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This is a list of tokiponized place and language names. In the sections "Place Names" and "Language Names", the book Toki Pona: The Language of Good includes many suggestions for these. However, if a community has chosen another name for itself, it is encouraged to use that name instead.
Place names[edit | edit source]
Continents[edit | edit source]
The book Toki Pona: The Language of Good includes suggestions for six continents.
It makes a distinction between the Americas as a continent (ma Amelika), derived from Romance languages, compared with the name of the United States (ma Mewika), often simply called "America". The latter has the characteric English rhotic transcribed as /w/.
Names from smaller subcontinents are not specified, however, the words lete and seli are often used for "north" and "south", as in ma Amelika lete ("North America").
| Place | Tokiponized name[1] |
|---|---|
| Americas | ma Amelika |
| Antarctica | ma Antasika |
| Africa | ma Apika |
| Asia | ma Asija |
| Europe | ma Elopa |
| Oceania | ma Osejanija |
Countries[edit | edit source]
The original book gives recommended names for several countries and autonomous regions. Non-sovereign entities and unrecognized states are marked in italics.
| Country | Endonym | ISO code | Name in pu[2] | Chosen name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Armenia
|
Հայաստան (Hayastan) | AM
|
ma Aja | |
.svg){kind=small} Afghanistan
|
Afġānistān افغانستان |
AF
|
ma Akanisan | |
 Ireland
|
Ireland (English) |
IE
|
ma Alan | |
 Argentina
|
Argentina | AR
|
ma Alensina | |
 Angola
|
Angola (Portuguese) |
AO
|
ma Ankola | |
 South Korea
|
한국 / 韓國 (Hanguk) | KR
|
ma Anku | |
 Andorra
|
Andorra | AN
|
ma Antola | |
 Haiti
|
Haïti (French) |
HT
|
ma Awisi | |
 Ecuador
|
Ecuador | EC
|
ma Ekato | |
 Greece
|
Ελλάδα (Ellada) | GR
|
ma Elena | ma Elina[citation needed] |
 Eritrea
|
ER
|
ma Eliteja | ||
 Spain
|
España (Spanish) |
ES
|
ma Epanja | |
 Austria
|
Österreich | AT
|
ma Esalasi | |
 Estonia
|
Eesti | EE
|
ma Esi | |
 Basque Country
|
Euskal Herria (Basque) |
— | ma Esuka | |
 England
|
— | ma Inli | ||
 Iraq
|
العراق (Al-'Iraq) (Arabic) |
IQ
|
ma Ilakija | |
 Iran
|
ایران (Īrān) | IR
|
ma Ilan | |
 Indonesia
|
Indonesia | ID
|
ma Intonesija | |
 Israel
|
ישראל (Yīsrāʾēl) إسرائيل (ʾIsrāʾīl) |
IL
|
ma Isale | |
 Ethiopia
|
ኢትዮጵያ (Ītyōṗṗyā) | ET
|
ma Isijopija | |
 Iceland
|
Ísland | IS
|
ma Isilan | |
 Italy
|
Italia | IT
|
ma Italija | |
 Yemen
|
اليمن (Al-Yaman) | YE
|
ma Jamanija | |
.svg){kind=small} United Kingdom
|
United Kingdom |
GB
|
ma Juke | |
 Greenland
|
Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenlandic) |
GL
|
ma Kalalinuna | |
 Cameroon
|
Cameroun (French) Cameroon (English) |
CM
|
ma Kamelun | |
 Ghana
|
Ghana (English) |
GH
|
ma Kana | |
 Canada
|
Canada | CA
|
ma Kanata | |
 Gambia
|
The Gambia | GM
|
ma Kanpija | |
 Cambodia
|
កម្ពុជា (Kămpŭchéa) | KH
|
ma Kanpusi | |
 France
|
France | FR
|
ma Kanse | |
 Gabon
|
Gabon | GA
|
ma Kapon | |
 Catalonia
|
— | ma Katala | ||
 Georgia
|
საქართველო (Sak'art'velo) | GE
|
ma Katelo | |
 Guatemala
|
Guatemala | GT
|
ma Katemala | |
 Grenada
|
Grenada | GD
|
ma Kenata | |
 Kenya
|
Kenya | KE
|
ma Kenja | |
 Kiribati
|
Kiribati | KI
|
ma Kilipasi | |
 Guinea
|
GN
|
ma Kine | ||
 Equatorial Guinea
|
Guinea Ecuatorial (Spanish) |
GQ
|
ma Kinejekatolija | |
 Guinea-Bissau
|
Guiné-Bissau | GW
|
ma Kinepisa | |
 Wales
|
Cymru (Welsh) |
— | ma Kinla | |
 Cyprus
|
Κύπρος (Kypros) (Greek) |
TR
|
ma Kiposi | |
 Comoros
|
Comores (French) |
KM
|
ma Komo | |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
République démocratique du Congo | CG
|
ma Konko | ma Konko pi ma tomo Kinsasa[citation needed] |
 Congo
|
République du Congo |
CG
|
ma Konko | ma Konko pi ma tomo Pasawi[citation needed] |
 Costa Rica
|
Costa Rica | CR
|
ma Kosalika | |
 Ivory Coast
|
Côte d'Ivoire | CI
|
ma Kosiwa | |
 Kurdistan
|
کوردستان | — | ma Kuli | |
 Gujarat
|
— | ma Kusala | ||
 Cuba
|
Cuba | CU
|
ma Kupa | |
 Kuwait
|
الكويت (Al-Kuwayt) | KW
|
ma Kuwasi | |
 Sri Lanka
|
ශ්රී ලංකාව (Sri Lankā) (Sinhala) |
LK
|
ma Lanka | |
 Liberia
|
Liberia | LR
|
ma Lapewija | |
 Latvia
|
Latvija | LV
|
ma Lawi | |
 Lesotho
|
Lesotho | LS
|
ma Lesoto | |
 Lithuania
|
Lietuva | LT
|
ma Lijatuwa | |
 Libya
|
LY
|
ma Lipija | ||
 Liechtenstein
|
Liechtenstein | LI
|
ma Lisensan | |
 Romania
|
România | RO
|
ma Lomani | |
 Russia
|
Россия (Rossiya) | RU
|
ma Losi | ma Losi,[citation needed] ma Lusi[citation needed] |
 Croatia
|
Hrvatska | |
ma Lowasi | |
 Slovakia
|
Slovensko | SK
|
ma Lowenki | |
 Slovenia
|
Slovenija | SL
|
ma Lowensina | |
 Lebanon
|
لبنان (Lubnān) (Arabic) |
LB
|
ma Lunpan | |
 Luxembourg
|
Lëtzebuerg (Luxembourgish) |
LU
|
ma Lusepu | |
 Rwanda
|
Rwanda Rwanda |
RW
|
ma Luwanta | |
 North Macedonia
|
Македонија (Makedonija) | MK
|
ma Maketonija | |
 Madagascar
|
MG
|
ma Malakasi | ||
 Malaysia
|
Malaysia | MY
|
ma Malasija | ma Malasija,[citation needed] ma Malesija[citation needed] |
 Malawi
|
MW
|
ma Malawi | ||
 Mali
|
Mali | ML
|
ma Mali | |
 Morocco
|
MA
|
ma Malipe | ||
 Egypt
|
مصر (Maṣr) | EG
|
ma Masu | |
 Mexico
|
México (Spanish) |
MX
|
ma Mesiko | ma Mesiko,[citation needed] ma Mekiko[citation needed] |
 United States
|
America, USA |
US
|
ma Mewika | ma Mewika,[citation needed] ma Juwese[citation needed] |
 Myanmar
|
မြန်မာ (Myanma) | MM
|
ma Mijama | |
 Mozambique
|
Moçambique | MZ
|
ma Mosanpi | |
 Hungary
|
Magyarország | HU
|
ma Mosijo | |
 Moldova
|
Moldova | MD
|
ma Motowa | |
 Mauritius
|
Mauritius (English) |
MU
|
ma Mowisi | |
 Mauritania
|
موريتانيا (Mūrītānyā) | MR
|
ma Mulitanija | |
 Namibia
|
Namibia | NA
|
ma Namipija | |
 Nigeria
|
Nigeria (English) |
NG
|
ma Naselija | |
 Netherlands
|
Nederland Nederlân |
NL
|
ma Netelan | |
 Japan
|
日本 (Nihon) | JP
|
ma Nijon | ma Nijon, (ma Nipon)[3] |
 Niger
|
Niger | NE
|
ma Nise | |
 Norway
|
Norge (Norwegian Bokmål) |
NO
|
ma Nosiki | |
 New Zealand
|
New Zealand (English) |
NZ
|
ma Nusilan | ma Nusilan,[citation needed] ma Otejalowa[citation needed] |
 Honduras
|
Honduras | HN
|
ma Ontula | |
 Australia
|
Australia | AU
|
ma Oselija | |
 Pakistan
|
Pakistan Pākistān پاکستان |
PK
|
ma Pakisan | |
 Paraguay
|
Paraguay (Spanish) |
PY
|
ma Palakawi | |
 Bahrain
|
البحرين (Al-Baḥrayn) | BH
|
ma Palani | |
 India
|
ভাৰত (Bhārôt) (Assamese) |
IN
|
ma Palata | |
 Panama
|
Panamá | PA
|
ma Panama | |
 Bangladesh
|
বাংলাদেশ (Bānglādesh) | BD
|
ma Panla | |
 Barbados
|
Barbados | BB
|
ma Papeto | |
 Papua New Guinea
|
Papua New Guinea Papua Niugini Papua Niu Gini |
PG
|
ma Papuwanijukini | |
 Brazil
|
Brasil | BR
|
ma Pasila | ma Pasiju[citation needed] |
 Bahamas
|
The Bahamas | BS
|
ma Pawama | |
 Belarus
|
Беларусь (Bielaruś) (Belarussian) |
BY
|
ma Pelalusi | |
 Peru
|
Perú (Spanish) |
PE
|
ma Pelu | |
 Bermuda
|
Bermuda | BM
|
ma Pemuta | |
 Benin
|
Bénin | BJ
|
ma Penen | |
 Venezuela
|
Venezuela | VE
|
ma Penesuwela | |
 Belgium
|
België (Dutch) |
BE
|
ma Pesije | |
 Brittany
|
— | ma Peson | ||
 Philippines
|
Pilipinas Philippines |
PH
|
ma Pilipina | |
 Palestine
|
فلسطين (Filasṭīn) | PS
|
ma Pilisin | |
 Fiji
|
Fiji (English) |
FJ
|
ma Pisi | |
 Tibet
|
བོད (Böd) | — | ma Po | |
 Bulgaria
|
България (Bŭlgariya) | BG
|
ma Pokasi | |
 Bosnia and Herzogovina
|
BA
|
ma Posan | ||
 Poland
|
Polska | PL
|
ma Posuka | ma Posuka,[citation needed] ma Posuki[citation needed] |
 Botswana
|
Botswana | BW
|
ma Posuwana | |
 Portugal
|
Portugal | PT
|
ma Potuke | |
 Burkina Faso
|
Burkina Faso | BF
|
ma Pukinapaso | |
 San Marino
|
San Marino | SM
|
ma Samalino | |
 Jamaica
|
Jamaica | JM
|
ma Sameka | |
 Zambia
|
Zambia | ZM
|
ma Sanpija | |
 Central African Republic
|
Centrafrique (French) |
CF
|
ma Santapiken | |
 Algeria
|
الجزائر (Al-Jazā'ir) (Arabic) |
DZ
|
ma Sasali | |
 Chad
|
Tchad |
TD
|
ma Sate | |
 Eswatini
|
Eswatini (English) |
SZ
|
ma Sawasi | |
 Saudi Arabia
|
السعودية (As-Suʿūdīyah) | SA
|
ma Sawusi[a] | ma Sajusi[citation needed] |
 Samoa
|
Samoa (English) |
WS
|
ma Samowa | |
 Czechia
|
Česko | CZ
|
ma Seki | |
 Senegal
|
Sénégal (French) |
SN
|
ma Seneka | |
 South Africa
|
Suid-Afrika (Afrikaans) |
ZA
|
ma Setapika | |
 Sierra Leone
|
Sierra Leone | SL
|
ma Sijelalijon | |
 Chile
|
Chile | CL
|
ma Sile | |
 Trinidad and Tobago
|
Trinidad and Tobago | TT
|
ma Sinita | |
 Zimbabwe
|
Zimbabwe | ZW
|
ma Sinpapuwe | |
 Albania
|
Shqipëria | AL
|
ma Sipe | |
 Djibouti
|
جيبوتي (Jībūtī) |
DJ
|
ma Sipusi | |
 Somalia
|
Soomaaliya (Somali) |
SO
|
ma Somalija | |
 China
|
中国 (Zhōngguó) | CN
|
ma Sonko | |
 Serbia
|
Србија (Srbija) | RS
|
ma Sopisi | |
 Scotland
|
Scotland (English) |
— | ma Sukosi | |
 Syria
|
Suriyah سورية |
SY
|
ma Sulija | |
 Finland
|
Suomi (Finnish) |
FI
|
ma Sumi | |
 Sudan
|
السودان (As-Sudan) | SD
|
ma Sutan | |
 Switzerland
|
Schweiz (German) |
CH
|
ma Suwasi | |
 Tanzania
|
Tanzania | TZ
|
ma Tansanija | |
 Denmark
|
Danmark | DK
|
ma Tansi | |
 Thailand
|
ประเทศไทย (Prathet Thai) | TH
|
ma Tawi | |
 Togo
|
Togo (French) |
TG
|
ma Toko | |
 Dominican Republic
|
República Dominicana | DO
|
ma Tominika | |
 Tonga
|
Tonga | TO
|
ma Tona | |
 Germany
|
Deutschland | DE
|
ma Tosi | |
 Turkey
|
Türkiye | TR
|
ma Tuki | |
 Tunisia
|
تونس (Tūns) | TN
|
ma Tunisi | |
 Tuvalu
|
Tuvalu | TV
|
ma Tuwalu | |
 Uganda
|
Uganda | UG
|
ma Ukanta | |
 Ukraine
|
Україна (Ukrajina) | UA
|
ma Ukawina | |
 Uruguay
|
Uruguay | UY
|
ma Ulukawi | |
 Oman
|
عُمان (‘Umān) | OM
|
ma Uman | |
 Jordan
|
الأردن (Al-’Urdun) | JO
|
ma Utun | |
 Vanuatu
|
Vanuatu | VU
|
ma Wanuwatu | |
.svg){kind=small} Vatican City
|
Città del Vaticano (Italian) |
VA
|
ma Wasikano | |
 Sweden
|
Sverige | SE
|
ma Wensa, | |
 Vietnam
|
Việt Nam | VN
|
ma Wije | |
 Kosovo
|
Kosova (Albanian) |
XK
|
— | ma Kosowa[citation needed] |
 North Korea
|
조선 Chosŏn | KP
|
— | ma Soson[citation needed] |
 Taiwan
|
臺灣 / 台灣 (Táiwān) | TW
|
— | ma Tawan[citation needed] |
Language names[edit | edit source]
| Type | Language | Tokiponized name | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exonym | Endonym | ISO 639-3
|
pu[4] | Chosen | |
| Written/spoken languages | Arabic | اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ | ara
|
toki Alapi | |
| Afrikaans | Afrikaans | afr
|
toki Apikan | ||
| Hausa | هَرْشَن هَوْسَ | hau
|
toki Awasa | ||
| Haitian Creole | kreyòl ayisyen | hat
|
toki Awisi | ||
| Greek | ελληνικά | ell
|
toki Elena | toki Elina | |
| Spanish | español, castellano |
spa
|
toki Epanja | ||
| Estonian | eesti keel | est
|
toki Esi | ||
| Basque | euskara | eus
|
toki Esuka | ||
| English | English | eng
|
toki Inli | ||
| Hindi | हिन्दी | hin
|
toki Insi | ||
| Indonesian | Bahasa Indonesia | ind
|
toki Intonesija | ||
| Inuit languages | |
toki Inu | |||
| Igbo | Ásụ̀sụ́ Ìgbò | ibo
|
toki Ipo | ||
| Icelandic | íslenska | isl
|
toki Isilan | ||
| Italian | italiano | ita
|
toki Italija | ||
| Hebrew | עִבְרִית | heb
|
toki Iwisi | ||
| Yoruba | Èdè Yorùbá, عِدعِ يوْرُبا
|
yor
|
toki Jolupa | ||
| Scottish Gaelic | Gàidhlig | gla
|
toki Kalike | ||
| French | français | fra
|
toki Kanse | ||
| Cantonese | 廣東話, 广东话 |
yue
|
toki Kantun | ||
| Welsh | Cymraeg | cym
|
toki Kinla | ||
| Latin | lingua Latīna | lat
|
toki Lasina | ||
| Romanian | limba română, лимба ромынэ |
ron
|
toki Lomani | ||
| Russian | русский язык | rus
|
toki Losi | toki Losi, toki Lusi | |
| Croatian | hrvatski | hrv
|
toki Lowasi | ||
| Hungarian | magyar nyelv | hun
|
toki Mosijo | ||
| Dutch | Nederlands | nld
|
toki Netelan | ||
| Japanese | 日本語 | jpn
|
toki Nijon | toki Nijon, (toki Nipon)[3] | |
| Norwegian (Bokmål) | bokmål | nob
|
toki Nosiki | ||
| Norwegian Nynorsk | nynorsk | nno
|
toki Nosiki sin | ||
| Bengali | বাংলা | ben
|
toki Panla | ||
| Breton | brezhoneg | bre
|
toki Peson | ||
| Bulgarian | български език | bul
|
toki Pokasi | ||
| Bosnian | bosanski, босански |
bos
|
toki Posan | ||
| Portuguese | português | por
|
toki Potuke | ||
| Jamaican Patois | Patwa, Jamiekan Kriyuol, Jumiekan Kryuol, Jumieka Taak, Jumiekan languij |
jam
|
toki Sameka | ||
| Czech | čeština | ces
|
toki Seki | ||
| Tsez | цезйас мец | ddo
|
toki Sesi | ||
| Albanian | shqipja | sqi
|
toki Sikipe | ||
| Chinese | 中文, 汉语, 漢語 |
zho
|
toki Sonko | ||
| Serbian | српски језик, srpski jezik |
srp
|
toki Sopisi | ||
| Finnish | suomi | fin
|
toki Sumi | ||
| Danish | dansk | dan
|
toki Tansi | ||
| Tok Pisin | Tok Pisin | tpi
|
toki Topisin | ||
| German | Deutsch | deu
|
toki Tosi | ||
| Sign language | French Sign Language | fsl
|
toki luka Kanse | ||
| Quebec Sign Language | fcs
|
toki luka Kepeka | |||
| American Sign Language |   
|
ase
|
toki luka Mewika | ||
| Australian Sign Language | asf
|
toki luka Oselija | |||
| British Sign Language | bfi
|
toki luka Piten | |||
| Chinese Sign Language | csl
|
toki luka Sonko | |||
| German Sign Language | gsg
|
toki luka Tosi | |||
| Manually Coded English | mis
|
toki Inli luka | |||
| Constructed language | Afrihili | Ɛl-Afrihili | afh
|
toki Apiwili | |
| Esperanto | Esperanto | epo
|
toki Epelanto | ||
| Basic English | Basic English | mis
|
toki Inli pona | ||
| Lingua Ignota | mis
|
toki Inota | |||
| Interlingua | interlingua | ina
|
toki Intelinwa | ||
| Ido | Ido | ido
|
toki Ito | ||
| Quenya | Eldarin | qya
|
toki Kuwenja | ||
| Láadan | Láadan | ldn
|
toki Latan | ||
| Lojban | la .lojban. | jbo
|
toki Losupan | ||
| Mänti | Mänti | mis
|
toki Mansi | ||
| Na'vi | Lìʼfya leNaʼvi | mis
|
toki Nawi | ||
| Volapük | Volapük, Volapꞟk |
vol
|
toki Olapi | ||
| Baôleybelen | mis
|
toki Palepelen | |||
| Fyksian | mis
|
toki Pasiki | |||
| Toki Pona | toki pona | tok
|
toki pona | ||
| Seren | mis
|
toki Selen | |||
| Semitish | mis
|
toki Semisi | |||
| Klingon | tlhIngan Hol | tlh
|
toki Sinan | ||
| Sindarin | sjn
|
toki Sintalin | |||
| Unker Non-Linear Writing System | mis
|
toki sitelen Anlasi | |||
| Blissymbols | 
|
zbl
|
toki sitelen Pisinpo | ||
| Solresol | 
|
mis
|
toki Soleso | ||
| Somish | mis
|
toki Soma | |||
| Traumae | mis
|
toki Tolome | |||
| Dothraki | Lekh Dothraki | mis
|
toki Tosulaki | ||
Notes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ The syllable wu violates Toki Pona's phonotactics.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (25 May 2014). Toki Pona: The Language of Good. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292300. OCLC 921253340. p. 112.
- ↑ Lang, Sonja. (25 May 2014). Toki Pona: The Language of Good. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292300. OCLC 921253340. pp. 112–119.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 kije Enki [@mikijeenki]. (27 January 2024). [Poll posted in the
#アンケートchannel in the ぽなぽなジャパン Discord server]. Discord. Retrieved 8 April 2024. - ↑ Lang, Sonja. (25 May 2014). Toki Pona: The Language of Good. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292300. OCLC 921253340. pp. 120–123.