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==Word usage surveys==
==Word usage surveys==
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{{Main|Usage categories}}


The {{tok|Linku}} team puts out annual word usage surveys, to update the database with the best information, and to allow users to filter the dictionary by their preferred usage cutoff point. {{tok|kala Asi}} discussed surveying words in a segment for {{tok|[[suno pi toki pona]]}} 2023.<ref>{{tok|kala Asi}} (7 August 2023). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrFB1ETL1Hg {{tp|wile sona nimi}}]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20231018173305/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrFB1ETL1Hg Archived] from the original on 18 October 2023. ''YouTube''. Retrieved 18 October 2023.</ref>
The {{tok|Linku}} team puts out annual word usage surveys, to update the database with the best information, and to allow users to filter the dictionary by their preferred usage cutoff point. {{tok|kala Asi}} discussed surveying words in a segment for {{tok|[[suno pi toki pona]]}} 2023.<ref>{{tok|kala Asi}} (7 August 2023). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrFB1ETL1Hg {{tp|wile sona nimi}}]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20231018173305/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrFB1ETL1Hg Archived] from the original on 18 October 2023. ''YouTube''. Retrieved 18 October 2023.</ref>

===Usage categories===
Based on those surveys, {{tok|Linku}} has assigned words to a few broad categories since 2022. These are a more granular, more frequently updated replacement for the [[book presence]] categories. In the following tables, a bold line represents the cutoff for the categories that are selected by default.

Numbers are rounded to the nearest percentage point (0.5% rounds to 1%).

{| style="vertical-align: top;"
|
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+2023
|-
!style="width:0;"|Category
!Users<br/><small>{{abbr|<var>n</var>|Sample size}} = 868</small>
|-
!Core
|[90%, 100%]
|-
!style="border-bottom:2px solid currentColor;"|Widespread
|style="border-bottom:2px solid currentColor;"|[70%, 90%)
|-
!Common
|[50%, 70%)
|-
!Uncommon
|[20%, 50%)
|-
!Rare
|[10%, 20%)
|-
!Obscure<ref group="lower-alpha">In the 2023 results post, the obscure category is split into a high end [5%, 10%) and low end [2%, 5%) purely for readability.</ref><ref group="lower-alpha">New words below 2% usage are considered not notable for inclusion in the dictionary. Words below this threshold that are already included are planned to be moved into a separate sandbox resource. As of the publication of the 2023 results, this is yet to be done.</ref>
|[2%, 10%)
|}
|
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+2022
|-
!style="width:0;"|Category
!Users<br/><small>{{abbr|<var>n</var>|Sample size}} = 345</small>
|-
!Core
|[90%, 100%]
|-
!style="border-bottom:2px solid currentColor;"|Widespread
|style="border-bottom:2px solid currentColor;"|[70%, 90%)
|-
!Common
|[50%, 70%)
|-
!Uncommon
|[20%, 50%)
|-
!Rare
|[10%, 20%)
|-
!Obscure
|[1%, 10%)
|}
|}

===Survey results===
* [https://github.com/lipu-linku/ijo/blob/main/survey/2023/results.md 2023 survey results] (868 responses)
* [https://reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/wqyczo/survey_results_how_many_people_use_words_in_2022 2022 survey results] (345 responses) {{Indent|The 2022 survey changed the methodology. It asks "do you use this word". Previous years asked "do you consider this word real". Because of this, results from 2022 and after cannot be directly compared to 2021 and before.}}
* [https://reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/qa3inn/survey_results_heres_how_real_these_tp_words_are 2021 survey results] (152 responses)
* [https://reddit.com/r/tokipona/comments/g9ne0s/survey_results_heres_how_real_these_tp_words_are 2020 survey results] (86 responses)


==Notes==
==Notes==

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Linku (sitelen pona: Linku) is a free and open-source dictionary project about Toki Pona and the collection of data and tools involving it.[1] The name Linku was coined by kala Asi in 2021 and is derived from the words linluwi, meaning "internet", and ku, the second book by jan Sonja.[2] It was originally a temporary name but ended up becoming permanent.

Tools

Linku provides the data set as a public JSON file, called jasima Linku.

  • lipu Linku, the main dictionary page
  • nimi.li, an interactive dictionary that extends the Linku data with addition words too obscure or unused to be considered for Linku yet.

Word usage surveys

The Linku team puts out annual word usage surveys, to update the database with the best information, and to allow users to filter the dictionary by their preferred usage cutoff point. kala Asi discussed surveying words in a segment for suno pi toki pona 2023.[3]

Notes


References

  1. "About Linku". lipu Linku. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  2. kala Asi (19 August 2022). Linku li seme?. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. YouTube. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  3. kala Asi (7 August 2023). wile sona nimi. Archived from the original on 18 October 2023. YouTube. Retrieved 18 October 2023.