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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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==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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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, forum user Viktoro proposed converting Toki Pona into a [[three-vowel]] language. Lang
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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Toki Pona is a language exploring the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis, designed to encourage positive thoughts.
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===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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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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===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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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 the "
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 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
===July 2021===
On 18 July, [[Sonja Lang]] released the ''[[Toki Pona Dictionary]]'', or {{tp|lipu ku}}, a {{w|Linguistic description|descriptive}} collection of word translations surveyed in {{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}}. It classified 17 additional words as {{tp|[[nimi ku suli]]}}, including some [[Pre-pu era|pre-{{tp|pu}}]] words that had been cut from {{pu|en}}, such as {{tp|[[kijetesantakalu]]}}. This ended the [[post-pu|post-{{tp|pu}}]] [[era]] and began {{tp|[[tenpo 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===
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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 9 October, the horror anthology zine {{tp|[[lipu monsuta]]}} became a yearly publication with the release of {{tp|mun monsuta}}, its second issue.<ref>https://lipumonsuta.itch.io/mun-monsuta</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/xxp94f/mun_monsuta_a_spoopy_zine_of_toki_pona_taso/</ref>
==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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=== February 2024 ===
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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