 2021, the idea of a Toki Pona magazine emerged from a discussion in a post concerning the ISO code for Toki Pona.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/koyri1/iso_registration/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/kpk9jo/toki_pona_magazine/</ref> On 27 January, the first articles of the {{tp|[[lipu kule]]}} zine were published.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/l6elpa/lipu_sin_li_lon_a_lipu_kule_li_lipu_sin_pi_toki/</ref><ref>https://lipukule.org/</ref> It is created as a split from the original magazine idea developed on Discord.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/l970wi/new_lipu_kule_articles_monsutatesu_and_omekapo/</ref>
At an unknown point between 9 and 31 January 2021, {{tok|kule epiku Atawan}} and {{tok|kala pona Tonyu}} submitted {{tp|[[tu kuntu]]}}<ref>https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Tu_kuntu.pdf</ref> to a playwriting competition at the {{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} Discord server.<ref>It happened somewhere between [https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/599426037977186324/797428088258560020 this message] from 2021-01-09 and [https://discord.com/channels/301377942062366741/375591429608570881/805298655238160404 this message] from 2021-01-31 (not publicly visible)</ref> At around 7,000 words, it is assumed to be the [[List of works by length|longest
===February 2021===
On 1 February 2021, the first issue of the {{tp|lipu tenpo}} online magazine was released.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/la0owt/lipu_tenpo_li_lon/</ref><ref>https://liputenpo.org/2021/02/01/lipu-tenpo-nanpa-akesi/</ref>
On 5 February, Sonja Lang announced that the Toki Pona Facebook group had adopted a policy against
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On 18 July, [[Sonja Lang]] released the ''[[Toki Pona Dictionary]]'', or {{tp|lipu ku}},
From 7 to 8 August, the first {{tp|[[suno pi toki pona]]}} took place, celebrating the 20th anniversary of Toki Pona. It was organized by members in the {{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}} {{w|Discord}} server, and broadcast on a {{w|YouTube}} livestream.<ref name="sptp2021">{{cite web|url=https://suno.pona.la/2021/|title=suno pi toki pona 2021|website={{tok|suno.pona.la}}|access-date=10 November 2023}}</ref> It was hosted by {{tok|jan Makoje}}, {{tok|jan Tepo}}, and {{tok|kala pona Tonyu}}.<ref>{{cite YouTube|toki pona day 2021 #1|id=CdBJiSTu5XU|title={{tok|suno pi toki pona}}|channel={{tok|ma pona pi toki pona}}|handle={{tok|maponapitokipona}}|date=7 August 2021|access-date=10 November 2023}}</ref> According to the official website, it was attended by around 170 people.<ref name="sptp2021" />
===October 2021===
On 13 October 2021, the
===December 2021===
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==2022==
===May 2022===
On 29 May 2022, {{tok|jan Tepo}} publicly posted a link to {{tp|[[jan Keta li weka!]]}}, his translation of {{lang|eo|''Gerda malaperis!''}} by Claude Piron.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/v057bl/jan_keta_li_weka_a_translation_of_the_esperanto/</ref><ref>https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTPNbOI0bcy31sRnziHm0urd__61l2-N7952qNG3WXxOTzMn8NAXmouv0uzTY5eiBip4vTA1ThRTxRc/pub</ref> With around 15,000 words it was likely the [[List of works by length|longest text]] in Toki Pona,
===June 2022===
On 29 June, {{tok|jan Kala}} and {{tok|jan Sonja}} published {{tp|[[jan Sitata]]}}, {{tok|jan Kala}}'s translation of part one of the 1922 novel {{w|Siddhartha (novel)|''Siddhartha''}} by Hermann Hesse.<ref>https://tokipona.org/sitata/</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/vnhqb3/jan_sitata_a_free_web_book/</ref>
On 21 July, Jonathan Hill posted a translation of the entire {{w|Gospel of John}} in Toki Pona.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/w4f8k3/johns_gospel_in_toki_pona/|title=John's Gospel in toki pona|lang=en|website=Reddit|author=Jonathan Hill|username=u/JonathanCRH|date=2022-07-21|access-date=2024-02-13}}</ref> At more than 23,000 words, it is believed to be the [[List of works by length|longest text]] in Toki Pona to this day.
===August 2022===
On 5 August 2022, the wiki {{tp|[[sona pona]]}} was created.<ref><span class="plainlinks">[{{fullurl:Main Page|diff=1}} Main Page: Difference between revisions] (diff 1)</span></ref> It grew sharply from late 2023 to early 2024, and currently has {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles.
From 6 to 7 August, {{tp|[[suno pi toki pona]]}} was celebrated for the second time, marking the 21st anniversary of Toki Pona.
From 8 to 13 August, an Esperanto edition of {{tp|lipu pu}} by {{tok|jan Pensa}} was sold at the World Esperanto Congress 2022 in Montreal, under the title {{lang|eo|''Tokipono: La lingvo de bono''}}.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/w4z190/esperanto_book_of_toki_pona_the_language_of_good/</ref>
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On October 1, a print-on-demand edition of the Esperanto translation of {{tp|lipu pu}} was published, making it available in online stores for the first time.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Tokipono-lingvo-Esperanto-Sonja-Lang/dp/9464376090</ref>
On 9 October, the horror anthology zine {{tp|
==2023==
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From 5 to 6 August, {{tp|[[suno pi toki pona]]}} was celebrated for the third time, marking the 22nd anniversary of Toki Pona.
==2024==
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On 3 February 2024, Sonja Lang published {{Oz}}, the first in a [[su (series)|series of Toki Pona storybooks]] referred to by the formerly [[reserved]] word {{tp|[[su]]}}. The book was primarily written in {{tp|sitelen pona}} and featured various idiosyncrasies in its use thereof.
==Year unknown==
===Prior to 2013===
Michael F published {{tp|jan lawa lili}}, a complete translation of {{lang|fr|''Le Petit Prince''}} (''The Little Prince'') by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It was found on his website failbluedot.com,<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140305062735/http://failbluedot.com/toki_pona/jan_lawa_lili</ref> and was added to the corpus at Tokipona.net some time before 2013-01-20.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20130120091230/http://tokipona.net/tp/ReadingHelper.aspx</ref> With a word count of 11,780 it is thought to have been the [[List of works by length|longest text]] in Toki Pona [[#
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