Place and language names

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, when a community has chosen another name for itself, it is encouraged to use that name instead.

Place names Edit

Original text related to this article:

Toki Pona: The Language of Good § Place Names

Continents Edit

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").^[1]

Place	Tokiponized name^[2]
Americas	ma Amelika
Antarctica	ma Antasika
Africa	ma Apika
Asia	ma Asija
Europe	ma Elopa
Oceania	ma Osejanija

Countries Edit

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^[3]	Chosen name
Armenia	Հայաստան (Hayastan)	`AM`	ma Aja
Afghanistan	Afġānistān افغانستان	`AF`	ma Akanisan
Ireland	Ireland (English) Éire (Irish)	`IE`	ma Alan
Argentina	Argentina	`AR`	ma Alensina
Angola	Angola (Portuguese) Ngola (Kongo)	`AO`	ma Ankola
South Korea	한국 / 韓國 (Hanguk)	`KR`	ma Anku
Andorra	Andorra	`AN`	ma Antola
Haiti	Haïti (French) Ayiti (Haitian Creole)	`HT`	ma Awisi
Ecuador	Ecuador	`EC`	ma Ekato
Greece	Ελλάδα (Ellada)	`GR`	ma Elena	ma Elina^{[citation needed]}
Eritrea	ኤርትራ (Ertra) (Tigrinya) إرتريا (Iritriya) (Arabic)	`ER`	ma Eliteja
Spain	España (Spanish) Espanya (Catalan) Espainia (Basque) España (Galician) Espanha	`ES`	ma Epanja
Austria	Österreich	`AT`	ma Esalasi
Estonia	Eesti	`EE`	ma Esi
Basque Country	Euskal Herria (Basque) País Vasco (Spanish) Pays Basque (French)	—	ma Esuka
England		—	ma Inli
Iraq	العراق (Al-'Iraq) (Arabic) Êraq (Kurdish)	`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
United Kingdom	United Kingdom Y Deyrnas Unedig Unitit Kinrick Rìoghachd Aonaichte Ríocht Aontaithe An Rywvaneth Unys	`GB`	ma Juke
Greenland	Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenlandic) Grønland (Danish)	`GL`	ma Kalalinuna
Cameroon	Cameroun (French) Cameroon (English)	`CM`	ma Kamelun
Ghana	Ghana (English) Gaana (Akan) Gana (Ewe) Gana (Twi)	`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	Guinée (French) ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫ (Gine) (N'Ko) 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 (Gine) (Pular)	`GN`	ma Kine
Equatorial Guinea	Guinea Ecuatorial (Spanish) Guinée équatoriale (French) Guiné Equatorial (Portuguese)	`GQ`	ma Kinejekatolija
Guinea-Bissau	Guiné-Bissau	`GW`	ma Kinepisa
Wales	Cymru (Welsh) Wales (English)	—	ma Kinla
Cyprus	Κύπρος (Kypros) (Greek) Kıbrıs (Turkish)	`TR`	ma Kiposi
Comoros	Comores (French) Komori (Shikomori) جزر القمر (Juzur al-Qamar) (Arabic)	`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 Repubilika ya Kôngo Republíki ya Kongó	`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) இலங்கை (Ilaṅkai) (Tamil)	`LK`	ma Lanka
Liberia	Liberia	`LR`	ma Lapewija
Latvia	Latvija	`LV`	ma Lawi
Lesotho	Lesotho	`LS`	ma Lesoto
Lithuania	Lietuva	`LT`	ma Lijatuwa
Libya	ليبيا (Lībiyā) (Arabic) ⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰ (Libya) (Berber)	`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) Liban (French)	`LB`	ma Lunpan
Luxembourg	Lëtzebuerg (Luxembourgish) Luxemburg (German) Luxembourg (French)	`LU`	ma Lusepu
Rwanda	Rwanda Rwanda	`RW`	ma Luwanta
North Macedonia	Македонија (Makedonija)	`MK`	ma Maketonija
Madagascar	Madagasikara (Malagasy) Madagascar (French)	`MG`	ma Malakasi
Malaysia	Malaysia	`MY`	ma Malasija	ma Malasija,^{[citation needed]} ma Malesija^{[citation needed]}
Malawi	Malawi (English) Malaŵi (Chewa)	`MW`	ma Malawi
Mali	Mali	`ML`	ma Mali
Morocco	المغرب (Al-maḡrib) (Arabic) ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ (Lmɣrib) (Berber)	`MA`	ma Malipe
Egypt	مصر (Maṣr)	`EG`	ma Masu
Mexico	México (Spanish) Mēxihco (Nahuatl)	`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) Maurice (French) Moris (Mauritian Creole)	`MU`	ma Mowisi
Mauritania	موريتانيا (Mūrītānyā)	`MR`	ma Mulitanija
Namibia	Namibia	`NA`	ma Namipija
Nigeria	Nigeria (English) Nijeriya (Hausa) Naìjíríyà (Igbo) Nàìjíríà (Yoruba)	`NG`	ma Naselija
Netherlands	Nederland Nederlân	`NL`	ma Netelan
Japan	日本 (Nihon)	`JP`	ma Nijon	ma Nijon, (ma Nipon)^[4]
Niger	Niger	`NE`	ma Nise
Norway	Norge (Norwegian Bokmål) Noreg (Norwegian Nynorsk)	`NO`	ma Nosiki
New Zealand	New Zealand (English) Aotearoa (Maori)	`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) Paraguái (Guarani)	`PY`	ma Palakawi
Bahrain	البحرين (Al-Baḥrayn)	`BH`	ma Palani
India	ভাৰত (Bhārôt) (Assamese) ভারত (Bhārôt) (Bengali) India (English) ભારત (Bhārat) (Gujarati) भारत (Bhārat) (Hindi) ಭಾರತ (Bhārata) (Kannada) भारत (Bhārat) (Konkani) ഭാരതം (Bhāratam) (Malayalam) भारत (Bhārat) (Nepali) ଭାରତ (Bhārata) (Oriya) ਭਾਰਤ (Bhārat) (Punjabi) भारतम् (Bhāratam) (Sanskrit) பாரதம் (Bāratam) (Tamil) భారతదేశం (Bhāratadēśam) (Telugu)	`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) Беларусь (Belarus') (Russian)	`BY`	ma Pelalusi
Peru	Perú (Spanish) Piruw (Quechua)	`PE`	ma Pelu
Bermuda	Bermuda	`BM`	ma Pemuta
Benin	Bénin	`BJ`	ma Penen
Venezuela	Venezuela	`VE`	ma Penesuwela
Belgium	België (Dutch) Belgique (French) Belgien (German)	`BE`	ma Pesije
Brittany		—	ma Peson
Philippines	Pilipinas Philippines	`PH`	ma Pilipina
Palestine	فلسطين (Filasṭīn)	`PS`	ma Pilisin
Fiji	Fiji (English) Viti (Fijian) फ़िजी (Fiji Hindi)	`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) Bêafrîka (Sango)	`CF`	ma Santapiken
Algeria	الجزائر (Al-Jazā'ir) (Arabic) ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ (Dzayer) (Tamazight)	`DZ`	ma Sasali
Chad	Tchad تشاد (Tšād)	`TD`	ma Sate
Eswatini	Eswatini (English) eSwatini (Swazi)	`SZ`	ma Sawasi
Saudi Arabia	السعودية (As-Suʿūdīyah)	`SA`	ma Sawusi^[a]	ma Sajusi^{[citation needed]}
Samoa	Samoa (English) Sāmoa (Samoan)	`WS`	ma Samowa
Czechia	Česko	`CZ`	ma Seki
Senegal	Sénégal (French) Senegaal (Wolof)	`SN`	ma Seneka
South Africa	Suid-Afrika (Afrikaans) South Africa (English) iSewula Afrika (Ndebele) Afrika-Borwa (Pedi) Afrika Borwa (Sotho) iNingizimu Afrika (Swazi) Afrika Dzonga (Tsonga) Aforika Borwa (Tswana) Afurika Tshipembe (Venda) uMzantsi Afrika (Xhosa) iNingizimu Afrika (Zulu)	`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) Djibouti Jabuuti (Somali) Gabuuti (Afar)	`DJ`	ma Sipusi
Somalia	Soomaaliya (Somali) الصومال (Aṣ-Ṣūmāl) (Arabic)	`SO`	ma Somalija
China	中国 (Zhōngguó)	`CN`	ma Sonko
Serbia	Србија (Srbija)	`RS`	ma Sopisi
Scotland	Scotland (English) Alba (Scottish Gaelic)	—	ma Sukosi
Syria	Suriyah سورية	`SY`	ma Sulija
Finland	Suomi (Finnish) Finland (Swedish)	`FI`	ma Sumi
Sudan	السودان (As-Sudan)	`SD`	ma Sutan
Switzerland	Schweiz (German) Suisse (French) Svizzera (Italian) Svizra (Romansh)	`CH`	ma Suwasi
Tanzania	Tanzania	`TZ`	ma Tansanija
Denmark	Danmark	`DK`	ma Tansi
Thailand	ประเทศไทย (Prathet Thai)	`TH`	ma Tawi
Togo	Togo (French) Togo (Ewe) Togo (Kabye)	`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
Vatican City	Città del Vaticano (Italian) Civitas Vaticana (Latin)	`VA`	ma Wasikano
Sweden	Sverige	`SE`	ma Wensa, ma Sensa
Vietnam	Việt Nam	`VN`	ma Wije
Kosovo	Kosova (Albanian) Косово (Kosovo) (Serbian)	`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

Original text related to this article:

Toki Pona: The Language of Good § Language Names

Spokes languages Edit

Language			Tokiponized name
Exonym	Endonym	ISO 639-3	pu^[5]	Chosen
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(に)本(ほん)語(ご)	`jpn`	toki Nijon	toki Nijon, (toki Nipon)^[4]
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 languages Edit

Language			Tokiponized name
Exonym	Endonym	ISO 639-3	pu^[5]	Chosen
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		—	toki Inli luka

Constructed languages Edit

Language			Tokiponized name
Exonym	Endonym	ISO 639-3	pu^[5]	Chosen
Afrihili	Ɛl-Afrihili	`afh`	toki Apiwili
Esperanto	Esperanto	`epo`	toki Epelanto
Basic English	Basic English	—	toki Inli pona
Lingua Ignota		—	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	—	toki Mansi
Na'vi	Lìʼfya leNaʼvi	—	toki Nawi
Volapük	Volapük, Volapꞟk	`vol`	toki Olapi
Baôleybelen		—	toki Palepelen
Fyksian		—	toki Pasiki
Toki Pona	toki pona	`tok`	toki pona
Seren		—	toki Selen
Semitish		—	toki Semisi
Klingon	tlhIngan Hol	`tlh`	toki Sinan
Sindarin		`sjn`	toki Sintalin
Unker Non-Linear Writing System		—	toki sitelen Anlasi
Blissymbols	(Blissymbol)	`zbl`	toki sitelen Pisinpo
Solresol	Solresol	—	toki Soleso
Somish		—	toki Soma
Traumae		—	toki Tolome
Dothraki	Lekh Dothraki	—	toki Tosulaki

Gallery Edit

Tokiponized map of Europe
State map of the United States (select "Toki Pona" as language and click "Go")

Notes Edit

↑ The syllable wu violates Toki Pona's phonotactics.

References Edit

↑ John E. Clifford. (29 March 2007). "Re: A few questions". Toki Pona Forums. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
↑ 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.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 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.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Lang, Sonja. (25 May 2014). Toki Pona: The Language of Good. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292300. OCLC 921253340. pp. 120–123.

[5] The syllable wu violates Toki Pona's phonotactics.

[1] John E. Clifford. (29 March 2007). "Re: A few questions". Toki Pona Forums. Retrieved 27 November 2023.

[2] Lang, Sonja. (25 May 2014). Toki Pona: The Language of Good. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292300. OCLC 921253340. p. 112.

[3] Lang, Sonja. (25 May 2014). Toki Pona: The Language of Good. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292300. OCLC 921253340. pp. 112–119.

[Nijon_poll-4] 4.0 ^4.1 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.

[pu-lang-6] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Lang, Sonja. (25 May 2014). Toki Pona: The Language of Good. Tawhid. ISBN 978-0978292300. OCLC 921253340. pp. 120–123.

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